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Transistors have been shrinking for decades, and the next frontier requires semiconductors just one atom thick. The chal...
06/01/2026

Transistors have been shrinking for decades, and the next frontier requires semiconductors just one atom thick. The challenge has been that the methods capable of producing these materials at industrial scale tend to compromise quality.

Yale Engineering's Cong Su and collaborators found a remarkably simple fix. By pre-treating chemical ingredients with acid, the team anchored them to the surface during growth – eliminating the defective, patchy layers that have long plagued scalable production. The result is record-quality atomically thin materials with direct implications for faster, more efficient electronic and quantum devices.

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In the Personalized Medicine & Applied Engineering (PMAE) M.S. program at Yale Engineering, student Alexia Quinn worked ...
05/26/2026

In the Personalized Medicine & Applied Engineering (PMAE) M.S. program at Yale Engineering, student Alexia Quinn worked with Jillian Accetta, who was born with only one hand, on developing a set of prosthetics specially designed for her needs. Lighter and much less expensive than Accetta’s previous prosthetics, the PMAE set features devices for specific everyday tasks.

“I really wanted to make it work and be something that will actually help her in her life...something that she can take home and actually use,” Quinn said. “There were some moments when I got very nervous, but to see her fitting it on and actually using it for things that she wanted is really nice to see.”

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Congratulations to Drew Gentner on his election to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering!Gentner, professor...
05/20/2026

Congratulations to Drew Gentner on his election to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering!

Gentner, professor of Chemical & Environmental Engineering and faculty member in Yale's School of the Environment, was cited for his "outstanding contributions to the field of air pollution by advancing measurement techniques that capture chemical complexity and by furthering knowledge of sources of reactive pollutant emissions impacting air quality across outdoor and indoor environments."

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Huge congratulations to the Yale Engineering Class of 2026. Today, hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students recei...
05/18/2026

Huge congratulations to the Yale Engineering Class of 2026. Today, hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students received their diplomas, ready to make their mark on the world. The procession was just the beginning – a School-wide celebration continued well after the caps were tossed! Congratulations, graduates!

05/18/2026

Yesterday at Class Day, the Yale Engineering Class of 2026 brought their whole selves — starting with their hats. 🎓

Meet four seniors whose caps say it all:

🏙️ Maddie Lamm ‘26 (Biomedical Engineering) — 3D-printed New Haven landmarks, fresh from the CEID
🔧 Christine D**g ‘26 (Mechanical Engineering & Physics) — A moving windmill lei poʻo honoring her home, Hawaii
🏎️ Ayush Tibrewal ‘26 (Mathematics & Computer Science) — A McLaren tribute after his first ever F1 race in Miami
⚓ Alex Moore ‘26 (Mathematics & Computer Science) — A tribute to the USS Hopper, named after computing pioneer Grace Hopper

Every hat tells a personal story — read about the inspiration behind each one at the link in bio.

Congratulations to the entire Class of 2026!

(h/t to the Yale News team for capturing these incredible moments)

Next up in our Commencement series is Abigail Solomon '26, a biomedical engineering major – graduating with both a bac...
05/15/2026

Next up in our Commencement series is Abigail Solomon '26, a biomedical engineering major – graduating with both a bachelor's and master's degree while completing her pre-medical requirements. Abigail arrived at Yale as a recruited varsity soccer player and left having spent four years conducting nanoparticle research in Prof. Mark Saltzman's lab, serving as Yale's Head Tour Guide, volunteering at Haven Free Clinic, and earning the New Prize from Jonathan Edwards College. She'll tell you Yale is far more collaborative than competitive – and that being open to exploration is one of the most important parts of the experience.

Next stop? Professional soccer first, then medical school, and ultimately a career as a trauma surgeon specializing in reconstructive procedures for burn victims.

Read more about Abigail's story: https://loom.ly/pUFBb9Y

Next up in our Commencement series is Jonah Halperin '26, a Mechanical Engineering major from Chappaqua, NY. Jonah cam...
05/14/2026

Next up in our Commencement series is Jonah Halperin '26, a Mechanical Engineering major from Chappaqua, NY. Jonah came to Yale having already played roles in the original Broadway casts of "Kinky Boots" and "Matilda" – and chose Yale because it was the place where he could be both engineer and artist. He co-led the Yale Undergraduate Aerospace Association, helped champion Yale Project Liquid's first liquid rocket engine, and built and fired a pulse jet engine nearly 100 times for his senior capstone project (We've seen it - and it's impressive!).

Ask him about the connection between acting and engineering and he'll tell you it's the same creative process – bringing an idea to life.

Next stop? Aerospace engineering at Mach Industries in Los Angeles – with Hollywood close by, just in case.

Read more about Jonah's story: https://loom.ly/jJL10YA

At Yale Engineering, Professor Liangbing Hu has built a reputation for making complex science accessible, bringing his r...
05/13/2026

At Yale Engineering, Professor Liangbing Hu has built a reputation for making complex science accessible, bringing his research into the classroom, and creating a lab culture where students genuinely want to show up.

Hu, whose work spans materials innovation, energy storage, and sustainable nanotechnologies, has been recognized with the 2026 Ackerman Award for Teaching and Mentoring – cited by students for a teaching style "driven by an intoxicating optimism and energy."

Congratulations, Professor Hu!

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Next up in our Commencement series is Elizabeth Schaefer '26, a double major in Computer Science and Humanities. Eliza...
05/13/2026

Next up in our Commencement series is Elizabeth Schaefer '26, a double major in Computer Science and Humanities. Elizabeth came to Yale knowing she wanted to study CS — she just didn't expect a "random" class she took on a whim her first year to send her down a path that would take her all the way to Vienna, where she presented research on detecting and reducing gender bias in medical AI datasets to the Association for Computational Linguistics. Along the way, she became president of Morse College, a head teaching assistant for Yale's introductory CS sequence, and led the graphic design team at the Yale Admissions Office.

Next stop? A Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania, where she'll work on trustworthy AI for surgery – supported by a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

Read more about Elizabeth's time at Yale: https://loom.ly/ZUERmGo

As we head toward next week's Commencement, we're spotlighting graduating students who have pushed boundaries, seized op...
05/12/2026

As we head toward next week's Commencement, we're spotlighting graduating students who have pushed boundaries, seized opportunities, and left their mark on Yale Engineering.

Today, we're featuring Shaun Pexton '26, a double major in Applied Physics and Computer Science. Shaun arrived at Yale from Brighton, UK with a childhood obsession with quantum mechanics — and left having made the most of every opportunity along the way. He co-led the Yale Undergrad Quantum Computing group, mentored first-years as a FroCo, taught CS and music at local schools, and played jazz across New Haven. His senior research in quantum error correction caught the attention of IBM, sparking a collaboration he's still actively part of today. Ask him about jazz and quantum physics and he'll tell you the parallels are more than you'd think.

Next stop? A Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. Read more about Shaun's Yale Engineering experience: https://loom.ly/LIOrVWI

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