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Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering News
Spring 2026
Engineering a comeback: Macy Gregory turned a medical crisis into a calling
A year of life-saving brain surgeries sparked change of major for student Macy Gregory.
Making waves with acoustics
From tiny microrobots to massive infrastructure, Professor Shen searches for ways to fine-tune the direction and intensity of sound waves.
Exploring cell communication with 3D printing
Professor Vernengo studies the messages cells send and receive by suspending cells within soft substances, called hydrogels.
Researchers unveil Robossis Alpha
Dr. Abedin-Nasab & team introduced Robossis Alpha, the world’s first robotic surgical system designed for minimally invasive alignment of fractured long bones.
Researching additive manufacturing in civil engineering
Professor Mantawy develops methods for 3D printing concrete structures.
Partnership launched for online pathway from apprenticeship to degree
Rowan University and the electrical training ALLIIANCE (etA) commemorated a new partnership.
Human-machine interactions could one day revolutionize fall prevention
Professor Mitja Trkov researches soft robotics and human-machine interactions.
Rowan engineering professors receive national honors
Congradulations to Professor Tang on being named an IEEE Fellow and Professor Hesketh on being named an AIChE Fellow.
Fall 2025
NSF award to develop accurate assessment tools for engineering ethics courses
Professor Kevin Dahm is working with other universities to improve engineering ethics education.
Cleaning up the environment
Professor Zhiming Zhang researches new remediation methods to reduce environmental contamination.
DEHub is super-powered to advance manufacturing through AI
DEHub merges smart technology with advanced manufacturing through its well-equipped lab.
How does family support impact engineering student belongingness?
Professor Justin Major is examining the role family support plays in fostering belongingness among low-income engineering students.
Rowan, plumbers and pipefitters union, create path to advancement
The collaboration underscores Rowan’s broader mission to support lifelong learning & workforce readiness.
News Archives
Summer 2025
- Improving production of crystalline medications
- Students dive into hands-on projects in labs, fields and faraway places
- N.J. high schoolers test-drive careers in transportation engineering, research
- Rowan researcher awarded $1.8 million NIH grant for pioneering robotic-surgery system
- NSF award to advance nanoparticle research in maternal health
- Rowan University researchers develop injectable biomaterial to aid spinal cord repair
- Rowan University, Boilermakers Local 13 sign partnership
- Rowan University graduate selected for prestigious Fulbright Research Award
Spring 2025
- Rowan University innovators honored by INNOVATE100
- Biomedical engineering major Hayley Jankowski receives prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
- Rowan University unveils Dreamscape Learn Center
- At Sweeney Center conference, experts discuss the future of AI
- Chemical engineering major Matthew Conway works every day to make himself—and the world—better
- Early-stage research earns record $1.5M in NJHF awards
- Rowan, RCBC announce new path for electrical engineering technology degree
- CREATES to triple capacity after a decade of partnership with ARL
- Rowan University partners with trade unions
- Rowan, NABTU establish Building Trades Academy at University
- Researchers awarded Google Academic Research Award
- Professor Gephardt named Delaware Valley Engineer of the Year
- Rowan appoints AI expert to drive strategic adoption
- Navy research labs partner with Rowan University
Fall 2024
- Rowan University, Steamfitters Local Union 420 expand educational opportunities for members
- Designing reusable, lightweight foams
- Rowan researchers probe uses for recycled glass – from dune replenishment to planting medium
- Rowan University visits CRREL, cementing partnership
- Rowan University, IBEW Local 102 expand education opportunities for members
- Rowan-based startup receives FDA clearance for medical technology
- Eastern Atlantic States Carpenters Technical Centers and Rowan University announce education agreement to enhance career opportunities
- Rowan University, IUPAT District Council 21 partner to boost career opportunities
- Rowan University receives funding to train engineers in sustainability research
- Rowan to partner with University of Alaska Anchorage on cold-regions research
- Righting wrong-way crashes in New Jersey
- Digital Engineering goes abroad
Summer 2024
- NSF-funded postdoctoral fellowship will prepare engineering scholars to thrive
- Assessing students’ well-being in engineering’s ‘culture of hardship’
- Williamson College of the Trades and Rowan University build new degree pathway
- CGI & Rowan University sign academic affiliation agreement
- Using games to teach complex concepts
- Rowan innovators among 2024 Edison Patent awardees
- Rowan University, IBEW Local 98 announce education agreement to boost career advancement
- Spinning nanofibers for commercial use
- Rowan researcher awarded $1.8 million NIH grant for pioneering robotic-surgery system
Spring 2024
- Could nanoparticles lead to new treatments for pregnancy complications?
- Rowan engineers join work to revolutionize material design
- Rowan’s first NIH U-RISE fellows celebrate Commencement
- Katerina Kasatkin aims for medical school with grace and grit
- Rowan University enters education partnership with U.S. Army ERDC
- Finding new ways to use functional materials
- New Jersey Health Foundation awards 20 new grants to Rowan
- Madeline Dunsmore & Matthew Conway named 2024 Goldwater Scholars
- Federal agency supports research to improve nanofiber production
- Entrepreneurial Spirit Begins in the Lab
Summer 2023
- Exchange program with University of the Philippines pays dividends
- Insider NJ names Dr. Jie Li to Policymakers 2023 list
- National award for innovative teaching tool
- New way to assess bridges wins Innovation Award
- Building better batteries
- Goat gets a leg up—actually two—thanks to Rowan student engineers
Spring 2023
- History in the making: Several Rowan University programs graduate first doctoral candidates
- ‘Let’s get you in the lab.’ Biomedical engineering major earns NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
- Biomedical engineering junior awarded Goldwater Scholarship
- Rowan Engineering research aims to create self-healing materials
- Studying the effects of climate change on New Jersey landfills
- Using AI and simulations, Rowan engineers are helping the Army reshape the future of combat
Fall 2022
- Matthew DeNafo Selected as New President of the Atlantic County Utilities Authority (ACUA)
- Putting the ‘A’ in STEAM: Rowan Dance collaborates with Engineering for mainstage production
- Engineering secures $1.5 million NSF grant to boost inclusivity
- Abby Hainsworth Receives NCAA Elite 90 Award at Field Hockey Championship for Second Time
- Chemical engineering professor receives national early career award
- Engineering majors shine as Rowan’s field hockey team heads to the NCAA Championships
- Rowan University advances transportation engineering program
- Rowan Innovation Venture Fund backs tech startup, MRIMath, LLC
- MBA with a focus in Combat Systems Engineering—a career boost for engineering managers
- Students’ Materials Research Shines at the Inaugural AMMI End-of-Summer Symposium
- Rowan University developing less invasive treatment options for pediatric cancer
- Rowan University Chemical Engineering team receives funding from the US EPA Bipartisan Infrastructure Law program for Pollution Prevention
- Rowan engineering clinics provide real-world, hands-on experiences
Spring 2022
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Dr. Ken Lau named head of Chemical Engineering Department
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Rowan engineering students help veteran amputee return to cycling
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Engineering ways to make new parts, equipment in the field
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Graduating with a doctorate—and a smart way to use greenhouse gas
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Engineering for good: She’s already on the job to make the world better
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Two Rowan University juniors named Goldwater Scholars
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Studying how experimental drugs curb opioid abuse and more: Rowan researchers awarded 13 N.J. Health Foundation grants
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NSF Honors Two Rowan ExEEd Graduate Students
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Study: New Jersey’s drivers most often distracted by handheld cell phones on fast roadways
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Rowan Research Profile: Dr. Cheryl Bodnar
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Learning to treat water can start in elementary school—with help from Rowan engineers
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Rowan University professor earns recognition for excellence in engineering education
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First surgical robot to align broken femurs receives support from National Science Foundation
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Society of Women Engineers inspires the next generation of engineering students
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Using artificial intelligence to work smarter, not harder
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Origami could change the shape of acoustics engineering
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Using artificial intelligence to help humans
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Engineering new materials from plants, using advanced materials and manufacturing methods
Fall 2021
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Rowan University ready to train the next generation of leaders in transportation engineering
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Rowan University researcher earns spotlight for her advocacy work
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Breakthrough ocular technology nears human clinical trials
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Rowan’s Sustainable Facilities Center earns $6M commitment from state agency
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Rowan researchers are creating virtual and augmented reality for the U.S. Army
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Department of Defense awards $5.2 million to CREATES for cold region research
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Rowan brings surgical robots, AI health and safety technologies and more to the 2021 TechConnect Conference & Expo
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Under pressure, these foams get even stronger
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Rowan engineering alumni fly drone swarms around the world
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NSF grant enables researchers to expand engineering safety simulation game from the classroom to industry practice
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Rowan University engineering team aims to improve communications spectrum
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Gaming to improve geotechnical engineering education—and broaden diversity
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Rowan engineering program among top 20 in the nation
Summer 2021
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Rowan University hosts National Science Foundation research program for undergrads
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Rowan University joins national innovation network
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Rowan Engineering Hosts Summer Camps
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N.J. high school students get a crash course in transportation engineering
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Mechanical engineering faculty receives NSF grant
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Rowan University hosts global conference on sustainable materials
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Advancing transportation infrastructure through technology
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Announcing new dean for Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering
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Rowan engineers are developing a method to strengthen fibers—with lasers
Spring 2021
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Merck partners with Rowan to mentor undergraduates
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Rowan SWE and PSEG Develop Mentoring Partnership
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Rowan civil and environmental engineering head receives STEM civic leadership award
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Biomedical engineering major Gatha Adhikari works at the cellular level
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Rowan startup using AI to map brain tumors wins CSIT award
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Engineers test new pavements designed for military use
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Rowan awarded U-RISE research training grant for undergraduates
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Rowan students’ sepsis app advances to real-world testing
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Intelligent.com names Rowan’s Construction Management program among the best for 2021
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Rowan Engineering prof’s transportation project aims to connect residents, jobs
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In demand: Land surveying society backs new degree program at Rowan
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Rowan researcher wins Science Center award for cornea repair innovation
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Rowan engineering professor named KEEN Rising Star
Fall 2020
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ReGelTec, Inc., a Rowan Innovation Venture Fund investment, receives FDA breakthrough designation
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Building better engineers: ExEEd researchers work to innovate, save lives
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With EPA grant, Rowan chemical engineers work to minimize waste
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Air Force veteran soars in Rowan’s Materials Science & Engineering doctoral program
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AiCHE Honors Interim Dean, Dr. Stephanie Farrell with the Award for Service to Chemical Engineering Education
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Rowan Engineering CREATES ‘more than just pavements’
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Engineering faculty, students probe satellite-Bluetooth connection
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Rowan researchers find cost-effective method to cut greenhouse gas
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Navy, Rowan renew educational partnership
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Rowan engineers seek to revolutionize education using artificial intelligence
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Engineering program ranks #17 in nation
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Remote instruction: Pandemic leads to an educational evolution
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Rowan researchers work to ‘bioprint’ vocal cord implants
Summer 2020
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Rowan Engineering research aims to create self-healing materials
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Rowan researcher: Novel coronavirus could lead to ‘leaky’ blood-brain barrier
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Working toward a historic partnership with Williamson College
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Rowan engineers selected as finalists for QED Proof-of-Concept Program
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Filling a need: Rowan University, partners produce face masks
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ADVANCE grant uses science to increase diversity among STEM faculty
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Addressing sepsis deaths, medical start-up ChronoCare clinches Rohrer New Venture Competition
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Rowan researchers investigate COVID-19 questions
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Rowan faculty aim to create machines that can teach themselves
Spring 2020
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Rowan graduates first class of Engineering Entrepreneurship majors
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Commencement 2020: When life is hard, Crystal Macklin works harder
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Engineering team speeds production for new intubation barriers
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Rowan batteries boost protection for Cooper doctors
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Rowan engineer adapts scuba gear for medical use
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NSF Partnerships for Innovation grant, a Rowan first, funds new corneal adhesive
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Rowan engineers make intubation boxes for area hospitals
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Top honors: Biomedical engineering major named Goldwater Scholar
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Rowan University Develops Innovative AI to Help FAA Identify Rotorcraft Landing Sites
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Rowan faculty help educators around the world convert classes online
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Rowan shares designs, instructions for 3D-printed face mask
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RCA Heritage Program Museum at Rowan University
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Seeking face masks, medical school asks Rowan engineers for help
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With prestigious grant, CREATES researcher aims to reduce wrong-way driving fatalities
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Rowan engineering expert’s work among world’s top five for 2020
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New Jersey Health Foundation grants advance research
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Rowan University researchers awarded fellowships to Israel, building New Jersey-Israel connection