Stories
The Strategic Value of Carbon Tariffs
Professor Thomas Rutherford, WID Optimization, and colleagues used numerical models to examine whether the threat of carbon tariffs might lower the cost of reductions in world carbon emissions in a paper published in the February issue of the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
Professor Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng: Advancing Microcellular Polymers
Thanks to the research of Professor Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng, plastics can have applications in products ranging from eyeglass lenses to engineered tissues.
Educational Innovation: ISyE junior design course uses blended learning and lego kits to teach fundamental skills of design
Discovery Fellow Rob Radwin uses blended learning and LEGO kits to solve real world problems.
John Yin: “Arrow In, Arrow Out: Rumination on the Origins of Life and Nurturing Research Collaborations”
John Yin spoke at the Discovery Seminar Series in January, 2016, offering his perspective on the origins of life, dynamic stability, and developing collaborations.
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