College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Highlights

At the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, our researchers are collaborating across disciplines to find innovative ways to improve our world. Faculty and students work together on interdisciplinary topics in many research centers and institutes including Brookhaven National Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York State institutions and industry.

We hope you enjoy learning about some of our latest research endeavors:

Researchers in the News

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Takeuchi Discusses History, Energy, AI and Research with TBR News Media

Esther Takeuchi, Distinguished Professor in Materials Science and Chemical Engineering at Stony Brook University and Chair of the Interdisciplinary Science Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory, has won numerous awards and received plenty of honors for her work. She has over 150 patents to her name. “Science is critical to lead us to the future we all want to live in,” she added.

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Answering the Call - Research for Governors Island

Dilip Gersappe, a professor and chair of materials science and chemical engineering is among SBU faculty who intend for their current research to be applied to Governors Island when the construction is completed. Gersappe said he has two projects that could eventually be tested through The Exchange. The first involves research that uses natural processes to enhance barriers, specifically biopolymer-stabilized earth materials for resilient and adaptable infrastructures with the goal of stabilizing soil to provide natural barriers to erosion.

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A futuristic medical-themed collage. A robotic head with a medical symbol is foregrounded. Background shows gloved hands, MRI scans, and medical monitors.

SBU researchers explore how artificial intelligence can transform healthcare

Researchers at SBU see AI as a powerful tool for advancing medical discovery. Chenyu You, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, uses AI to improve biomedical imaging. His work reconstructs CT and MRI scans to better distinguish healthy tissue from unhealthy tissue. Tengfei Ma, an assistant professor in CEAS, noted key differences between AI and clinical interpretation. “Humans use their experiences,” Ma said. “AI doesn’t know what it is doing. It is asked or uses data. It needs a lot of training data to learn patterns.”

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Map of the U.S. highlighting Silicon Carbide Packaging Prize Phase 1 winners. Locations include New York, North Dakota, Nebraska, and North Carolina.

Stony Brook Power Packaging Team was selected to be a winner of the Phase 1 DOE SiC Packaging Prize

The Stony Brook Power Packaging Team was selected to be a winner of the Phase 1 DOE SiC Packaging Prize, and is now advancing into Phase 2. Professor Fang Luo who is Director of the Spellman High Voltage Power Electronics Laboratory, and Professor Shikui Chen are faculty mentors, and the team consists of their students from the Spellman Lab.

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Young Academic Inventor’s Award Recipients

The Stony Brook University Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors proudly announces the winners of the 2025 “Young Academic Inventor’s Award.” Congratulations to all three winners Christopher Ashdown, Lauren Maloney, and Aaron Sloutski!

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ISO New England Sponsors Zang and Zhou

SO New England, a non-profit corporation responsible for keeping electricity flowing across six New England states, recently sponsored Peng Zang and Yifan Zhou of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Stony Brook University, to develop and implement a quantum computing tool for electromagnetic transient (QEMT) analysis in their company.