Yale Engineering

Congratulations to Prof. Leandros Tassiulas, for receiving the ACM e-Energy Test of Time Award – given to research that has opened new areas of inquiry or solved problems of lasting importance, at least a decade after publication.

His 2011 paper tackled a central challenge in smart grid design: how to schedule consumer power demands in real time to minimize grid operational costs. The mathematical framework he developed has since become a foundational reference in smart grid research. The award will be presented at ACM e-Energy 2026 later this month.

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Fluid mechanics is everywhere. It's in the way cream swirls into coffee, the way raindrops splay out on your car’s windshield, the way pollutants move through soil. At Yale Engineering, Profs. Amir Pahlavan and Bauyrzhan Primkulov are uncovering the hidden physics behind it all, with implications for everything from environmental remediation to quantum mechanics.

An added benefit: The research can also be stunning to look at.

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📸 Tanner Pendleton

Yesterday, students, faculty, staff, and Yale community members gathered for the "Women in STEM: Breaking Barriers. Building Futures" panel discussion hosted by the Working Women's Network. Distinguished Biomedical Engineering faculty — Anjelica Gonzalez, Kathryn Miller-Jensen, Cristina Rodriguez, and Shreya Saxena — shared their career journeys, research insights, and perspectives on advocacy in STEM.

Thank you to the panelists for such an inspiring conversation!

Redox flow batteries are among the most promising candidates for grid-scale renewable energy storage. But finding the right molecular compounds to make them work efficiently is a slow, complex process. Yale Engineering's David Kwabi and a team from Microsoft are using an AI system that reasons like a scientist to speed that up, combining human experimentation with AI's ability to map vast chemical design spaces. Their first test run produced a winning molecule.

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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 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 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 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!

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 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