Media Hits

7/13/22 National Institute of Mental Health

Adult “Picky Eaters” Recall Helpful Parent Feeding Strategies

Working with colleagues in the School of Medicine, ECE Professor Guillermo Sapiro asked a group of adults who identified themselves as “picky eaters” to reflect on their parents’ feeding strategies when they were children to better understand which strategies were perceived as helpful and which weren’t.

6/6/22 Boston 25 News

Manhole Explosions Add Chaos to Morning Rush

ECE/CS Professor Cynthia Rudin explains why New York City might have been a special case in being able to predict which manhole covers were in danger of exploding after an incident in Boston.

5/25/22 Association for Computing Machinery

People of ACM – Yiran Chen

A Q&A about the field of memory and storage systems with Yiran Chen from the Association for Computing Machinery.

3/28/22 The Wall Street Journal

Is Nuclear Power the Future?

ECE student Maxwell Tardif offers his opinion that the future of U.S. energy should include a stronger commitment to nuclear power.

3/22/22 Sci NC

Why Flush Toilets are Wasteful

Modern flush toilets waste a gallon and a half of treated, potable water every time you flush. And for many countries, wastewater infrastructure is too expensive to install. Toilet engineers all over the world are trying to solve this basic question: how do we get rid of waste efficiently?