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Pratap Solanki Discusses his research on IMPACT radio podcast

Pratap is a 6th year Ph.D. student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering program at Michigan State University. His research focusses on wireless communication for underwater robots. Pratap’s work involves developing underwater autonomous robotic systems and algorithms to address the challenge of alignment control for optical communication. Check out the podcast here: https://impact89fm.org/87280/podcasts/the-sci-files-01-19-2020-pratap-solanki-underwater-robot-communication/ Picture: Pratap and the …

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E-Skin Technology Could Aid in Sea Lamprey Fight

Researchers at Michigan State University and the US Geological Survey Hammond Bay Biological Station are working on a smart electronic skin or e-skin that can autonomously detect the presence of a sea lamprey when the parasite attaches to the e-skin via suction. Read more at the original article here: https://ijc.org/en/e-skin-technology-could-aid-sea-lamprey-fight Picture: (Left) A suction cup, …

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Montassar Sharif Completed PhD Study

Congratulations to Montassar Sharif, who has successfully completed his PhD study at Michigan State. His dissertation was titled “Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite (IPMC): Modeling and Bio-inspired Sensing Applications.” He is joining the Computer Engineering Department at Northern Technical University, Iraq, as a Lecturer in Summer 2019.