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From groundbreaking research and major funding wins to new leadership and student milestones, the Tulane School of Science and Engineering community is driving discovery at every level. Explore the latest news highlighting the faculty, students, and researchers shaping the future of science and engineering — in the lab, in the classroom, and across the Gulf Coast and beyond.
Recent NTC Graduate Is Paris-Bound With a Lafayette Fellowship
Zachary Hom received a Lafayette Fellowship for a master's at Université Paris Saclay in France. The program strengthens US-France ties and leadership.
How Does Gold Keep Its Glitter? Tulane University Researchers Uncover Why It Resists Tarnish
Gold has been prized for thousands of years for its enduring shine, but Tulane University researchers have discovered that gold’s resistance to tarnishing depends on more than its chemistry.
From the Diamond to Discovery
Marc Théberge originally came to Tulane University to play baseball. A shoulder injury in his first year changed that. What followed was a path that took him from the School of Science and Engineering to the National Institutes of Health, and eventually to a doctoral program that spans two continents.
From New Orleans to the Arctic: How Tulane Alum Kobi Jones is Powering the Future of Cold-Weather Technology
Kobi Jones graduated from Tulane University's School of Science and Engineering in 2020 with a degree in chemical engineering. Four years later, he is a manufacturing engineer at South 8 Technologies, a San Diego-based startup developing battery electrolyte technology designed for extreme cold-weather applications. His customers include the United States Army, defense contractors, and research partners working on the next generation of soldier power and unmanned aerial systems.
At the Speed of Light: Tulane Team Advances Optical AI
In a field dominated by ever-larger GPUs and rising energy demands, a team of researchers is looking in a different direction. Instead of electrons, they are using light.
In a new study published in Machine Learning: Science and Technology, researchers Manon P. Bart, a recent Tulane PhD graduate, along with Nick Sparks and Ryan T. Glasser, introduce a method that dramatically improves how optical neural networks are trained, bringing this emerging technology closer to real-world use.
The Art of Translation: Jill Love’s Journey From the Lab to the Stage
High in the rugged peaks of Sierra Nevada rests the Mimulus laciniatus—the cutleaf monkeyflower. To a casual hiker, these flowers are merely a part of the scenery; to Jill Love, Ph.D. in Tulane University’s Ferris Lab, they are a living puzzle. Her research sits at the intersection of evolutionary ecology and climate change, exploring a fundamental question: how do plants survive in a world where the rules are constantly shifting?
Ten from Tulane SSE Earn NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Recognition
Ten students and alumni connected to the Tulane University School of Science and Engineering have been recognized through the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, one of the nation’s most competitive honors for emerging researchers in science and engineering.
From Family Legacy to Physician-Scientist: Ben VanDerHeyden's Path at Tulane SSE
Ben VanDerHeyden has a photograph of himself walking around Tulane's campus at 10 years old. Both of his parents are School of Science and Engineering alumni, and they were married at Rogers Memorial Chapel. The university was always part of his story. What he could not have known back then was the specific shape that story would take: four years of undergraduate research, a honors thesis on DNA replication and cancer, and now a place in Tulane's MD/PhD program, where he will train to become a physician-scientist.
From New Hampshire to the Mississippi Delta, Water Professionals Graduate from Tulane’s River-Coastal Masters Program
Across the United States, engineers and scientists are working every day to understand and manage the rivers that shape communities, economies, and ecosystems.
A harbor dredging expert in New Hampshire. An infrastructure engineer in Arkansas. A hydrologist studying the Mississippi River in New Orleans. A river stabilization leader designing bank protection along one of the largest river systems in the world.
Each of them works in a different place, tackling different water challenges. Yet they all share one classroom at Tulane University.