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Loay Elbasyouni When Loay Elbasyouni was a 10-year old boy growing up on the besieged Gaza Strip in Palestine, he built his first antenna from kitchen parts and aluminum foil so he could receive TV channels. Even then, he envisioned building his own startup company. But having the opportunity to be the electrical lead to design NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet, went beyond even his fertile young imagination. “You cannot imagine the feeling,” Elbasyouni said. “I didn’t sleep at all the night of t...

The Phoenix House, built by UofL and Ball State University faculty, staff, students and volunteers for the 2013 Department of Energy Solar Decathlon competition. Photo by Andrew Marsh. Faculty members and students from UofL’s Speed School of Engineering and Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research will compete as part of a team in the Second Solar Decathlon Middle East in Dubai in October. The team also includes members from the American University of Sharjah, Higher Colleges of Technology and American University in Dubai, all located in the United Arab Emirates. Team “Desert Phoenix” ...

Engineering students Jorge Sanchez and Mercedes Pastor Senior Industrial Engineering students Jorge Sanchez and Mercedes Pastor finished second at the 2021 Student Simulation Competition sponsored by FlexSim Healthcare. This competitive international student contest is hosted by Society of Health Systems within the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers. “The competition was about redesigning an ambulatory endoscopy center to help mitigate the negative impacts of COVID-19,” Sanchez said. While including requirements imposed by the Centers for Disease Control on healthcare facili...