Dr. Harvey Fletcher, the first dean of the BYU College of Engineering, will be honored for his groundbreaking research and inventions related to stereophonic sound. One of Utah's foremost scientists, he will be awarded a technical Grammy this year — almost 35 years after his death. Read more from ksl.com. 

After years of significant student involvement in its biomedical engineering club, BYU now has an established chapter of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES).  BMES is the lead national organization and professional home for biomedical engineering and bioengineering disciplines.

Students in Bryan Howell’s industrial design studio class spent the past semester brainstorming product ideas and researching millennial cooking preferences for the Tupperware Brands Corporation, the direct sales giant beloved around the world.

“In the Uros, children couldn’t grow because they had parasites,” said resident Dora Jallahui Vilca. On the floating reed islands of Lake Titicaca in Peru, clean drinking water is a luxury few possess. See how a longlasting relationship between BYU engineers and the Uros people has changed lives over the last seven years.

Aaron Hawkins, professor of electrical and computer engineering, was elevated to a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world's largest and most prestigious professional association for the advancement of technology. He was selected by IEEE based on a number of criteria including his work in optofluidics, a field of research that combines microfluidics and optics.

Gerard P. Kilcommins, vice president of Worldwide Vascular Operations, Medtronic, spoke on “Leading from Within” at the November Weidman Center Leadership Lecture.  

Every new ski season means the return of an old problem: trying to keep your group together while on the hill. A group of BYU students has devised an innovative technological device to keep outdoor enthusiasts in touch while in nature: A tiny two-way radio that connects to your phone or headphones via Bluetooth.  The idea was clever enough to earn $2,000 at the recent Student Innovator of the Year Competition.

At the recent conference of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers in Baltimore, BYU took home the Academic Olympiad national title, besting teams from universities around the country. 

For the third consecutive year, Brigham Young University has been named an Outstanding Chapter by the American Institute for Chemical Engineers (AIChE), ranking in the top ten percent of the 150 nationwide chapters. BYU has received this honor 23 times in the last 31 years. 

Chemical engineering professors Brad Bundy and William Pitt and their students have devised a system to speed up the process of making life-saving vaccines for new viruses. Their concept is to create the biological machinery for vaccine production en masse, put it in a freeze-dried state and stockpile it around the country.