Art & Antibodies: Vaccine Visionary
Meet Dr. James Crowe, a pioneering immunologist with an unexpected passion for art. Discover how his work at the intersection of science and art helped shape breakthroughs in COVID-19 vaccine research and development.
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Generations of Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry Steven D. Townsend’s specialty is at the intersection of synthetic chemistry and biology. He studies how sugar compounds in human breast milk can be used to improve everything from the hydrodynamics of big ships to reducing chemotherapy-induced nausea and more.
Less Traffic on the Road to Tomorrow
Civil engineers and computer scientists Daniel Work and Jonathan Sprinkle conducted the world’s largest real-world road test on the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s I-24 MOTION testbed to see how semi-autonomous vehicles can ease traffic for more sustainable and less stressful driving.
AI Unearths Untold Stories
Historians Jane Landers and Daniel Genkins leverage artificial intelligence and computer science techniques to scan through thousands of historical documents to form the Slave Societies Digital Archive, the world’s largest collection of historical records of Africans in the Atlantic World.
The Faith-Fueled Brain Scanner
Biomedical engineer Audrey Bowden shines a light on her development of a headband that can measure brain activity through light with applications for mental health diagnoses and shares how her faith motivates her research.