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August 30, 2017
Summer Programs Train Teachers in Engineering and Robotics
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July 26, 2017
The Fifth Annual STEMNow Celebration
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July 21, 2017
NYC Schools Chancellor to Help Celebrate 5 Years and 22,000 Young Minds Introduced to STEM in NYU Tandon’s Summer Programs
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June 28, 2017
It’s Summertime! NYU Tandon Invites NYC Students And Teachers To Dive Into STEM
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April 27, 2017
Robot Swarms Could Be Controlled by Your Smartphone, Thanks to AR
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April 25, 2017
NYU Tandon shows off its best and brightest
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April 22, 2017
IEEE Spectrum features Mechatronics, Controls, and Robotics Lab's work on Controlling Robot Swarms with Augmented Reality
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April 21, 2017
How could physically disabled toddlers someday explore the world more easily?
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April 20, 2017
Tot Bot helps physically disabled toddlers explore
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April 20, 2017
Tot Bot
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March 31, 2017
Mixed-reality learning environments
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December 21, 2016
Smart Stroke Rehab
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October 19, 2016
NYU Tandon Opens Registration to New York City School Teams for The National Science Foundation’s Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program
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October 10, 2016
A New York University team develops a mechatronic device to help stroke patients
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September 9, 2016
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr Vikram Kapila will be among the select group of educators at the 2016 National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) Symposium.
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August 23, 2016
The US National Science Foundation has awarded a three year $1,039,315 grant titled "ITEST: Promoting Robotic Design and Entrepreneurship Experiences among Students and Teachers" to NYU Schools of Engineering and Education. The project team includes: PI: Vikram Kapila, Co-PIs: Jennifer Listman, Catherine Milne, Jin Kim Montclare, and Oded Nov, and Senior Personnel: Ben Esner, Magued Iskander, and Maurizio Porfiri
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August 10, 2016
NYU Tandon receives a $40,000 grant from the Division of Engineering Education and Centers to host a Mechatronics Education Innovation Workshop. Click here for details of workshop.
July 18, 2016
NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s Center for K12 STEM Education is making sure New York City kids avoid the dreaded summer slump. Through a number of free programs, nearly 100 NYU Tandon faculty, students, and alumni are inspiring excitement about STEM education in students and teachers alike.
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July 12, 2016
New York University Tandon team creates 'SMART' rehab for stroke patients
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July 11, 2016
NYU Tandon Welcomes K-12 Students, Teachers for STEMNow
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NYU Tandon to Host K-12 Students, Teachers for STEMNow
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June 29, 2016
New York U STEM Program to Give Teachers Industry Experience
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June 27, 2016
At the Mechatronics Education Workshop: Designing and Building Effective Programs, hosted by both Professor Kapila and Dr. Tom Lee, Chief Education Officer at Quanser and adjunct professor in Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo, representatives from a number of universities and colleges from the United States and Canada gathered to start a cohesive dialogue regarding the present and future of the field. They discussed challenges and goals as well as methods of collaboration between institutions and industry professionals.
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June 24, 2016
Low-cost technology may improve rehab for stroke victims
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June 23, 2016
These wearables ‘gamify’ rehab after a stroke
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June 17, 2016
NYU is proud to host "Mechatronics Education Technology Workshop," co-organized with Quanser
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May 19, 2016
The US National Science Foundation has awarded a three year $600,000 grant titled "RET Site in Mechatronics and Robotics with Entrepreneurship and Industry Experiences" to NYU Schools of Engineering and Education. The project team includes: PI: Vikram Kapila, Co-PI: Jennifer Listman, and Senior Personnel: Weiqiang Chen, Emilie Dressaire, Ben Esner, Joo Kim, Oded Nov, and Maurizio Porfiri.
April 19, 2016
Doctoral candidate Jared Frank will be one of only ten American students invited to France for a week this coming July for French-American Doctoral Exchange Seminar (FADEx) , a program organized by the Office for Science and Technology at the Embassy of France in the United States, is aimed at encouraging collaboration among American and French doctoral students with similar research interests and forging what could turn into long-lasting scientific partnerships.
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February 21, 2016
Mechatronics lab student and robot featured in a NYTimes article
February 16, 2016
Brooklyn's hot new trend: robots
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February 4, 2016
Robots Take Brooklyn in New Tandon Master's Program
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February 3, 2016
Mechatronics and Robotics Lab graduate students win a $25,000 grant under the Verizon Open Innovation Challenge which funds $250,000 in research and prototyping projects to NYC university teams.
Doctoral student Jared Alan Frank and M.S. student Matthew Moorhead are members of one of 14 teams that won grant funds from the Verizon Challenge. Their project is funded under the virtual reality category and is titled "Connecting People to Robots Using Interactive Augmented Reality Apps." This project is using state of the art hardware and software of mobile devices to provide intuitive metaphors and rich augmented reality feedback for users as they control and interact with robotic technologies.
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December 9, 2015
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Announces a New M.S. in Mechatronics and Robotics Degree Program
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October 26, 2015
Doctoral Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Research Associate Positions Available
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August 11, 2015
City raises $9 M. from private sector for education agenda
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July 31, 2015
The de Blasio administration has raised almost $9 million from the private sector for education-related initiatives in the last four months, an effort city officials say is proof of the business community's willingness to support the mayor on education issues.
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July 16, 2015
National Science Foundation Funds NYU Engagement in STEM Program
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July 14, 2015
TO THE LABS!
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NYU Poly To Train 500 NYC STEM Teachers
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NYU Poly Gets $3.5 Million To Train 500 NYC STEM Teachers
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July 9, 2015
Engagement in STEM through robotics, mechatronics, cybersecurity and more
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NYU School of Engineering prepares for STEM push through teacher tech training
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Engagement in STEM through robotics, mechatronics, cybersecurity and more.
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No Sweat: NYU School of Engineering 'Summer of STEM' Makes Science and Tech Cool for Kids, Teachers.
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Preeminent Teacher STEM Program Expands
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Targets Teacher Training for a Lasting Impact on New York City Schools.
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Robots, Legos, and a famous chef at city's new summer STEM training
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June 19, 2015
How Robots Can Help Kids
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June 17, 2015
NYU Tandon School Of Engineering researchers make innovative use of Lego.
Division of the American Society for Engineering Education Honors Paper Showing Middle School Teachers How to Use Robots for Lessons
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May 7, 2015
Robots take Downtown: Polytech grad students show off innovations
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May 7, 2015
6 super science projects from NYU Engineering's 'Research Expo'
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April 20, 2015
NYU School of Engineering Faculty and Students Share Their Cutting-Edge Research with the Public
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November 26, 2014
Cyborg night: Robot will turn on Downtown Christmas lights
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August 17, 2014
Led by Prof. Kapila, a team of researchers from NYU Schools of Engineering and Education wins a four year $2,545,955 NSF research grant.
The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded the project "DR K-12: Teaching STEM with Robotics: Design, Development, and Testing of a Research-based Professional Development Program for Teachers." The project team includes following faculty and researchers from NYU's Polytechnic School of Engineering and Steinhardt School of Education: V. Kapila (PI)--Polytechnic; M. Iskander (co-PI)--Polytechnic; C. Milne (co-PI)--Steinhardt; O. Zaslavsky (co-PI)--Steinhardt; and B. Esner (Sen. Pers)--Polytechnic.
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July 18, 2013
SinoVision Interview- NYU Poly K12 STEM Program
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July 17, 2013
Some Students Spending Summer Learning Skills In NYU-Poly Science Lab
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July 9, 2013
NYU-Poly launches a summer of K-12 exploration
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July 8, 2013
NYU-Poly Launches #STEMNOW, Summer Programs to Answer National Call for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
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May 20, 2013
Polytechnic Institute of New York University’s 2013 Research Expo
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May 7, 2013
WNYC Presents “STEM is the New Space Race”
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April 04, 2012
National Science Foundation awarded NYU-Poly a
Research Experience for Teachers Site Award for a proposal titled:
"RET Site: Science and Mechatronics Aided Research for Teachers with
an Entrepreneurship expeRience (SMARTER)." The annual award amount is
$162,499 and under NSF's continuing grant mechanism, the award is
expected to be of three year duration for a total of: $487,497 (May
2012 to April 2015). Prof. Vikram Kapila is the PI of this grant and
following NYU-Poly faculty/staff will serve as Senior Personnel: Mr.
Ben Esner and Profs. Nikhil Gupta, Magued Iskander, Oded Nov, and
Maurizio Porfiri.
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Cable Fall, 2011
STEM: Focusing on our Future
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December 1, 2011
Mechatronics Lab graduate student wins 3rd prize in the Simulink Student Video Challenge. Mathworks today announced its winners for the
Simulink Student Video Challenge (See Here). The
competition received 23 student entries. NYU-Poly graduate student Jared Alan Frank, who conducts his research in the Mechatronics Lab,
won the 3rd prize for his submission "iPhone-Controlled Laboratory". Jared conducted his research under NSF's Research Experience for
Teachers Site project at NYU-Poly. Since 2009, he has worked on the development of iPhone Apps for robot control in collaboration with
NYC middle and high school teachers.
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September 20, 2011
ASME features our iPhone Apps for Robot Control (see video).
September 23, 2008
An article on the "RET Site: Science and Mechatronics Aided Research for Teachers (SMARTER)" project is available on the Poly website.| PDF copy of article.
August 18, 2008
Under the Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Site program, Division of Engineering Education and Centers of the National Science Foundation has awarded Polytechnic Institute of NYU a grant titled "RET Site: Science and Mechatronics Aided Research for Teachers (SMARTER)." This award provides funding in the amount $166,667/year. Under NSF's continuing award instrument, the project duration is expected to be three years. Professor Vikram Kapila, will serve as the PI and director of the SMARTER project. The following Polytechnic faculty will serve as senior personnel on the SMARTER project: Professor Nikhil Gupta, Professor Magued G. Iskander, and Professor Maurizio Porfiri.
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July, 2008
Central Brooklyn Robotics Initiative (CBRI) has received the following grants for AY 2008: (1) Independence Community Foundation (ICF): $125,000 (7/08—6/09); (2) J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation : $60,000 (7/08—6/09); (3) Motorola Innovation Generation Grant: $50,000 (8/08—7/09); and (4) New York Space Grant Consortium : $20,000 (9/08—8/09). The project is led by Professor Vikram Kapila, Professor Noel N. Kriftcher, and Professor Magued G. Iskander.
February 29, 2008
An article on the "New, GK12: Applying Mechatronics to Promote Science (AMPS)" project is available on the Poly website. | PDF copy of article
February 27, 2008
Under the GK-12 Fellows program, Division of Graduate Education of the National Science Foundation has awarded Polytechnic University a grant titled "New, GK12: Applying Mechatronics to Promote Science (AMPS)." This award provides funding in the amount $600,000/year. Under NSF's continuing award instrument, the project duration is expected to be five years. Professor Vikram Kapila, will serve as the PI and director of the AMPS project. The Co-PIs of the AMPS project include Professor Magued G. Iskander and Professor Noel N. Kriftcher. In addition, the following Polytechnic faculty will serve as the senior personnel on the AMPS project: Professor Dariusz Czarkowski, Professor Rastislav Levicky, and Professor Maurizio Porfiri.
February 15, 2008
An article on the "Central Brooklyn Robotics Initiative (CBRI)" project is available on the Poly website. |PDF copy of article
February 5, 2008
An article on the "Central Brooklyn Robotics Initiative (CBRI)" project is available on NY Daily News. |PDF copy of article
January 30, 2008
An article on the "Central Brooklyn Robotics Initiative (CBRI)" project is available on Brooklyn Daily Eagle. |PDF copy of article
December 16, 2007
An article on the "Central Brooklyn Robotics Initiative (CBRI)" project is available on Our Time Press. |PDF copy of article
August 12, 2007
An article on the summer Workshop in Instrumentation, Sensors and Engineering (WISE) is available on the Poly website.|PDF copy of article
July 20, 2007
An article on the the Summer Mechatronics Institute for Teachers (SUMMIT) is available on the Poly website.|PDF copy of article
July 2007
The Independence Community Foundation and the J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation have awarded Polytechnic University a $226,449 grant titled "Central Brooklyn Robotics Initiative (CBRI)." The project is led by Professor Vikram Kapila and Professor Noel N. Kriftcher.
April 25, 2007
Under the Engineers of the Future Program, New York State Education Department has awarded Polytechnic University a $240,654 grant titled "Summer Mechatronics Institute for Teachers (SUMMIT)." The project is led by Professor Vikram Kapila (PI) and Professor Noel N. Kriftcher (Co-PI).
April 25, 2007
Under the Engineers of the Future Program, New York State Education Department has awarded Polytechnic University a $297,455 grant titled "Summer Workshop in Instrumentation, Sensors and Engineering (WISE)." The project is led by Professor Magued G. Iskander (PI), Professor Vikram Kapila (Co-PI), and Professor Noel N. Kriftcher (Co-PI).
February 9, 2006
Professor Vikram Kapila presented Mechatronics Outreach @ Poly to the members of Polytechnic University Board of Trustees.
January 21, 2006
Professor Vikram Kapila presented Mechatronics Outreach @ Poly at "Why Science, Technology and Invention are Fun for Youth/Minority Youth?" a seminar organized by Wilbert Murdock an electrical engineer turned entrepreneur at the Schomburg Library Auditorium at 103 West 135th St, in Harlem, New York.
November 9, 2005
Professor Vikram Kapila has presented Introduction to Robotics to over 200 Polytechnic freshmen in the freshmen engineering course EG1004.
November 8, 2005
Mr. Sang-Hoon Lee, a member of Poly’s SMARTER team, presented an overview of the project to New York City physics teachers at a conference titled “Physics for All: A Celebration of the World Year of Physics 2005” held at Stuyvesant High School, New York, NY.
October 24, 2005
Dr. Charlie Camarda, a Polytechnic alumni '74 and a NASA Astronaut who flew on the 2005 Discovery Space Shuttle mission STS-114, visited Polytechnic University and the Mechatronics Laboratory.
October 1, 2005
SMARTER DAY @ Poly
Location: Regna Lounge, Polytechnic University, 6 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY, 11201.
Date/Time: October 1, 2005 (Saturday), 10:00 A.M. -12:00 noon.
June 29, 2005
Click here for 2005 SMARTER Orientation Program.
April 18, 2005
The 2005 SMARTER program selection have been made. Selected finalists must complete a signed statement indicating their intent to participate in the 2005 SMARTER program. This document can be downloaded here. (DEADLINE: This document must be received by April 29, 2005).
February 16-18, 2005
Professor Vikram Kapila presented a poster on the SMARTER Project at NSF's 2005 Engineering & Computing Education Grantee Meeting.
October 27, 2004
SMARTER Program hosted over 30 assistant principals of science from New York City area High Schools.
October 23, 2004
SMARTER DAY @ Poly
Location: Regna Lounge, Polytechnic University, 6 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY, 11201.
Date/Time: October 23, 2004 (Saturday), 10:00 A.M.-12:00 noon.
October 20, 2004
Professor Vikram Kapila has presented Introduction to Robotics to over 200 Polytechnic freshmen in the freshmen engineering course EG1004.
October 16, 2004
Dr. Ronald N. Occhiogrosso presented a poster on the SMARTER Project at the 2004 INSPIRE conference.
October 13, 2004
SMARTER Program hosted over 30 assistant principals of science from New York City area Junior High Schools.
Summer 2004
Saul Harari, a member of Mechatronics @ Poly, has been awarded a graduate fellowship by the Department of Homeland Security.
June 25, 2004
Click here for 2004 SMARTER Orientation Program.
April 12, 2004
The 2004 SMARTER program selection have been made. Selected finalists must complete a signed statement indicating their intent to participate in the 2004 SMARTER program. This document can be downloaded here. (DEADLINE: This document must be received by April 30, 2004).
December 19, 2003
Under the GK-12 Fellows program, Division of Graduate Education of the National Science Foundation has awarded Polytechnic University a three year grant titled "Track1, GK-12: Revitalizing Achievement by using Instrumentation in Science Education (RAISE)." Professor Vikram Kapila, the PI and director of the SMARTER project, will serve as the PI and director of the RAISE project. The following Polytechnic faculty will serve as the Co-PIs on the RAISE project: Professor Magued G. Iskander and Professor Noel N. Kriftcher. Click here for more details.
November 24, 2003
SMARTER Project Nugget for the 2004 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference.
October 8, 2003
Professor Vikram Kapila has presented Introduction to Robotics to over 300 students.
September 22-23, 2003
Professor Vikram Kapila presented a poster on the SMARTER Project at NSF's 2003 Engineering & Computing Education Grantee Meeting.
September 13, 2003
SMARTER DAY @ Poly
Location: Regna Lounge, Polytechnic University, 6 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY, 11201.
Date/Time: September 13, 2003 (Saturday), 10:00 A.M. -12:00 noon.
The SMARTER Day @ Poly is being organized to showcase exciting and imaginative projects developed by the 2003 SMARTER participants. New York City pre-college administrators and teachers of science and math are invited to see and understand SMARTER teachers' projects in order that these teachers might assist them in introducing these concepts in their school districts. You are cordially invited to attend this event and support the SMARTER teachers.