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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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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).
August 3, 2004
Dr. Ronald Occhiogrosso of HAFTR High and Middle School and Lennox Henry of Washington Irving High School were featured in the Daily News, August 3, 2004, demonstrating a SMARTER weather station balloon.|PDF copy of article
July 22, 2004
Mr. Ram Avni of Middle College High School was featured in the Brooklyn Heights Press and Cobble Hill News, July 22, 2004, demonstrating a mobile robot with whiskers.|PDF copy of the article
July 20, 2004
Professor Vikram Kapila was featured on the front page of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 20, 2004, demonstrating an audio enabled Hexapod robot.|PDF copy of the article.
March 1, 2004
Ms. Marlene McGarrity, a 2003 SMARTER alumni, wrote an article about her experiences in the SMARTER program. The article appeared online in tech-LEARNING, a resource for education technology leaders.|PDF copy of article
November 25, 2003
Click here to read an article "Engineering Teacher Constructs Mechatronics Device," featuring Bob Gandolfo, a 2003 SMARTER alumni. The article recently appeared in Bob's school district newspaper, Plaintalk.
October 27, 2003
Sang-Hoon Lee, a member of Mechatronics @ Poly, appeared on the front page of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, October 27, 2003, demonstrating a Hexapod robot to the participants of 2003 student conference of National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology (NCSSSMST). |PDF copy of article
August 6, 2003
A WABC news segment on the 2003 SMARTER program was broadcast on August 6, 2003.
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July 21, 2003
A NY1-News segment on the 2003 SMARTER program was broadcast on July 21, 2003.
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