College of Engineering

Bionic breakthrough

For a brief time, Kerry Finn felt like “The Terminator” or “The Six Million Dollar Man.” The 60-year-old retired truck driver from Salt Lake County, Utah, lost his left leg to vascular disease from type 2 diabetes. But last year, he was one of 10 human subjects at the University of Utah to test one […]


The science of big data

Data science has become one of the hottest and most valuable tools for businesses and scientists, whether it’s to help find a cure for diseases or figuring out what movie to watch next on Netflix. Consequently, the data scientist — someone employed to analyze and interpret complex information for research or business — has become […]


NSF awards $1.6M Quantum Idea Incubator Award to U-led team

The National Science Foundation has awarded $1,635,591 to scientists from the University of Utah and a collaborator from University of California, Los Angeles, to research one of the biggest hurdles to quantum computing—the quantum logic units, or “qubits,” that carry information. The award is one of 19 Quantum Idea Incubator grants totaling $32 million funded […]