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The research of Michael Roan , a professor in mechanical engineering , has been featured on the cover of the January 2021 issue of the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America .
The article , “ Probability of detection of electric vehicles with and without added warning sounds ,” is a report of Roan ’ s ongoing research to increase safety between quietrunning electric vehicles and pedestrians .
More at bit . ly / roan-jasa .
Steve Southward , associate professor in mechanical engineering , presented a webinar for Texas Instruments on February 5 addressing his creation of a controls lab in a virtual online environment . Southward developed a completely online version of the lab with innovative programming in Matlab , creating a realistic simulation of the hands-on experience students usually have in a classroom .
Rolf Mueller is the co-author with Yale Professor Roman Kuc of , “ The Evolution of Bat Robots ,” featured on the cover of Acoustics Today .
The article discusses at length how the evolution of bats and the evolution of technology are converging , prompting the innovation of next-generation , bioinspired machine learning .
More at bit . ly / mueller-at .
Winter 2020 Volume 16 , Issue 4
The Evolution of Bat Robots