In the article "InnovationFest Showcases the Breadth and Depth of GW Research," GW Today featured the inaugural InnovationFest held in GW's Charles E. Smith Center on May 1, which brought together more than 150 scholars and inventors from all 10 GW schools. GW Engineering had a strong presence, with students presenting posters and faculty showcasing cutting-edge research from their labs.
Here is an excerpt from the article: "At one table, researchers from the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS) Mind-Brain Institute invited attendees to match life-size brain models to the animals they represented. A few feet away, a robotic dog controlled by members of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences’ Assistive Robotics and Tele-Medicine (ART-Med) Lab trotted up to participants to offer a paw for a surprisingly adorable handshake. Close to the entrance, the Art X Science Gallery displayed pieces that blurred the line between STEM and the humanities: a visualization of droplet spray from a cough that looked like a green figure breathing fire, or an abstract field of deep blues and vivid reds that actually showed a microscopic view of tissue cells. "
Read the full article on GW Today.