Aaron Dubrow

National Science Foundation
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A solar panel from Bright Saver sits at Craig Keenan's home Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in Baltimore.
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CobraJet eVTOL AI-Powered Fighter Drone and Interceptor for C-UAS Defense.
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Google is previewing the next version of its Android operating system two months ahead of schedule in an effort to get the upgraded software on more mobile devices.
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Researchers from UMass Amherst and others will evaluate the feasibility and design implications of highly variable soil conditions on the ocean floor for securing anchors, the layout of the wind farms and the complicated dynamics that cause loads on the anchors.
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Keep Floating Wind Turbines in Place
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While the fit and finish of the test-driven Fit was up to snuff inside and out, the car wasn't a quiet, plush ride. Plenty of road noise made it inside the car and the horsepower from its four-cylinder gasoline engine topped out at 130.
Product Development
Honda Fit Noisy, but Well-Engineered
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Martins designed new, high aspect ratio wings that have a much larger span than those in use today. Boeing has adapted that model and will build a prototype to test at NASA's Transonic Dynamics Tunnel later this year.
Product Development
Aircraft of the Future
Supercomputer helps researchers design jets that will burn less fuel.
March 7, 2017
This image shows the 400-node Open-Access Research Testbed for Next-Generation Wireless Networks (ORBIT) radio grid testbed at WINLAB, Rutgers University.
Product Development
NSF Will Invest $400M for Wireless
More than $400 million in private and public investments to support fundamental wireless communication research and infrastructure with potential to change every aspect of our daily lives.
July 15, 2016
MuddyBot robot uses the locomotion principles of the African mudskipper fish to move through granular materials.
Product Development
Robot Explores Water-to-Land Evolution
Could a tail have allowed ancient vertebrates to make the transition from water to land?
July 8, 2016
Basic research breakthroughs by NSF-funded researchers are realizing the vision of universal robots. Matei Ciocarlie, shown here, is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University. Ciocarlie's main interest is in reliable robotic performance in unstructured, human environments, focusing on areas such as novel robotic hand designs and control, autonomous and Human-in-the-Loop mobile manipulation, shared autonomy, teleoperation, and assistive robotics.
Automation
Robots About to Enter Daily Life
Just as computers did three decades ago, robots will soon be a part of our daily life. It's the result of 50 years of investment into R&D.
June 7, 2016
Inspired by the biology of a fly, with submillimeter-scale anatomy and two wafer-thin wings that flap almost invisibly, 120 times per second, the Robobee takes its first controlled flight. The culmination of a decade's work, RoboBees achieve vertical takeoff, hovering and steering.
Product Development
RoboBees May Lead to Autonomous Robotic Insects
Such robots could one day assist in reconnaissance, aid in remote communication, or even act as artificial pollinators.
June 7, 2016
A child plays an interactive language learning game with Tega, a socially assistive robot.
Product Development
Robot Offers Kids Custom Tutoring
Tega is a furry, brightly colored robot developed specifically to enable long-term interactions with children.
March 14, 2016