Highlights
At the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, our researchers are collaborating across disciplines to find innovative ways to improve our world. Faculty and students work together on interdisciplinary topics in many research centers and institutes including Brookhaven National Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York State institutions and industry.
We hope you enjoy learning about some of our latest research endeavors:
Stony Brook Power Packaging Team was selected to be a winner of the Phase 1 DOE SiC Packaging Prize
The Stony Brook Power Packaging Team was selected to be a winner of the Phase 1 DOE SiC Packaging Prize, and is now advancing into Phase 2.
Professor Fang Luo who is Director of the Spellman High Voltage Power Electronics Laboratory, and Professor Shikui Chen are faculty mentors, and the team consists of their students from the Spellman Lab.
New Patent for Professor Ye
Congratulations to Professor Fan Ye of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
on the issuance of his new patent.
Patent No: 11,946,761
Patent Title: System and Method Associated with Expedient Determination of Location of One or More Object(s) Within a Bounded Perimeter of 3D Space Based on Mapping and Navigation to a Precise POI Destination Using a Smart Laser Pointer Device.
2025 Discovery Prize Finalists
Congratulations to Zhou and Celli for being named 2025 Discovery Prize finalists. This $200,000 award recognizes early-career researchers who are driving scientific breakthroughs and advancing Stony Brook’s reputation as a hub of research innovation.
- Yifan Zhou, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, "Revolutionizing Power Grid Computing Through Quantum-Driven Analytics"
- Paolo Celli, Department of Civil Engineering, "Load-Bearing Enviro-Morphing Structures"
Answering the Call - Research for Governors Island
Dilip Gersappe, a professor and chair of materials science and chemical engineering is among SBU faculty who intend for their current research to be applied to Governors Island when the construction is completed. Gersappe said he has two projects that could eventually be tested through The Exchange. The first involves research that uses natural processes to enhance barriers, specifically biopolymer-stabilized earth materials for resilient and adaptable infrastructures with the goal of stabilizing soil to provide natural barriers to erosion.
ISO New England Sponsors Zang and Zhou
ISO New England, a non-profit corporation responsible for keeping electricity flowing across six New England states, recently sponsored Peng Zang and Yifan Zhou of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Stony Brook University, to develop and implement a quantum computing tool for electromagnetic transient (QEMT) analysis in their company.
Electromagnetic Transient (EMT) simulation tools can closely capture the system dynamics by continuously tracing the evolution of the system in multi-phase networks dominated with renewable energy resources.
This is the first time that a quantum EMT tool has been adopted by the power industry.
SBU Researchers Uncover New Cybersecurity Risks in Blockchain
Researchers led by Professor Nick Nikiforakis from Stony Brook University’s Department of Computer Science recently earned a bronze medal at eCrime 2024 in Boston for their paper, “Typosquatting 3.0: Characterizing Squatting in Blockchain Naming Systems.”
The research revealed a new type of vulnerability in blockchain technology, focusing on how cybercriminals can exploit human error in blockchain naming systems.