NYU Tandon’s high-tech showcase returns to Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Humanoid robots, a mountain bike for disabled riders, a way to get the gunk out of the Gowanus Canal, zero-carbon concrete, cybersecurity projects and do-it-yourself medical devices were just some of the projects on view in Brooklyn Commons (formerly MetroTech) on Friday at New York University’s 2024 Tandon Research Excellence Exhibit.
“We launched this Expo in 2013, and the press about that day promised New Yorkers a ‘chance to walk into the future,’” Dean Jelena Kovačević said in her opening remarks. “I think that still holds true today, and over the last 11 years the Expo has become more incredible than ever.”
Chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Rasti Levicky, part of the event’s organizing committee and one of the advisers on a team that is developing a car to run on sustainable energy, told the Brooklyn Eagle that he was especially excited by the life-science and chemistry projects he saw on Friday. “I’ve seen students develop noninvasive iron sensors for measurements at home, and braces to help combat conditions where the spine deteriorates and the back is bent over.