18 DEC 2023

ARMY LINKS HELICOPTERS, BOATS, AND AI FOR CASUALTY EVACUATION
Honolulu, HI, Dec 18, 2023 /Army Times/ -- Casualty evacuations during recent wars faced their own challenges — enemy fire, dust storms and austere pickup points...

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4 JAN 2023

PUSHING BOUNDARIES OF MILITARY MEDEVAC CAPABILITIES
Honolulu, HI, Jan 23, 2023 /Air Med and Rescue/ -- From Vietnam to Afghanistan, Army aeromedical evacuation – affectionately referred to as DUSTOFF – has been defined by ...

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22 JUL 2022

RECHARGING UNDER CANOPY: UH MANOA STUDENTS TACKLE POWER MANAGEMENT IN THE JUNGLE
Honolulu, HI, Jul 22, 2022 /US Army/ -- The 25th Infantry Division’s recently signed educational partnership agreement with the University of Hawaii ...

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1 OCT 2021

PURDUE GRAD STUDENT AWARDED FINALSIT PRIZE IN COLLEGIATE INVENTORS COMPETITION
West Lafayette, IN, Oct 1, 2021 /Purdue Exponent/ -- Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Mahdi Al-Husseini in his Black Hawk helicopter with Aura by his side. Aura is a tool...

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29 SEP 2021

MEDEVAC PILOT USES AI TO CREATE 'REVOLUTIONARY' TRAINING PROGRAM TO IMRPVOE SAFETY FOR ARMY AVIATORS
Washington, DC, Sep 29, 2021 /Army Times/ -- A medevac pilot stationed at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, created an “optical black box” to improve Army...

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28 SEP 2021

An Army Pilot Just Re-Invented Flight Training for the Digital Era
Washington, DC, SEP 28, 2021 /Defense One/ -- A novel idea from an Army helicopter pilot could change the way pilots across the military and civil aviation advance their flying skills...

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28 SEP 2021

ARMY BLACK HAWK PILOT BUILDS TOOL TO IMPROVE FLIGHT TRAINING, WINS COMPETITION
Springfield, VA, Sep 28, 2021 /Army Times/ -- A new soldier-created device could help pilots of all aircraft get immediate, usable feedback on how they’re flying. Army 1st Lt. Mahdi Al-Husseini’s Aura device won ...

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14 SEP 2021

ECE GRAD STUDENT'S IN-FLIGHT TRAINING TOOL, AURA, SELECTED AS FINALIST IN NATIONAL INVENTION COMPETITION
West Lafayette, IN, Sep 14, 2021 /Purdue University News/ -- Purdue University graduate student Mahdi Al-Husseini thinks his flight-training innovation can help the U.S. military save millions in reduced training time for Army helicopter pilots.....

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15 JUL 2021

40 UNDER 40 CLASS OF 2021
Atlanta, GA, Jul 15, 2021 /Georgia Tech Alumni Association News/ -- Georgia Tech’s impact reaches every industry, every part of the globe, and every aspect of people’s lives through the work of our esteemed alumni. ...

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15 JUL 2021

NEW 40 UNDER 40 LIST SPOTLIGHTS COMPUTING ALUMNI CONTRIBUTIONS
Atlanta, GA, Jul 15, 2021 /GT College of Computing News/ -- Whether they are working in the public sector or the private sector, alumni from the College of Computing are changing the world for the better ...

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15 JUL 2021

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION'S 40 UNDER 40 HONORS 6 BME GRADS
Atlanta, GA, Jul 15, 2021 /GT Biomedical Engineering News/ -- These alumni are couseling presidents, flying medevac missions, building startups, teaching, and conducting research....

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25 JUN 2021

ENGINEERING STUDENTS REPRESENT COLLEGE AT ANNUAL BUSINESS COMPETITION
West Lafeyette, IN, May 25, 2021 /Purdue College of Engineering News/ -- This year’s Burton D. Morgan Business Model Competition saw several Purdue Engineering students gain recognition for their innovative business ideas...

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25 May 2021

ECE STUDENT WINS SECOND PLACE IN ANNUAL BUSINESS COMPETITION
West Lafeyette, IN, May 25, 2021 /Purdue ECE News Center/ -- An ECE grad student’s startup has won $25,000 in Purdue’s 34th annual Burton D. Morgan Business Model Competition. Mahdi Al-Husseini is the co-founder of Aura Training System...

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10 December 2020

STUDENT REFLECTION SPEAKERS TO SHARE STORIES AT COMMENCEMENT
ATLANTA, GA, Dec. 10, 2020 /Georgia Tech News Center/ -- Each of this weekend's three Commencement ceremonies features multiple speakers, including graduating students. These student reflection speakers...

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5 December 2020

THIS GRADUATE DECORATED HIS CAP WITH AN INTERNET-CONNECTED NIXIE TUBE DISPLAY
Dec. 5, 2020 /Hackster.io RetroTech/ Displays/ -- There is a long-standing tradition of graduates decorating the tops of their ceremonial caps. Most schools require ...

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11 November 2020

THE RISING STARS OF ENGINEERING
ATLANTA, GA, Nov. 11, 2020 /AUSA News/ -- As an active-duty U.S. Army medical evacuations helicopter pilot, Mahdi Al-Husseini flies an HH-60M carrying battlefield wounded to nearby military...

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1 October 2020

BME GRADS MAKE GEORGIA TREND 40-UNDER-40
ATLANTA, GA, Oct. 1, 2020 /AUSA News/ -- Mahdi Al-Husseini and Varun Yarabarla creating impact for wounded soldiers and in the fight against Covid-19...

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1 October 2020

GEORGIA TREND 2020 40 UNDER 40
ATLANTA, GA, Oct. 1, 2020 /AUSA News/ -- It's been 24 years since Georgia Trend's inaugural 40 Under 40, and each year the winners continue to leave us awed and inspired...

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23 September 2020

AUSA ANNOUNCES 2020 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
WASHINGTON, DC, Sep. 23, 2020 /AUSA News/ -- The Association of the U.S. Army is announcing the award of its national scholarships for 2020 valued at more than $270,000......

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18 September 2020

MEDEVAC OFFICER LOOKS TO HELP ARMY ONE INVENTION AT A TIME
WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii, Sep. 18, 2020 /Army News Service/ -- Mahdi Al-Husseini had his whole career figured out as he enrolled in Georgia Institute of Technology back in 2013.....

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11 September 2020

MEET THE GEORGIA TECH GRAD AND ARMY HELICOPTER PILOT BEHIND CREATE-X'S 2ND EXIT
ATLANTA, Georgia, Sep. 11, 2020 /Hypepotamus/ -- Create-X, Georgia Tech’s entrepreneurship program, is celebrating its second successful exit for a student-run company.....

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10 January 2020

MORE THAN A COMPETITION
ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, Jan. 10, 2020 /Army ALT Magazine/ -- It began as a challenge to accelerate acquisition and attract nontraditional small businesses to work with the Army. ....

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5 November 2019

Brighten Academy Dominates Field at this Year's Georgia Gravity Games
DOUGLASVILLE, Georgia, Nov. 5, 2019 /Douglas County Sentinel/ -- More than 65 student-led teams from schools across the state competed Saturday in the 6th annual Georgia Gravity Games, a gravity-only car race competition sponsored by Google, Georgia Tech, and the City of Douglasville...

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24 September 2019

Team with Douglas ties named finalist in invention competition
DOUGLASVILLE, Georgia, Sept. 24, 2019 /Douglas County Sentinel/ -- The Collegiate Inventors Competition, an annual competition that rewards innovations, discoveries and research by college and university students and their faculty advisers, announced on Sept. 19 its 2019 finalists...

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19 September 2019

Finalists Named for 2019 Collegiate Inventors Competition
NORTH CANTON, Ohio, Sept. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Collegiate Inventors Competition®, an annual competition that rewards innovations, discoveries and research by college and university students and their faculty advisers, announced today its 2019 finalists...

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19 September 2019

Suturing Device, Helicopter Hoist Stabilizer Make it to Finals of National Collegiate Inventors Competition
ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 19, 2019 /Georgia Tech NEWS CENTER/ -- One started as a capstone design project to simplify a surgical procedure. The other grew out of experience with one of the trickiest parts of military medical airlifts...

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