<img src="https://spectrum.ieee.org/media-library/two-scientists-in-lab-coats-working-at-a-fume-hood-in-a-chemistry-laboratory.jpg?id=65590061&amp;width=1245&amp;height=700&amp;coordinates=0%2C260%2C0%2C261" /><br /><br /><p><em>This sponsored article is brought to you by <a href="https://engineering.nyu.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NYU Tandon School of Engineering</a>.</em></p><p>The traditional approach to academic research goes something like this: Assemble experts from a d