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Oct 9, 2013

Schlumberger Limited, the world’s largest oilfield services company and a leader in environmental services, is drilling for good students at...

Oct 2, 2013

Diabetes, kidney disease, even cancer. Their presence in the human body can change the smell and chemistry of a person’s breath...

Sep 19, 2013

Technology under development by Wright State researchers and field-deployable at public sites has the potential to detect viruses within minutes, giving early warning and reducing the possibility of an outbreak.

Sep 18, 2013

When it comes to field trips, students are normally the ones being led. But a group of Wright State University environmental/geology students...

Sep 13, 2013

Julian G. Cambronero, Ph.D., has been named the Brage Golding Distinguished Professor of Research at Wright State University. Named after WSU's first president, the award recognizes outstanding research by a WSU faculty member. The title Distinguished Professor of Research is a special rank awarded by the Board of Trustees to a faculty member who has produced a significant body of work in scholarship, research or the creative arts,...

Sep 12, 2013

The President’s Awards for Excellence for 2013 in the Staff and Outstanding Unit categories have been announced. Click the links to learn more...

Sep 9, 2013
Dr. Eric Fossum

Eric Fossum, in the Department of Chemistry, is the lead P.I. on a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The three year project, is entitled "Exploiting 3,5-Difluoro Aromatic Systems to Functionalize Poly(arylene ether)s," The grant will provide support for both undergraduate and graduate students.

To quote from the grant summary: "This work will enhance our ability to synthesize new engineering polymers (plastic) with excellent environmental stability and properties...

Sep 5, 2013

August 14th, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Jeffrey Cowgill and Shruti Kesari (staff in the Department of Psychology and Wright State alumni) co-chaired a session titled "Human Performance and Interaction in Virtual Environments" at the 12th IFAC/IFIP/IFORS/IEA Symposium on Analysis, Design, and Evaluation of Human-Machine Systems.  Jeff and Shruti, along with Caitlan Rizzardo (Department of Psychology Graduate Student) and Dr. Thomas Wischgoll (WSU Faculty, Department of Computer Science and...

Aug 30, 2013
Matthew Shively, M.S.

The Department of Psychology welcomes a new member to the faculty, Matthew Shively, M.S..  Matthew will be overseeing the Introductory Psychology (1010) courses, including new and innovative teaching techniques to both the lectures and labs.  He is a great addition to our team.

Matthew Shively's research interests include memory and cognitive psychology, along with studying innovations in teaching psychology. Although his research interests are along these lines, he also enjoys...

Aug 14, 2013

In today’s world, many individuals and groups have threatened to attack the United States with biological weapons. They have targeted laboratories, biotech...

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