The President’s Awards for Excellence for 2013 in the Staff and Outstanding Unit categories have been announced. Click the links to learn more...
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Sep 9, 2013
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
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...
Aug 4, 2013
For Jared Shank, it was a treasure in a metal-detecting history hunt—part of the military uniform of a soldier who served in the 1st Artillery Regiment during...
Jul 31, 2013
Humanoid robots, virtual reality, 3D printed unmanned aerial systems, cybersecurity, surgical simulations, plus sensors and smartphones...
Jul 22, 2013
Chris Johnson ('82), University of Utah, has been awarded the 2010 Visualization Career Award by IEEE VGTC in recognition of technical achievements and leadership in Scientific Visualization.
Dr. Johnson has made sustained technical contributions in scientific visualization, especially in the areas of biomedical and computational field visualization. His research in scientific visualization and scientific computing is important not only because it is innovative but also because it has...
Jul 16, 2013
The National Institutes of Health has named Thomas L. Brown, Ph.D., a Wright State University researcher investigating...
Jul 11, 2013
Imagine standing alone in the pitch black Amazon jungle unable to see your hand inches in front of your face, but acutely aware of the symphony of...
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