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Torsten Hegmann, director of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State's Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, shows the area in the basement of the Integrated Sciences Building where a new X-ray scattering machine will be installed in 2021.

Materials Science Research Receives Grant for New X-ray Scattering Instrument

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute soon will be home to a new X-ray scattering instrument capable of examining materials in scales from as small as a fraction of a nanometer to as large as several micrometers.

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2020 BHRI Undergraduate Fellows Cap Off a Great Summer Research Experience

Ten undergraduate students from nine different majors had extraordinary research experiences as Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) Fellows during summer 2020.

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Nursing Researcher Awarded $1.5 Million, Three-Year Grant to Advance Nurse Education Within Integrated Care Settings

The Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, recently awarded a $1.5 million, three-year grant to ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï College of Nursing research faculty member Jim Tudhope, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC (principal investigator) and his team.

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Brain Health Research Institute is helping transform the culture of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s New Undergraduate Neuroscience Major Thrives

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï introduced a Bachelor of Science degree in Neuroscience in fall 2019, and since the launch, the major has had tremendous growth. Enrollment is projected to surpass majors that have been at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State for years.

Tags: Research & Science , Neuroscience , Brain Health Research Institute , College of Sciences and Humanities

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BioBlack Team Brings Home Award From Biodesign Challenge

A team of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State students took home the Outstanding Science Award from the Biodesign Challenge Summit 2020 held in June.

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Michael Kavulic, Ph.D., speaks at Project GRAD Akron’s 13th Annual Achieving Dreams Celebration Gala.

Opinion: I Hope We Can Move to Action. I Hope I Can Move to Action.

I wonder, how do I decide how to act in recognition of that disturbing dynamic? Michael Kavulic, Ph.D., director of research strategic initiatives in ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, shares his inner thoughts as an ally.

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The College of Aeronautics and Engineering Secures Tech Funding for Areas Across University

On June 1, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï was approved to move forward with the purchase of $143,233 worth of equipment through the Ohio Department of Higher Education’s Regionally Aligned Priorities in Delivering Skills (RAPIDS 4) program.

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College of Aeronautics and Engineering

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Graduate Student Creates Smart Glass for Privacy and Heat Applications

Yingfei Jiang, a College of Arts and Science graduate student in the Chemical Physics program and the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï, and his advisor Deng-Ke Yang, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Physics, have invented the first ever dual-mode smart glass technology that can control both radiant energy flow (heat) and privacy through a tinted material.

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Research Spotlight - Dr. Hossein Mirinejad

 Professor Hossein Mirinejad is the recipient of an Engineering Research Initiation Grant (ERI) from the National Science Foundation.  The ERI program is highly competitive and supports new investigators as they initiate research programs and advance in their careers as researchers, educat…

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College of Aeronautics and Engineering

Tsunami wave hitting Ao Nang in Krabi Province, Thailand. Photo by David Rydevik (email: david.rydevikgmail.com), Stockholm, Sweden, December 26, 2004.

Study of a 1,000-Year-Old Tsunami in Indian Ocean Reveals Previously Unknown Hazards for East Africa

Dr. Joseph D. Ortiz, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Geology at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï, was part of an international team of researchers that co-authored an article about a deadly tsunami that occurred about 1,000 years ago in Tanzania. The study suggests that the tsunami risk in East Africa could be higher than previously thought.

Tags: College of Sciences and Humanities , Department of Earth Sciences , Research & Science , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

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