Research & Science
NSF Grant Leads to Modeling Novel Serial Robot Dynamics and Prototypes
The National Science Foundation recently awarded a two-year $198,978 grant to Tao Shen, assistant professor in the College of Aeronautics & Engineering, for the development of a compact, cable-driven serial robot that can be used in medical settings. Shen aims to build a robot with his students that will address the critical limitations that most current medical robots have.
Improving Police Training Through Stress Studies
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University Professor Will Kalkhoff is studying the brain waves and heart rates of police officers during training exercises to help to improve police performance and increase safety. See the research in action.
Understanding Impacts on LGBTQIA+ Communities from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Moira Armstrong, undergraduate in the College of Arts and Sciences and research assistant on the Queer Pandemic Project, collaborated with Molly Merryman, associate professor in the School of Peace and Conflict Studies, to compile digital, video-based oral interviews for the Queer Pandemic Project in a partnership between ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University, Goldsmith’s University of London and Queer Britain. These interviews feature people in queer communities across the United Kingdom, discussing the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has impacted their lives as queer people.
New Lab Combines Mixed, Virtual and Haptic Technologies To Provide Realistic Simulations for Students or Patients
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì has opened its newest research center, the IC Touch Lab, that will revolutionize the way medical students practice and patients rehabilitate. Headed by Kwangtaek Kim, assistant professor of Computer Science, the lab conducts various research projects involving haptic technology to expand the possibilities of medical and rehabilitation practices.
Student Researcher Identifies Potential Alternative to Antibiotics
During a summer research project at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Geauga, nursing student Lauren Petrick succeeded in isolating a bacterial virus that shows promise as an alternative to antibiotics in fighting off intestinal bacterial infections such as urinary tract infections, GI tract infections and even pneumonia. By teaming up with ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Geauga Associate Professor Sanhita Gupta, Petrick tackled this problem through ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) last summer.
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Graduate and Undergraduate Research Mentorship Awards Announced
Intentionality to build successful academic mentoring relationships with students is what sets professors apart at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì, and each year two professors at the graduate and undergraduate level receive a student-nominated award for their ability to do so. The intent of the award is to recognize those professors exceeding in mentoring students in how to perform research in any field.
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Awarded the Highest Recognition for Research Universities, the Prestigious R1 Carnegie Classification
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education has awarded ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University the esteemed R1 status for research, which is the highest recognition that doctoral universities can receive. The prestigious designation affirms ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì’s place as an elite research institution and puts the university in the company of universities such as Yale, Harvard and the University of California-Berkeley.
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Awarded the Highest Recognition for Research Universities, the Prestigious R1 Carnegie Classification
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education has awarded ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University the esteemed R1 status for research, which is the highest recognition that doctoral universities can receive. The prestigious designation affirms ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì’s place as an elite research institution and puts the university in the company of universities such as Yale, Harvard and the University of California-Berkeley.
Climate Scientist Publishes Trends in ‘Weather Whiplash’ Events
Many wonder if climate change is the reason we’ve had 'weather whiplash' or day-to-day dramatic changes from hot to cold or cold to hot. As a climate scientist, Cameron Lee, assistant professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì, gets asked this question a lot. Looking beyond just the average temperatures and statistical means, he decided to take a more analytical look at weather whiplash and add to a growing body of climate change literature examining temperature variability trends.
Will This New Superpower Molecule Revolutionize Science?
In a new study, ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Professor Hanbin Mao and other researchers report the creation of an artificial molecule with superpowers. It has the potential to revolutionize nanotechnology – and it also explains one of nature’s intriguing enigmas: Why do we have a right hand and a left hand?