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Torsten Hegmann, director of ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì'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

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’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.

Tags: Research & Science , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

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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.

Tags: Research & Science , Brain Health Research Institute

Brain Health Research Institute

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ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì 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 ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University College of Nursing research faculty member Jim Tudhope, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC (principal investigator) and his team.

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ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì’s New Undergraduate Neuroscience Major Thrives

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University 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 ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì for years.

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

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BioBlack Team Brings Home Award From Biodesign Challenge

A team of ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì students took home the Outstanding Science Award from the Biodesign Challenge Summit 2020 held in June.

Tags: Featured Story , Research & Science , Student Life , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

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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 ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, shares his inner thoughts as an ally.

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ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Mathematicians Win NSF Grant to Study Complex But Important Geometry Problems

The National Science Foundation believes ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University mathematicians Artem Zvavitch, Ph.D., and Dmitry Ryabogin, Ph.D., are having worthwhile conversations about some age-old unsolved problems, and it has provided support to keep the discussion going for another three years.

Tags: Research & Science , College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Mathematical Sciences , National Science Foundation

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

On June 1, ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University 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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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 ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University, 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.

Tags: Research & Science , College of Arts and Sciences , Chemical Physics , Department of Physics , Research & Science , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

College of Arts & Sciences

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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