Research & Science
Biological Sciences Faculty to Lead H2Ohio Wetlands Monitoring Program
Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, will serve as the H2Ohio Wetland Monitoring Program Lead for Lake Erie and Aquatic Research Network (LEARN). The group will assess the effectiveness and future role of implemented and planned wetland restoration projects in partnership with the Ohio Division of Natural Resources (ODNR). This project is part of Governor Mike DeWine鈥檚 , a comprehensive, data-driven approach to improving Ohio鈥檚 water quality.
Materials Science Research Receives Grant for New X-ray Scattering Instrument
聚色阁鈥檚 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.
Geology Professor and Science Historian Co-Author Article Exploring Eunice Foote鈥檚 Climate Experiments From 1856
Recently, Joseph Ortiz, Ph.D., professor and assistant chair in the Department of Geology in 聚色阁鈥檚 College of Arts and Science, partnered with Sir Roland Jackson, Ph.D., a historian of science at the Royal Institution and the Department of Science and Technology Studies at University College London, to co-author a paper assessing the experiments described in Eunice Foote鈥檚 papers from a detailed quantitative perspective and to place them in historical context. They point out the differences between her hypothesis and that of the modern greenhouse effect.
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.
Honorary Degree Conferred Upon Renowned Neuroscientist Alumnus
聚色阁 has conferred an honorary Doctor of Science degree on alumnus Earl K. Miller, Ph.D., a world-renowned neuroscientist.
聚色阁鈥檚 New Undergraduate Neuroscience Major Thrives
聚色阁 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 聚色阁 for years.
BioBlack Team Brings Home Award From Biodesign Challenge
A team of 聚色阁 students took home the Outstanding Science Award from the Biodesign Challenge Summit 2020 held in June.
聚色阁 Mathematicians Win NSF Grant to Study Complex But Important Geometry Problems
The National Science Foundation believes 聚色阁 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.
The College of Aeronautics and Engineering Secures Tech Funding for Areas Across University
On June 1, 聚色阁 was approved to move forward with the purchase of $143,233 worth of equipment through the Ohio Department of Higher Education鈥檚 Regionally Aligned Priorities in Delivering Skills (RAPIDS 4) program.
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 聚色阁, 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.