Research & Science
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Robotics Team Places Third in NASA Robotics Mining Competition
From November 2017 to the day of the competition in May, the ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Robotics team spent months preparing for the competition held at the Kennedy Space Center. The competition is designed to mimic the procedure of having a robot on Mars if sent there by NASA. Along with 44 other university teams, the team worked together to design and construct a robot that is fashioned to mine simulated Martian terrain along with the gravel below it.
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Biological Sciences Department Addresses Road Salt Concerns
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Biological Sciences Assistant Professor Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., confirmed the possibility that increasing amounts of road salt could potentially end up in Ohio’s water supply, but it is very unlikely.
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Ecologist Part of Global Collaboration to Answer Pressing Questions ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Global Change
The work of 153 ecological researchers from 40 countries, including ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Assistant Professor Dave Costello, Ph.D., from the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, has revealed new findings on the effect of climatic factors on river-based ecosystems. T…
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Ecologist Part of Global Collaboration to Answer Pressing Questions ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Global Change
The work of 153 ecological researchers from 40 countries, including ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Assistant Professor Dave Costello, Ph.D., from the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, has revealed new findings on the effect of climatic factors on river-based ecosystems.
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Researcher Studies LinkedIn as Employee Selection Tool
According to a recent , 70 percent of employers use social networking sites, such as LinkedIn and Facebook, to screen and assess candidates during the hiring process.
Salem Campus Junior Wins ¹ú²úÂ×Àí's SURE Research Competition
Hayley Shasteen, a junior psychology/biology major at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí at Salem, took first place honors at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí's Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) competition.
Researchers Reveal How Loss of South African Grasslands to Shrubs Could Affect the Soil and Atmosphere
Ecosystems in today's world are responding to a wide variety of environmental changes. What happens when these changes interact? That was the topic of a recent paper published by David Ward, Ph.D., the Art and Margaret Herrick Endowed Professor of Plant Biology in ¹ú²úÂ×Àí's Depart…
Researchers Reveal How Loss of South African Grasslands to Shrubs Could Affect the Soil and Atmosphere
Ecosystems in today's world are responding to a wide variety of environmental changes. What happens when these changes interact? That was the topic of a recent paper published by Dr. David Ward and international colleagues and graduate students in the journal Scientific Reports. Although climate …
¹ú²úÂ×Àí Biologist Wins Grant to Study Neurological Roots of Chronic Stress and Fear
People who suffer trauma will, with few exceptions, never forget what happened to them, but a ¹ú²úÂ×Àí researcher may be able to offer them the hope of living without constant fear and anxiety. John D. Johnson, Ph.D., associate professor of biological sciences in ¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s College…
Army Funds ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Aeronautics Professor to Research Drone Technology
A grant from the Army Research Laboratory has a ¹ú²úÂ×Àí researcher flying high. The grant provides more than $130,000 for Blake Stringer, Ph.D., assistant professor of aerospace engineering in ¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering, to study propulsion systems for a new…
