Faculty and staff sketches
Engineering students successfully complete a NASA challenge; WGVU Public Media and University Communications earn awards.
July 16, 2024 (Volume 47, Number 20)
November 29, 2022 (Volume 46, Number 7)
Students present their senior projects at the Shape Corp. Innovation Design Center in August. The Padnos College of Engineering and Computing was highlighted for its high-impact learning opportunities in a post by industry partner DornerWorks.
Photo Credit: Kendra Stanley-Mills
In the News
The Padnos College of Engineering and Computing and its co-op program and senior projects were highlighted in a blog post by DornerWorks, a longtime PCEC industry partner.
Michael Moody, Frey Foundation Chair for Family Philanthropy, Johnson Center for Philanthropy, was interviewed by WalletHub for a story about challenges to charitable giving.
Sketches
Faculty and staff members who have given presentations, were recognized for outstanding contributions or had their research published are detailed below. The campus community can submit a sketch online for future publication.
Joel Stillerman, professor of sociology, received the Charles Horton Cooley Award for distinguished scholarship in sociology from the Michigan Sociological Association.
Corey Anton, professor of communications, wrote an article, "Cultivating Meta-Cognition: Exploring Relations Between Literacy and Modes of Thinking," published in ETC: A Review of General Semantics.
Eric Ramsson, associate professor of biomedical sciences, gave an invited research seminar, "Melatonin Reduces Dopamine Release both In Vivo and Ex Vivo, Verified through Four Different Electrochemical Methods," for the Cell Biology and Physiology Department at Brigham Young University.
Al Steinman, the Allen and Helen Hunting Research professor at AWRI, received a $30,000 grant from the Council of Great Lakes Region Foundation for Great Lakes plastic clean up. Steinman was the lead author of a paper, "Coordinated Experiments across the Great Lakes Basin: Great Lakes Integrated Mesocosm Research. A White Paper for the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research."
Amanda Syers, AWRI science specialist, hosted and presented to a group of teachers participating in professional development through a NOAA B-WET grant, "Mid-Michigan Watershed Connections," which included a trip on the research vessel W.G. Jackson.
Annis Water Resources Institute faculty members, staff and students delivered presentations at the Great Lakes Beach Association Conference, hosted by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy.
Faculty members from the School of Interdisciplinary Health and Recreational Therapy gave presentations at the American Therapeutic Recreation Association conference in Birmingham, Alabama:
This article was last edited on November 28, 2022 at 2:56 p.m.
Engineering students successfully complete a NASA challenge; WGVU Public Media and University Communications earn awards.
July 16, 2024 (Volume 47, Number 20)
Guests at an event hosted on the Health Campus learned how portable ultrasound technology is saving lives in remote areas of Africa. The cybersecurity program earned designation status from the National Security Agency.
June 11, 2024 (Volume 47, Number 19)
Highlights include a student recognized nationally for their commitment to democratic engagement, and Project Grand Path will be presented at a tech and innovation conference in Colorado.
May 14, 2024 (Volume 47, Number 18)