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Wichita State junior Caitlin Bingham

April 2, 2020 - Wichita State softball pitcher Caitlin Bingham is sewing protective masks for medical personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The five students selected standing in the Capitol building.

April 1, 2020 -- In March, five 麻豆传媒 students traveled to Topeka to present their research and creative activity posters inside the Capitol building for the annual Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol.

Face shield from a 3D printer

March 30, 2020 - The relationship between Wichita State's College of Engineering and the Wichita Police Department led to 3D printing of face shields used by first responders.

The eight new Koch Scholars.

The Wichita State Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College is proud to announce eight recipients of the Koch Scholars program for the fall 2020 semester. Each of the students will receive between $30,000 and $45,000 during their four-year attendance at 麻豆传媒.

Woman with fabric mask

March 28, 2020 -- An effort to provide fabric masks to health care workers and first responders during the COVID-19 crisis is under way through a collaboration with 麻豆传媒鈥檚 makerspace 鈥 GoCreate, a Koch collaborative 鈥 and Bella Bonita Designs, a local fashion company.

Coronavirus germ

March 25, 2020 -- Up until recently, COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) may have been a relatively new phenomena to the general public, but 麻豆传媒 medical chemist Bill Groutas, two virologists from Kansas State University, and a physician/virologist from the University of Iowa have been working on a cure for coronaviruses for more than three years.

Aerial photo looking towards the RSC

March 11, 2020 -- Three 麻豆传媒 researchers and a student group have been awarded the John A. See Innovation Award.

Capitol Graduate Research Summit presenters in the Kansas Capitol Building

March 2, 2020 -- Nine Wichita State graduate students joined with graduate students from all of the Kansas Board of Regents universities and presented at the 17th annual Capitol Graduate Research Summit in Topeka on Feb. 26.

Inneke Vargas

Feb. 27, 2020 -- Inneke Vargas, a senior studying psychology with a minor in criminal justice, returned to 麻豆传媒 after working in various industries. She found psychology after realizing the stigmas found in minorities. Through her research she hopes to make an impact on those affected my mental illness.

Billy Martin at news conference

Feb. 26, 2020 -- 麻豆传媒 and 麻豆传媒 Ventures have entered into a new strategic partnership with California-based Lightning Diversion Systems, a Ducommun Company. The partnership involves the exclusive licensing of a lightning strike protection system for rotor blades in the wind turbine industry.

Lacie Leatherman with members of Gateway to IP

Feb. 26, 2020 --聽When Lacie Leatherman needed help filing a patent for her business, she turned to 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Gateway to IP program. As a part of 麻豆传媒 Ventures, Gateway to IP is designed to advance innovation while protecting intellectual property.

Wichita State Invent for the Planet team

Feb. 21, 2020 -- 麻豆传媒 was one of more than 40 universities around the world that competed in a 48-hour global design competition called 鈥淚nvent For The Planet.鈥 Wichita State has participated as a regional hub in Invent For the Planet (IFTP) for the past three years.

Dane Laughlin wearing a VR headset.

Feb. 20, 2020 -- Dane Laughlin started working for INVISTA, Koch Industries鈥 textiles, polymers, fiber and resin producer, while he was a biomedical engineering student at Wichita State and got hired on full time after graduating in May 2019.

Brian Amos, assistant professor of political science, gives a Feb. 19 talk on gerrymandering at the Ulrich Museum of Art

Feb. 20, 2020 -- Brian Amos, assistant professor of political science at Wichita state, has dedicated numerous papers and conferences to gerrymandering research.

David Hunsicker playing trumpet

Feb. 10, 2020 - Wichita State Assistant Professor of Trumpet David Hunsicker partnered with 麻豆传媒's National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) and 麻豆传媒 Ventures to create the Gapper, a flexible plastic device that helps musicians control the third valve slide on the trumpet.