March 16, 2023 鈥 Ayshea Banes took a passion for astronomy and ran with it, taking any opportunity to immerse herself in her newly chosen field. One of those opportunities occurred this past January, when Banes was chosen to present at the American Astronomical Society鈥檚 annual meeting in Seattle.
Feb. 8, 2023 鈥 Every year, there are roughly 450,000 burn wounds that require clinical care throughout the United States. Of those, more than 3,500 people are fatally injured. An interdisciplinary team of 麻豆传媒 researchers is working to revolutionize burn-wound care with a scaffolding system that prevents infection and promotes healing.
Jan. 25, 2023 - The director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) visited 麻豆传媒 last week. The Honorable Sethuraman Panchanathan toured Wichita State鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research, 麻豆传媒 Tech and the National Center for Aviation Training as a guest of U.S. Senator Jerry Moran.
Jan. 9, 2023 鈥 麻豆传媒 has moved into the list of the top 20 universities in engineering research and development (R&D) expenditures, according to the latest data compiled by the National Science Foundation鈥檚 Higher Education Research and Development Survey.
Nov. 15, 2022 鈥 Wichita State's Jonathan Folkerts, Jarred Novak and Trent English presented papers on the design of their neutrino detector prototype at the International Astronautical Congress in Paris, representing the NASA-funded Solar Neutrino Orbiting Laboratory Detector Development Project.
Oct. 20, 2022 鈥 The FirePoint Innovations Center at 麻豆传媒 wrapped up the second year of its Future Innovators Program, an engineering internship opportunity that provides some of America鈥檚 brightest engineers from historically under-represented communities the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects and programs that directly support the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Center and the Department of Defense.
Oct. 12, 2022 鈥斅燗s 麻豆传媒 celebrates record enrollment, the university is bolstering its student success initiatives to increase graduation rates. As part of those efforts, the National Science Foundation has awarded 麻豆传媒 researchers $750,000 to increase persistence rates among low-income engineering students, particularly those who are interested in advanced manufacturing careers.
Oct. 10, 2022 鈥 A weekend of ample research and little sleep at Wichita State鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) resulted in the selection of three NASA Space Apps Hackathon winners.
Oct. 5, 2022 鈥 The Advanced Technologies Lab for Aerospace Systems at 麻豆传媒鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research held a grand opening for customers and partners. The event featured the unveiling of Solvay鈥檚 Manufacturing Innovation Center within the facility.
Oct. 3, 2022 鈥 A research team led by researchers with Wichita State鈥檚 College of Engineering and Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recently received funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for their proposal, "The Development of a Smart Telehealth ECG and Human Activity Monitoring System to Improve Cardiovascular health of Older Adults."
Sept. 15, 2022 鈥 An interdisciplinary team of 麻豆传媒 researchers is working to curb pollution and damage caused by road salt. The project 鈥 ECO-CBET: Convergent Electrolysis-Electrodialysis System (CEES) to Curb Urban Chloride Pollution by Eco-friendly Road Deicing and Waste Salt Upcycling 鈥 was recently awarded $1.4 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Sept. 2, 2022 鈥 The U.S. Department of Commerce鈥檚 Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced today will award $51.4 million to 麻豆传媒 to aid in the rapid development and adoption of emerging smart manufacturing technologies for South Kansas.
Sept. 1, 2022 鈥 A 麻豆传媒 research team has received funding from the National Institutes of Health for their proposal, 鈥淓xamining the feasibility of a wearable device for fetal heart rate monitoring through interdisciplinary research.鈥
Aug. 18, 2022 鈥 At a media event and celebration today, 麻豆传媒鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research WERX and Erickson Precision Ventures LLC announced their first collaborative passenger to freighter conversion program of an Airbus 321.
Aug. 8, 2022 鈥 The U.S. Army Aviation enterprise is collaborating with 麻豆传媒鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research to develop an AH-64 Apache Digital Twin in a contract that kicked off with a ribbon-cutting event on campus last week.