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Encourage students to join URCAF April 15

Encourage your students to participate in the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum (URCAF) April 15 at the Rhatigan Student Center. This forum provides Wichita State undergraduate students an opportunity to compete for cash awards and to present their scholarly and creative activity to a student, faculty and community audience. Each student’s…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/02/22/encourage-students-to-join-urcaf-april-15/

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Watkins visiting professor to lecture about C. elegans today

Dr. Guy A. Caldwell, university distinguished research professor at the University of Alabama (UA), will present a public lecture, “Some Worm Saved My Life Tonight: Invertebrate-Driven Personalized Medicine,” at 3:30 p.m., today, March 2 at Hubbard Hall (Room 209). Caldwell is visiting as part of the Watkins Visiting Professorship. The Watkins Visiting…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/02/24/ua-professor-to-lecture-about-c-elegans/

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Pearson elected president of Midwest Sociological Society

…teaching and practice for social scientific purposes and social betterment. A number of Wichita State University faculty and students attend the conference and present their research each year. Pearson will serve a four-year term in April as president elect-elect; followed by president-elect and program chair; president; and immediate past president.…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/02/08/pearson-elected-president-of-midwest-sociological-society/

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ICYMI: Read September’s issue of Forward Together

In this month’s issue of Forward Together, President Rick Muma writes about Digital Transformation and how it’s driving Wichita State University’s research and applied learning initiatives, as well as helping to diversity the Kansas economy. Other topics discussed include the following: WSU-NIAR WERX receives 777 aircraft for Kansas Modification Center…

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/09/09/icymi-read-septembers-issue-of-forward-together/

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F1RST-Gen Friday: Meghann Kuhlmann, MLIS

Focus on first-gen: This week we highlight Meghann Kuhlmann, Master of Library and Information Science, research and instructional services librarian, assistant professor, Wichita State University Libraries: Why does advocating for first-gen matter? As a first-gen student I was often afraid to ask questions when I thought everyone else already knew the…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/04/20/f1rst-gen-friday-meghann-kuhlmann-mlis/

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Attend free academic survey methodology workshop

All graduate students, faculty and staff who are interested in or planning to conduct a survey-based research project are encouraged to attend a free academic survey methodology workshop 1-4 p.m. Sept. 14 at 231 Woolsey Hall. The workshop will be presented by Dr. A. Lynn Matthews. It is intended for all levels; beginner to advanced. The workshop will include…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/09/02/attend-free-academic-survey-methodology-workshop/

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Learn to develop SBIR and STTR contract or grant budget

The budget and accounting components of an SBIR/STTR application are one of the most error-prone parts of a typical Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs (STTR) application. Learn how to make sense of it at a presentation event hosted by Jim Greenwood 9-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 19 via Zoom. During…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/07/01/learn-to-develop-sbir-and-sttr-contract-or-grant-budget/

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Researchers seek participants for cardiac rehabilitation study

…for a study on motivational factors and barriers that alter exercise adherence in an unmonitored independent cardiac rehabilitation program. The study will add to current research to help better understand the different motivational factors or barriers that affect adherence to an exercise program in the cardiac rehabilitation population, especially …

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/08/23/researchers-seek-participants-for-cardiac-rehabilitation-study-2/

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Researchers seek teens, parents for bullying survey

Are you a parent of a teenager? The INSPYRE Research lab at Wichita State University is conducting a study to explore how parent and child values relate to how adolescents respond to bullying situations. To be a part of the study, parents and their teen must be together at the start of the survey, and parents must provide permission for their teen to…

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/08/20/researchers-seek-teens-parents-for-bullying-survey/

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Birzer to inform selection of Wichita’s next police chief

…on the committee to select Wichita’s next police chief. Birzer, a Wichita native and former law enforcement professional, teaches and specializes in the study of policing. His research agenda is specific to policing issues in urban communities. Birzer says he is honored to serve on this important committee. This is the third major police chief selection…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/07/28/birzer-to-inform-selection-of-wichitas-next-police-chief/

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High-tech simulation manikins revolutionize audiology education

…and Disorders has received a gift to create the Audiology Simulation Lab at Wichita State University. The lab contains five state-of-the-art Canadian Audiology simulators for Research and Learning (CARL) manikins and auxiliary equipment — four adult heads and one infant head. Dr. William McCormick donated $25,000 in memory of his wife, Deanne, to start …

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/10/04/high-tech-simulation-manikins-revolutionize-audiology-education/

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F1RST-Gen Friday: Coleen Pugh

Focus on first-gen: This week we highlight Coleen Pugh, vice provost for Research, dean of the Graduate School, professor in the Department of Chemistry. Why does advocating for first-gen matter? Advocating for first generation students matters because we need to remember that the system we take for granted may be completely foreign to them. We need to…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/03/10/f1rst-gen-friday-coleen-pugh/

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Sexual Harassment and Prevention Training required for degree-seeking students

…members. To that end, we have partnered with EVERFI to provide Sexual Harassment and Prevention Training. This training is highly interactive and engaging, and is based on research around the best practices for healthy communities. As you complete your training, we invite you to reach out to the many referenced resources in order to join the larger…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/06/13/sexual-harassment-and-prevention-training-required-for-degree-seeking-students/

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WSU collaboration will move Army Aviation into the future with Apache modernization

The U.S. Army Aviation enterprise is collaborating with Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) to develop an AH-64 Apache Digital Twin in a contract that kicked off with a ribbon-cutting event on campus. The Apache Digital Twin program follows the UH-60 Black Hawk Digital Twin, which involves the disassembly and scanning…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/08/09/wsu-collaboration-will-move-army-aviation-into-the-future-with-apache-modernization/

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Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity

…faculty position. For tenured and tenure-track faculty appointments, visa classifications incompatible with such appointments include F-1 Optional Practical Training (OPT), J-1 Research Scholar, and J-1 Academic Training statuses. Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering Campus Location: Wichita, KS - WSU Main Campus Hire Type: Full Time Pay: Range…

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Student Projects | Applied Engineering, College of Engineering, WSU

…their current Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) for new purposes. This MiR will be used along with a Universal Robot (UR) provided by The National Institute of Aviation Research (NIAR). By using the Smart Factory’s MiR, Smart Supply will employ existing components while repurposing their current MiR to create a new and more efficient solution. The UR …

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WSU’s NIAR ATLAS announces NASA Space Apps hackathon in Wichita

NASA’s International Space Apps hackathon is coming to Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) Oct. 1-2. NASA invites coders, entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers, designers, storytellers, makers, builders, artists and technologists to come together in a global hackathon. Over two days, participants from around the world…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/08/31/wsus-niar-atlas-announces-nasa-space-apps-hackathon-in-wichita/

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NIAR adds USAF’s Tom Fischer as senior advisor

Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) is proud to announce the addition of Thomas Fischer as senior advisor to the executive director. Fischer, a 35-year U.S. Air Force employee and member of the Senior Executive Service, recently retired from his position as director of engineering and technical management and chief…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/06/09/niar-adds-usafs-tom-fischer-as-senior-advisor/

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Autonomous Machines Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor

…faculty position. For tenured and tenure-track faculty appointments, visa classifications incompatible with such appointments include F-1 Optional Practical Training (OPT), J-1 Research Scholar, and J-1 Academic Training statuses. Department: Mechanical Engineering Campus Location: Wichita, KS - WSU Main Campus Hire Type: Full Time Pay: Range beginning…

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…and others, at the 2018 Mars Settlement Workshop in London. During this two-day event, Schwartz, former Antarctic research station personnel, and residents of European ecovillage communities deliberated social issues related to space settlement. The conversations centered on considerations for Mars settlers. Volunteers for settling Mars would need to…

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