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From books to screens, Kathy Downes helped Wichita State students find information for 43 years

…for ‘What’s the next big thing,’ and what is the role of the university?’” Downes, dean of University Libraries since 2017, came to Wichita State in 1979 as a biomedical librarian. She also served as assistant dean, associate dean and senior associate dean. She will retire in September.

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/08/28/from-books-to-screens-kathy-downes-helped-wichita-state-students-find-information-for-43-years/

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Location for WSU/KU Wichita Biomedical Campus approved

The Wichita City Council approved a plan today that will move forward a project between Wichita State University and the University of Kansas to build a 471,000-square-foot health sciences center in the heart of downtown Wichita. Council members agreed to sell or lease two tracts of land – at 214 S. Topeka (where the Wichita Transit Center, set to move to…

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/08/01/location-for-wsu-ku-wichita-biomedical-campus-approved/

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Plan to attend Office of Research award panel workshop

…this funding, including Dr. Moriah Beck, professor of chemistry; Dr. Nikki Keene Woods, professor of public health sciences; and Dr. Yongkuk Lee, assistant professor of biomedical engineering. Email funding@wichita.edu to RSVP for the workshop, or sign up through myTraining in myWSU.

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/05/30/plan-to-attend-office-of-research-award-panel-workshop/

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Healthcare Research Roundtable to be hosted April 27

…and dean of the graduate school, will provide an overview of health care research at WSU; Zach Gearhart, chief of staff for the president, will give an update on the downtown Biomedical Campus; and President Rick Muma and Shirley Lefever, executive vice president and provost, will be present for a Q&A session. There will be four to six short…

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/04/19/healthcare-research-roundtable-to-be-hosted-april-27/

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Mother Daughter Day event to be held at Wichita State

…Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in four STEM activities designed to introduce different types of engineering, including aerospace, mechanical, electrical and biomedical engineering. Attendees will also meet and interact with female students from the college, which will help middle school girls envision themselves in the field. In…

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/03/21/mother-daughter-day-event-to-be-held-at-wichita-state-2/

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Mother Daughter Day event to be held at Wichita State

…Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in four STEM activities designed to introduce different types of engineering, including aerospace, mechanical, electrical and biomedical engineering. Attendees will also meet and interact with female students from the college, which will help middle school girls envision themselves in the field. In…

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/03/20/mother-daughter-day-event-to-be-held-at-wichita-state/

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College of Health Profession begins strategic planning process

…planning process for the CHP is made more complex as it must include the challenges of moving from multiple academic, research and clinical sites to the new Wichita Biomedical Center in 2026. A strategic planning website is being developed so that the process is accessible and transparent to interested CHP stakeholders.

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/03/06/college-of-health-profession-begins-strategic-planning-process/

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Wichita State-led research aims to help persons with disabilities navigate buildings

…Joseph (Department of Agricultural Economics) and Florida Institute of Technology Professor Ted Conway (Department of Biomedical Engineering). Wichita State students will help with the research.

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/01/20/wichita-state-led-research-aims-to-help-persons-with-disabilities-navigate-buildings/

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Faculty sabbaticals approved for 2022-23 academic year

…managementKaren Countryman-Roswurm, associate professor, social workAli Eslami, associate professor, electrical and computer engineeringNils Hakansson, associate professor, biomedical engineeringMichael Hall, associate professor, political scienceJeff Hayton, associate professor, historyTwyla Hill, professor, sociologyThalia Jeffres, associate…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/05/25/faculty-sabbaticals-approved-for-2022-23-academic-year/

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CHP hosts exercise, weight management, and health expert

… Texas. The institution is recognized for its comprehensive studies on human performance and disease prevention. He also served as professor of preventive medicine at Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University.

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/08/31/college-of-health-professions-hosts-internationally-recognized-expert/

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November 2024 Alumni Spotlight: Davis Willenborg

November 2024 Alumni Spotlight: Davis Willenborg 11/01/2024 11:45:43 AM Davis Willenborg, a Biomedical Engineering graduate, now works as a Planner for Aircraft Services at Bombardier Aerospace. In his role, Davis handles logistics for business jets that come in for service, ensuring maintenance and tooling are planned efficiently so technicians can complete…

https://www.wichita.edu/industry_and_defense/ennovar/ennovar_news/alumni_spotlight/2024/202411_nov_davis-willenborg.php

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June 2025 Alumni Spotlight: Andrew Gross

June 2025 Alumni Spotlight: Andrew Gross 06/02/2025 11:45:43 AM After graduating with a degree in Biomedical Engineering in May 2020, Andrew Gross stepped into his current role as a Production Standards Analyst, where he develops and manages maintenance policies and compliance documents to ensure regulatory adherence. Before that, Andrew got his start with…

https://www.wichita.edu/industry_and_defense/ennovar/ennovar_news/alumni_spotlight/2025/202506_jun_andrew-gross.php

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Laila Cure

…Healthcare Management Science, 17(3): 245-258. Cure, L. Zayas-Castro, J. Fabri, P. (2011). Clustering Near-Miss Reports to Identify Risk in Healthcare Delivery. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 44(5): 738-48. Academic: 2015-present Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS.…

https://www.wichita.edu/profiles/academics/engineering/ISME/01_Faculty/Cure-Laila.php

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Dr. Gary Brooking

…program and established links between industry and academics resulting in several sponsored student projects. In 2014 he moved to Wichita State University as a lecturer in Biomedical Engineering to assist in creating clinical focused student projects as well as to foster an entrepreneurial mindset in students. To date, two companies have been…

https://www.wichita.edu/profiles/academics/engineering/applied_engineering/01_Faculty/Brooking-Gary.php

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Dr. Davood Askari

…No: 1338008, Sept. 1, 2013 – Aug. 31, 2016, $ 173,274. Huq, H. F. (PI), Askari, Davood (Co-PI), Mihut, D. (Co-PI), Islam, N. (Co-PI), and Tidrow S. C., “Acquisition of a Sputtering System for Device and Material Research (SDMR) at Hispanic Gateway Institutions,” NSF-MRI, Proposal No: 1229523, Sept. 1, 2012 – Aug. 31, 2015, $215,000. Martirosyan, K. S.…

https://www.wichita.edu/profiles/academics/engineering/mechanical_engineering/01_Faculty/Askari-Davood.php

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Dr. Eylem Asmatulu

… Murad, M.S., Asmatulu, E., Nuraje, N., and Asmatulu, R. “Nanotechnology Safety in the Biomedical Industry,” in Nanotechnology Safety 2nd Edition, Editors R. Asmatulu, W.S. Khan, and E. Asmatulu, Elsevier, 2024. (Corresponding Author) Khan, W.S., Asmatulu, E., and Asmatulu, R. “Nanotechnology Safety in the Energy Industry,” 187-206, in Nanotechnology Safety …

https://www.wichita.edu/profiles/academics/engineering/mechanical_engineering/01_Faculty/Asmatulu-Eylem.php

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Dr. Shuang Gu

…Extraction of BSA by reversed micelles, Proceedings on the Biomedical Engineering of Dalian University of Technology, 2003, 1, 341−346. M. Wu, G.H. He, S. Gu, P.J. Yao, Polymer electrolyte membranes and their modification for FC, Chem. Ind. Eng. Prog. (Chinese journal), 2003, 22-Z1, 292−296. C. Li, G.H. He, W.Z. Quan, S. Gu, Extraction of BSA by Cationic …

https://www.wichita.edu/profiles/academics/engineering/mechanical_engineering/01_Faculty/Gu-Shuang.php

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Rajeev Nair

…and composites, tribology of nano-coatings, nanotechnology in manufacturing with focus on lasers, mechanics of composite manufacturing processes and study of machine tools and biomedical devices through design and finite element analysis. As a PI, he has been involved in the development of several grant applications for enhancement of…

https://www.wichita.edu/profiles/academics/engineering/mechanical_engineering/01_Faculty/Nair-Rajeev.php

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Dr. T.S. Ravi

…issues, cryotherapies and fluid therapies. Selected publications Gogineni, A., Ravigururajan, T. S., 2014, “A Review of flow in blocked and stented arteries,” J Biomedical Engineering & Technlogy (accepted for publication.) Gogineni, A., Ravigururajan, T. S., 2014, “Flow modeling downstream of a restenotic stented cardiac vessel under Ischemic…

https://www.wichita.edu/profiles/academics/engineering/mechanical_engineering/01_Faculty/Ravi-T.S..php

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James Beck PhD

…for Plant Invasion Genomics (CPING): Combining Big Data and Plant Collections to Understand Invasiveness.” ($3.8 million total; $186,068 to WSU) Kansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (K-INBRE) Bioinformatics Core Facility Award (2017) "Advancing genomics/bioinformatics research and instruction in the biological sciences at Wichita State."…

https://www.wichita.edu/profiles/academics/fairmount_college_of_liberal_arts_and_sciences/Biological_Sciences/01-Faculty/Beck-James.php