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Volunteers needed for a research study

Research Topic/Purpose of the study: The purpose of this study is to determine whether pre and post tongue muscle performance measures differ following a six-week stretching protocol of skeletal muscles. Procedures: Participants will complete two testing sessions (pre and post), six weeks apart, assessing tongue strength and endurance using the IOPI device…

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/03/15/volunteers-needed-for-a-research-study-2/

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Volunteers needed for a research study

Research topic/purpose for the study: To assess what muscle(s) or muscle groups activate and how an individual’s physiological measures (heart rate, blood pressure, muscle oxygen saturation, cardiorespiratory) respond in different position settings (i.e., Power Climb, Power Stairs, Power Sled) while engaging in physical activity on the Challenger.…

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/02/12/volunteers-needed-for-a-research-study/

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Art history senior, Josh Cornett, selected to present research at national conference

…the curatorial intern at the Ulrich Museum of Art and is primarily interested in the cultural exchange between indigenous groups and colonizing groups. While performing research in preparation for the Ulrich’s 2022 exhibition “Myths of the West: Narrating Stories of the Land and People through Wichita Art Collections,” Cornett found himself gathering an…

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/04/04/art-history-senior-josh-cornett-selected-to-present-research-at-national-conference/

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Research-Associates-Job-ID-122588

…to the Certifying Officer of the Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration, Harris Tower, N.E., 233 Peachtree Street, Suite 410, Atlanta, GA 30303. Research Associates Job ID #122588 in Wichita, Kansas Develop, coordinate, and monitor aspects of production for the composite machining lab using CATIA V5, AutoCAD, MasterCam,…

https://www.wichita.edu/industry_and_defense/NIAR/Documents/Research-Associates-Job-ID-122588.docx

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Industrial Engineering, Master's

…analysis and management of systems in manufacturing and service organizations — as well as for success in a future doctorate program. You'll have access to some of the best research facilities in the country and the chance to work and research with faculty and industry professionals on campus and throughout Kansas' largest city. Degree: MS Credit Hours:…

https://www.wichita.edu/academics/majors/index.php?program=industrial_engineering_ms_130

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Hearing aid users invited to participate in research study

The purpose of this study is to evaluate hearing aid users’ benefit from their hearing aids, with the goal to identify factors that relate to satisfaction with hearing aids. Participants will complete a hearing test, a cognitive screener, a test of hearing aid function, a questionnaire of hearing aid benefit and a task where listeners must detect pitch…

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/11/30/hearing-aid-users-invited-to-participate-in-research-study/

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Wichita State, NASA lead research for improved in-space manufacturing plans

Wichita State University will lead a three-year project to assist NASA’s manufacturing paradigm shift from “factories on earth” to “factories in space.“ “This project will pioneer a new in-space manufacturing technology based on electrospinning,” said Dr. Wujun Si, assistant professor in WSU’s College of Engineering. “It will significantly overcome some…

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/12/15/wichita-state-nasa-lead-research-for-improved-in-space-manufacturing-plans/

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Doctoral student is seeking participants for research project

A Doctor of Audiology student is conducting a study on different procedures of a clinical test evaluating the function of the inner ear. Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 35, have normal hearing, have not had an ear infection in the past three months or have not had a cold or flu in the past two weeks. Participants will receive a no-cost…

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/01/05/doctoral-student-is-seeking-participants-for-research-project/

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Doctoral student is seeking participants for research project

A Doctor of Audiology student is conducting a study on different procedures of a clinical test evaluating the function of the inner ear. Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 35, have normal hearing, have not had an ear infection in the past three months or have not had a cold or flu in the past two weeks. Participants will receive a no-cost…

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/01/24/doctoral-student-is-seeking-participants-for-research-project-2/

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Doctoral student is seeking participants for research project

A Doctor of Audiology student is conducting a study on different procedures of a clinical test evaluating the function of the inner ear. Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 35, have normal hearing, have not had an ear infection in the past three months or have not had a cold or flu in the past two weeks. Participants will receive a no-cost…

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/02/18/doctoral-student-is-seeking-participants-for-research-project-3/

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Fairmount College Faculty: How Lisa Parcell makes research approachable

Chances are, you’ve mixed up a Betty Crocker cake mix, added Nestle chocolate chips to a batch of cookies or sprinkled Morton salt onto your popcorn. But can you recall the last advertisement you’ve seen for any of these products? The ubiquity of these household items goes unquestioned by most, but not by Lisa Parcell, Betty and Oliver Elliott associate…

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/04/18/fairmount-college-faculty-how-lisa-parcell-makes-research-approachable/

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

Navigating an unfamiliar building can be discouraging and difficult to persons with disabilities. A team of Wichita State University researchers is in the early stages of developing digital maps to help accessibility indoors, where GPS or satellite systems often don’t work. In December, the National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator Track awarded a …

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

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Fall 2025 Commencement Program

…scholarly, professional, creative achievement or service to humanity. A candidate for an honorary degree must be deeply grounded in a career of scholarship, research, creative activity, service to humanity or other profession consistent with the endeavors of Wichita State University. Date of Graduation This program is not an official list of confrmed …

https://www.wichita.edu/about/commencement/fall-25-program.php

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From the Shadows to the Spotlight- Case 2

…depicted on this pair of moccasins is, most likely, a simplified depiction of the universe and man's place in it. Schemahorn Collection 1994.07.044a,b Lowell D. Holmes Museum of Anthropology Before: These shoes not only had bent and folded ankle collars, but there was a decent amount of dirt covering the beads on the top of the shoes, especially the left…

https://www.wichita.edu/museums/holmes/From_the_Shadows_to_the_Spotlight_Case_2.php

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Register for the upcoming Entrepreneurship Research Series workshop on patents

…If so, the first thing that needs to be checked is whether it has yet to be patented. The workshop, Patent Basics, will show participants the free tools that are available to help research. Join the workshop at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 4 in 217 Ablah Library.

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/03/27/register-for-the-upcoming-entrepreneurship-research-series-workshop-on-patents/

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WSU senior gains national attention with her research in physics

…annual meeting in Seattle. Banes’ presentation focused on neutrinos, which are particles that rarely interact with any other matter in the universe — specifically her research on the neutrinos coming from the galactic core of the Milky Way galaxy.

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/03/20/wsu-senior-gains-national-attention-with-her-research-in-physics/

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Volunteers needed for research study

Researchers at Wichita State want to know how relationship history and personality impact performance on economic games. Participants will first play games with a research assistant. Participants will then be asked to complete an online questionnaire asking about relationship history, morals and personality. Participation is expected to last 30 minutes.…

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/02/09/volunteers-needed-for-research-study/

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Volunteers requested for psychology research study

The study, “To Trust or Not to Trust IV,” involves completing a visual search task. The visual search task will be like Where’s Waldo, where participants must find a special item in a computer display full of different shapes. Sometimes they will complete the task themselves, other times they will watch a screen-captured video of an automated system…

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/09/12/volunteers-requested-for-psychology-research-study/

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Volunteers requested for research study on SWAY mobile app

Participants are needed to assess the accuracy of the balance, reaction time and cognitive assessment modules of the SWAY mobile application. Balance, reaction time, and cognitive function will be tested using the SWAY application. Participation will include three separate sessions placed one week (seven to 10 days) apart at the Human Performance Laboratory,…

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/09/05/volunteers-requested-for-research-study-on-sway-mobile-app/

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Students to present research on biblical texts

For their final projects, students enrolled in The Bible and the Ancient Near East will give public presentations of their comparative study of biblical texts in their ancient cultural contexts from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 in RSC 257. Topics are wide-ranging — including comparing the biblical flood account with Mesopotamian and Greek flood…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/12/05/students-present-research-on-biblical-texts/