Faculty & Staff

Body guard: Wright State medical researcher Caroline Cao improving use of surgical robotics

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Jim Hannah
Wright State medical researcher Caroline Cao

Wright State medical researcher Caroline Cao is investigating how to improve the use of surgical robotics in abdominal surgery. Continue reading →

Anita Dempsey receives nursing award for mental health efforts at the Dayton VA Medical Center

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Karen Strider-Iiames

Anita Dempsey was honored with the 2014 Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Nursing—RN Expanded Role Category from the Dayton VA Medical Center. Continue reading →

Laser gazer: Ultrafast-laser expert Jason Deibel named director of undergraduate research at CoSM

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Jim Hannah
Jason Deibel

Jason Deibel, an expert on the use of lasers to study new materials, is the new director of undergraduate research and experiential learning in the College of Science and Mathematics. Continue reading →

CSIC continues to soar

2014 campaign launches with takeoff event on March 10
Posted on March 10, 2014 by Kim Patton

Wright State University’s annual Campus Scholarship and Innovation Campaign will launch with a takeoff event on March 10 at 2 p.m. in the Student Union Endeavour Room. Continue reading →

Morgan-Elliott to lead facilities development at Wright State

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Jim Hannah
Wende Morgan-Elliott

Wright State Senior Architect Wende Morgan-Elliott named interim Executive Director Of Facilities Planning and Development. Continue reading →

Multicultural Dayton: Riad Ajami, director of Wright State’s Center for Global Business

Excerpt Next to his numerous published works, and the many publications where he’s been featured, Riad Ajami keeps a stack of books in his Wright State University office to remind him of home. Like his favorite author and poet, Kahlil Gibran, Ajami was born in … Continue reading →

SCALE Model: Super active learning method pioneered in College of Engineering and Computer Science

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Jim Hannah
Travis Doom in SCALE-UP classroom

Computer science and engineering professor Travis Doom has pioneered Student Centered Active Learning Environment, or SCALE-UP, an innovative classroom environment. Continue reading →

Hands-on approach to learning encourages students to question more

Excerpt Wright State University associate professor Lisa Kenyon is bringing fun back into the classroom. Kenyon said the curriculum she helped develop at Northwestern University gives students a hands-on approach to learning. IQWST — Investigating and Questioning our World through … Continue reading →

Co-director of ergonomics and Alzheimer’s care receives public service award

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Seth Bauguess
Govind Bharwani is director of Nursing Ergonomics and Alzheimer Care at the Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio and co-director of ergonomics at the Wright State College of Engineering and Computer Science.

Govind Bharwani, Ph.D., co-director of ergonomics and Alzheimer’s care in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and director of Nursing Ergonomics and Alzheimer’s Care at the Nursing Institute of West Central Ohio, received the American College of Health Care … Continue reading →