Biomedical, Industrial, and Human Factors Engineering

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

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

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

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

Students in focus at the Center for Sensor Exploitation

Photo of Brian Rigling, associate professor at Wright State’s College of Engineering and Computer Science.

Through creative collaborations with defense and industrial partners, Wright State University’s Center for Sensor Exploitation… Continue reading

Wright State engineering professor named finalist for prestigious operations research award

Photo of Xinhui Zhang, Wright State University associate professor of biomedical, industrial and human factors engineering

It’s the Super Bowl of operations research—the competition for the Franz Edelman Award for achievement in operations research… Continue reading

Engineering students soak up African culture in bringing solar power to medical clinic

Photo of Wright State engineering students installing solar panels at the Ugandan clinic.

When a group of Wright State engineering students went to central Africa for a project in June, they pretty much accomplished what they expected to… Continue reading

Newest Presidential Scholar is a trailblazer

Named last week as the university’s Presidential Scholar for 2012–13, Virginia Hall leaves Thursday for Africa…
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Students design life-saving incubation station

Photo of Biomedical engineering students Jessica Hernandez (right), Joanna Newton and Jacob Durdel displayimg the incubator they designed and built. The incubator and others will be sent to the Congo in Africa.

By any measure it’s low-tech–with its plastic base and supports, a vinyl tent-like cover and a couple of heating elements. But it’s designed to be just that. And it promises to be life-saving. Continue reading

Vietnamese refugee Caroline Cao boosts Wright State’s expertise in medical imaging and human-factors engineering

Photo of Caroline Cao Expert on Human Factors in Medical Technologies

It was post-war Saigon—deep in the night. Ten-year-old Caroline Cao and her family quietly slipped out of their home and made for the coast. Continue reading

Wright State engineering program celebrates first 100 Ph.D. graduates

Photo of College of Engineering and Computer Science Dean S. Narayanan and recent Ph.D. graduates.

Whether they’re developing more effective UAVs for the battlefield or better underwater vehicles for exploration… Continue reading

WSU scientist supports Air Force human performance research

For combat pilots, the cockpit is a busy place. The aircraft themselves are complex, fast-moving machines that demand the pilot’s attention. Continue reading