Research

Reservoir riddle

Wright State environmental scientists investigate effectiveness of trapping greenhouse gases underground

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Jim Hannah

A research team from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences has won part of a $10 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to study geologically sequestering of carbon dioxide. Continue reading →

Virtual vibe

Nursing professor Sherry Farra uses virtual reality to conduct pioneering research in hospital evacuation training

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Jim Hannah

Nursing professor Sherry Farra uses virtual reality to conduct pioneering research in hospital evacuation training. Continue reading →

Wright State’s Allen Hunt co-authors book on new tool that offers promise in predicting global warming

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Jim Hannah

A new mathematical tool promises to offer important insights into global warming by predicting soil formation and depth and the influence of soil on vegetation growth. Continue reading →

Nursing professors honored for research on bath salts and pregnancy

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Bob Mihalek

Wright State nursing faculty members honored for providing vital information to health care professionals about the effects bath salts can have on pregnant women and their babies. Continue reading →

‘Of Beards and Men’

Excerpt Dewey would have been a sympathetic audience for “Of Beards and Men,” a finely detailed, borderline obsessive history by Christopher Oldstone-Moore, who spends more than 300 pages arguing that there’s very little on which facial hair might not come … Continue reading →

Designer genes

Wright State biomedical engineering students get chance to examine reconstruction of fateful TWA Flight 800

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Jim Hannah

Graduate students in Wright State’s biomedical engineering program met with federal regulators and investigators to learn how the government analyzes equipment failures and works to design systems that don’t fail. Continue reading →

Wright State researchers develop software to detect cyberbullying

Wright State University researchers are developing new software that can detect cyberbullying. The new software can search social media sites, like Facebook and Twitter, and detect messages that may be offensive or hurtful — and then alert the person who’s being targeted. … Continue reading →

Visual encounter

Wright State cognitive neuroscientist Assaf Harel builds pioneering lab to probe how the brain processes visual images

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Jim Hannah

Wright State cognitive neuroscientist Assaf Harel builds pioneering lab to probe how the brain processes visual images. Continue reading →

Technology for technology-induced disease

Wright State researchers using computer analysis as weapon against harassment

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Jim Hannah

Researchers at Wright State’s Kno.e.sis center are developing computer technology to analyze social media posts in an effort to identify and reduce cyberbullying. Continue reading →

Tomb treasures

Wright State’s Caroline Hillard bringing art history alive with experience at Etruscan burial ground

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Jim Hannah

Caroline Hillard, assistant art history professor, is bringing art history alive for Wright State students after participating in traveling seminar that visited Etruscan sites in Italy. Continue reading →