Research

WSRI hosts summit on health and human performance research

Joseph Houpt with poster presentation

The Health and Human Performance Research Summit combined the capabilities of academia, industry and government with the science and technology expertise at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Continue reading

Wearing thin

Wright State to play role in national research/prevention study on body dissatisfaction and eating disorders
Professional Psychology students and professor

Wright State Professional Psychology students will participate in the Body Project, a national research study on body dissatisfaction and eating disorders. Continue reading

Puppy love

Wright State’s Regina Willen proves that petting is instrumental in reducing stress in shelter dogs
Regina Willen with dog

Wright State researchers find that petting for as little as 15 minutes a day is instrumental in reducing stress of dogs in animal shelters. Continue reading

Jet jewel

Wright State engineering student Emily Burns puts Air Force engines through computer simulations
Emily Burns in Russ Engineering

Wright State engineering student Emily Burns puts Air Force engines through computer simulations at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Continue reading

Wright State University’s dazzling new Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration Building a research powerhouse

Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration Building exterior

Wright State will celebrate the opening on the Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration Building with a ceremony April 16 from 4 to 6 p.m. Continue reading

Bull’s-eye

Architectural features of new Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration Building hit the mark
NEC Building glass fins

Chilled ceiling beam, anti-vibration floor and a glass facade stripped with energy-saving fins are among the many architectural highlights of Wright State’s new Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration Building. Continue reading

Power play

Wright State researchers testing propeller design that could boost wind power
Zifeng Yang with propeller blade

Wright State researchers are testing a propeller blade that could revolutionize wind power by making turbines more powerful, efficient, quieter and less expensive. Continue reading

In neuroscience, Dayton begins to make mark

Excerpt Wright State University is readying to open its $37 million Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration Building, a structure university leaders promise will be a unique hub where neurology, medicine, engineering and computer science will meet. “It’s safe to say there’s no … Continue reading

Best feeling possible

Wright State neuroengineer Sherif Elbasiouny to conduct pioneering prosthesis research in new NEC Building
Sherif Elbasiouny with prosthetic arm

Wright State neuroengineer Sherif Elbasiouny will conduct pioneering prosthesis research in the new Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration Building. Continue reading

Wright State to host Orthopaedic Research and Innovation Symposium

Tarun Goswami

Engineering and orthopaedic clinicians and researchers will gather at Wright State for symposium on orthopaedic research and devices. Continue reading