Archive for June, 2016

By Justin Courtright (Physics and Applied Mathematics, Class of 2016) My research with Dr. Eric Stinaff in Physics & Astronomy investigated how to produce an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) with an Arduino microcontroller and quartz tuning fork. Ideally, the AFM should be able to resolve objects down to 1 nanometer (one […]

By Ari Blumer (B.S. Engineering Physics, Class of 2018) I worked during May, June, and July 2015 in Dr. Martin Kordesch’s lab in Physics & Astronomy. My research focused on the growth of two-dimensional transitional metal dichalcogenides (TMDs); specifically tungsten disulfide (WS2) and molybdenum disulfide (MoS2). TMDs are compounds that […]

Five College of Arts & Sciences faculty are working on four Ohio University Innovation Strategy teams awarded $4 million for new research and teaching initiatives focused on the shale industry, osteoporosis diagnosis, immersive media and instructional innovation. “The four teams selected for major funding awards this winter advanced truly innovative […]

Ohio University alum Alyssa L. Parrott ’07 has been named Fairfield County Bar Association president, reports the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette. She earned a B.A. in Political Science from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. LANCASTER – Alyssa L. Parrott, associate at Dagger, Johnston, Miller, Ogilvie & Hampson, LLP, […]

More than 90 girls and 45 parents attended the third annual Tech Savvy event May 14 at Ohio University. Tech Savvy is designed to help girls in grades six through nine become interested in pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Attendees came from both public schools and homeschools […]

For rising junior Delaney Dixon, Russian, Global Studies, and War and Peace Studies are “a perfect fit.” “When I came to OHIO, I had planned to major in Political Science and International Relations. When I learned about Global Studies and the War and Peace theme at the Majors Fair, though, […]

Dr. Robert Klein, Associate Professor of Mathematics at Ohio University, made stops at the National Security Agency and the National Museum of Mathematics in June to screen Navajo Math Circles, a film by George Csicsery that features Klein’s work. The NSA published an article about the screening titled “Happy Accidents, […]