Archive for December, 2018

Engineering ‘Smart’ Monitors for Patients with Diabetes

Engineering ‘Smart’ Monitors for Patients with Diabetes

  By Amanda Biederman NQPI editorial intern For patients with diabetes, needles and syringes are a staple of everyday life. Yet in the near future, glucose monitoring may be as simple as reading a text message. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science professor and Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute member Dr. Savas Kaya, post-doctoral […]

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December 6, 2018 at 1:18 pmResearch

Chemists Measuring Temperature at the Nanoscale

hemistry doctoral student Ali Rafiei Miandashti is designing a thermosensing system that may one day be applied to cancer treatment. (Ramin Rabbani photo)

By Amanda Biederman NQPI editorial intern When it comes to developing more effective therapeutics for cancer, doctoral student Ali Rafiei Miandashti emphasizes the key is to think small. Rafiei, who works under the supervision of Chemistry & Biochemistry professor and Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute member Dr. Hugh Richardson, is […]

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December 6, 2018 at 1:16 pmResearch

Stem Cells: From Classical Model to Modern Computation

Dr. Horacio Castillo

By Amanda Biederman NQPI editorial intern The human body is home to more than 200 different types of cells, each performing a unique function. But what makes a blood cell a blood cell, or a neuron a neuron? All cells in an organism are derived from a single embryonic stem […]

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December 6, 2018 at 1:14 pmResearch

Cambridge Sabbatical Mingles Research, Networking

NQPI member David Drabold (center right) poses in Cambridge, England with Nobel laureate
Venkatraman “Venki” Ramakrishnan (center left) and his sons, Will (left) and Edward (right). Drabold
spent last spring at Trinity College during his sabbatical. (Photo courtesy of David Drabold)

By Ryan Flynn NQPI editorial intern One might not think history and physics regularly coincide. However, Distinguished Professor of Physics and Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute member Dr. David Drabold steeped himself in both this past spring by taking sabbatical at Trinity College in Cambridge, England. While in Cambridge, Drabold met with […]

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December 6, 2018 at 1:12 pmAlumni Research

NQPI Members Team Up to Characterize Dewetting

Physics doctoral student Michael Mroz uses a low-energy electron microscope to examine the physical properties of compounds that make up thermionic cathodes.

By Amanda Biederman NQPI editorial intern A new finding from the lab of Physics & Astronomy professor and Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute member Dr. Martin Kordesch has altered the scientific community’s understanding on the fundamental properties of materials in thermionic cathodes. In a paper published in AIP Advances last June, […]

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December 6, 2018 at 1:11 pmResearch

Students, Faculty, and Community Members Discuss Food and Agriculture in Region

Dane Salabek, one of the panelist, smiles during the conversation.  Photo by Nick Oatley

The Food Studies theme teamed up with Food Matters Club and Community Food Initiatives to host a panel, Eating for Change, on Dec. 4. Panelists included Joy Kostansek, the Food Studies graduate assistant; Dane Salabak, a professor in the School of Applied Health Sciences and Wellness and manager of the […]

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December 6, 2018 at 10:30 amNews

Bikowski, Phillips Co-Author Book on ‘Teaching with a Global Perspective’

Bikowski, Phillips Co-Author Book on ‘Teaching with a Global Perspective’

Ohio University professors Dr. Dawn Bikowski and Dr. Talinn Phillips co-authored a book on Teaching with a Global Perspective: Practical Strategies from Course Design to Assessment (Routledge, 2018). Bikowski is Director of the English Language Improvement Program in the College of Arts & Sciences, and Phillips is Associate Professor of English. The […]

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December 6, 2018 at 7:48 amResearch