Students and Faculty Work Together to Create Smart Skin Biomedical Sensor
Wichita State UniversityResearchers at Wichita State University have been awarded with a $1.125 million NASA grant to continue development of a smart skin biomedical sensor.
Researchers at Wichita State University have been awarded with a $1.125 million NASA grant to continue development of a smart skin biomedical sensor.
The Wichita State University Center for Real Estate has released its 2017 Kansas Housing Markets Forecast that reviews current housing market conditions in the major markets across the state.
In 2017, Kansas total nonfarm employment is expected to increase by 12,572 jobs, which implies the employment growth rate is anticipated to be 0.9 percent. The employment forecast was announced by Jeremy Hill, director of the W. Frank Barton School of Business Center for Economic Development and Business Research at Wichita State University.
The School of Nursing at Wichita State University recently acquired a new family of state-of-the-art mannequins that can realistically simulate a variety of symptoms and scenarios, including childbirth, seizures, blood pressure problems and bleeding.
Steve Werner, an entrepreneurship major at Wichita State University recently won the first Cox Business Get Started Wichita competition for his startup, Lawn Buddy, and received a prize of $17,000 in cash and services. Werner describes Lawn Buddy as a sort of Uber for lawn care.
Airline prices are lower (6 percent for the industry) than last year, but demand is strong and seats will fill quickly. Book your holiday air travel early this year to get the seat and times you want. That's the advice from Dean Headley, Airline Quality Rating (AQR) co-author and associate professor of marketing at Wichita State University.
WSU nursing faculty member Dr. Wendy Dusenbury has embarked on a new specialty practice. Because of her expertise in the area of stroke management, Dusenbury was invited to join an inaugural group of practitioners at the University of Tennessee to help test a one-of-a-kind mobile stroke unit. The specialized vehicle is the world's largest mobile stroke unit and contains the most advanced computerized tomography (CT) imaging capabilities ever in a mobile setting.
Two Wichita State University professors are conducting research on an invasive plant species to assist Kansas ranchers in their practices.
Wichita State University is collaborating with Spay Neuter Kansas City (SNKC) to research, evaluate and improve a technology used by the clinic to track animals.
When a monster beetle arrived in Hawaii and began chomping down palm trees, students with Wichita State University's Bug Lab took action.
The Cave at Wichita State University is an immersive virtual reality center that can be used to mock up designs and "walk" through what they would look like in real life. Objects as big as planes can be designed and viewed in the Cave.
Wichita State University's National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) is collaborating with local startup The Caregiver Co. to provide stress and fatigue tests on its new Caregiver Bed.
A standard engineering project took on a deeper meaning when Wichita State engineering and physical therapy students watched 3-year-old Jocelyn McNeese drive around in a toy car they modified for her special needs.
Think you know about guns? A Wichita State researcher is inviting the public to test their gun knowledge through an online survey of firearms and firearm safety.
College students who spend hours scrolling through Facebook are actually more prepared for the real world than we once thought. That's according to Wichita State University researcher David (Jingjun) Xu, who found that students who look at friends' status updates and receive social feedback through likes and comments on Facebook are more confident in their ability to perform job-related tasks when they graduate.
Wichita State Communication Sciences and Disorders Professor Ray Hull has co-authored a new book, "The Art of Communication," with New York Times best-selling author Jim Stovall.
As Virgin America claimed the top spot for the fourth consecutive year, overall U.S. airline performance improved slightly in 2015, according to the 26th annual Airline Quality Rating (AQR), released today (Monday, April 4) at the National Press Club in Washington.
The results of the 26th annual national Airline Quality Rating (AQR) will be announced at 9:30 a.m. EDT, Monday, April 4, at a news conference at the National Press Club, Zenger Room, in Washington. The rating is conducted annually by researchers Dean Headley at the W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University and Brent Bowen, dean of the College of Aviation at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott, Ariz., campus.
The Center for Combating Human Trafficking (CCHT) at Wichita State University is partnering with several faith congregations, businesses and nonprofit organizations to host a rally demanding justice for human trafficking victims believed to be receiving unfair and harsh legal punishment.
Michael Birzer, Wichita State University's director of the School of Community Affairs, recently completed a five-year research project exploring racial profiling in Kansas. The results of the research have led to the development of an updated biased-based policing course offered at the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center.
Between 2014 and 2064, the Kansas population is expected to increase from 2,904,321 to 3,538,277, a 21.8 percent increase, according to a forecast released by the Center for Economic Development and Business Research at Wichita State University. Twenty of Kansas' 105 counties are projected to have increases in population, while the other 85 are projected to have population declines.
Wichita State University remains first among all U.S. universities in business-financed aeronautical engineering research and development (R&D) expenditures and third in overall aeronautical engineering R&D expenditures, according to newly released National Science Foundation (NSF) data.
A new report conducted by the Kansas Public Finance Center at Wichita State University's Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs shows that Kansas' sales tax on food hurts economic activity, especially in border counties.
In May, the Wichita State University community said goodbye to 22-year-old electrical engineering student Abduljaleel "Jaleel" Alarbash, who was killed trying to stop a suicide bomber from entering a mosque in Saudi Arabia. This week the man hailed as a hero will be remembered with an honorary degree and have a room in Jabara Hall named in his memory.
Drowsy driving injures and kills thousands of people in the United States each year. A device being developed by Vigo Technologies Inc., in collaboration with Wichita State University professor Jibo He and graduate students Long Wang, Christina Knopp and Utkarsh Ranjan, could alert drowsy drivers and avoid potential accidents.
Kansas home sales should rise by more than 8 percent in 2016 according to the 2016 Kansas Housing Markets Forecast series published by the Wichita State University Center for Real Estate.
Wichita State University has been awarded a $7.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration (EDA) that will rapidly accelerate multiple economic development efforts underway as part of the Innovation University initiative.
In 2016, Kansas total nonfarm employment is expected to increase by 19,958 jobs, which implies the employment growth rate is anticipated to be 1.4 percent. In 2016, Wichita total nonfarm employment is expected to increase by 3,360 jobs, which implies the employment growth rate is anticipated to be 1.1 percent.
Hearing loss is one of the most common birth defects, with more than 12,000 children in the United States affected each year. Three students in Wichita State University's biomedical engineering program recognized this issue and designed their senior project to create a therapeutic toy to provide early intervention therapy for children with auditory disabilities.
Book your holiday air travel early this year. That’s the advice from Dean Headley, Airline Quality Rating co-author and associate professor of marketing at Wichita State University.
Dean Headley, Airline Quality Rating co-author from Wichita State University, will announce this year's holiday forecast for air travelers at 11 a.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 10. Find out how you can participate in the virtual news conference.
Two Wichita State University professors have been awarded a $380,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate cybersecurity and privacy issues for wearable devices.
A team of biomedical engineering students from Wichita State University has invented Mobile HealthLink, a remote health monitoring system that allows physicians to check on patients via a programmable smartwatch.
Wichita State University's National Institute for Aviation Research and Dassault Systemes will partner on an advanced manufacturing center on the Innovation Campus.
Wichita State University's Li Yao is taking a special approach to the study of spinal cord injuries through research that uses an electrical signal to repair tissue damage.
Wichita State University's Kenneth Ciboski has taught political science at WSU for 47 years. Melvin Kahn has taught political science for 45 years. Ciboski is an avowed Republican and Kahn is a staunch Democrat. But the two men prefer to handle their political differences old-school -- with mutual respect and intellectual integrity.
Ray Hull, professor of communication sciences and disorders in audiology/neurosciences at Wichita State University, has concluded research analyzing 84 years of work from scientists worldwide into the connection between cardiovascular health and the ability to hear and understand what others are saying. Hull’s work connected the dots from 70 scientific studies to confirm a direct link.
Wichita State University microbiology professor Mark Schneegurt and ornithology professor Chris Rogers have discovered that one of North America's most common migratory birds – the Dark-eyed Junco – carries on its feathers a remarkable diversity of plant bacteria, the greatest ever found on wild birds. And while many of these bacteria may be harmful to plants, the bacteria could also be of great benefit.
A team of engineering students representing Wichita State University is among 20 university teams from around the world selected for the second round of the Valeo Innovation Challenge.
Wichita State University and Kansas State University are working together with the FAA to minimize the risk associated with the operation of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) operating in the National Airspace System.
As Virgin America claimed the top spot for the third consecutive year, overall U.S. airline performance slipped in 2014, according to the 25th annual Airline Quality Rating (AQR) released Monday at the National Press Club in Washington.
The results of the 25th annual national Airline Quality Rating (AQR) will be announced at 9:30 a.m. EDT, Monday, April 13, at a news conference at the National Press Club, Zenger Room, in Washington, D.C.
Wichita State University grad student Jennifer Francois is conducting research that studies the ways in which infants' eyes track their mothers' faces -- a small detail that can have a big impact on a child's foundation for future language development.
Wichita State University has reached a historic agreement with one of the world’s leading aerospace companies. WSU, through its Wichita State Innovation Alliance Inc., has signed letters of intent with Airbus Americas to locate the company’s Wichita engineering center in a new building on the university’s Innovation Campus.
Wichita State University professors Jibo He and Barbara Chaparro continue to find ways to be creative and innovative -- this time inventing a device that could have positive ramifications in the medical field and beyond. Their latest invention, developed with the help of WSU grad student Long Wang, is called Google Lens.
For the fifth consecutive year, Wichita State University ranks first among the nation’s universities in industry-funded aerospace engineering research and development expenditures, according to newly-released National Science Foundation data.
In a gift commitment with sweeping impact, Koch Industries and the Fred and Mary Koch Foundation have pledged $11.25 million to create and advance programs at Wichita State University aimed at helping students excel and become the next generation of entrepreneurs, innovators and business leaders.
Wichita State University researchers are working on a new system that could decrease the negative effects of cancer drugs on patients.
Wichita State University's Human Performance Lab -- with its top-level faculty expertise and resources -- is well equipped to assist forward-thinking companies needing help with industry research. So when Performance Health, makers of the popular TheraBand resistance exercise bands, needed some research done, they came to Wichita State's Michael Rogers, professor of exercise science and chair of the Department of Human Performance Studies.
The rapid increase in mobile technology such as smart phones and watches, tablets and Google Glass, has resulted in the need for more research to ensure those devices work well. But, says Wichita State University assistant professor Jibo He, there are no good tools to properly test mobile devices. So He, along with WSU professor Barb Chaparro, invented a solution using the latest technology of Google Glass.