With more than $343,000 in U.S. Department of Agriculture funding, assistant professor Kristine Ramsay-Seaner, a counseling expert at the College of Applied Human Sciences, will oversee the development of trainings and other resources to support professionals who work with youth in rural communities across the United States.
Research
The Research Office is offering sessions for the community to learn about features of the new system that will replace WVU+kc — the WVU Research Administration Portal — through Oct. 14 on Zoom. The sessions are in preparation for the Jan. 13 launch of Grants, Agreements, Conflict of Interest and WVCTSI Clinical Trial Center of Excellence.
Individuals looking for non-dilutive R&D funding for early-stage innovation are invited to attend a webinar on the Department of Energy’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs at noon Tuesday (Sept. 10) on Zoom.
Mihyun Kim, assistant professor of statistics, earned funding from the National Science Foundation to develop statistical tools that could predict and model extreme patterns in weather events, financial turmoil and pollution levels.
At a time when usage of smartwatches and rings has become more common, a WVU human performance researcher points out heart rate variability — the time between heartbeats — the devices report is different from what would be recorded in a clinical setting.
Supported by a National Science Foundation award, WVU roboticists are working on an alternative path to robot autonomy with Loopy, a “multicellular robot” composed of a ring of individual, interconnected robot cells. They said they believe Loopy can learn to use its body to mark the boundary of a contaminated area, such as the site of an oil or toxin spill.