Volunteers older than age 36 who have no serious disease or walking constraints are needed for a research study on age-related changes in biomechanics and muscle activity during balance and walking.
Research
Through a 21-month, $300,000 project with funding from the Small Business Innovation Research of the U.S. Air Force Laboratory and in partnership with Kinnami Software Corporation, engineers in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources are making it possible for combat search and rescue operations to pinpoint isolated personnel without using radio GPS that can be intercepted.
WVU School of Public Health undergraduate student Jordan Ceglar has been selected by Delta Omega to present his research at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Expo. His project is titled “Racial and Ethnic Differences in Eating Disorder Treatment Seeking Behavior in a Pregnant Population.”
Volunteers older than age 36 who have no serious disease or walking constraint are needed for a research study on age-related changes in biomechanics and muscle activity during balance and walking.
The Southeastern Universities Research Association honored Maura McLaughlin, director of the Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology, with the SURA Distinguished Scientist Award. This award is given to scientists who are conducting exceptional research in disciplines related to SURA’s programs.
Sunidhi Mehta, assistant professor of fashion merchandising in the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, is leading a team of researchers looking at ways to recycle textiles from mattresses to create a material that could eventually be used to create biodegradable products, potential replacements for single-use plastics.