Randy Quinn will present the next Lunch at Learn “Introduction to the Evansdale Innovation Center and the IP Process” from noon - 1 p.m. in Launch Lab room 413 in the Evansdale Innovation Center. Come hear how the Evansdale Innovation Center will help to increase accessibility and support for WVU’s researchers who want to market and commercialize their ideas, inventions, products, projects or discoveries.
Research
Are you interested in becoming more physically active? Are you an adult between the ages of 18- and 64-years-old? You may be eligible to participate in a research study investigating the effectiveness of a treatment package for increasing physical activity. Individuals may be compensated.
The Alpha Foundation for the Improvement of Mine Safety and Health has awarded additional funds to V’yacheslav Akkerman, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at West Virginia University, to expand his research on the predictability and hazards related to mine fires.
The Center for Innovation in Gas Research and Utilization will hold its second annual showcase event Dec. 4, from 4:30-7:30 p.m. The public and WVU community are invited to attend this free event.
Paul Chantler, an associate professor in the West Virginia University School of Medicine, is researching why obese stroke patients have more trouble recovering than their lean counterparts. His work, funded by the National Institutes of Health, hints at a medical treatment that may narrow this gap.
Daniel Renfrew began studying the factors that created a lead epidemic in Uruguay while he was in graduate school. While visiting family in Uruguay, Renfrew traveled to investigate the social impacts of lead contamination, examining how the government responded to the crisis, why the crisis happened in the first place and how residents responded, such as through social activism.