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5.16.2022
National Science Foundation grant will help researcher develop better models to predict spread of an
epidemic
An epidemic spreads differently through the rural Midwest than through a big city. So University of Dayton researcher Subramanian Ramakrishnan will use $231,185 of a $650,000 National Science Foundation grant to develop better models to predict the spread locally and regionally rather than a one-size-fits-all national approach.
3.31.2022
Professor part of National Science Foundation grant to fund U.S. graduate students to learn from global leaders in display
technology
U.S. college students can learn from some of the world's leading experts in display technology thanks to a two-year, nearly $300,000 National Science Foundation grant; which Partha Banerjee, director of the University of Dayton Holography and Metamaterials Lab, will help lead in conjunction with Penn State.
3.31.2022
Gül E. Kremer named to lead University of Dayton School of
Engineering
Gül E. Kremer, a distinguished researcher, teacher and skilled university administrator, has been named the new dean for the University of Dayton School of Engineering, starting Aug. 1.
3.24.2022
Researcher to help U.S. Department of Homeland Security develop 3D fingerprint technology to improve
crime-fighting
A University of Dayton researcher is working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to create a better fingerprint to help identify crime suspects thanks to a two-year $300,000 grant from the department's Criminal Investigations and Network Analysis Center.
3.8.2022
LiDAR and Optical Communications Institute technical director wins international award for
book
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and OPTICA, formerly the Optical Society of America, awarded Paul McManamon, technical director of the University of Dayton LiDAR and Optical Communications Institute, with their Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award that recognizes authors of outstanding books in the field of optics and photonics.
6.16.2020
Study shows Ohio freeway median cable barriers stop vehicles from crashing into oncoming
traffic
As America slowly reopens and people resume hitting the open road, travelers through the Buckeye State can rest assured median cable barriers are doing their job. A University of Dayton Transportation Engineering Lab study of 2,209 highway crashes where a vehicle hit or crossed median cable barriers shows only 1.7% of vehicles involved breached the barriers and crashed into oncoming traffic.
1.30.2020
University joins regional partnership to help commercialize intellectual
property
The University of Dayton has joined the University of Cincinnati and three other universities in the region in a partnership that will greatly increase the resources and opportunities available to the region's early-stage startups.