Research and Impact

Emma Rice poses for a picture in the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL), with the number 13 out of 30 total circuitries needed to build GRETA (Gamma Ray Energy Tracking Array)

OHIO Goldwater Scholar studies nuclear physics in national California lab

Ohio University student Emma Rice, an upcoming senior and physics major in the Honors Tutorial College, was recently named a 2021 Goldwater Scholar for her physics research. 

Laaeq Khan

MDIA professor publishes research on health agencies’ use of Instagram during COVID-19

Dr. Laeeq Khan, director of the SMART Lab and associate professor in the School of Media Arts and Studies, has co-authored a new study in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.

VR recording at the Athens County Courthouse

Virtual reality project involving students aims to train law enforcement

Over the past few weeks, students from across campus gathered at production locations to shoot scenes for a virtual reality project to help train law enforcement.

Space in the Innovation Center

OHIO Innovation Center receives $1.2 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant

Ohio University’s Innovation Center, an internationally-renowned business incubator, has been awarded $1.2 million under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

From left, graduate students Zhong Li, Payman Sharifi Abdar, Zheng Ma, and Fazlollah Madani Sani stand in the Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology facility.

Engineering students receive prestigious awards for corrosion research

Five Ph.D. students from the Russ College of Engineering and Technology received prestigious awards at the 2021 Association for Materials Protection and Performance Conference for their research.

Two pictures side by side, one of Dr. Nathaniel Szewczyk and the other of Dr. Sarah Wyatt in her lab.

Tiny seedlings and 3 million worms: Two OHIO experiments headed to International Space Station on June 3

When NASA's SpaceX Commercial Resupply Mission-22 launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 3, it will carry two Ohio University experiments to the International Space Station.

Jay Wilhem

Russ College professor awarded grant for 5G technology research

A professor in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology was awarded a grant of $399,481 by the U.S. Department of Energy to study and report on 5G wireless cellular technologies.

Jason Trembly

OhioX University Tech Talk features OHIO professors, industry partners discussing innovation in health care, industry on June 3

Two Ohio University professors and their industry partners will share experiences working together during an OhioX University Tech Talk on Thursday, June 3, at 4 p.m.

Courtney Koestler real world math

Patton College of Education faculty receive NSF grant to research connecting elementary mathematics teaching to real-world issues

Two Patton College of Education faculty have been awarded a collaborative research grant titled Connecting Elementary Mathematics Teaching to Real-World Issues from the National Science Foundation.

Sumit Sharma

OHIO professor Sumit Sharma receives National Science Foundation CAREER award to study metallic nanoparticles

The five-year, $511,902 grant will allow Sharma to study the adsorption behavior of surfactant, or soap-like, molecules on metallic nanoparticles.

Dr. Myra Waterbury leads a seminar in comparative politics

Waterbury awarded Fulbright to study Hungary and ethnic identity in the European neighborhood

Dr. Myra Waterbury was recently named a Fulbright Scholar and will be headed to Budapest in the spring of 2022 to conduct research on Hungary's disparate populations.

GRID Lab Resilience Project

OHIO’s GRID Lab collaborates to offer relaxing VR experience to healthcare workers amid pandemic

OHIO’s Game Research and Immersive Design (GRID) Lab is collaborating with OhioHealth on a new project to help relieve the stress of COVID on healthcare workers through a Tranquil VR experience.

Jana Houser Tornado chasing

BBC film crew to chase tornadoes with OHIO professor Houser

Dr. Jana Houser heads to Oklahoma this month in search of more answers about how tornadoes behave.

Dr. Srdjan Nesic

Srdjan Nesic chosen as OHIO's next distinguished professor

Dr. Srdjan Nesic, Russ Professor of Chemical Engineering in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology, has been named the 2021 Distinguished Professor by Ohio University.

Nicole Hess working in the lab

Goldwater Scholar looks at genetic mutations to learn more about hearing loss

OHIO junior Nicole Hess jumped at the opportunity to research about hearing loss in her advisor Dr. Soichi Tanda's lab during her freshman year. Now, she is a 2021 Goldwater Scholar.

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