Research

Updated ‘Multiple-Goal Pursuit Model’ Describes How We Decide What Goals to Pursue

Dr. Jeffrey Vancouver

Dr. Jeffrey B. Vancouver, Professor and Byham Chair in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, co-authored an article that expands his “multiple-goal pursuit model” by including processes that can handle complex information and different types of goals one might choose to pursue or avoid. The article “An Integrative Formal Model of Motivation and Decision Making: The […]

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June 22, 2016 at 2:27 pmResearch

Vancouver, Graduate Students Publish on Using Computational Model for Job Performance

Dr. Jeffrey Vancouver

Dr. Jeffrey B. Vancouver, Professor and Byham Chair in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, co-authored an article on “Using a Computational Model to Understand Possible Sources of Skews in Distribution of Job Performance” in Personnel Psychology. His co-authors are Xiaofei Li, graduate student at Ohio University; Justin M. Weinhardt ’11M, ’13Ph.D., an Ohio University alum […]

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June 22, 2016 at 1:33 pmAlumni Research

Lein’s New Book Addresses ‘Futures Research and Environmental Sustainability’

Dr. James Lein

Dr. James Lein, Professor of Geography at Ohio University, has a new book, Futures Research and Environmental Sustainability: Theory and Method, due out in December. The new book: Brings together material not previous integrated into a single work Offers a detailed and complete treatment of the subjects Emphasizes useful information and […]

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June 20, 2016 at 7:11 pmResearch

Tomeo, Rosenthal Paper Looks at Differing Tree Responses to Acid Rain Conditions

Nicholas Tomeo and David Rosenthal

Graduate student Nicholas Tomeo and Dr. David Rosenthal, Assistant Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology at Ohio University, are co-authors on Fast-growing Acer rubrum differs from slow-growing Quercus alba in leaf, xylem and hydraulic trait coordination responses to simulated acid rain in Tree physiology. Their co-authors are Juliana S. Medeiros […]

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June 14, 2016 at 4:45 pmResearch

Probing Red Giants with a DRAGON

Probing Red Giants with a DRAGON

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Dr. Carl Brune, Professor of Physics & Astronomy and member of the Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (INPP), traveled recently to TRIUMF, Canada’s national lab for nuclear and particle physics, located in Vancouver. With him were his doctoral students Rekam Giri and Som […]

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June 9, 2016 at 3:18 pmNews Research

A&S Faculty Part of Innovation Funds for Adaptable Flexible Technologies for Mobile and Wearable Electronics

Ohio University’s Innovation Strategy program has provided $50,000 in a seed grant to help a team of Ohio University faculty on a project named Adaptable Flexible Technologies for Mobile and Wearable Electronics. This project aims to develop and design flexible electronic systems that can sense, digitize, communicate and analyze physiological […]

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June 7, 2016 at 6:05 pmResearch

Physics Faculty Get Innovation Funding for Center for Atomically Thin and Layered Systems Technology

Ohio University’s Innovation Strategy program has provided $50,000 in a seed grant to help a team of Ohio University faculty on a project named Ohio University Center for Atomically Thin and Layered Systems Technology: OHIO CATaLyST. This project will establish the new Center for Atomically Thin and Layered Systems Technology […]

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June 7, 2016 at 5:58 pmResearch