Post Tagged with: "research"

Mohlenkamp Presents at Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Mohlenkamp Presents at Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Dr. Martin Mohlenkamp, Associate Professor of Mathematics, presented “Dynamical Systems Analysis of Swamps in ALS” at a mini-symposium at the 2014 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics annual meeting on July 7. The symposium was on Tensor Analysis, Computation and Application. Abstract: The Alternating Least Squares (ALS) algorithm for approximating […]

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July 15, 2014 at 11:28 amResearch

Dantas Wins International Research Network Grant

Dantas Wins International Research Network Grant

Dr. Mariana Dantas, Associate Professor of History, and her colleague Emma Hart of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland have won an International Research Network Grant from the United Kingdom’s Arts and Humanities Research Council. The grant will be used in support of the “Global City: Past and Present” […]

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July 2, 2014 at 1:36 pmNews

Physics Alum, Professor Explore Optical Constraints of Semiconductor Zinc Oxide for First Time

Physics Alum, Professor Explore Optical Constraints of Semiconductor Zinc Oxide for First Time

“Recently, an extraordinary effort has been directed toward group II–VI semiconductors such as zinc oxide (ZnO) material … because of its potential applications in the fields of electronic and optoelectronics,” including solar cells and renewable energy storage, write an Ohio University alum and Physics & Astronomy professor who co-authored an […]

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June 30, 2014 at 11:32 amResearch

Ross Explores Role of Fear, Hatred & Anxiety in International Conflicts

Ross Explores Role of Fear, Hatred & Anxiety in International Conflicts

By Andrea Gibson When America was attacked by terrorists on 9/11, various commentators compared the incidents to Pearl Harbor, which was the last time foreign enemies had invaded U.S. soil. Although the two attacks were different in nature and context, those analogies helped stir up emotions Americans had about World […]

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June 27, 2014 at 8:58 amResearch

OHIO Faculty Present at Policy History Conference

Ohio University faculty presented at the Policy History Conference June 4-5 in Columbus, OH. Dr. Paul Milazzo, Associate Professor of History, presented “Internationalism in One Lesson: Henry Hazlitt and the Problem with Bretton Woods, 1944-1945.” Milazzo also chaired the session on Transportation and Communication Policy. Dr. Kathleen S. Sullivan, Associate […]

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June 25, 2014 at 11:34 amResearch

Alum, López Publish Article on Chronic Kidney Disease in El Salvador

Alum, López Publish Article on Chronic Kidney Disease in El Salvador

Geology alum Darcy R. VanDervort ’12 and Dr. Dina López, Professor and Chair of Geological Sciences, co-authored an article  in the April 2014 issue of MEDICC Review, which focused on chronic kidney disease in agricultural communities. VanDervort, who doubled majored, did undergraduate research with López. She earned a B.S.in Environmental […]

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June 24, 2014 at 4:20 pmResearch

Zakić Publishes Article on ‘The Price of Belonging to the Volk: Volksdeutsche’

Zakić Publishes Article on ‘The Price of Belonging to the Volk: Volksdeutsche’

Dr. Mirna Zakić, Assistant Professor of History, published an article on “The Price of Belonging to the Volk: Volksdeutsche, Land Redistribution and Aryanization in the Serbian Banat, 1941–4” on April 2014 in the Journal of Contemporary History. Abstract: Between 1941 and 1944, the Serbian Banat was occupied by Reich German […]

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June 24, 2014 at 11:46 amResearch