Author: Caelin Bragg

The Department of Aerospace Engineering within the College of Engineering will host Dr. Nadia Kianvashrad, a post-doctoral associate from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, from 10:15 to 11 a.m. Friday, March 24 in 209 Wallace Hall.

Students, staff, faculty and industry partners are invited to attend Kianvashrad’s talk, “Prediction of Aerothermodynamic Loading and Flight Control Using Energy.”

The Wichita State Public Policy and Management Center (PPMC) is helping the Kansas Office of Broadband Development (KOBD) put on its Kansas Broadband Roadshow from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 23 at the Evergreen Community Center and Library, 2601 N. Arkansas Ave., in the Cirilo Arteaga Room.

KOBD wants participants to share their thoughts on internet connectivity in their neighborhoods to help it build the future of Internet in Kansas.

It hopes to hear more about the following from the participants:

• Internet access and availability
• Public Internet access
• Inclusive design
• Internet speeds
• Online safety and privacy
• Digital skills training
• Devices and more

Join the Department of Physics for its next seminar at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 22 in 226 Jabara Hall and also on Zoom.

The speaker for the seminar is Abdelghani Laraoui, assistant professor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering.

Join Erik Pierstorff, program director in the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program for the National Science Foundation (NSF), will describe the SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs at NSF. He will also cover the SBIR/STTR program’s goals, funding philosophy, topics, funded examples and the project pitch process.

This webinar is a special opportunity for the region to connect with a program officer and ask direct questions about the SBIR/STTR programs. It will begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 28.

There will be 10 minute, one-on-one meetings from 2 to 3 p.m. for additional discussion with Pierstorff. This webinar does not cost to attend, but registration is required.

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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Director Steven Dettelbach and Senator Jerry Moran recently visited Wichita State University to announce plans for a unique new National Forensic Laboratory at WSU.

The forensic laboratory is a new $75 million facility that will complement the Gun Crime Intelligence Center of Excellence (GCIC) and National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) Correlation and Training Center (NNCTC II), which were announced last summer.

Ayshea Banes took a passion for astronomy and ran with it, taking any opportunity to immerse herself in her newly chosen field. One of those opportunities occurred this past January, when Banes was chosen to present at the American Astronomical Society’s annual meeting in Seattle.

Banes’ presentation focused on neutrinos, which are particles that rarely interact with any other matter in the universe — specifically her research on the neutrinos coming from the galactic core of the Milky Way galaxy.

Kyan Caudillo is a biology major at Wichita State University and minoring in chemistry. His experience working at WSU’s Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory will help him as he studies and prepares to work in the medical field.

More than 5,000 Shockers each year take what they’ve learned in the classroom and transfer that knowledge into real-world environments. Applied learning — which is required for every Wichita State student — happens in offices, factories, laboratories, nonprofits, industries and companies across the globe. Students work side-by-side with seasoned professionals to ensure that they’re fully prepared to make meaningful contributions to their employers and their communities when they graduate.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ seminar series continues with Dr. Keith Gido of Kansas State University from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, March 20 in 231 Hubbard Hall.

The biology seminars are open to the public and students are encouraged to attend.