Category: Events and Recreation

Dr. Ehsan Salari — associate professor of industrial, systems, and manufacturing engineering —  will present on “Organ Motion Management in MRI-guided Radiation Therapy using a Control-theoretic Approach”  at 11 a.m. Friday, March 25 via Zoom.

Internal organ motion poses a major challenge in the radiation treatment of lung and abdominal cancers. If unaccounted for, organ motion during radiation delivery may lead to under-dosing of cancer cells or overdosing of normal tissue, potentially causing treatment failure or normal-tissue toxicity. A new generation of radiation therapy devices are equipped with an onboard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner to provide a real-time view of the patient anatomy with a high temporal resolution during radiation delivery. The anatomy visualization offers the opportunity to devise motion mitigation strategies in which the radiation treatment plan actively adapts to anatomical variation in real time during irradiation. This research proposes a control-theoretic approach to organ motion management for intensity-modulated radiation therapy. The proposed approach uses the real-time MRI information to monitor the delivery of radiation dose and dynamically adjusts the treatment plan in response to dose discrepancies that may occur due to respiration-induced motion.

Are you interested in a career that will allow you to make a positive impact on your community? Attend a Master in Public Administration (MPA) from the Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs information session at 3 p.m. March 31 via Zoom.

The session will discuss how the program prepares students for leadership positions in public and nonprofit organizations. Students of any major are eligible to apply for the MPA program and a graduate record examination (GRE) is not required for admission consideration.

This info session will also provide attendants an overview of the MPA program, including admissions requirements, the curriculum, the resources available to students for graduate studies, and the career opportunities that an MPA student can pursue. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session.

For more information or to sign up for a Zoom session, contact Bethany Kennedy, student program coordinator, at bethany.kennedy@wichita.edu. Please include the session you wish to attend and your WSU ID in the email.

The next “Econ Bites on the Go” will take place at noon March 25 via Zoom (meeting ID 919 8769 9546, passcode 200). The episode will feature economist Dr. Qihong Liu discussing an economic analysis of airline industry.

Liu is an expert of the field and a distinguished professor of economics at University of Oklahoma.

Join the next physics seminar at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 23 via Zoom. The talk features Dr. Richard Bonde from the University of Texas at Arlington. The presentation is titled “Modeling the Magnetosphere using MHD Simulations.”

Join the Kansas Treasurer’s Office virtually as they discuss the Learning Quest 529 Education Savings Plan 11 a.m.-noon Tuesday, March 29. The plan is a tax-advantaged investment option to help cover the increasing costs of college or trade school.

Registration is required  for this event and to receive the link via email. A recording of the webinar will also be available within seven days of the original broadcast. The webinar is worth on HealthQuest credit.

All university libraries faculty and staff are invited to a town hall with President Rick Muma beginning at 9 a.m. Friday, March 25 via YouTube livestream. Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Shirley Lefever will also be a featured guest.

All university staff are invited to a town hall with President Rick Muma beginning at 3 p.m. Thursday, March 24 via a YouTube live stream. Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Shirley Lefever will also be a featured guest.

All College of Fine Arts faculty and staff are invited to a town hall with President Rick Muma beginning at 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 22 via Zoom. Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Shirley Lefever will also be a featured guest.

Eric Pierstoff, program director of the Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) at the National Science Foundation (NSF), will present an hour-long webinar about NSF SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs (STTR) 1- 2 p.m. April 19.

In addition to describing at NSF SBIR/STTR  program, Pierstoff will answer direct questions, cover the SBIR/STTR program’s goal, funding philosophy, topics, funded examples and the project pitch process. There will also be 10 minutes allotted for one-on-one meetings with Pierstoff.

This webinar is free of charge but registration is required.

If you are an innovator, researcher, or small business, apply by March 29 to take advantage of this virtual event which brings the United States Air Force and the small business community together to connect and collaborate. This enables the opportunity for small business innovation to quickly deliver advanced technologies to the Air Force. The event also offers participants the following:

• An opportunity to connect innovators with potential Air Force customers.
• An opportunity for potential direct contracted purchases or Small Business Innovation Research.

Selected companies will be invited to pitch their technology to Air Force representatives in April. For more information, contact For more information, contact Wichita State Strategic Initiatives at 316-978-5363 or strategicinitiatives@wichita.edu.