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Western researchers land $2.5M grant to accelerate energy efficiency in autonomous vehicles

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… Flynn on Dr. Zachary D. Asher, left, and Nicolas Brown, a doctoral student in the Efficient and Autonomous Vehicles … sensors that could offload data through a wireless network and a system to draw information from existing … energy," Asher says. A computer monitor in the back seat shows the image created by sensors on the front of the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/07/64919

Politics played a role in pandemic shelter-in-place orders, WMU researchers find

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… and gyms closed and many businesses sent employees home to work or laid off staff and completely shut down. The actions have ignited a tug-of-war between public … Michigan University finds politics played a major part in how and when SIPOs were implemented. Funded by a Meader …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/10/61626

'Night of the Research Paper' returns

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… on 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5 KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Waldo Library is staging "Night of the Research Paper" from … one-on-one assistance through all or part of the process of doing a research paper or project. "Don't be a research … caution. "We want to help our students do their best work and learn about the great materials available through …

https://wmich.edu/news/2014/11/20057

Art and science project highlights importance of not blowing off STEAM

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… of Chemistry . It challenges the groups to develop original works of art based on analysis by mass spectrometry. "This … lot and gives new perspectives, which is something that you don't necessarily do working in the comfortable bubble that … I never worked with them." Andrew Simpkins, right, explains how his group created a painting from analysis of a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54132

WMU sales students win team gold and individual honors

Haworth College of Business

… students placed first overall at the University of Toledo Invitational Sales Competition, with one student placing … this is my first year at Western, I am still learning how to sell and how to enter a meeting. To get this sort of … style," says Zoeller. "It was exciting to see our hard work pay off in the role-plays. With all of our practice, I …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45781

Trustees vote to keep tuition cost below statewide average

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… below $10,000. Go to wmich.edu/tuition for a complete breakdown of 2012-13 tuition and fees. The decision will result … right thing to do for our students and for our state as we work together to recover Michigan's economic vitality and … and the corporate world to the WMU campus in Kalamazoo to showcase best practices. WMU offers more than 240 degree …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/07/1079

WMU launches new effort to advance climate commitment

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… "In our judgment as faculty who read, teach, research and do the outreach on this, everything is telling us we need to … says WMU President Edward Montgomery . "Every day we work across the spectrum of research, teaching and … half by the year 2030. Taking such an aggressive approach, however, does not come without costs. That's why the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/10/55956

Engineering grad accelerates industry impact through projects, internships

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… statistics and learning basic theory while I was actually doing a project." Another course paired Haas and her … ideas, what we know can be feasible, and get their input on how to make products innovative and aesthetic and everything working together." Haas' undergraduate experience culminated …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75410

Building a cultural bridge, engineering students teach refugees about science, math

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… was something to get the kids thinking about impacts and how you can design something to better suit a situation," … engineering, and we wanted to make an impact on those who don't have many of the same opportunities we had growing … session, as Allen explained that an aerospace engineer works on airplanes and rockets. "When kids at REC are …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/07/54203

Black mason broke barriers, laid first building blocks for learning at Western

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… at Western Submitted by Erin Flynn on WMU alumna and postdoctoral fellow Dr. Karika Parker uncovered Albert White's … campus, then known as Western State Normal School. However, due to racism and social injustice at the time, … literacy trail in the area as well as lead a course on her work through Western's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74599