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Alumnus Gang Chen is making strides in AI and machine learning

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… generative AI) Western Michigan University computer science alumnus, Gang Chen , M.S.’98, is making strides in some of the fastest moving industries of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2024/11/gang-chen-making-strides-ai-machine-learning

WMU partners with Merit to offer cybersecurity training, certification

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… WMU partners with Merit to offer cybersecurity training, certification Submitted by … under a new collaboration with Merit Network Inc. to offer noncredit, online professional development courses in … College of Business and College of Engineering and Applied Sciences as well as the advanced Michigan Cyber Range, a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/07/48063

Child life students represent WMU with conference scholarships

College of Education and Human Development

… Nicole Variot participated in the Great Lakes Association of Child Life Professionals' annual conference at the Cleveland Clinic in … WMU The child life track in Western's Family and Consumer Science M.A., provides students with the necessary …

https://wmich.edu/education/news/2024/10/child-life-students-scholarship-conference-glaclp

$800K grant to explore atomic level purity for energy developments

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… advance the field thanks to a nearly $800K U.S. Department of Energy grant awarded to Dr. Robert Makin , assistant professor of computer science and principal investigator for the grant. “Achieving …

https://wmich.edu/engineer/news/2025/01/800k-doe-grant-makin

Engineers Without Borders student ‘zooms in,’ leveraging technology, teamwork to make the world better

International Student and Scholar Services

… in Kalamazoo ; her parents are alumni; and the school was offering her a competitive scholarship.    Three years … Saiful Andree says.   Completing the project is one of the reasons Saiful Andree stays at Western. For months, … project on UAVs and presenting her findings at a school science fair.   She knew, however, that to take her work to …

https://wmich.edu/international/news/2024/11/globalnews-2

WMU grants top $1.5 million mark in January, February

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… included a new, $447,616 award from the U.S. Department Of Education, Office of Special Education Programs to Dr. Paula Kohler, … Two other new research grants were from the National Science Foundation. The first, for $200,000, was awarded to …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/04/22714

Physicist melds scientific, humanitarian drive at UN's 'nuclear watchdog'

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… two-year Peace Corps assignment in the West African nation of Mali. "My unconventional post-doc" is Humphrey's wry description of this turnabout that surprised some of his mentors in … scientific enterprise, so it's important. But to do pure science turned out wasn't enough for me because you're not …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/01/37548

Carl F. Shuster obituary

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… University staff member, died Feb. 8 . He was 87. Shuster, of Mattawan, joined the WMU faculty/staff in 1974 and retired in 1992 after 18 years of service to the University. He was director of the pilot plants in the Department of Paper and Printing Science and Engineering. He is survived by his wife, Carol …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/03/30526

STEM Workforce Collaboratory established to improve WMU STEM programs, expand STEM workforce

College of Arts and Sciences

… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Few things come without a fair amount of investment, nurturing and innovation. Such is the case with growing a diverse, well-trained science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) … Collaboratory (STEM-WC) , a partnership between the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Engineering and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/11/69684

WMU public health, Unified clinics faculty forge ahead with experiential learning grants

College of Health and Human Services

… by Joel Krauss on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Three separate groups of faculty from Western Michigan University's College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) earned Experience-Driven Learning Venture Grants from the Office of the Provost. The grants are part of a program …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74883