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WMU to use large grants to study improvements to aviation safety

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… to study improvements to aviation safety Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Brown KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan … the Federal Aviation Administration NextGen Weather Technology in the Cockpit program to study weather information …

https://wmich.edu/news/2016/01/29646

Some 3,000 medievalists from dozens of nations to gather at WMU

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… from dozens of nations to gather at WMU Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Onlookers observe an iron-smelting … light on the limitations of classic liberalism as well as suggest alternative ways of building tolerant social and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/23536

Western researchers develop a special boot to save limbs and lives

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… research on SenLore, a boot designed to help patients with non-healing foot ulcers. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Diabetes is a … for dangerous foot ulcers and lower limb amputations. But innovative research at Western Michigan University could be a … by designing a resonant sensor for low-cost, contact-free monitoring of the wound to measure tissue changes …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/05/64303

Propelling the next generation of engineers: WALI gives students a shot at space exploration

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… Ryan Barker, Douglas Adams, Aya Zahreddine, Carlos Zamorano Guerrero, Fernando Miguel Gonzalez Cruz, Cameron Larson … offers both, giving students experience working with technology that could land their work in space and connecting … their CubeSat design, which they presented to some of the biggest aerospace agencies and companies in Albuquerque, New …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/02/74818

Ongoing, new facility improvement projects slated for this summer

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… improvement projects slated for this summer Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Western Michigan University isn't sitting … Lot 12; and the Physical Plant's Lot 6. In addition, staggered closures of both parking ramps will occur. • Although …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/05/53480

WMU's family engagement office marks 10 years of success

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… son or daughter transitions to college? Using a device to anonymously select a response, 32 percent indicated that … of tuition; 19 percent worried about staying connected; another 19 percent pointed to being supportive while letting … felt the parent-child relationship change presented the biggest challenge. While the student is necessarily the focal …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/01/44961

Western students gain leadership experience at ROTC camp

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… climbs under barbed wire on the obstacle course. Ben Higgins, holding his squad's flag, is an incoming first-year … 30 students from high schools and colleges in Michigan, Illinois and Indiana through marching and drilling exercises, … gives participants a taste of military life, they're under no obligation to join. Those who go on to participate in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/08/65148

First cohort of product design program sharp on all edges

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… the potential of having a designer on the engineering innovation side—the concepting side,” the product design student asked. Thaj noticed the aircraft manufacturer did not engage creative … vice president for innovation to consider how her suggestion might be implemented. By the end of the internship …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/03/63900

Navy veteran and four-time CAS alum built a career by probing the link between humans and their machines

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… the link between humans and their machines Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on KALAMAZOO, Mich.— Dr. Dylan Schmorrow   has … felt welcomed into the Bronco family.  “I can’t emphasize enough that the magic for me in the late 1980s was the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/09/69145

Student veterans find place to grow, thrive at WMU

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… by Erin Flynn on Marine Corps veteran Patrick McConnell, now an electrical engineering student, completed several … Mich.— On Veterans Day, Western Michigan University honors the service of its robust military community. … Corps veteran, Gough has seen friends from his old unit struggle to find their place once they finish their service. …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/11/56507