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WMU inventors win $10,000 Brian Patrick Thomas Award

Haworth College of Business

… WMU inventors win $10,000 Brian Patrick Thomas Award Submitted by Stacey Lowis on From Left: Stephen John … Student Prize Competition has won another impressive award—the Brian Patrick Thomas Entrepreneurial Spirit Award. … award for their invention, NeoVent, a respiratory support device designed to treat critically ill infants in …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/07/25223

Asylum Lake Stormwater Treatment System awarded $550,000 to effectively address phosphorus, road salt pollution from stormwater runoff

News

… Asylum Lake Stormwater Treatment System awarded $550,000 to effectively address phosphorus, road salt … along Drake Road, starting with a mechanical treatment device connected to the city stormwater piping to capture …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/07/68473

David Chaplin obituary

News

… sociology at Western Michigan University, died July 27 . He was 86. Chaplin joined the WMU faculty in 1972 to serve as … served on numerous national organizations and panels and was a member of such professional groups as the American … a Latin American Studies Association task force that was a follow-up to President Jimmy Carter's special …

https://wmich.edu/news/2017/09/42352

Printed Magneto-Electric Energy Harvester

Research and Innovation

… have enabled the development of miniaturized electronic devices for numerous applications. Due to the relatively low … with higher power densities. Examples of ambient magnetic “waste” energy sources readily available for harvesting … including their power cables; automobiles, trains, subways, and other vehicles/transportation apparatus; and …

https://wmich.edu/research/energy-harvester

Singing from Manuscripts: Introducing the Kalamazoo SoundWalk

International Congress on Medieval Studies

… Singing from Manuscripts: Introducing the Kalamazoo SoundWalk Submitted by Kylie Owens on Conferences Thu, 05/08/2025 … Digital Analysis of Chant Transmission is sponsoring a SoundWalk at the 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies. This SoundWalk accompanies and promotes a workshop at the Congress …

https://wmich.edu/medievalcongress/events/dact-soundwalk-2025

Shining light on the future of disinfection

W Magazine

… Flynn on Students place their cell phones in an AvaUV Cube device at Valley Dining Center. In the midst of a global … , WMU's associate vice president for facilities management, was eager to add to his team's arsenal. "We were looking at … application to make our campus safe, and the AvaUV product was unique," he says, adding that it was important for the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/10/61834

WMU student invention wins $10,000 Lemelson-MIT 'Cure it!' prize

News

… low-cost invention, NeoVent, a respiratory support device designed to treat critically ill infants in … and individual graduate students. The Lemelson-MIT Program awarded $65,000 in prizes for inventions in the healthcare, … to mentor and inspire creative thinking among youth." Award categories Prizes are awarded in the following …

https://wmich.edu/news/2015/05/24028

Low Vision Optometric Services

Unified Clinics

… Services If you have difficulty reading small print, watching television, reading road signs, seeing curbs and … optometrist. An evaluation of a variety of low vision devices that will enable the patient to be more independent …

https://wmich.edu/unifiedclinics/about/low-vision

Field Programmable Block System for the Internet of Things (IoT)

Research and Innovation

… Field Programmable Block System Delivering Context-Aware Services Development Stage: Proof of Concept  Primary … connected to the Internet, promises to revolutionize the way humans and electronic devices interact with one another.   IoT-enabled …

https://wmich.edu/research/field-programmable-blocksystem-iot

January 2025 Newsletter

Haworth College of Business

… myself authentically, whether I'm negotiating a deal or walking the runway." From financial modeling to modeling on the runway, … Pisano scrubs into sales: finds his passion in the medical device industry Alyssa Krazel finds her fit in the …

https://wmich.edu/business/01-25-newsletter