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WMU's Haenicke Institute recognizes 47 faculty, staff and student leaders for transformative study abroad programs

Haenicke Institute for Global Education

https://wmich.edu/global/news/2025/08/study-abroad-faculty

In Memoriam, summer 2026

W Magazine

… BS ’51, Nov. 29, 2025, Grand Rapids, MI Ona Eileene (Pappe) Wall , BA ’52, MA ’64, Dec. 7, 2025, Grandville, MI Muriel … Robins , BA ’54, Nov. 24, 2025, Livonia, MI Willard Howard Mejeur , BS ’54, Dec. 10, 2025, Cadillac, MI Thomas Edward Fricke , BA ’55, Oct. 7, 2025, Torch Lake, MI Floyd …

https://wmich.edu/magazine/news/2026/06/memoriam-summer-2026

Walker Institute celebrates diversity in comics with month of Marvel-focused programming

News

… Walker Institute celebrates diversity in comics with month … Submitted by Erin Flynn on An early "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" movie premiere, discussion with Marvel … and geology. One project involves growing "vibranium," the metal that gives Black Panther' his strength, in the form of …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/10/69657

Graduate College names six Dissertation Completion Fellows

News

… each and three half-year fellowships worth $10,590 were awarded. Each recipient also receives paid tuition during the … was awarded a full-year fellowship for her dissertation "Metal-organic and Supramolecular Architectures Based on … her dissertation "Reconceiving Self-Abnegation: Female Vulnerability as Embodied (Un)Sovereignty." Her dissertation …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/06/791

Michigan has minerals America needs

News

… tungsten, uranium, vanadium and zirconium. • Platinum group metals: iridium, osmium, palladium, platinum, rhodium, and … metamorphic rocks that host well-known, abundant and varied metallic mineral resources, including copper, iron, nickel, … supply of metallic magnesium from 1927 into the late 1930's was produced by the Dow Chemical Co. from Midland-area …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/06/54012

Business students vie for share of $250,000 competition prize

News

… are high, with more than $250,000 in prize money up for grabs for the teams who make the best product pitches and … their business ideas," says Vaughn, who is from Mattawan. "It's just a surreal moment to not only be representing … I was a part-time helper, installing and sealing sheet metal ductwork in the summertime," says Vaughn, whose father …

https://wmich.edu/news/2019/04/52859

Torque Sensor for Engines

Research and Innovation

… for Engines Development Stage:   Prototyping of Functional Metal Parts Primary Inventor:   Muralidhar Ghantasala Ph.D., … technology, such as medium and heavy duty, transit, off-highway, and military vehicles. Moreover, regardless of the … technology does not require any direct torque sensing hardware. Rather, the WMU sensor indirectly measures engine …

https://wmich.edu/research/virtual-torque-sensor

Electrical and Computer Engineering projects

Senior Engineering Design Conference

… usability and safety. An emotion recognition system was developed using physiological signals, including … require the implementation of testbeds that assess vulnerabilities in communication protocols used in grid … Damon Miller Sand grain size analysis is essential to the metal-casting industry. Current manual measurement methods …

https://wmich.edu/engineering-senior-design/ece-projects

Alumni News

Physics

… Email us Call us at (269) 387-1421 2025 Alumni Achievement Award Dr. Nandasiri earned his Ph.D. in Experimental … span across solid oxide fuel cells, lithium-ion batteries, metal-organic frameworks, and nano-engineered surfaces. He … at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. Dan Adams,  M.A.'08, is a cleaning and …

https://wmich.edu/physics/alumni

Printed Magneto-Electric Energy Harvester

Research and Innovation

… of devices that can utilize energy harvesters include: wearable medical monitors, implanted medical devices, portable … with higher power densities. Examples of ambient magnetic “waste” energy sources readily available for harvesting … of  three layers:  flexible Metglas® substrate (amorphous metal alloy), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) ink …

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