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Senior engineering students test their education for area projects

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Wagner on A staff member at the White Oaks Assisted Living community powers a bike modified by Western engineering students. Courtesy: White Oaks Assisted Living community A staff member at the White Oaks Assisted Living community powers a bike modified by Western engineering …

https://wmich.edu/news/2021/11/66335

Trustees to meet at WMU-Grand Rapids Beltline location

News

… initiatives that will impact all of West Michigan for the coming decades. Gathering in formal session at 11 a.m. at … are set and reviewed, and they will consider another recommendation to amend an easement affecting the planned …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/03/45700

Micro Laser Assisted Machining Device, Micro-LAM

Research and Innovation

… advance of a machining tool makes the LAM apparatus large, complicated, and expensive to run.  A large laser source and … developed by Dr. John Patten addresses many of the shortcomings of conventional LAM. The Micro-LAM device machines … the material at the contact point. Because HPPT materials become opaque, they absorb laser radiation of specific …

https://wmich.edu/research/micro-laser

Growing your own at Western: Bolstering the education workforce

W Magazine

… of Other Languages at Western to help her make those accommodations. Announced in May, the GYO program supports 80 … us to educate these candidates. This speaks to the community’s trust in WMU’s College of Education and Human … together for a better future, students, families and communities win.” A few months into the academic year, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/11/73397

Hearing Assessments

Unified Clinics

… adult. If a hearing loss is present, the audiologist will recommend corrective and follow-up measures. Adult Hearing Assessments Our audiologists offer comprehensive hearing assessments and hearing loss … to identify the nature and degree of hearing loss and to recommend effective measures. Some of the tests we use …

https://wmich.edu/unifiedclinics/hearing-assessments

Early registration extended for livable communities conference

News

… Early registration extended for livable communities conference Submitted by Deanne Puca on Mindell … June 1 , for the fifth annual Summer Conference on Livable Communities at Western Michigan University.  The focus of … transportation researchers, educators, students, advocates, community members, policymakers and transportation …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/05/46274

South Neighborhood work kicked off with input sessions, survey

News

… input sessions and an online survey designed to get campus community views on what amenities should be included within … surrounding a new student center and campus housing. Two community input sessions were held April 12 in the Bernhard … into a new campus gateway that is more connected with the community and offers eye-catching appeal to prospective …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/04/46677

Network neuroscience: Alumnus finds career at the intersection of data science and the brain

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… understanding from different disciplines to advance a common cause) and neuroscience (especially research in the … area greatly inspired by graph-theory—and theoretical/computational neuroscience. His dissertation, titled “On … of human brain functional networks,” is on target to be completed by the end of Spring 2022 semester. Recently, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/02/67152

From military service to serving up community, Navy veteran finds new passion at Western

News

… From military service to serving up community, Navy veteran finds new passion at Western … titles over the past year. But it's about more than the competition; pickleball helped him find fellowship and belonging on campus. Myint found community on the pickleball court, eventually starting up a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/12/70095

Safeguarding astronauts with a personal twist

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… Bradley Bazuin , chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bridges applied for a Michigan Space … for Advanced Smart Sensors and Structures to produce a complete battery-powered, flexible, wireless printed circuit … small, handheld, cheaper device can measure estradiol with comparable accuracy to conventional methods. After testing …

https://wmich.edu/news/2022/08/68848