Research and Impact

MDIA professor publishes research on health agencies’ use of Instagram during COVID-19

June 10, 2021 2 min

Dr. Laeeq Khan, director of the SMART Lab and associate professor in the School of Media Arts and Studies, has co-authored a new study in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.

VR recording at the Athens County Courthouse

Virtual reality project involving students aims to train law enforcement

June 7, 2021 7 min

Over the past few weeks, students from across campus gathered at production locations to shoot scenes for a virtual reality project to help train law enforcement.

OHIO Innovation Center receives $1.2 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant

June 4, 2021 2 min

Ohio University’s Innovation Center, an internationally-renowned business incubator, has been awarded $1.2 million under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

From left, graduate students Zhong Li, Payman Sharifi Abdar, Zheng Ma, and Fazlollah Madani Sani stand in the Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology facility.

Engineering students receive prestigious awards for corrosion research

June 1, 2021 5 min

Five Ph.D. students from the Russ College of Engineering and Technology received prestigious awards at the 2021 Association for Materials Protection and Performance Conference for their research.

Two pictures side by side, one of Dr. Nathaniel Szewczyk and the other of Dr. Sarah Wyatt in her lab.

Tiny seedlings and 3 million worms: Two OHIO experiments headed to International Space Station on June 3

May 26, 2021 6 min

When NASA's SpaceX Commercial Resupply Mission-22 launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 3, it will carry two Ohio University experiments to the International Space Station.

Russ College professor awarded grant for 5G technology research

May 26, 2021 2 min

A professor in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology was awarded a grant of $399,481 by the U.S. Department of Energy to study and report on 5G wireless cellular technologies.

OhioX University Tech Talk features OHIO professors, industry partners discussing innovation in health care, industry on June 3

May 26, 2021 2 min

Two Ohio University professors and their industry partners will share experiences working together during an OhioX University Tech Talk on Thursday, June 3, at 4 p.m.

Patton College of Education faculty receive NSF grant to research connecting elementary mathematics teaching to real-world issues

May 20, 2021 3 min

Two Patton College of Education faculty have been awarded a collaborative research grant titled Connecting Elementary Mathematics Teaching to Real-World Issues from the National Science Foundation.

OHIO professor Sumit Sharma receives National Science Foundation CAREER award to study metallic nanoparticles

May 18, 2021 3 min

The five-year, $511,902 grant will allow Sharma to study the adsorption behavior of surfactant, or soap-like, molecules on metallic nanoparticles.

Dr. Myra Waterbury leads a seminar in comparative politics

Waterbury awarded Fulbright to study Hungary and ethnic identity in the European neighborhood

May 11, 2021 4 min

Dr. Myra Waterbury was recently named a Fulbright Scholar and will be headed to Budapest in the spring of 2022 to conduct research on Hungary's disparate populations.

OHIO’s GRID Lab collaborates to offer relaxing VR experience to healthcare workers amid pandemic

May 6, 2021 6 min

OHIO’s Game Research and Immersive Design (GRID) Lab is collaborating with OhioHealth on a new project to help relieve the stress of COVID on healthcare workers through a Tranquil VR experience.

BBC film crew to chase tornadoes with OHIO professor Houser

May 4, 2021 4 min

Dr. Jana Houser heads to Oklahoma this month in search of more answers about how tornadoes behave.

Srdjan Nesic chosen as OHIO's next distinguished professor

April 30, 2021 3 min

Dr. Srdjan Nesic, Russ Professor of Chemical Engineering in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology, has been named the 2021 Distinguished Professor by Ohio University.

Goldwater Scholar looks at genetic mutations to learn more about hearing loss

April 28, 2021 5 min

OHIO junior Nicole Hess jumped at the opportunity to research about hearing loss in her advisor Dr. Soichi Tanda's lab during her freshman year. Now, she is a 2021 Goldwater Scholar.

OHIO researchers examine ways female military leaders band together for support

April 27, 2021 7 min

Dr. Roche has dedicated herself to researching the experiences of women in the military, recently conducting two studies looking at women exposed to combat and how leadership impacts mental health.

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