Research News

A liquid nanofoam liner undergoing testing could prolong the safe use of football helmets, says a Michigan State University researcher.

The Institute for Quantitative Health Science & Engineering at Michigan State University and Leica Microsystems, Inc., have combined efforts to establish the MSU IQ Leica Microsystems Center of Excellence. The new center will support a mission to drive new discoveries and insights from scientific research performed using state-of-the-art imaging systems. It will be housed in the MSU Biomedical Engineering Building.

For international achievement and contributions, MSU University Distinguished Professor Venkatesh Kodur has been named a 2020 Fellow of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE). The Fellow grade is only awarded to a select few members, based on scholarly activities, significant accomplishment and service, and stature in fire protection engineering.

Jade Mitchell, associate professor in the Michigan State University Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) will lead a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) focused on increasing knowledge and availability of quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) models.

Jose Mendoza of Michigan State University has been named a Fellow for Scialog: Negative Emissions Science and will join 50 early-career scientists aimed at tackling the issues of greenhouse gases during a national conference on Nov. 5-6, 2020.

Gary L. Cloud, PE, of Michigan State University has been granted the singular honor of being named an Honorary Member of the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM).