Research News

Tim Potter saw a problem and wanted to be part of a solution. "More and more bikes are on roads not designed for shared use, and an increasing number of drivers are distracted by smartphones and other interferences," said Potter, MSU Bikes sustainable transportation manager and avid cyclist.

Scientific breakthroughs don't always happen in labs. For Sophia and Richard Lunt, Michigan State University researchers, many of their breakthroughs happen during neighborhood walks.

Object detection studies by an electrical engineering student at Michigan State University have earned him a prestigious Robert W. Young Award for Undergraduate Student Research in Acoustics.

A world-renown expert from Michigan State University in pattern recognition, machine learning, computer vision, and biometrics has joined the board of trustees of the world's first artificial intelligence university.

The tradition of Michigan State University's competitive success at the annual American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AlChE) Student Design Contest hit a new height this year. For the first time, all of MSU's submitted problem solutions won a national award. AlChE is the global organization for chemical engineers.

National Teen Driver Safety Week is coming up, Oct. 20-26, and Michigan State University's Peter Savolainen is available to discuss his research on distracted drivers.

The Michigan State University Amateur Radio Club (MSUARC) - one of the country's oldest university ham radio clubs - turns 100 this month. "We're celebrating a milestone," said Faculty Adviser Gregory Wierzba. "The club has been a licensed ham radio station for a century. It's been on the air almost as long as radio licenses have been issued.