Dr. Lynn Robbins, professor of biology, received a grant in the amount of $36,120 from Western Ecosystems Technology, Inc. (WEST) for his “Net Survey for Indiana Bats” project. This summer Robbins and his team of researchers will study the demography and presence of bats in Indiana. Robbins will look for their nesting locations using radio-tracking technology by tagging … [Read more...] about Faculty earns grant for Indiana bat summer survey
Dr. Michael Reed, materials science professor at Missouri State University, and Dr. David Cornelison, physics, astronomy and materials science department head, received a $736,882 grant from NASA (NNX13AE52A) for their project “Understanding the Atmospheres of Hot Earths and the Impact on Solar System Formation.” The funding is provided through the Experimental Program to … [Read more...] about Faculty receive grant for atmospheric research
Dr. Chris Barnhart, professor of biology, received two awards in order to study the effects of toxicity and ingestion of suspended materials on native freshwater mussels. The first grant of $39,949 from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) will fund his project “Developing Methods for Laboratory Culture of Diverse Species of Freshwater Mussels.” The purpose of this … [Read more...] about Faculty receives grants for freshwater mussel research
Dr. David Cornelison, physics department head, received a grant of $25,000 from NASA via Missouri University of Science and Technology for his project “2012 NASA EPSCoR: Developing Materials Science Ties between NASA and MSU.” The purpose of the grant is to educate Missouri State scientists and students about NASA’s research efforts. Two faculty and three students will be … [Read more...] about Physics department head receives grant for NASA collaboration research
Three faculty in the Missouri State University department of mathematics received a renewed grant of $99,367 from the National Science Foundation for their project “Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Mathematics at Missouri State University.” The project team consists of: Dr. Les Reid, professor Dr. Jorge Rebaza-Vasquez, professor Dr. Xingping Sun, professor … [Read more...] about Faculty receive renewed funding for undergraduate research program