RESEARCH & INNOVATION NEWS
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Wichita Biomedical Campus construction continues as old foundation is removed | |
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Construction is underway on Phase 1 of the Wichita Biomedical Campus, a $300 million, 471,000-square-foot joint health sciences center, located at the southeast corner of Broadway and William.
Pile driling has started on the site following removal of the old foundation. Utility work and auger cast piles continue, and the shallow foundation crew has been mobilized on the area. A live view of its construction can be found online.
The Wichita Biomedical Campus is a joint project between Wichita State and the University of Kansas. Once complete, the campus will combine WSU’s College of Health Professions programs, including the Evelyn Hendren Cassat Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, WSU Tech’s health care program and the Wichita campuses of KU School of Medicine and KU School of Pharmacy.
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Innovation Campus celebrates 10-year anniversary as new buildings continue construction | |
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Wichita State's Innovation Campus has been transforming Wichita by bringing academia and industry together in one location. Throughout its 10 years of innovation, over 50 companies have become partners of WSU to push economic prosperity for the region and help students gain applied learning experiences while getting their degrees.
Catch a video peek of the Innovation Campus and see what makes WSU's innovation stand out. The video highlights the campus's dynamic growth, cutting-edge facilities and everything that drives our innovation forward.
And the Innovation Campus isn't static; currently, construction is underway on the buildings that will house NIAR's Hub for Advanced Manufacturing Research and the Forensic Crime Gun Intelligence Laboratory for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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WSU’s Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory works to fill gaps in rural health care | |
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Wichita State University’s Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory (MDL), a vital resource during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, is now leveraging its expertise to explore new frontiers. By addressing critical gaps in the health care system, the lab is also offering invaluable hands-on training for students, shaping the future of health care.
Building on its pandemic-era success, MDL is now expanding its reach in three significant areas:
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Microbiology services – Collaborating with small, rural hospitals to process their microbiology specimens, ensuring these communities have access to essential and timely diagnostic services.
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Technical consulting and professional services – Offering technical consultancy and professional services to help small hospitals and clinics maintain and achieve certification, empowering them to establish and operate their own laboratories.
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Pathology partnership – MDL secured a contract with Southcentral Pathology, bringing its technical work under Wichita State’s purview.
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Grant will help WSU audiology students with equipment, labs at biomedical campus | |
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The Wichita Biomedical Campus is using a $1 million grant to purchase audiology equipment for assessment, teaching, and research, supporting workforce training for in-demand jobs.
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration recently announced the grant, which will be matched by $1 million in local funds.
“Wichita State University is equipping students with the skills they need to excel in their careers,” Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran said. “This investment from the Economic Development Administration will deliver state-of-the-art technology to WSU to provide students with top-notch training.”
The equipment will serve the Doctor of Audiology and Master of Arts (speech-language pathology) education programs and support clients of the Evelyn Hendren Cassat Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic at Wichita State University, preparing students for careers in the audiology and speech-language pathology fields. The funds will be used to purchase equipment that will include test booths, electrophysiology devices, vestibular balance systems, simulation tools and ultrasound imaging technology.
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Wichita State research will identify erosion risks for historic sites in Kansas | |
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Kansas is home to more than 15,000 archaeological sites containing arrowheads, ceramics and bison bones. Some of those sites, and people’s ability to learn their stories, are in danger.
Dr. Matthew D. Howland, assistant professor in Wichita State University’s Department of Anthropology, is in the early stages of modeling risks posed by erosion caused by rivers, flooding, and agricultural plowing.
Funded by a $49,955 grant from the University of Kansas Center for Research and the Kansas Board of Regents, Howland is first modeling erosion risk at every archaeological site in the state, including Etzanoa near Arkansas City, using satellite imagery and spatial analysis. Kansas is home to 15,835 archaeological sites, according to the Kansas Historical Society.
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NIAR researchers recognized for advanced materials efforts at CAMX expo | |
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Research scientists and engineers from Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) attended the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) in San Diego this week and returned home with coveted accolades.
Waruna Seneviratne, senior research scientist and director of NIAR’s Advanced Technologies Lab for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS), received the Pioneer Award from the American Composites Manufacturer’s Association (ACMA); and a combined team from NIAR ATLAS and KraussMaffei received CAMX’s Unsurpassed Innovation Award.
ACMA’s Pioneer Award is presented to individuals who have developed, enhanced or created processes and/or materials that have advanced the composites industry.
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Inclusion in VOLARÉ Institute offers Wichita State opportunity to enhance its research capabilities | |
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Wichita State University is participating in the VOLARÉ Institute as part of a project to build research capabilities and expand STEM initiatives for Hispanic-Serving Institutions.
VOLARÉ Institute participants, chosen from an application process, will engage in a series of activities designed to enhance skills and boost the ability to compete for funding while elevating the research enterprise.
“We are grateful to have been chosen by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities to participate in the first cohort of the VOLARÉ Institute,” said Coleen Pugh, dean of the Graduate School. “We consider this an important step to attaining our HSI goals, while also contributing WSU’s expertise to the program.”
Additionally, Wichita State has been selected by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities to participate in the HSI Grant Writing Symposium during its 38th annual conference Nov. 4
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Chase Billingham, sociology, “’More About the Neighborhood Than the School’: Leveraging ‘Don’t Know’ Survey Responses to Probe Parental Evaluations of School Safety” in AERA Open, May 2024.
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Scott Hill, philosophy, “Against Adoption-Based Objections to Procreation” in Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, August 2024.
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Edil Torres Rivera, Latinx studies, "Decolonization is liberation: Operationalization of decolonial model of counseling using liberation psychology principles with the Latine population(s)" in Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, October 2024.
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Yumi Suzuki, criminal justice, “Insights on money mule cases” in FBI: Law Enforcement Bulletin, September 2024.
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Rhonda Williams, Donna Robinson, Mary Faragher, nursing, “Navigating the Virtual Frontier: A Virtual Patient Simulation Pilot Study in Pre-licensure Baccalaureate Nursing Education” in Clinical Simulation in Nursing, September 2024.
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Research at Wichita State | | |
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With yearly funding topping $400 million, research at Wichita State ranges from bioscience, chemistry and engineering to mathematics, physics and ancient civilization.
Since October of FY25, WSU researchers under Academic Affairs have received $40,003,395 in awards. Awards for the Division of Industry and Defense equal $34,025,436, $33,194,684 of which belongs to NIAR.
Learn more at wichita.edu/research.
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Innovation at Wichita State | | |
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Innovation is more than just talk at WSU. It permeates everything we do, all we aspire to become and reaches far beyond our campus boundaries.
Learn more at wichita.edu/innovation.
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STUDENT CENTERED. INNOVATION DRIVEN. | |
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About Wichita State University
Wichita State University is Kansas' only urban public research university, enrolling more than 23,000 students between its main campus and WSU Tech, including students from every state in the United States and more than 100 countries. Wichita State and WSU Tech are recognized for being student centered and innovation driven.
Located in the largest city in the state with one of the highest concentrations in the United States of jobs involving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), Wichita State University provides uniquely distinctive and innovative pathways of applied learning, applied research and career opportunities for all of our students.
The Innovation Campus, which is a physical extension of the Wichita State University main campus, is one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing research/innovation parks, encompassing more than 120 acres, and is home to a number of global companies and organizations.
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