Western Kentucky University

Özer to Represent WKU as Fulbright Scholar, Research Fueled by EPSCoR Seed Funding

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“I thought that it was a long shot for me. I was super shocked and honored.” Professor Özkan Özer, Associate Professor of Mathematics at Western Kentucky University (WKU), will represent his team of mathematics scholars, WKU, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky as a Fulbright U.S. Research Scholar in northern France starting this fall. According to …

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WKU student presents at world’s largest mathematics meeting

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Written by WKU News: Jacob Walterman, the Wolfram Ambassador and the President of SIAM Student Chapter of WKU, has presented research funded by the Kentucky NSF EPSCoR KAMPERS (National Science Foundation Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Kentucky Advanced Manufacturing Partnership for Enhanced Robotics and Structures) project. Walterman is an undergraduate student majoring in Mathematics …

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KY NSF EPSCOR PROJECT AT WKU’S SKYTEACH PROGRAM FOSTERS STEM TEACHER DEVELOPMENT WITH INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS

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According to a 2020 report by Global Trade Magazine, Bowling Green, Kentucky was ranked number two out of twenty American cities for manufacturing. It is critical that our STEM teachers are well-prepared to educate students and encourage our youth to consider careers in STEM disciplines. The STEM Teacher Industry Partnership (STEM-TIP) was funded by the …

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Watch: WKU ‘s seymour hmi projects highlighted

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https://youtu.be/4ZZZzGEo8Vk “[The Robot] can look at your face, and draw your face…it can play chess with you…the main focus is on furthering development in robot-human collaborations.” From WKU Public Relations: “I’ve always been interested in electronics and technology. I think I started first working with a soldering iron when I was around nine years old. …

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WKU’s Ozer, Aydin, Represent EPSCoR-supported research at IEEE Conference, Mexico

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Ahmet Kaan Aydin, the WKU’s John D. Minton awardee of 2022, from Mathematics has successfully presented his paper co-authored with Prof. Ahmet Ozkan Ozer at the prestigious 61st IEEE Conference on Control and Decision in Cancun, Mexico, taking place from December 6-9, 2022. Ahmet’s research was fully funded by the Kentucky NSF EPSCoR KAMPERS (National …

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Graduate student , FULLY FUNDED BY KY NSF EPSCOR, receives Minton Award AT WKU

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From WKU News: Ahmet Kaan Aydin, an Applied Mathematics graduate student from Istanbul, Turkey, is the 2021-22 recipient of WKU’s John D. Minton Graduate Student Award. “WKU has offered me the opportunity to nurture myself in a variety of areas such as research, teaching, and social activities,” Aydin said. “I am honored to be a …

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WKU hosts nanocollider, reports on workforce development, undergrad and high school student success

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Earlier this April, Western Kentucky University hosted the 5th KY NSF EPSCoR nanoCollider. KY NSF EPSCoR nanoColliders allow for participants to more broadly identify opportunities to enhance existing cross-institutional collaborations or establish new connections for potential partnerships. Dr. Farhad Ashrafrzadeh, Professor and Founding  Director of Center for Energy Systems, https://www.wku.edu/ces/, highlighted the research capabilities and incredible progress …

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SEED FUNDING SUCCESS: LAWRENCE HILL @ WKU

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Seed funding creates future NSF success.  That is certainly the case with Professor Lawrence Hill at Western Kentucky University.  This seed funding allowed us to start a new project on catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide at WKU. Data from our new automated catalyst screening system was included in a full NSF proposal, and we would …

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