Professor Aura Ganz is working on PERCEPT, a new technology to help the visually impaired navigate their way through unfamiliar buildings.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 | last update: 10:55 pm
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UMass Professor works on technology to help the blind
Tags: Blindness, Faculty, Impared Vision, Research, technology
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Professors recieve presidential early career award
Two University of Massachusetts professors recently were
awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and
Engineers, and offer advice for undergrads.
Tags: Magdelana Benazilla, PECASE, Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, Ryan Hayward
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Lawrence Schwartz given named chair in integrative science
Professor Lawrence Schwartz has been named the the first Eugene M. and Ronnie Isenberg Professor of Integrative Science.
Tags: Eugene M. and Ronnie Isenberg professor of integrative science, Lawrence Schwartz
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Research experience program for freshmen launched by College of Natural Sciences
The new program offered by the College of Natural Science gives 18 freshmen this semester a chance to work one-on-one with select faculty members.
Tags: College of Natural Sciences, Dean's Research Experience, Julian Tyson, National Science Foundation, STEM
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Bioenergy conference held to discuss progress
The newly-established North American BioElectric System Meeting series at UMass covers new breakthroughs with bioelectric microbiology and related subjects.
Tags: Derek Lovley, North American BioElectric Systems Meeting
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Scientists discuss solutions to invasive species
The recent 2010 Biocontrol for Nature Conference discussed the epidemic of invasive flora taking over environments, and what can be done to stop them.
Tags: Bicontrol for Nature Conference, Mark Hoodle, purple loosestrife, Roy Van Driesche
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Graduate student receives science award for biomechanics
In August, Ross Miller, a University of Massachusetts graduate student and Ph.D. candidate, received the Young Scientist Pre-Doctoral Award from the American Society of Biomechanics (ASB). The award was presented to Miller at the 34th Annual ASB Meeting in Providence, R.I.
Tags: American Society of Biomechanics, Ross Miller
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Assistant Professor Christopher Condit and team of NASA astronauts in training explore the heavens on earth
UMass geology professor Christopher Condit worked with NASA on its Desert Rats (DRATS) program last summer simulating conditions on the moon and Mars north of Flagstaff, Arizona.
Tags: AZ, Christopher Condit, DRATS, Flagstaff, NASA
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UM researcher receives NSF grant to study gravitational waves
University of Massachusetts physicist Laura Cadonati has received a $700,000 grant from the NSF to study ancience raves of sound reverberating through space since the Big Bang.
Tags: Advanced LIGO, Laser Interferometer Graviational Observatory, Laura Cadonati, National Science Foundation
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UMass researchers create Critical Links program to aid wildlife
Using digital maps, aerial photography, and first hand observation, UMass researchers created a program called Critical Links. It is working to improve water, underground, and above ground transportation routes for wildlife.
Tags: Brad Compton, Conservation Assessment and Prioritization System, Critical Linkages, Department of Environmental Conservation, Kevin McGarigal, Scott Jackson, UMass Landscape Ecology Laboratory
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