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Dr. Michelle Guitard, CMS alum and paleoceanographer, wins prestigious Թϱaward

Recent ԹϱCMS graduate, Dr. Michelle Guitard, was one of only four students to win the USF-wide Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Award for her PhD dissertation, entitled, “Ocean Forcing of Quaternary East Antarctic Ice Sheet Evolution: An Ice-Proximal Sedimentary Perspective.”

October 29, 2021Honors and Awards, Research

Over 400 constituents of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) will convene in Tampa, Florida on October 31-November 3 for the Tenth Annual Conference of the NAI (PR Newswire).

October 29, 2021Innovation, Research

Թϱ electrical engineers believe they are on track to build a device that can detect the presence of the COVID virus in the air (Tampa Bay Times).

October 22, 2021Innovation, Research

As face masks continue to be a daily necessity for many people, they could potentially become environmentally threatening waste. However, Թϱresearchers are working on solutions to sterilize the masks and alleviate this growing issue as part of the COVID-19 Rapid Response Research Grants program (ԹϱOracle).

October 21, 2021Research

Թϱ Professor Kathy Black examines how communities benefit by working together to help their age-friendly programs grow and become more successful in Theories of Community Collaboration to Advance Age-Friendly Community Change, published in the Sept. 16 issue of “The Gerontologist” (ԹϱSarasota-Manatee campus).

October 14, 2021Research

ԹϱCoral Researcher Joins with International Colleagues in Identifying Better Ways to Save the World’s Reefs

In the race to save the world’s fragile corals from climate change and disease, ԹϱDepartment of Integrative Biology Assistant Professor John Parkinson is among an international group of scientists looking for better ways to restore damaged reefs.

October 12, 2021Global Research, Research

Team that includes Թϱmarine chemist awarded grant as part of NOAA’s largest 5-year investment to fight climate crisis

For the last 21 years and counting, a fleet of Argo floats roaming the top half of the global oceans have helped scientists keep their fingers on the pulse of the planet — collecting critical data that help us better understand how the oceans are changing in response to human activities (College of Marine Science).

October 12, 2021Research

Tsunami sensing buoy recovered in Tampa Bay

An interdisciplinary group of scientists and engineers at Թϱdeveloped a new type of buoy capable of detecting tiny changes in the ocean floor that can be precursors to large natural events such as tsunamis (ԹϱCollege of Marine Science).

October 11, 2021Research

USF-led team awarded NSF grant to link the green and blue economies

Թϱengineers and marine scientists will work with blue-green “frontline” communities to co-develop a platform for exchanging information that improves public health, environmental quality and the economy (ԹϱNews).

October 8, 2021Research

Թϱ engineering students have created a device that could help patients in the wake of a national ventilator shortage spurred by the Covid-19 pandemic (Tampa Bay Business Journal).

October 8, 2021Health, Innovation, Student Research

Թϱ Health-led team discovers that the compound fenchol has the same beneficial effect as gut-derived metabolites in reducing neurotoxic amyloid-beta in the brain (SciTechDaily).

October 7, 2021Health, Research

ԹϱStartup PolyMaterials App’s record year is about to get better

October will bring appearances in two significant showcases for founder and ԹϱEngineering faculty alum Manoj Ram, while the international stage is not far behind.

October 6, 2021Innovation, Research

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