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Last January, computer science student Matt Hodges and Professor Bo Brinkman began working on an augmented reality application called ShelvAR. Its purpose is to assist in the sorting of library books by indicating which books are not in the correct position, and which direction on the shelf they need to [...]
Miami University’s Marching Band is one of ten bands, and the only collegiate band, chosen to perform in the 2011 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. They competed against 150 other applicants and were chosen for their superior marching and performance skills. The band last performed in this parade in 2003, making this their second appearance. The parade took [...]
NASA Internship to Develop the World’s First Self-Powered Smart Window
Lyndsey McMillon recently completed her internship with NASA’s Undergraduate Student Research Program (USRP) where she, along with Jeremiah McNatt – the NASA lead for the “Adaptive Windows: Path to Zero Energy Buildings” – helped to develop a “small scale working semi-transparent solar cell,” which will automatically [...]
Miami University’s newly formed Engineers Without Borders chapter completed its first trip to Rwanda this past July. Engineers Without Borders is a non-profit humanitarian organization, which conducts sustainable engineering projects in underdeveloped locales around the world.
During the month of July two members, Sumeta Sachdeva and Zack Liston traveled to Rwanda with members from our mentoring [...]
On September 14, thirteen students were awarded the honor of the 2011 Provost Academic Achievement Award at Miami University’s Convocation. These students were recognized for their academic excellence as well as their significant intellectual contributions to the University. The $1,000 award is granted annually based on nominations from Miami faculty, with only 10-15 winners each [...]
The “SpeedGeeking” session took place during the Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSE) Alumni Conference in 2011. Ten groups of students were around the room presenting their capstone projects in 5-minute intervals to the conference participants. It was a great and fun way for alumni to hear about multiple projects quickly. For example, one of [...]
“Innovations in Autonomy: Miami Students Creating Smart Applications for Smart Phones and More” was the theme of this year’s Miami University Interdisciplinary Technology Development Challenge (MUITDC). The 2011 winning team rose to that challenge with their “my Metro” app—and received the $5,000 award for their efforts.
School of Engineering and Applied Science computer science majors Paul [...]
Josh Wonser, who was a double majored in chemistry and computer science and is now in the master’s program for Computer Science, found out about the “awesome virtual reality research” at Miami after taking a networking class from Dr. Eric Bachmann, professor of computer science and software engineering.
Bachmann, co-director of Miami’s HIVE facility (Huge Immersive [...]
Computer science majors Ryan Kelly, from Hudson, and Han Wang, from China, worked as undergraduate summer scholars with Iddo Friedberg, assistant professor of microbiology and affiliate in computer science and software engineering.
This was the first undergraduate research experience for Kelly and Wang, whose USS projects were part of Friedberg’s research program in bioinformatics, microbial genomics [...]
Miami University Hamilton nursing and psychology students took time from their busy schedules to bring health education to the Pre-K through third grade students at Wildwood Elementary School. They brought poster boards and provided a variety of hands-on activities. Some of the health areas covered was the importance of regular exercise, bike safety, and the [...]