To address deforestation and stimulate production of non-timber forest products for communities within the Mayan Forest Zone, the second largest area of tropical forest in the Americas (which includes large areas of Belize, Guatemala and the Yucatán Peninsula), David MacFarlane is working with the forest — not against it. MacFarlane, a professor within Michigan State …
Minami Yoda, a Ring Family Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, has been named chairperson of the Michigan State University Department of Mechanical Engineering. She will join MSU on Nov. 1, 2023. College of Engineering Dean Leo Kempel said he is pleased to welcome such an experienced and well-regarded …
MSU Professor Lawrence Drzal leads the charge on a nanomaterial called graphene that could be in the next generation of EV batteries Most people are familiar with graphite, the dark silver-colored crystalline form of carbon commonly used in pencil lead. In fact, graphite derives its name from its usage (graphein is “to write” in Greek). What’s …
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, or DOE-SC, has awarded $529 million to continue world-leading nuclear science research at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams at Michigan State University. The new cooperative agreement provides $529,068,000 over five years to operate FRIB as a DOE-SC user facility to enable unprecedented discovery opportunities envisioned by …
For most people, the quest for the perfect strawberry begins and ends in the produce aisle: perusing small towers of clamshell containers – plastic treasure chests of ruby-red fruit – to find the right one to take home and savor. But for Cholani Weebadde, associate professor and Plant Breeder for International Programs at Michigan State …
Destinee Shelly is the Marketing and Communications Writing Intern for the MSU Innovation Center. Destinee holds responsibilities for storytelling by developing and executing content across multiple channels, including article and blog postings, videos, and graphics on our website, and promoting our department across a variety of social media platforms. Destinee is currently studying Journalism at …
Making artificial intelligence more reliable Artificial intelligence has entered the mainstream in a way the world has never experienced before. Millions of people are using tools such as ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion for AI-generated help answering questions, creating images, and accomplishing a host of other tasks. But anyone who has used these systems has probably …
Hui Li, a professor in the Michigan State University Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, is being honored with the 2023 Environmental Quality Research Award from the American Society of Agronomy (ASA). Li, a world-renowned expert in environmental soil chemistry, and the fate and transport of contaminants in plant-soil-water systems, will be formally recognized …
University Distinguished Professor devotes career to cause and effect of air pollution. This summer’s hazy skies caused by the wildfires in Canada prompted air pollution to rise to the center of attention in Michigan and across the nation. Alerts issued by state and federal agencies warning against prolonged outdoor exposure to the lingering smoke gave …
Caroline Parent is one of the Social Media Interns at the MSU Innovation Center. In her role as Social Media intern, she uses creativity and passion to make social media content for MSU Innovation Center’s platforms. Caroline creates interactive and insightful content to develop partnerships as well as to empower and inspire others. Caroline is …
