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Keeping people safer with Iowa technology

Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Technology born out of military-funded research in the University of Iowa’s Virtual Soldier Research Program (VSR) soon may be used in schools, hospitals, stores, and other places to improve safety.
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CDC recognizes ITI researchers' 'exceptional approach to solving a public health problem'

Wednesday, September 23, 2020
University of Iowa Technology Institute (ITI) researchers were recognized by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as being among the nation’s best for their "exceptional approach to solving a public health problem.”
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New 'Inside the Lab' series features stories of ITI student researchers

Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Bernice Kubicek is among a handful of students featured in a new spotlight series called "Inside the Lab: Student Stories." The series highlights the student researchers who perform work in the many labs and centers that make up the ITI. 
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Fatima Toor recognized as 'Community Champion' by optics and photonics society

Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Fatima Toor, a University of Iowa Technology Institute (ITI) researcher, was recognized as a "Community Champion" by a leading scientific community for her involvement throughout 2019 and multiple contributions as an author, guest editor, and associate editor.
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ITI faculty among eight to receive named professorships in engineering

Monday, September 14, 2020
Two University of Iowa Technology Institute faculty affiliates are among eight faculty members from the College of Engineering (COE) to receive named professorships and chairs, which are among the highest university honors faculty members can receive.
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University of Iowa researchers develop algorithm to detect Parkinson’s Diseas

Wednesday, September 9, 2020
University of Iowa Electrical and Computer Engineering and Neurology researchers developed an algorithm to detect Parkinson’s Disease in patients using electroencephalography data.
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NADS provides national leadership on COVID-19 research protocols

Tuesday, September 8, 2020
National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS) Director Daniel McGehee made recommendations for human subjects testing in driving research for the COVID-19 era to the Transportation Research Board (TRB), during its mid-year meeting earlier this month.
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University of Iowa professor to send metal alloys research to the International Space Station

Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Professor Christoph Beckermann will be working alongside a team at NASA to observe metal alloy grains as they are melted in a mirco-gravity furnace.
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ITI Research: Signal processing and machine learning algorithms target environmental uncertainties in underwater acoustic communications

Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Signal processing and machine learning algorithms being developed by Ananya Sen Gupta at the University of Iowa Technology Institute (ITI) could offer solutions to real-time marine sensing using underwater acoustics.
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UI engineers and neurologists develop a highly efficient algorithm that can detect Parkinson’s Disease through EEG data

Monday, August 31, 2020
A team led by Soura Dasgupta, F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Nandakumar Narayanan, Juanita J. Bartlett Professor in Neurology Research at the University of Iowa has developed a computational approach to diagnosing Parkinson’s Disease by using data from electroencephalogram tests, commonly referred to as EEGs.