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Dr. Rachel Lovell, an assistant professor in the Department of Criminology and Sociology and Director of the Criminology Research Center, will lead a new study to assess human trafficking data in Cuyahoga County. The project is supported by the Collaborative to End Human Trafficking (CTEHT) and is the starting point for a long-term partnership to improve the tools and data to combat human trafficking.
Anti-human trafficking interventions depend on valid and reliable data to inform the associated local public health responses. Currently, the needed data is affected by two major issues: the data collection systems are not well-coordinated (someone may interact with multiple agencies, but those agencies don’t share that information), and the populations involved in and impacted by human trafficking tend to be hidden and hard to reach.
To start to address these issues, Dr. Lovell will first focus on an assessment of how different agencies across the county (e.g., law enforcement, courts, crisis centers, and health care providers) collect data and how those data can be used to provide an accurate estimate of the prevalence of human trafficking. A second aim of the project is to increase the use of a common screening tool to assess individuals who may be victims or survivors of human trafficking or may be vulnerable to human trafficking in Cuyahoga County. Learn More about Dr. Lovell »
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Save the Date: Digital CSU Student Showcase December 3 Digital CSU again invites students to submit digital and multimedia projects to its Digital Student Showcase, which will take place on Tuesday, December 3, 2024 from 12pm-2pm in the Student Center Atrium. Students are welcome to exhibit their digital, multimedia, or multimodal works in a ‘poster session’ format, where presenters display their work on an electronic device and share with audience members about their process of creating it in an casual, conversational setting. Students creating websites, podcasts, videos, infographics, interactive data visualizations or maps, and any other digital or multimedia project should consider presenting their work in person at the Showcase. Faculty are invited to please share the invitation with their students. Project Submission From » |
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Atmospheric Modeling Software Tied to CSU Physics Researcher Announces New Major Release An international team including Dr. Thijs Heus, an associate professor in the Department of Physics, has released a new version of MicroHH, a computational fluid dynamics code for simulation of turbulent flows in the atmospheric boundary layer. MicroHH can simulate realistic atmospheric boundary layers, improving the accuracy of a wide range of weather and climate models. Some of the early work performed by Dr. Heus to develop MicroHH was supported by Cleveland State’s Faculty Research and Development (FRD) program, and 2020 CSU graduate Jacob Adamczyk (BS Physics, BS Mathematics) contributed the ice microphysics modeling capability. |
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CSU Physics/Civil Engineering Alum Named Distinguished Staff Fellow at Oak Ridge National Lab Philip Dee, a 2013 CSU graduate (BS Physics Honors, BE Civil Engineering), has been named a Eugene P. Wigner Fellow at the Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, TN. Philip’s fellowship research at ORNL will focus on developing innovative computational methods for simulating models of quantum materials, mainly using physics-informed machine learning approaches and many-body theory. These methods will help the field overcome challenges associated with the high degree of algorithmic complexity that hinders simulations of fully quantum models and leverages the world-class supercomputing resources at ORNL. While at CSU, Philip conducted undergraduate research with Professors Kiril Streletzky and James Lock, studying light scattering phenomena experimentally and theoretically under the Undergraduate Summer Research Award (USRA) program. |
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TeCK Fund Phase 4: Accepting Letters of Intent
The TeCK Fund is a technology commercialization and startup fund managed by Cleveland State University and is now accepting Letters of Intent for the opportunity to submit a full proposal. A successful full proposal will require the approval of the Selection Committee at which the PI will have to present. The TeCK Fund Round 4 provides faculty pursuing applied research projects with funding to assist with commercialization activities, including prototype creation, third-party validation, and market research, which are required to successfully spin off technologies. Applicants who have participated in an I-Corps program are given priority. |
CSU Research Corp. Enters Patent Option Agreement with DeployX
CSU Research Corporation has entered into an Option Agreement with DeployX, which provides the company a 12 month option to two CSU patents naming Dr. Geyou Ao, an associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering (CBE), as the inventor. The covered intellectual property includes Dr. Ao’s patented Boron Nitride Nanotube (BNNT) and Hexagonal Boron Nitride production methods. DeployX is a Red Cell innovation engine expediting the discovery, development, and deployment of cutting-edge technology to fortify U.S. national security. Their commercialization plan will provide a strategy for producing and marketing BNNT coatings for corrosion resistance using CSU’s patented technology. DeployX will be able to exclusively license the patents within 12 months. |
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