Fall 2009 Issue
Changing Ghana's Urban Landscape
Raymond Asomani-Boateng’s research proved that his idea to turn commodity waste from urban markets into high-quality compost could work for Ghana. His research continues with efforts to help develop a market for the compost.
The College of Graduate Studies and Research proudly announces the recipients of the 2010 Distinguished Faculty Scholar Awards: Steve Buechler, Daniel Cronn-Mills, and Brian Frink.
Sport management graduate student Kelly Fallon was intrigued by the assigned readings on gender representation in her sport psychology class. When professors invited her to join their research on the topic, she immediately accepted.
Three Psychology Department faculty members tap their colleagues’ ingenuity and expertise to produce a new radio show, “Psychological Frontiers: Exploring human behaviors,” which airs twice weekly on KMSU.
Engineering Award-Winning Research
A typical dose of the common antibiotic amoxicillin is 500mg, yet a person only absorbs 280mg. Four civil engineering students conducted award-winning research to determine if, and how, the antibiotics that pass through a body unchanged affect a septic system’s delicate balance of decomposing microbes.
Minnesota State Mankato information systems and technology professor Cyrus Azarbod hopes to use fuzzy logic to identify patterns and offer solutions to social and educational issues.