Tag: Natural and Applied Sciences
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Faculty note: Prof. Mahfuz named secretary
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Assistant Prof. Mohammad Upal Mahfuz, an assistant professor of the Natural and Applied Sciences department (Electrical Engineering Technology), was named the Secretary of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Emerging Technical Subcommittee on Nanoscale, Molecular & Quantum Networking within the IEEE Communications Society. The subcommittee focuses on nanoscale communication systems. Mahfuz’s principal area…
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Faculty notes: Prof. Terry Publication
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Professor Patricia Terry has had two paper accepted for publication. The first, “Removal of phosphates and sulfates in a multi-ion system with nitrates,” was co-authored with Assistant Professor Megan Olson Hunt, and has been accepted in a Springer special edition, Applications of Adsorption and Ion Exchange Chromatography in Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Food Industries. The second,…
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Forsythe, Houghton receive fisheries grant for sturgeon and whitefish research
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UW-Green Bay Associate Prof. Patrick Forsythe and Associate Research Scientist Chris Houghton (UWGB Aquatic Ecology and Fisheries Laboratory) received $635,728 in support of local fisheries research. Forsythe and Houghton have proposed to gain a better understanding of lake sturgeon and lake whitefish reproductive and behavioral ecology in lower Green Bay with emphasis on the Fox,…
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Faculty note: Mahfuz presentation
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Assistant Prof. Mohammad Upal Mahfuz (NAS), was invited to present “Fundamentals of Molecular Communication Nanonetworks,” Monday, June 27 at the BRAC University in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His presentation focused on a brief introduction to molecular communication (MC) nanonetworks, which is a new communication paradigm and an interdisciplinary area of research at the crossroads of several disciplines…
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Day trip to Toft Point: Millers join student and faculty researchers for a day in one of UW-Green Bay’s natural areas
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In Northern Door County is a one-mile peninsula along the Lake Michigan coast with outstanding native plant communities and endangered species. This beautiful piece of property was gifted and entrusted to the care of UW-Green Bay by conservationist Emma Toft in 1968, and it continues as a rich research space and treasured natural area. UW-Green…
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Student inventor and ‘tinkerer’ facilitates drone research at UWGB
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With a combination of his own inventiveness and ingenuity, and support from UW‑Green Bay faculty, sophomore Cody Becker is using high-impact experiences to uniquely tackle a local problem (invasive plants) while preparing himself for the evolving demands of the contemporary workplace. UW‑Green Bay sophomore Cody Becker is a self-proclaimed tinkerer and inventor with an entrepreneurial spirit.…
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UWGB grads search for mussels
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“Occasionally blowing water from their snorkels, Jesse Weinzinger and Adam Brabant stared through diving masks into the murk of the root beer-colored water and dragged their gloved fingers across sand and gravel.” JSonline has the story about two UWGB biology graduates who are helping the DNR document freshwater mussels.
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Prof. Mike Draney guest speaks on WPR
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UWGB Prof. Michael Draney (Natural and Applied Sciences) was featured on Wisconsin Public Radio last week (July 13th), to discuss the major spider donation to the Richter Museum of Natural History in Mary Ann Cofrin Hall. The 10,000 specimens came from Professor John “Jack” Kaspar PhD, an arachnologist who had been collecting and researching the…
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Faculty note: Fermanich invited to Great Lakes Workshop
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Last week (July 12-13), UW-Green Bay’s Kevin Fermanich (Natural and Applied Sciences) was an invited expert at the International Joint Commission’s (IJC) Great Lakes Water Quality Board (WQB), as part of the Emerging Issues Work Group’s (EIWG) Great Lakes Climate Adaptation and Resilience Workshop in Windsor, Canada. The purpose of the workshop was ultimately to develop a…
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Prof. Kevin Fermanich (and team) receives EPA grant
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UW-Green Bay’s Kevin Fermanich (Natural and Applied Sciences) was awarded an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant of $200,000 to aid in his research of the water quality impact of managed grazing. Fermanich will work in collaboration with UWGB Assistant Scientist Paul Baumgart, as well as UWGB grads and undergrads, NEW Water (Green Bay Metropolitan Sanitary…