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Crab lab

Study takes ISU to forefront of climate change research

Dr. Wolfgang Stein鈥檚 lab is collaborating on an innovative international research project examining how heat waves are affecting crabs鈥 nervous systems. .

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Research Spotlight

Graduate students across campus have the opportunity to be highlighted and to compete for monetary awards through the #GradBirdScholar program.

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Dr. Wolfgang Stein works with then-undergraduate Charlotte Steiger 鈥24 in the Crab Lab. Students like Steiger are conducting many of the experiments for Stein鈥檚 Kavli Foundation-supported research project.
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There are a lot of fantastic opportunities all over the place at ISU. And because ISU isn鈥檛 a massive school, I feel like it鈥檚 easier to get those opportunities.

- Joseph Wittrock, a math student who won the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory鈥檚 Research Assistant of the Year and the U.S. Department of Defense鈥檚 Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship.

Fueling innovation

The Department of Mechanical Engineering鈥檚 founding dean, Dr. Nesrin Ozalp, is empowering the next generation through her groundbreaking research on hydrogen power

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Renaissance man

Dr. Avimanyu 鈥淎vi鈥 Datta is a professor and researcher of strategic management and entrepreneurship, the Gary R. Gemberling Faculty Scholar in Business, director of the George R. and Martha Means Center for Entrepreneurial Studies 鈥 and an award-winning science fiction writer.

Relationship doctor

Dr. Susan Sprecher, a social psychologist, researches human relationships, from the most intimate relationships between lovers to the casual bonds formed by strangers.

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Inspector Trail

Math student creates AI-powered program for U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center

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