Released: 29-Dec-2004 4:40 PM EST
Depth Perception and Drunk Driving
North Dakota State University

While it's well-known that drinking and driving don't mix, new research sheds light on another reason drunk drivers are likely to be dangerous on the road. A particular type of depth perception, called motion parallax, is disrupted by ethanol intoxication.

   
Released: 5-Apr-2005 1:30 PM EDT
How to Hold the Line on Prom Costs
North Dakota State University

What's this high school memory worth? NDSU survey shows that teen spending on proms ranges from a wallet full to a suitcase full of cash. But planning and budgeting can hold the line on costs for this rite of passage.

Released: 6-Jun-2005 8:40 AM EDT
NDSU Announces RawKee Open Source Software
North Dakota State University

From archaeology documentaries to video games, NDSU archaeology researchers and industry partners announce RawKee open source software plug-in for Maya. RawKee/Maya combination used for scientific research, visualization and game design for archaeological education software.

Released: 13-Jun-2005 11:20 AM EDT
Shared Activities Key to Father-Child Connection
North Dakota State University

Ordinary things rather than grand gestures count. A new study out of NDSU and BYU explores how dads connect with their children.

Released: 17-Aug-2005 10:30 AM EDT
Tessera Brings Chip-Scale Packaging to NDSU
North Dakota State University

Tessera Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has completed a successful chip-scale packaging technology transfer to North Dakota State University and has partnered with NDSU in the development of a fully functional microelectronics center at the university.

Released: 2-Sep-2005 7:00 PM EDT
NDSU Awarded Grant for Alcohol Abuse Prevention
North Dakota State University

Combating high-risk drinking behaviors among first-year college students and 21st birthday celebrants is the target of research and programs under development at North Dakota State University.

Released: 14-Oct-2005 8:35 AM EDT
Department of Coatings & Polymeric Materials Celebrates Centennial
North Dakota State University

100 years of stick-to-it-ivness. Whether on your eyeglasses, car or computer, coatings are part of everyday life.

Released: 25-Oct-2005 12:20 PM EDT
James Rosenquist Artist Residency Program Established at NDSU
North Dakota State University

Internationally known artist James Rosenquist lends name to visual arts program that will allow NDSU students to interact with artists from around the world.

Released: 27-Oct-2005 3:55 PM EDT
The Dual Life of Mother-of-Pearl
North Dakota State University

Recognized for beauty and strength, nacre, also known as mother-of-pearl, could hold secrets for creating strong, tough engineering composites. NDSU researchers have discovered one of the clues to nacre's strength.

Released: 11-May-2006 7:10 PM EDT
Virtual Worlds Transport Students Inside Cells
North Dakota State University

While Hollywood film crews are creating blockbusters with Academy Award-winning animation software, North Dakota State University uses such software to create virtual worlds to teach science.

Released: 25-May-2006 7:00 PM EDT
Testosterone Boosts Birds' Attractiveness, but Leads to Shorter Lifespan
North Dakota State University

Sweet song, but short lived. Dating and mating are unique for many species, but for dark-eyed junco songbirds, researchers led by North Dakota State University assistant biology professor Wendy Reed found something new.

Released: 12-Jun-2006 4:05 PM EDT
Is It Long-Ago Reality Or Reality TV? Virtual Worlds Bring Past to Life
North Dakota State University

Computer technology brings ancient worlds to life, but archaeologists debate whether it resembles long-ago reality or reality TV. Jeffrey Clark, Ph.D., director of the Archaeology Technologies Laboratory at North Dakota State University, Fargo, notes the technology that creates such virtual worlds allows people to explore historical locations in a unique way.

Released: 15-Jun-2006 5:30 PM EDT
Father Times Newsletter Offers Tips to Get the Most Out of Fatherhood
North Dakota State University

Oh, if kids only came with instruction books. Father Times newsletter offers tips to get the most out of fatherhood.

Released: 7-Sep-2006 3:45 PM EDT
Building on Shifting Sands: Professors Study Clay-Fluid Interactions
North Dakota State University

Clay makes a good modeling toy, but presents challenges for engineers. Two North Dakota State University professors have received a National Science Foundation grant to study clay-fluid interactions, all part of an effort to develop solutions that prevent roads from buckling or buildings that shift or sink.

Released: 20-Sep-2006 6:00 PM EDT
German Artist Named First James Rosenquist Artist in Residence
North Dakota State University

A German artist has been selected as the first James Rosenquist Artist in Residence at North Dakota State University.

Released: 16-Oct-2006 2:45 PM EDT
Research Foundation Licenses Breakthrough Aerospace Primer Technology
North Dakota State University

Researchers at North Dakota State University, Fargo, have developed a breakthrough primer technology for coating aluminum aircraft structures to protect them from corrosion. The world's largest coatings company, Akzo Nobel, and NDSU today announced a commercial licensing agreement allowing Akzo Nobel to supply the first products to contain the breakthrough chromate-free technology.

Released: 15-Nov-2006 3:30 PM EST
Aeronautical Research by Professor Receives International Awards
North Dakota State University

An assistant professor of mechanical engineering at North Dakota State University, Fargo, Yildirim Bora Suzen, Ph.D., has received two prestigious awards from the Royal Aeronautical Society, London, England. Suzen received the Specialist Silver Award, which is conferred for exceptional work that has led to significant advances in specialist disciplines in the aerospace industry.

Released: 16-Nov-2006 4:05 PM EST
If Kids Only Came With Instruction Books
North Dakota State University

New fathers don't receive a how-to manual when they hold their little bundle of joy for the first time. A new book titled, "Why Fathers Count: The Importance of Fathers and Their Involvement With Children," provides information and tips for fathers and those who support them at all stages of parenting "” from new fathers to grandfathers.

Released: 20-Nov-2006 2:30 PM EST
University Awarded $1.25 Million to Build Advanced Diode Battery
North Dakota State University

NDSU has been awarded $1.25 million for an initial six month effort to demonstrate a direct power conversion boron carbide diode battery. Funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the program seeks to build a one-cubic-centimeter isotope-based battery.

Released: 15-Dec-2006 7:00 PM EST
Holiday Charity Or Holiday Scam?
North Dakota State University

Holiday gift giving not only includes presents for family and friends, but an opportunity to help others. Contributions to charity at this time of year can be inspired by generosity or by year-end tax planning. To guard against charitable scams, Dr. Debra Pankow, assistant professor at North Dakota State University, offers tips on holiday giving for the entire family.

Released: 8-Aug-2007 5:45 PM EDT
NDSU Awarded $10.5 Million for Protease Research
North Dakota State University

The National Institutes of Health has awarded North Dakota State University a $10.5 million, five-year research grant for new strategies for targeting protease in disease.

Released: 23-Aug-2007 1:10 PM EDT
NDSU Professor Mukund Sibi to Receive Cope Scholar Award
North Dakota State University

Mukund P. Sibi, a James A. Meier professor of chemistry and molecular biology at North Dakota State University, will receive a 2008 Arthur S. Cope Scholar Award, considered to be a top honor in organic chemistry. The Cope Scholar Award, issued by the American Chemical Society (ACS), recognizes scientists from across the globe who have distinguished themselves in the broad field of organic chemistry.

Released: 4-Sep-2007 12:00 PM EDT
Bog Mummies Yield Secrets: Prof's Research in National Geographic
North Dakota State University

Human remains yield secrets. "Tales from the Bog" in the September 2007 issue of National Geographic magazine uncovers some of those secrets, including those unlocked by NDSU's Dr. Heather Gill-Robinson, assistant professor of anthropology.

Released: 5-Sep-2007 8:40 AM EDT
Professor Recognized as Top-Cited Author
North Dakota State University

Kalpana S. Katti, professor and graduate program coordinator in the Department of Civil Engineering at North Dakota State University, Fargo, was named a top cited author in the five colloids journals of Elsevier, a leading publisher of science and technology journals.

Released: 18-Sep-2007 7:00 PM EDT
Glacier Named After North Dakota State University Professor
North Dakota State University

A glacier in Antarctica has been named after Dr. Allan Ashworth, a distinguished professor of geosciences at North Dakota State University, Fargo, recognizing his significant research contributions to palaeontology and stratigraphy.

Released: 20-Dec-2007 12:45 PM EST
Sculptor Named James Rosenquist Artist in Residence
North Dakota State University

The Department of Visual Arts at North Dakota State University, Fargo, has announced that Jonathan Pellitteri, Baton Rouge, La., has been named the James Rosenquist Artist in Residence at NDSU for 2008.

Released: 25-Jan-2008 3:40 PM EST
NDSU Faculty Member Receives NSF CAREER Award
North Dakota State University

Siva Jayaraman, (Siva), Ph.D., is the tenth North Dakota State University professor to receive a National Science Foundation CAREER award. The National Science Foundation has funded Siva's research proposal "Imprinting Molecular Chirality in Solution During Photo-Transformations."

Released: 31-Jan-2008 6:00 PM EST
Ice People Features Extreme Science of Geosciences Researchers
North Dakota State University

North Dakota State University professor Allan Ashworth will be a featured guest at a preview presentation of the film "Ice People" during the American Museum of Natural History's Polar Year weekend on Feb. 2 to 3 in New York City.

Released: 19-Feb-2008 3:00 PM EST
Rosenquist Artist in Residence at NDSU Awarded Swiss Sculpture Residency
North Dakota State University

Jonathan Pellitteri, the 2008 James Rosenquist Artist in Residence at North Dakota State University, Fargo, has been awarded the International Sculpture Center (ISC) Sculpture Residency in Switzerland with sculptor Heinz Aeschlimann.

Released: 14-Mar-2008 1:10 PM EDT
Researchers Recognized for Top-Cited Scientific Article
North Dakota State University

A scientific article by researchers in the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at North Dakota State University has been named one of the most cited articles published in the Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry in 2006 by the American Chemical Society (ACS).

Released: 24-Apr-2008 4:15 PM EDT
NDSU Geoscientists Featured in "Ice People" Premiere
North Dakota State University

"Ice People" featuring extreme science of North Dakota State University geosciences researchers in Antarctica premieres at San Francisco International Film Festival.

Released: 2-Jun-2008 5:40 PM EDT
Prof's Research in National Geographic Explorer
North Dakota State University

North Dakota State University's Dr. Heather Gill-Robinson uncovers secrets of peat bog mummies that are part of "Mystery of the Mummy Murders" on the television program Explorer airing on the National Geographic Channel on June 4.

Released: 12-Jun-2008 4:40 PM EDT
Making the Case That Fathers Count---A Lot
North Dakota State University

New fathers don't receive a how-to manual when they hold their little bundle of joy for the first time. The book, "Why Fathers Count: The Importance of Fathers and Their Involvement with Children," provides tips on all stages of parenting, from new fathers to grandfathers.

Released: 18-Jun-2008 2:30 PM EDT
Science Magazine Features Profs' Research on Antarctica
North Dakota State University

Field research in Antarctica by Allan Ashworth and Adam Lewis, both professors in the Department of Geosciences at North Dakota State University, is featured in the May 30 issue of Science magazine.

Released: 18-Jun-2008 2:50 PM EDT
NDSU Chemistry Professor Receives NSF CAREER Award
North Dakota State University

Uwe Burghaus, assistant professor of chemistry and molecular biology at North Dakota State University, Fargo, has received a $426,000 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.

Released: 9-Jul-2008 2:20 PM EDT
"Ice People" Premieres at Jerusalem Film Festival
North Dakota State University

The premiere of "Ice People" is set for the 2008 Jerusalem Film Festival on July 12 and July 15, at the Jerusalem Cinematheque. The film features North Dakota State University Professors Allan Ashworth, Adam Lewis, and students Kelly Gorz and Andrew Podoll, in an Antarctic expedition filmed by a documentary crew led by Anne Aghion.

Released: 16-Jul-2008 4:00 PM EDT
Nanoparticle Research in Review of Ophthalmology
North Dakota State University

Nanoparticle research by Professor Sanku Mallik and his group at North Dakota State University, Fargo, appears in the July issue of the Review of Ophthalmology in the article "Nanoparticles: Into the New Frontier."

Released: 24-Jul-2008 3:35 PM EDT
Case Study in Chip Scale Review Features Two-Chip Stacked Package
North Dakota State University

Smaller and faster are two goals in today's electronics market and an article in an international trade publication shows how North Dakota State University researchers, Fargo, design and build such electronics packages.

Released: 7-Aug-2008 3:20 PM EDT
Research Team Advances Knowledge of Antarctica's Climate History
North Dakota State University

North Dakota State University researchers are among the leaders of a group of National Science Foundation-funded scientists who have discovered the last traces of tundra on the interior of Antarctica before temperatures began a relentless drop millions of years ago.

Released: 4-Sep-2008 5:20 PM EDT
Researchers Recognized for Top-Cited Scientific Articles
North Dakota State University

Six scientific articles by researchers in the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) and Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials at North Dakota State University (NDSU), Fargo, appear among the most cited articles published in Volume 23 of Biofouling: The Journal of Bioadhesion and Biofilm.

Released: 18-Sep-2008 10:45 AM EDT
NSF Awards $15 Million to North Dakota EPSCoR Program
North Dakota State University

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a five-year grant award totaling $15 million to the North Dakota Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (ND EPSCoR). The grant covers a variety of research programs at universities across the state.

Released: 23-Oct-2008 8:45 PM EDT
"Ice People" Screened at Film Society of Lincoln Center
North Dakota State University

The premiere of "Ice People" in conjunction with Independents Night by the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York on Oct. 16 featured North Dakota State University Professors Allan Ashworth, Adam Lewis, and students Kelly Gorz and Andrew Podoll, in an Antarctic expedition filmed by a documentary crew led by Anne Aghion. The film is featured in "Hollywood in Antarctica" in the Oct. 17, 2008, online issue of The Scientist.

Released: 12-Nov-2008 12:00 PM EST
NDSU Prof Develops 3-D Model for How Plants Drink
North Dakota State University

Accurately predicting whether plant root systems will sip, slurp or gulp water as if through a straw, a hose or a pipe, could greatly assist in implementing modern agro-ecosystem practices. Mario Biondini, professor in the School of Natural Resource Sciences at North Dakota State University (NDSU), Fargo, has developed a three-dimensional model that helps determine how much water plant root systems will absorb.

Released: 25-Nov-2008 5:15 PM EST
Holiday Spending Tips for Tight Economic Times
North Dakota State University

Don't let holiday spending overwhelm you in these tight financial times. As bargain hunters get ready for "Black Friday," the day after Thanksgiving in the U.S. and traditional start of the holiday shopping season, experts have some tips to avoid busting your budget.

Released: 9-Dec-2008 5:05 PM EST
Researchers Scheduled for "Live from Antarctica" Webcast
North Dakota State University

North Dakota State University researchers Allan Ashworth and Adam Lewis are scheduled to appear in a live webcast from McMurdo Station in Antarctica on Sunday, Dec. 14 at 3:00 p.m. CST to discuss major scientific discoveries made during the filming of the documentary "Ice People."

Released: 17-Feb-2009 3:20 PM EST
Multi-Media Artist Named James Rosenquist Artist in Residence for 2009 at North Dakota State University
North Dakota State University

The Department of Visual Arts at North Dakota State University has announced that Min Kim Park, Chicago, Ill., has been named the 2009 James Rosenquist Artist in Residence at NDSU. Ms. Park will work spring semester 2009 in the studio dedicated for the program at NDSU's Downtown Visual Arts Department, interacting with students, holding public lectures and opening her studio to visitors.

Released: 19-Feb-2009 7:40 PM EST
NDSU Faculty Member Receives NSF CAREER Award
North Dakota State University

Chung-Souk Han, Ph.D., assistant professor of civil engineering at North Dakota State University, Fargo, has been named a recipient of the Faculty Early Career Development award (CAREER) by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Released: 19-Feb-2009 8:20 PM EST
"Ice People" Premieres at Fargo Film Festival
North Dakota State University

The Fargo premiere of documentary filmmaker Anne Aghion's "Ice People" is planned for Tuesday, March 3, at the opening night of the 2009 Fargo Film Festival. The film features the research of NDSU scientists Allan Ashworth and Adam Lewis and students Kelly Gorz and Andrew Podoll.

Released: 20-Feb-2009 10:40 AM EST
NDSU's Magdy Abdelrahman Receives NSF CAREER Award
North Dakota State University

Magdy Abdelrahman, Ph.D., assistant professor of civil engineering at North Dakota State University, Fargo, has been named a recipient of the Faculty Early Career Development award (CAREER) by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Released: 5-May-2009 8:00 PM EDT
"Ice People" Premieres on Sundance Channel
North Dakota State University

The scientific discoveries of North Dakota State University geosciences researchers Allan Ashworth and Adam Lewis appear in the documentary film "Ice People," scheduled to premiere on the Sundance Channel on May 5 at 9 p.m. CT, with additional airings May 6 and May 10.


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