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Using Wearable Technology to Prevent Kidney Stones

Oct. 21, 2020
WNCG professor Edison Thomaz is part of a team exploring the use of wearable technology to prevent kidney stones. The team received a five year, $2.97 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to address this problem. The team includes David Conroy, professor of kinesiology and human development and family studies, Necole Streeper, assistant professor of surgery at the College of Medicine, both from Penn State University, as well as Nilam Ram, professor of communications and psychology at Stanford University.
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Student Francesco Monticone receives Honorable Mention in IEEE Student Paper Competition

Aug. 11, 2014
WNCG student Francesco Monticone received an Honorable Mention in the Student Paper Competition at the IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting held in Memphis, TN in July 2014. The IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) and the U.S. Committee of the International Union of Radio Science (USNC-URSI) cosponsor the symposium. The joint meeting provides an international forum for the exchange of information on state-of-the-art research in antennas, propagation, electromagnetics and radio science.