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ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï News: College of Science and Engineering

 

Photo of IMNH director Tapanila with replicas of scissor-toothed shark jaws.

ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï researchers help create skull of ancient scissor-toothed shark, Edestus

January 17, 2019

POCATELLO – The ancient scissor-toothed shark Edestus was a “weird, weird beastie,” according to Leif Tapanila, ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï geosciences professor and Idaho Museum of Natural History director.

Flyer advertising ice fishing derby.

Jan. 26 Fishing Derby at Sportsman’s Park at American Falls Reservoir Features $500 First Prize for Trout, $250 for Perch

January 7, 2019

POCATELLO – A fishing derby running 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, at Sportsman’s Park on the west side of American Falls Reservoir near Aberdeen features a $500 first-place prize for the largest trout and a $250 first-place prize for the largest perch.

ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Ph.D. student Omid Heidari poses with the type of robot that will be used in the IGEM project.

ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï, industry partner House of Design receive $162K IGEM grant to develop application to connect robotics with augmented reality

December 11, 2018

POCATELLO – ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï researchers will work with the robotic systems integration company House of Design in Nampa to enable programmers wearing augmented reality glasses to communicate directly with robots.

ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï’s Colden Baxter receives Jean’ne M. Shreeve NSF EPSCoR Research Excellence Award

December 7, 2018

POCATELLO ­– Colden Baxter, ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï biological sciences professor, is the recipient of the 2018 Jean’ne M. Shreeve NSF EPSCoR Research Excellence Award.

Photo of Ph.D. student Amy Commodore and her advisor Bruce Finney in the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Stable Isotopes Laboratory, pictured with some samples of owl pellets in small jars.

Old piles of bones deposited by owls assist ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Ph.D. student Amy Commendador's research on past climates of the Snake River Plain

December 5, 2018

POCATELLO – To understand changes in the Snake River Plain’s climate and ecosystem over thousands of years, ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï biological sciences doctoral student Amy Commendador has been analyzing the contents of owl pellets using a sophisticated instrument called an isotope ratio mass spectrometer.

Keith Weber sitting at his desk in front of computer screens.

ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï is using its research and proven technologies to aid wildfire efforts in California, across the West

December 3, 2018

POCATELLO – It is early December and wildfire season for ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï’s Keith Weber, Director of the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï GIS Training and Research Center, is just now winding down – or is it? 

Regional universities including ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï take part in national cyber competition at INL

November 29, 2018

For the first time, Idaho National Laboratory will host six university teams from across the region, including ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï, taking part in a national cybersecurity competition, according to an Idaho National Laboratory news release.

Chris Tennant in the field standing on a rock setting up a measuring instrument on a tripod.

ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Ph.D. student Chris Tennant’s research on snowpack measurement recognized

November 20, 2018

Big data equals better forecasting and a boon for water managers

Dave Pearson posing in the mountains.

Petroleum Experts donate MOVE software worth nearly $1 million to ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï geosciences department

November 8, 2018

POCATELLO – Petroleum Experts Limited has donated the equivalent of $980,000 in oil and gas software for use by the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Department of Geosciences. The software will be used by ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï researchers working on a National Science Foundation Grant and for teaching of advanced graduate-level geosciences courses.

Sierra Hart photo

ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï sophomore Sierra Hart named CPI of the Month for work with Idaho Department of Fish and Game

November 2, 2018

POCATELLO – Sierra Hart, a sophomore ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï biology and ecology major, has been named the November ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Career Path Intern of Month by the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Career Center for her work with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.