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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ News: College of Science and Engineering

 

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

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 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, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 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.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Ph.D. student Omid Heidari poses with the type of robot that will be used in the IGEM project.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, industry partner House of Design receive $162K IGEM grant to develop application to connect robotics with augmented reality

December 11, 2018

POCATELLO – Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 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.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s Colden Baxter receives Jean’ne M. Shreeve NSF EPSCoR Research Excellence Award

December 7, 2018

POCATELLO ­– Colden Baxter, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 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 Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Stable Isotopes Laboratory, pictured with some samples of owl pellets in small jars.

Old piles of bones deposited by owls assist Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 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, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 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.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 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 Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ’s Keith Weber, Director of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ GIS Training and Research Center, is just now winding down – or is it? 

Regional universities including Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 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 Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ, 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.

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 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 Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 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 Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Department of Geosciences. The software will be used by Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ researchers working on a National Science Foundation Grant and for teaching of advanced graduate-level geosciences courses.

Sierra Hart photo

Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 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 Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ biology and ecology major, has been named the November Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Career Path Intern of Month by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Career Center for her work with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.