Research
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BYU faculty can earn up to $120,000 through the Interdisciplinary Research Origination Awards, two-year grants that are meant to help faculty conduct research across disciplines that will lead to additional funding from external sources.
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A group of BYU professors has found that giving students access to their personal biological data has a profound impact on their learning experience.
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Most people agree that getting a little exercise helps when dealing with stress. A new BYU study discovers exercise under stress also helps protect your memory.
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Ph.D. student Jake Merrell and his mentors have developed a smartfoam that can be placed inside a football helmet to more accurately test the impact and power of hits. The nano composite foam can help diagnose concussions.
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BYU professor Michael Scott is one of 54 American professors recently named as a “Highly Cited Researcher” by Thomson Reuters.
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BYU biologist Byron Adams has spent many bone-chilling months in Antarctica digging up creatures like tardigrades, nematodes and rotifers to find out how they survived the ice age. His latest work took him to the top of an Antarctic glacier.
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Interdisciplinary connections get made at the Faculty Research Networking Event, a 2 hour-blitz where three dozen faculty members across BYU speed pitch 3-minute summaries of their research to each other.
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Computer science professor Thomas Sederberg has been designated a "Highly Cited Researcher," earning a ranking among the top 1 percent most cited of all publishing scholars in his field.
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Julie Crockett and Dan Maynes have spent decades studying super-hydrophobic surfaces. Some of this research has resulted in commercial products, but the professors are finding characteristics aimed at large-scale solutions for society.
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