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Taking Care
From the earth to the skies, MTSU-connected researchers cultivate projects that improve people’s lives
by Drew Ruble, Carol Stuart, and Patsy Weiler
Higher education research is a great investment for people and society.
As the following stories show, through real-world projects in key areas of agriculture, aerospace, education, medicine, public safety, and weather, MTSU-connected researchers are playing a pivotal role in boosting the food supply, solving issues related to literacy, making aviation safer, helping sex trafficking victims, improving weather forecasting, and wielding artificial intelligence in health care.
These stories of persistence, innovation, and empathy showcase MTSU’s commitment to helping the citizens of our state, nation, and world live better and more rewarding lives.
GLIDING ALONG: MTSU Aerospace professor Nate Callender adds a potentially life-saving wrinkle to the pilot literature on “engine-out glide”
WINNING THE READING WARS: MTSU’s Literacy Studies Ph.D. program, one of the first in the nation, draws national support in its quest to solve America’s literacy crisis
A PERENNIAL PARTNERSHIP: MTSU professor Song Cui teams up with a Kansas-based sustainable agriculture agency to prove less tilling tastes great
TRAFFICKING SIGNS: MTSU professor and student help inform law enforcement training to assist sex trafficking victims
A CLEARER PICTURE: MTSU Computer Science graduate Lucas Remedios wields artificial intelligence (AI) in the fight against a silent killer
AN ATMOSPHERE OF CHANGE: MTSU grad Jared Frazier launches his computational science career abroad to impact weather and climate research across the globe
