2024 News
October 29, 2024
SIU engineering students make it easier for people with disabilities to enjoy nature
- Tim Crosby
A team of engineering students from Southern Illinois University Carbondale recently came together to assist people with mobility difficulties who struggle with getting out into nature, where hiking trails and off-road paths can present challenges.
For their required senior capstone project, the mechanical engineering students designed and built a custom adaptive mobility device.
October 29, 2024
SIU researcher gets $150K to use AI to prevent food poisoning
- Tim Crosby
As mega fast food chain McDonald’s scrambles to control bacterial contamination in some of its onions, a researcher at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is working on using artificial intelligence to detect a deadly pathogen before it enters the food supply.
Anas Alsobeh, assistant professor of information technology, this year received a $150,000 grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop an AI-based rapid detection method for finding the microbe salmonella in onions destined for human consumption.
October 23, 2024
Tinoco honors father, heritage with $25K gift
- Tim Crosby
Where others see a challenge, Dr. Janet Tinoco sees an opportunity.
That’s been true throughout her life and career, which spans from Belleville to Southern Illinois University Carbondale to the defense industry to outer space. It’s what led her to donate $25,000 to endow the Jesse Salvador Tinoco Scholarship for Women in Engineering, named for her father.
September 10, 2024
$500K SIU study focuses on removing ‘forever chemicals’ from water
- Tim Crosby
Life itself springs from the ground in the form of water, and a researcher at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is seeking to eliminate PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” from this life-giving substance by using nanoparticles and light.
July 08, 2024
SIU engineering students make it easier for people with disabilities to enjoy nature
- Tim Crosby
A team of engineering students from Southern Illinois University Carbondale recently came together to assist people with mobility difficulties who struggle with getting out into nature, where hiking trails and off-road paths can present challenges.
For their required senior capstone project, the mechanical engineering students designed and built a custom adaptive mobility device. Essentially a hiking cart, the device will allow people with disabilities to use the trails at Touch of Nature Outdoor Education Center with the assistance of a hiking partner. The item is now being used for TON programs and soon will be available to the public for use there.
July 03, 2024
SIU engineering students make it easier for people with disabilities to enjoy nature
- Tim Crosby
A team of engineering students from Southern Illinois University Carbondale recently came together to assist people with mobility difficulties who struggle with getting out into nature, where hiking trails and off-road paths can present challenges.
June 26, 2024
Family honors longtime director, professor with $500K gift
- Jeff Wilson
Roger J. Missavage, a longtime professor at Southern Illinois University, was an outstanding faculty of the College of Engineering. He was director of the Computer Assisted Instruction & Research Laboratory for 29 years.
When Roger passed away in November 2021 at age 71, his brother Dennis Missavage, and sister and brother-in-law, Arlene and Gene Liss, established the Roger J. Missavage Endowed Fund for Engineering Education with a $500,000 gift in Roger’s memory.
June 18, 2024
SIU prof gets prestigious National Science Foundation grant to enhance AI crime analysis
- Tim Crosby
Ahmed Imteaj, assistant professor in the School of Computing, received a $167,500 grant from the National Science Foundation. The program, known as CRII, is aimed at providing essential resources for early-career researchers.
June 03, 2024
SIU researcher leads $1.13M project to integrate AI into 6G technology
- Tim Crosby
Gayan Aruma Baduge, associate professor in the School of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, is leading an international team of researchers working with a total of $1.13 million in grant money. The three-year project is aimed at investigating AI-assisted integrated sensing and communications for 6G technology.
May 29, 2024
SIU engineering student among 10 ‘New Faces’ in her field in the U.S.
- Tim Crosby
Morgan Klover, a senior in civil engineering from Decatur, Illinois, sits on one of the concrete canoes made by students at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Klover has been named one of the New Faces of Civil Engineering-College by the American Society of Civil Engineering.
February 23, 2024
SIU's student cybersecurity team claims Illinois state title
- Tim Crosby
The Southern Illinois University Carbondale Security Dawgs clinched the top spot at the Illinois State Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition on Feb. 17, placing first among eight schools vying for the top position.
The team, a registered student organization, bested teams including those from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Lewis University, Governors State University, DePaul University, Loyola University Chicago and others to secure the top prize. The achievement highlights the strength of SIU’s new cybersecurity technology program that will start in fall 2024, and also sets a high standard for future competitions, said Chun-Hsi "Vincent" Huang, director of the School of Computing.