Department News
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Identifying kids' range of motion
By Website Administrator | Dec 12, 2008Current safety equipment and medical procedures for children are based on adult measurements and benchmarks. Two Kettering faculty have established child-sized measurements to improve everything from car seats to chiropractic care.
Current safety equipment and medical procedures for children are based on adult measurements and benchmarks. Two Kettering faculty have established child-sized measurements to improve everything from car seats to chiropractic care.
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Front to back crash testing
By Website Administrator | Oct 27, 2011Researchers at Kettering University are researching ways to improve safety features for backseat passengers during front end collisions.
Researchers at Kettering University are researching ways to improve safety features for backseat passengers during front end collisions.
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Fewer moving parts is the key to better engines
By Website Administrator | Sep 22, 2003Three recent innovations in combustion engine technology have been combined into one amazingly simple new engine design.
Three recent innovations in combustion engine technology have been combined into one amazingly simple new engine design.
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Play ball!
By Website Administrator | Oct 21, 2004Physics Professor Dan Russell recently helped bat manufacturers understand the science behind new guidelines established by the softball and baseball amateur governing bodies through a two-day course at Washington State University.
Physics Professor Dan Russell recently helped bat manufacturers understand the science behind new guidelines established by the softball and baseball amateur governing bodies through a two-day course at Washington State University.
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Pop star crash test
By Website Administrator | Mar 3, 2006Britney Spears' very public error in judgement inspired crash safety researchers at Kettering University to take an unrestrained look at a crash event.
Britney Spears' very public error in judgement inspired crash safety researchers at Kettering University to take an unrestrained look at a crash event.
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Unabridged connections
By Website Administrator | Apr 6, 2007The Chemical Agent Fate Research project conducted by Professor Homayun Navaz takes a deeper look at the interaction of combined chemical elements and how they are diffused into our environment.
The Chemical Agent Fate Research project conducted by Professor Homayun Navaz takes a deeper look at the interaction of combined chemical elements and how they are diffused into our environment.
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Engineering healing
By Website Administrator | Jan 9, 2009With research funded by the federal government, a Kettering professor is working with orthopedic surgeons to improve healing of serious lower leg injuries for soldiers and civilians alike.
With research funded by the federal government, a Kettering professor is working with orthopedic surgeons to improve healing of serious lower leg injuries for soldiers and civilians alike.
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Kettering professor involved in cutting-edge polymer technology
By Website Administrator | Aug 31, 2001Like most inventors, Dr. Lars Beholz has used every available resource including the kitchen stove.
Like most inventors, Dr. Lars Beholz has used every available resource including the kitchen stove.
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Kettering grad first student to earn Ph.D. in fuel cells
By Website Administrator | Sep 26, 2003Timothy C. Simmons Jr., a student who earned a master's degree with a concentration in fuel cells from Kettering in 1998, successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation in August at the University of Florida, Gainesville.
Timothy C. Simmons Jr., a student who earned a master's degree with a concentration in fuel cells from Kettering in 1998, successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation in August at the University of Florida, Gainesville.
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Seeing red, or green - chemistry of color vision
By Website Administrator | Nov 12, 2004Dr. Ali Zand is researching the chemistry underlying our ability to perceive colors and its implications on color blindness.
Dr. Ali Zand is researching the chemistry underlying our ability to perceive colors and its implications on color blindness.
