Good vibrations: Muscle stimulation might help stave off type 2 diabetes.
If you don't exercise, you increase your risk of developing type 2 diabetes, an ailment that health officials say has reached epidemic levels. Leann Lesperance is looking for ways to improve the odds against that without anyone breaking a sweat. An assistant research professor of bioengineering in Binghamton University's Watson School of Engineering and a pediatrician with Binghamton Pediatric Center, Lesperance is leading a team that's exploring whether micromechanical stimulation to the feet can help improve the way the body uses glucose. Read more
BU libraries streamline access to critical research materials
The prestige of a research library used to rest on the materials it owned-its millions of volumes, its original manuscripts, its rare books. In the digital age, however, researchers judge a library on other criteria, said John Meador, Jr., director of the Binghamton University Libraries. Read more
Complex tied to expanding commercialization of University research
When the Department of Bioengineering moved into the Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC) last January, it was a milestone of sorts - one that Binghamton University hopes is the first of many. The department became the first tenant in the first building of the complex. Currently one 92,000 square-foot building, known as the Alpha building, on a 21-acre parcel of land, the ITC is destined to expand. Read more
$120,000 grant to fund hypertension research
Gary James, director of the Institute for Primary and Preventative Health Care and professor in the Decker School of Nursing, has been awarded a two-year, $120,000 research grant by the New York State Empire Clinical Research Investigator Program (ECRIP) to develop a better means of diagnosing hypertension, the leading cause of heart disease, kidney failure and stroke. Read more
NYSTAR award jump starts partnership behind vibrational therapy device
Ken McLeod, chair of the bioengineering department, has been awarded a $537,000 New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR) grant to partner with Juvent Research to bring a circulation-stimulating medical device to market. Read more
Binghamton’s Santos looking for ways to shield components in lead-free electronics manufacturing
"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen," says the old adage. But in a manufacturing process, when temperatures climb higher than certain components can withstand, the solution isn't as simple as decamping for a cooler room. Read more
Hiring initiative unveiled
A major faculty hiring initiative, allocating $3 million dollars over three years for hiring new faculty, is expected to help ramp up research, scholarship and creative activity across and at the intersections of the disciplines. Read more
