Research

Research led by a University of Wyoming business management expert shows that abusive bosses may retain their positions by taking steps to repair their social images without acting meaningfully to change their behavior. Shawn McClean, an assistant professor in UW’s College of Business, joined colleagues from the University of Iowa, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Texas A&M University i

Capture operations can include a variety of activities in a variety of areas.

Three professors obtained a grant from NASA to work on developing develop machine learning materials and manufacturing methods for space.

Ramaco also received a federal Energy Department grant about a year ago.

Shane Murphy, a UW Department of Atmospheric Science assistant professor, is setting out to learn more about how that smoke affects air quality, climate and weather this summer as part of a comprehensive study that includes Murphy’s research group.

Their winning design in the category of “Advancement in Protective Equipment,” involves a new way of manufacturing material built from liquid-crystal elastomers that lend themselves well to being used as helmet padding.

Researchers at the University of Wyoming say that the path to increasing the number of trophy rams in North American Bighorn sheep populations may be contrary to popular belief, according to their recent research paper.

UW faculty members will lead projects – including identification of promising catalysts for carbon fuel and chemical production, cloud seeding and a study of the Blair-Wallis watershed- that will use the NCAR- Wyoming Supercomputing Center.

Josh Heiner, a Ph.D. student in UW’s Department of physics and astronomy, was selected for the NSF’s East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes program, in conjunction with the Royal Society of New Zealand.

The professors discovered a way to increase the efficiency of solar cells by up to 700 percent.

Since “Equal Pay Day” April 4th, we’ve had no shortage of articles to read on women's wage gap. Wyoming is least proud of The Equality State's biggest gap in the country - 64 percent of men's pay!

A pair of University of Wyoming researchers have discovered a new hydrothermal vent site containing five previously unknown hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean, according to a UW news release.