Research
Big vision for tiny particle
An ISU nano lab is creating the building blocks of future tech.
Dr. Mahua Biswas and her student researchers are fabricating nanoscale patterned materials that have the potential to be utilized in emerging applications such as compact circuit boards, data storage devices, and solar cells.
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Research Spotlight
Graduate students across campus have the opportunity to be highlighted and to compete for monetary awards through the #GradBirdScholar program.
Student Research
Collaborate with faculty and engage with the research you're most interested in. Get the tools you need to experience new opportunities at Illinois State and beyond.
This has just been extraordinary. I’ve learned so much in the past six to seven weeks. It was really tough. There’s a lot of little things that you don’t know about research until you do it.
Healing veterans
Dr. Antony Joseph researches how wartime blasts damage service members’ hearing.
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- $28.5 M External funding awarded to Redbird scholars
- 455+ Student presenters at annual Research Symposium
- 138 Master's, doctoral, and graduate certificate programs and sequences
- 2,000+ Undergraduates earning credit for research
Edible insects
In her new book, Dr. Gina Hunter challenges readers to explore why humans did, do, and should eat insects.
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Healthy start
Dr. Kelly Laurson researches children’s health in order to identify telltale signs of the potential for problems later in life.
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The Graduate School is home to 3,000 students in 94 master’s degree sequences, 10 doctoral programs, and 33 certificate programs.
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