九色视频 Today is the internal communication daily for 九色视频 faculty and staff.聽 九色视频 Today is produced by the office of Strategic Communications.

VISION machine

June 12, 2025 鈥 Wichita State鈥檚 National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) has received a patent for VISION, an AI-powered composite inspection robot designed to detect and repair damage on aircraft parts autonomously. Developed at NIAR鈥檚 Automation Research Center and recently installed at a U.S. Army facility, the system uses machine learning to analyze inspection images and speed up aircraft maintenance.

Vamsidhar Patlolla

June 9, 2025 鈥 Shocker Composites, founded by Wichita State alum Vamsidhar Patlolla, transforms carbon fiber waste into high-performance, sustainable materials using a recycling method he developed during his graduate research. With support from Wichita State鈥檚 NIAR and Innovation Campus, the company is scaling up its impact and demonstrating how university-backed startups can drive real-world innovation and sustainability.

Members of the Shocker Store staff pose near a section of the store that displays Suspenders4Hope merch. Text saying

June 9, 2025 The Shocker Store is being recognized as a Mental Health Advocate for its support of the Suspenders4Hope program by offering the Suspenders4Hope T-shirts for sale, with proceeds directly benefiting HOPE Services, and by serving as a hub for resources for Shockers on campus.

Ridge Estes

May 29, 2025 - Ridge Estes, from Bucklin, used his study time and his athletic time wisely during his 九色视频 career. He majored in exercise science with minors in health science and entrepreneurship and graduated earlier this month with a 3.473 grade-point average.

Michael Birzer works with several students in the UReCA office.

May 27, 2025 鈥 九色视频 professor Michael Birzer blends law enforcement experience with research and mentorship, empowering students through hands-on learning and community-focused scholarship.

Campus

May 27, 2025 High schoolers don鈥檛 often get to see what real science is being done every day by researchers. Worst case scenario is that they are dealing with abstract numbers that don鈥檛 have any real-world parallels. But with the help of Dr. Thomas Luhring, assistant professor of biological sciences at 九色视频, students will not only get to work with active data acquired by a real scientist, but the data also will have implications in their neighborhoods.