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researching cures for neurological Diseases his graduate studies, Kwon worked the prototype of the
dr. Jaerock Kwon, Kettering university assistant professor scanner, focusing on automating the scanning process and
of Computer engineering, received a $341,563 national improving the software and hardware of the device.
science Foundation research grant in 2013 for a program The 3d tissue scanner is still being developed. so far with
entitled, “mri: development of high-Throughput and the grant funds, two graduate students were trained, one
high-resolution Three-dimensional Tissue scanner with new elective course, Biomedical image processing and
internet-Connected 3d Virtual microscope for large-scale Visualization, was developed based on the technology,
Automated histology.”
two conference papers were published and three posters
The program focused on the development of a three- were presented for the last three years in society for
dimensional brain tissue scanner, which expands on neuroscience annual meetings.
Kwon’s dissertation topic at Texas A&m university. during
upon the completion of the project, the 3d tissue scanner
will be able to digitize biological tissue blocks into 3d
models in high speed and high resolution.

“This enables researchers to conduct comparative
research with multiple tissue samples in a short period,
which is essential to test hypotheses in animal studies for
neurological and neuro-vasculature diseases,” Kwon said.
“This will eventually shed a light to find cures for humans’
neurological diseases.”

creating a Wireless research network
in 2014, Kettering university received a $143,920 major
research instrumentation (mri) grant from the national
science Foundation (nsF) to give Kettering something no
other university in the country has – its own 4g long-term
evolution (lTe) wireless system.

since receiving the grant, five 4g-lTe base stations were
installed in three different locations across Kettering’s
campus. several servers were installed to control and
manage the 4g-lTe system as well as to connect with
geni rack, which let other institutions use the 4g-lTe
resource for research and education, said dr. Yunsheng
wang, assistant professor of Computer science at
Kettering university and principal investigator of the
nsF grant.

wang also established a new course, Cs491 Advanced
mobile and wireless networks, for undergraduate and
graduate students for the summer and fall terms 2015.

Kettering’s 4g lTe wireless system will provide fully 4g-lTe
cellular network coverage for the gm mobility research
Center to support vehicular networking communication.

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