News

2010

USU’s space satellite nearly out of ‘gas’

October 6, 2010 – KSL News

A space telescope designed and built at Utah State University has spent nearly a year mapping the entire universe, but now it's finally run out of gas.

New position will help fulfill Albrecht's goals

September 29, 2010 – The Utah Statesman

Rob Behunin, special assistant to the president, was recently appointed as vice president over commercialization and regional development.

UPR – Live from Vernal

September 24, 2010 – Utah Public Radio

It’s a live broadcast from Vernal in conjunction with Utah State University’s dedication of the new Bingham Entrepreneurship and Energy Research Center building and UPR’s upgrade of radio signal to digital station KUSK.

WAVE technologies discussed on UPR

August 26, 2010 – Utah Public Radio

Tom Williams talks with Wesley Smith, business development director at USU’s Energy Dynamics Laboratory, about EDL’s WAVE project in which electric cars and buses receive power from a power source embedded in the roadway.

NASA Selects Space Dynamics Laboratory for Climate Mission Support

August 13, 2010 – USURF

Space Dynamics Laboratory announced today that it has been selected to provide support for NASA's Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory Mission.The contract value is up to $9.6 million over five years.

Newly Formed International Research Partnership Envisions a New Roadway Electrification and Automation System

July 1, 2010 – USURF

Six internationally renowned organizations have formed an alliance to develop a new Partnership for Roadway Electrification and Automation.  PREA aims to merge vehicle, roadway and energy infrastructures into a flexible, convenient and increasingly automated electric transportation network.

Jeff Muhs to Lead Energy Dynamics Laboratory

June 14, 2010 – USURF

The Utah State University Research Foundation has named Jeff Muhs as director of its Energy Dynamics Laboratory, headquartered in North Logan, Utah. The appointment became effective on June 11, 2010.

USU Research Foundation VP named president

May 27, 2010 – The Herald Journal

Doug Lemon has been named the president of the Utah State University Research Foundation, a nonprofit organization that includes the school's well-known Space Dynamics Laboratory as well as the Energy Dynamics Lab.

Utah State University Research Foundation Names President

May 24, 2010 – USURF

The Utah State University Research Foundation today announced that it has named Dr. Douglas K. Lemon as its president.

Space Dynamics Laboratory Honors Student Employees

April 30, 2010 – USURF

Utah State University Research Foundation and Space Dynamics Laboratory today honored 36 undergraduate and graduate students that were employed at USURF and SDL while seeking degrees at USU.

NASA's WISE Eye Spies Near-Earth Asteroid

January 25, 2010 – NASA

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has spotted its first never-before-seen near-Earth asteroid, the first of hundreds it is expected to find during its mission to map the whole sky in infrared light. There is no danger of the newly discovered asteroid hitting Earth.