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Press Releases

01 July 2010 / Newly Formed International Research Partnership Envisions a New Roadway Electrification and Automation System
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.
14 June 2010 / Jeff Muhs to Lead Energy Dynamics Laboratory
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.
27 May 2010 / USU Research Foundation VP named president
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.
24 May 2010 / Utah State University Research Foundation Names President
The Utah State University Research Foundation today announced that it has named Dr. Douglas K. Lemon as its president.
30 April 2010 / Space Dynamics Laboratory Honors Student Employees
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.
25 January 2010 / NASA's WISE Eye Spies Near-Earth Asteroid
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.
19 November 2009 / Park City Teams with Energy Dynamics Lab and the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business to Reduce Carbon Footprint
USURF’s Energy Dynamics Laboratory and USU’s Jon M. Huntsman School of Business have teamed with Park City, Utah, to conduct an energy feasibility study that will serve as a guide as Park City works to reach major milestones for environmental sustainability and alternative energy.
13 November 2009 / USURF Taps Holt to Lead SDL, Marshall’s BD Role Expands
The Utah State University Research Foundation has named Niel Holt director of its Space Dynamics Laboratory. The appointment became effective on November 13.
05 December 2008 / Utah State University Research Foundation names two executive vice presidents
The Utah State University Research Foundation, known as USURF, officially announced and filled two new executive vice president positions at its last board of trustees meeting. Dr. Douglas Lemon and Mr. Forrest Fackrell accepted the titles of Executive Vice President and Director of Laboratories and Executive Vice President for Business Operations, respectively.
03 April 2007 / SDL welcomes new USURF board chair, Oren Phillips
Oren B. Phillips, retired vice president of business development for ATK, a leader in aerospace technologies and manufacturing, is starting his responsibilities as newly elected chairman for the USURF Board of Trustees.
05 October 2004 / Utah State Develops Process to Clone Hybrid Seeds
Utah State University recently received a patent for a clonal seed reproduction process that could feed millions of people throughout the world and add billions to the United States agriculture economy.
14 June 2004 / Utah State Professor Invents Technology that Could Change the Airplane Industry
Warren F. Phillips, a professor for 30 years in the mechanical and aerospace engineering department at Utah State and a hang glider pilot, invented a technology called Twisteron to minimize drag on airplanes as they fly.
29 January 2004 / Utah State University Receives Patent for 3-D Camera
A patent received by Utah State University for 3-D Multispectral Imaging could revolutionize the world of reconnaissance, movies, video games, geological surveying, disaster response, homeland security and even the way we view our evening news.
02 September 2003 / New Technology at Utah State's Research Foundation will Revolutionize Power Line Inspections
New technology under development by Aerospect Precision Imaging, a unit of the Utah State University Research Foundation, will use sensors to inspect power lines, a technique that will help prevent major power outages.
06 June 2003 / USU Research Foundation Elects New Board Chair
Utah State University Research Foundation's (USURF) Board of Trustees elected member Garrison Rapmund, M.D., of Bethesda, Maryland, as its new chair today.
06 June 2003 / Space Dynamics Laboratory Appoints New Director
The Utah State University Research Foundation appointed Michael D. Pavich, retired Major General of U.S. Air Force, as the new director of the Space Dynamics Laboratory after Allan Steed announced he would be retiring as director after 40 years of service with SDL.
06 March 2003 / USU Research Foundation Announces New Water Laboratory
Water research at Utah State University has just moved one step closer to providing solutions for the Nation's water resources issues as Utah State's Research Foundation announces the organization of the Water Dynamics Laboratory.