CSU research quantifies effectiveness of wheelchair suspension system
A Colorado State University business and research collaboration is helping to improve the lives and health of wheelchair users.
Tag: "Research"
Costly Curves: New study shows exposure to certain shapes influences personal spending
A new study from CSU shows how exposure to certain human-like shapes can affect consumer spending. In the study, individuals with a higher body mass index who were exposed to thin human-shaped objects made more indulgent financial decisions.
The business of research
Academic business research is a relatively new field; it only gained prominence in the years just ahead of the opening of the Colorado State University College of Business in 1966, spurred by a national call for business schools to follow the professional lead of engineering and medical schools. The result: more scientific methods – data, models, measurements, systems and analysis — used to study how business works.
Anticipatory stress of after-hours email exhausting employees
It’s become the norm for many U.S. employees to respond to work emails after business hours. While that may seem like an increase in productivity, in reality, it’s having harmful effects on worker well-being.
Lyndsey Linke a champ in the pool, in the lab and, now, in startup realm
CSU's Lyndsey Linke is the founder of SiVEC Biotechnologies. She's created a technology that prevents the spread of avian flu virus in poultry.
Shields up: CSU researchers are making the Internet more secure
An interdisciplinary computing team is developing a defense service that can sniff out, ward off and protect against large-scale online attacks.
Beyond Siri: Researchers are bridging human-computer interaction
With the goal of revolutionizing everyday interactions between humans and computers, CSU researchers are developing new technologies for making computers recognize not just traditional commands, but also non-verbal ones.
Study: Plump cartoon characters provoke indulgent eating in kids
Ken Manning collaborates on new study of how children respond to stereotypes used in marketing.
CSU entrepreneurs make eating healthy a no-brainer
Two CSU doctoral students who created the start-up company, Wise Art Foods, and its flagship product InfusiBoost, will be competing for the $20,000 prize in the Collegiate Competition of the CSU Blue Ocean Enterprises Challenge this week.
Colorado State graduate programs rank among nation’s best
CSU's Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program has been ranked No. 3 by U.S. News & World Report.