IREO Podcast
Welcome to Inside Industry with IREO, the premier podcast series about working with industry to fund research. This podcast is brought to you by the Innovation and Research Engagement Office (IREO) team located at Washington State University.
Episode 14 – John Harkness
Dr. John Harkness, a researcher at WSU Vancouver and the CEO of Rewire Neuro. Rewire Neuro focuses on AI machine learning and John recently had a successful round of funding for his work. John also does various research projects with WSU and Dr. Allison Coffin.
Episode 13 – Kate Evans
Kate Evans is a WSU researcher and is one of the key people behind creating the newly released Cosmic Crisp apple that’s been taking over the apple industry. She joins Inside Industry with IREO to discuss how the apple was created, how apples are bred, and what’s next for her and her team.
Episode 12 – Juming Tang
Juming Tang is the Chair of the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at WSU. Juming focuses on using microwaves to sterilize food to get rid of bacteria. Other benefits of using microwave sterilization include faster times of heating frozen food. The process also gives food a more fresh-like taste and texture along with improving the appearance of the food. The research for microwave sterilization is funded by the US Army and various food companies. Juming also studies safety such as preventing salmonella in “low-moisture food” such as from affecting cereal, flour, dried fruit and nuts.
Episode 11 – Aaron Feaver
Aaron Feaver is the Director of the Joint Center for Deployment and Research in Earth Abundant Materials (JCDREAM), a company that focuses on using earth-abundant materials rather than rare materials for developing technology. On May 20th, JCDREAM is hosting the CHARGE Conference to align industry, researchers, and government around cleaning up our power grid, transportation, and technology sectors. Governor Jay Inslee will also be attending. You can find more info on jcdream.org.
Episode 10 – Sterling McPherson
Inside Industry with IREO welcomes Sterling McPherson, the head and principal investigator of the Analytics and Psychopharmacology Laboratory (APPL). He is also an associate professor for the WSU College of Medicine.
Episode 9 – Allison Coffin
Allison Coffin is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience at WSU Vancouver. Trained as a fish biologist, Allison originally studied and researched how fish sense their surroundings and hear. Now, she uses fish at the Coffin Lab in Vancouver to understand how people hear. Unlike humans, fish can regenerate their hearing which Allison also studies. Allison is also the chair of Science Talk, a non-profit organization that engages and promotes science communication and outreach, networking, and holds an annual conference that features keynote science speakers, workshops on science communication, and opportunities for researchers to share their stories.
Episode 8 – Joe Harding
Inside Industry with IREO is joined by Joe Harding. Joe is a professor of physiology and neuroscience at WSU, and co-founder of Athira Pharma. His work focuses on treatment for neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease
Episode 7 – Amit Dhingra
Inside Industry with IREO is joined by Amit Dhingra. Amit is the leader of the Entrepreneurial Faculty Ambassadors and the interim chair for the Horticulture Department at WSU.
Episode 6 – Maria Gartstein
Inside Industry with IREO is joined by Maria Gartstein a psychology professor and Head of the Gartstein Temperament Lab here at WSU. Maria was recently featured in the Netflix documentary “Babies” for her studies in infant temperament studies.
Episode 5 – Jacob Leachman
Episode 4 – Tiffany Reiss
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Episode 3 – David Makin & Lois James
Inside Industry with IREO brings a special episode with WSU faculty David Makin and Lois James. Listen to how their research is being used to improve policing and fight racism.
David Makin is the co-founder and Director of the Complex Social Interactions Lab and an associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology. His work examines the relationship between technology and criminal justice practice, with an emphasis on police interactions.
Lois James is an assistant professor in the Washington State University (WSU) College of Nursing. Dr. James’s simulation-based research on the impact of bias on police decision making has significantly advanced what is known about how suspect race and ethnicity influences police officers during critical encounters with the public.