In early 2025 the University of Wyoming achieved Research Level 1 (R1) status from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, placing Wyoming's only four-year university in the rarefied air of the top research universities in the United States. This prestigious designation recognizes our commitment to groundbreaking research, academic excellence, and impactful discoveries that benefit Wyoming and the world. The Research and Economic Development Division (REDD) at UW serves as a catalyst to advance the university's knowledge enterprise through research, service, and innovation. Providing rich experiential learning opportunities, REDD enriches the experience of UW students and supports innovation and economic growth across Wyoming. Our commitment to the pursuit of knowledge and innovation remains a foundation for progress and prosperity throughout the state.
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The Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center (WyGISC) at the University of Wyoming has launched the Wyoming LiDAR (light detection and ranging) Data Portal, providing unprecedented public access to high-resolution elevation and contour data across the state.
The portal was unveiled last week at the Wyoming Geospatial Organization spring 2025 conference in Casper by WyGISC, a unit of UW’s School of Computing.
Available at https://lidar.wygisc.org/, the portal is a free, public resource designed to make advanced geospatial data easily accessible to communities, agencies, researchers and everyday users across Wyoming.
“This is a major step forward in public access to high-resolution elevation data for the state of Wyoming,” says Shawn Lanning, a geospatial specialist with WyGISC, who helped develop the portal alongside project leader Jeff Hamerlinck and colleague Shannon Albeke. “With just a few clicks, users can now explore and download elevation and contour data for any area of the state.”
Visit the UW News page to learn more details about the Wyoming LiDAR Data Portal.
University of Wyoming Division of Kinesiology and Health graduate student Ashlyn Brown, from Castle Pines, Colo., is the recipient of the Thomas McKenzie Research Award from the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America.
Brown recently received the prestigious national honor at the SHAPE America convention in Baltimore, Md. Along with the monetary portion of the award, which will support completion of her master’s thesis, the highly competitive recognition will have a significant national impact on the field of physical education.
Brown’s thesis involves a secondary analysis of data from the U.S. Physical Education and Physical Activity Policy (US-PEPAP) Interactive Dashboard, a national project led by Ben Kern, Brown’s educational adviser and an associate professor in kinesiology and health, and the US-PEPAP research team.
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University of Wyoming researchers have published a critical review of the relationship among pore architecture, geomechanics and fluid flow during production-induced pressure decline in shales. This examination is a necessary step in identifying the factors that need special attention in researching burgeoning oil and gas reservoirs in Wyoming, such as the Mowry Shale.
The study, led by doctoral student Ifeanyi Nwankwo, examined the complexities of fluid movement through shale and the rock deformation and offered a path forward for research. Nwankwo, originally from Ifitedunu, Nigeria, is in the Department of Energy and Petroleum Engineering in the UW College of Engineering and Physical Sciences.
The article, titled “A critical review of experimental and theoretical studies on shale geomechanical and deformation properties, fluid flow behavior, and coupled flow and geomechanics effects during production,” was published in the International Journal of Coal Geology.
Co-authors include Morteza Dejam, an associate professor in the Department of Energy and Petroleum Engineering, and Scott Quillinan, senior director of research in UW’s School of Energy Resources (SER).
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