MTSU is transitioning from 
a primarily undergraduate institution to a doctoral
 research university with
 significant research activity. The following is a representative list of researchers whose important work will now either be housed in the new Science Building or benefit from the additional space and flexibility.

• MTSU’s collaboration with a Chinese botanical garden bodes well for the health of a nascent Tennessee industry

• An experimental technique that enables a MTSU researcher to “grasp” 
individual red blood cells with a laser beam to study 
morphology and elasticity

• One MTSU professor uses spiders to find truth in the ashes of Tennessee’s worst environmental disaster

• MTSU’s “Davy Crockett of science” travels from ocean to ocean on only sun and water

• A husband-wife team of plant ecologists, focusing on restoration ecology, is attempting to restore glades that have been disturbed or destroyed

• Dr. Charles Chusuei’s technology could transform patient care in emergency rooms and health centers worldwide

• Dr. Andy Brower works to unveil the evolutionary history of butterflies

• Dr. Brian Miller investigates the disappearance of one of the region’s strangest looking animals

• MTSU’s new chemistry chair sees big things in small particles

• A retro-fit wheel-hub motor developed at MTSU could cut gas consumption in half

• The Concrete Industry Management Department keeps its grads in the mix