#paper-based

We have become so accustomed to automated systems in almost every aspect of our lives; everything from booking a train ticket to downloading a tune to flossing our teeth: there’s nothing in the world apparently that can’t be automated, or which can’t benefit from the collective minds and wisdom of keen young men and women who wish to do away with the messiness of everyday life and replace it with…

Teacher-Directed and Print-Based Programs are the Worst of the Worst of “At-home” School Programs

Asynchronous Teaching Has a 60% Drop Out Rate – Learners Need Accountability When Being Taught School Programs Asynchronous Teacher-Directed and Print-Based Programs are the worst of the worst of “at-home” learning. Like online, Teacher-directed and Print-based programs are school controlled distance education school programs. But unlike daily online classes, which are synchronous (real time),…

Cal State LA Awarded Grant to Educate Future Leaders in Field of Paper-Based Microfluidics

Cal State LA has been awarded a grant to educate tomorrow’s leaders in the interdisciplinary field of paper microfluidics.

Examples of paper-based microfluidic devices. (Credit: Frank A. Gomez/Cal State LA)

The $375,000 grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation aims to engage more than 1,500 undergraduate students annually in the research of paper microfluidics to contribute to solving real-world…