Jet fuel and other topics among research for these four Idaho Fulbright scholars

From sustainable aviation fuel to river erosion and Walt Whitman, four Idaho professors will be putting research awards to their full use.

Four educators at the University of Idaho have received Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program awards, allowing them to conduct research in their various areas of study.

“The Fulbright Scholar Program is an outstanding way for our faculty to expand their research horizons into the international community,” said Chris Nomura, vice president for Research and Economic Development. “These programs allow them to not only engage in the global research enterprise, but also learn about other cultures while representing University of Idaho abroad.”

Professors John Crepeau, Zachary Turpin, Brian Wolf and Elowyn Yager were all recipients for the 2024-2025 year and will be able to conduct their research abroad. The Fulbright Award has been making such research possible since 1946 and “has provided more than 400,000 students, scholars, teachers, artists and professionals of all backgrounds with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research abroad,” a release from U of I stated.

Crepeau, who is a professor of mechanical engineering, will research sustainable aviation fuel at the University of Applied Sciences in Graz, Austria, working with students to get the optimal performance of the fuels in their engine performance.

Turpin, an associate professor of English, will travel to Dortmund, Germany, to research and teach at Technische Universitt Dortmund. He will be working with educators at the school with his “Intercultural Approaches to Translating Walt Whitman” project to study how translators work with the poet’s style of prose.

Wolf, who is a professor of criminology, will work at the University of Oslo, Norway, in its Center for Research on Extremist Violence. His research will focus on “the problem of extremist violence in advanced and developed democracies.”

Yager, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and the co-director of the Center for Ecohydraulics Research, will study root strength and the impact on riverbanks at the University of Trento in Italy. Yager will work with a group of international collaborators to conduct lab experiments on root strength and erosion from river flooding.

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