{"id":378,"date":"2019-02-08T16:10:45","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T21:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mtanaka\/?page_id=378"},"modified":"2026-05-31T20:02:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T00:02:48","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mtanaka\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mtanaka\/files\/2023\/12\/Research.jpg\" width=\"553\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mtanaka\/files\/2023\/12\/Research.jpg 553w, https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mtanaka\/files\/2023\/12\/Research-480x106.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 553px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-2148\" title=\"Research\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_center\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Click on the image to explore our reserach interests<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_1 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mtanaka\/mathematical-modeling-2\/\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mtanaka\/files\/2023\/12\/Mathematical-Modeling.jpg\" width=\"938\" height=\"590\" 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Some projects span multiple categories and links to the specific project can be found in more than one category. While the research encompasses a variety of different topics, they often include some form of engineering analysis and experimentation. Research projects tend to be slanted toward commercial applications with many projects having elements of designing, building, and testing.<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-378","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mtanaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mtanaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mtanaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mtanaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mtanaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mtanaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2732,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mtanaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378\/revisions\/2732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/mtanaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}