Friday, October 1, 2010
4:00 PM, Room E100 Scott Laboratory, 201 West 19th Avenue
Propects for Topological Quantum Computing
Sir Anthony Leggett, winner of the 2003 Physics Nobel Prize and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Physics, Univesrity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hosted by ENCOMM, the Center for Electronic and Magnetic Nanoscale Composite Multifunctional Materials
The Center for Emergent Materials, an NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at Ohio State, is accepting applications for its Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Through its Education and Human Resources Development/Diversity (EHRD/D) program, the OSU Center for Emergent Materials will support 9 undergraduates to perform CEM-related research during the academic year. A primary goal is to introduce students to modern research.
Students will be expected to work 8 to 10 hours per week during regular class weeks at $10/hour, from November 1 through Spring quarter 2011. Students will also be expected to present a poster describing their research at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum toward the end of Spring quarter 2011.
Applications are due: October 15
Students start in the labs: November 1
For more information and application materials, click here to visit the CEM website or contact Michelle McCombs, CEM Education and Outreach Coordinator, at (614) 247-8084
or mccombs.75@mps.ohio-state.edu
2010 OSU Materials Week was a great success, with over 330 participants representing OSU and 15 other universities, over a dozen industry collaborators, and several government labs. Many thanks to our Program Planning Committee, session coordinators, speakers, corporate sponsors, and participants for making this such a fun and informative conference.
A highlight again this year was the student poster sessions, where 80 research posters were presented by OSU students and postdoctoral researchers. On Wednesday, September 15, ten award winners were announced at the Materials Week luncheon. OSU President Gordon Gee joined the group and presented plaques and Barnes and Noble gift cards to each of the ten winners, listed below. Congratulations to the ten students, their advisors, and colleagues on an excellent presentation of your research.
Joshua Askin, Materials Science and Engineering: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Deformation Processes in Bulk Metallic Glasses. Advisor: Wolfgang Windl
Taeyoung Choi, Physics: Toward Single Molecule Circuits. Advisor and Co-Author: Jay Gupta
David Daughton, Physics: Orientation Dependence of Electronic Structure for C60 on Cu(100). Advisor and Co-Author: Jay Gupta
Timothy Garcia, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: Continuum Modeling of… Advisor: Thomas Blue; Co-Authors: T. Blue, W. Windl
Andrew Gledhill, Material Science and Engineering: Thermal Barrier Coating Resistant to Molten Silicates. Advisor and Co-Author: Nitin Padture
Qilin Gu, Electrical and Computer Engineering: The Influence of High-K Gate Dielectrics on Deep Traps in… Advisor: Steven Ringel; Co-Authors: A. Arehart, A. Malonis, S. Ringel, O. Saadat, T. Palacios
Young Woo Jung, Physics: Imaging the Vector Magnetic Field of a Programmable Magnetic Trap for Biological Applications by Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance Using Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Diamond. Advisor: P. Chris Hammel; Co-Authors: R. Teeling, G. Vieira, P. Zhao, A. Hauser, F. Yang, R. Sooryakumar, M. Poirier, E. Johnston-Halperin, P.C. Hammel
Rohan Mishra, Materials Science and Engineering: First Principles Study of Defective and Non-Stoichiometric Sr2FeMoO6. Advisor: Wolfgang Windl: Co-authors: O. Restrepo, P. Woodward, W. Windl
Digbijoy Nath, Electrical and Computer Engineering: InGaN/GaN Quantum Well Devices. Advisor: Siddharth Rajan; Co-Authors: S. Krishnamoorthy, F. Akyol, S. Rajan
Shreyas Rao, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: Developing Biomimetic Materials for In Vitro Cancer Cell Migration Studies. Advisor: Jessica Winter; Co-Authors: A. Hissong, J. Larison, J. Johnson, J. DeJesus, A. Sarkar, J. Lannutti, J. Winter
This year’s Materials Week student poster sessions/receptions were generously sponsored by:
We are pleased to announce that Katrina Cornish has joined the faculty at OSU’s Horticulture and Crop Science department at OARDC-Wooster as an Ohio Research Scholar and holds an Endowed Chair in Bio-based Emergent Materials. This key position is one of three Ohio Research Scholars at OSU founded by an Ohio Department of DevelopmentOhio Research Scholars Program award, Technology-Enabling and Emergent Materials, with IMR Director Steve Ringel as the Principal Investigator.
Dr. Katrina Cornish is the leading U.S. scientific expert, and is internationally recognized as a principal authority, on alternative natural rubber production, properties and products, and on natural rubber biosynthesis in general. Her research focuses on bioemergent materials including exploitation of opportunity feedstocks from agriculture and food processing wastes for value-added products and biofuels. Her inventions at USDA were licensed by Yulex and form the foundation of the US domestic rubber industry. Dr. Cornish led the USDA’s development of domestic natural rubber and rubber latex sources for >15 years. Post-USDA, as Senior Vice President, Research & Development at Yulex, Dr. Cornish oversaw the company’s ongoing research, development, production, validation and regulatory programs for the commercialization of Guayule latex for safe medical devices and specialty consumer products, including extramural programs.
To read more about Dr. Cornish and her research, click here for the full press release from OARDC.
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Cornish to The Ohio State University, and to OSU’s materials community. Dr. Cornish will be speaking on “Emergent Biomaterials Emphasizing Alternative Natural Rubber” at next week’s 2010 OSU Materials Week on Wednesday, September 15th during the late morning Cross Cutting Session in Bio-Materials and Bio-Based Products.