The materials community at The Ohio State University adapted quickly as the pandemic caused by COVID-19 led to shakeup after shakeup to how research and innovative endeavors were achieved.
The Institute for Materials Research (IMR) was quick to adapt to these changes too — in its approaches to research support, strategy and, most recently, celebration.
For more than a decade, IMR has dedicated one week each year to celebrate the innovative research and accomplishments of the materials-allied community. This year, that tradition continued with 2021 OSU Materials Week, a virtual series of celebrations that welcomed hundreds of faculty, professional researchers and students from around the world.
In fact, OSU Materials Week saw nearly one thousand visits during its series of research presentations, student-led virtual lab tours, and other interactive sessions.
Research areas covered in 2021 reflected the breadth of the materials community at Ohio State, with topics ranging from quantum information science and engineering to manufacturing and clinical 3D printing.
Please see below for summaries of each session, as well as links to video recordings of many of the research presentations, tours of lab spaces at Ohio State and abroad, and more.
Click here to learn more about 2021 OSU Materials Week.
Frontiers in Quantum Information Science and Engineering
Sessions kicked off early in January with a look into the current and future states of the rapidly evolving landscape of quantum information science during the series “Frontiers in Quantum Information Science and Engineering.”
IMR collaborated with Ohio State’s Institute for Optical Science across seven sessions that welcomed world leaders in the field to discuss the full spectrum of science and engineering opportunities in QISE, including quantum computing, quantum sensing and quantum communication technologies, as well as the fundamental principles, materials development and measurement challenges central to their rapid advance.
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Lies, Damn Lies, and Consultants: What Manufacturing and Supply Chain Leaders Need to Know About Digital Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, and the Internet of Things
On Feb. 25, Ned Hill, a professor In The John Glenn College Of Public Affairs and College Of Engineering’s Knowlton School Of Architecture, presented an extensive research project on corporate strategies and implementation of digital operations technologies within the context of digitally connected manufacturing enterprises during the session “Lies, Damn Lies, and Consultants: What Manufacturing and Supply Chain Leaders Need to Know About Digital Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, and the Internet of Things.”
Hill then led a panel discussion on systems integration, workforce, equipment and operational excellence. Panelists included Nate Ames, executive director of the Center for Design and Manufacturing Excellence, John Gray, associate director of the Center for Operational Excellence, Kathryn Kelley, director of the Ohio Manufacturing Institute, and Farhang Pourboghrat, chair of the Department of Integrated Systems Engineering.
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International Collaborations Advancing Wide Bandgap Semiconductors
On March 4, IMR hosted an in-depth look at two international research projects in wide bandgap semiconductors, based on β-Ga2O3 and SiC, respectively. Attendees also took virtual tours of research labs at Ohio State and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, where some of this innovative work is conducted.
Anant Agarwal, a professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ohio State and a leader of the Frontier Center, presented his work in a collaborative research project focusing on silicon carbide semiconductors. Saurabh Lodha, a professor in Electrical Engineering at IIT Bombay who is also a co-lead of the , led a discussion on his collaborative research on gallium oxide semiconductors.
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NSF NeXUS and the Future of Ultrafast Optical Science
The March 18 installment took an in-depth look at Ohio State’s new NSF National eXtreme Ultrafast Science (NeXUS) Facility in the session “NSF NeXUS and the Future of Ultrafast Optical Science.” The NSF NeXUS facility is designed to fill a key strategic gap in U.S. research infrastructure and will make the university an international focal point serving a broad user community in ultrafast optical science.
Facility leaders and experts from NeXUS led attendees through a showcase of groundbreaking research, state-of-the-art equipment and impact enabled by this new facility on Ohio State’s campus. Speakers included Robert Baker, NeXUS PI and co-director; Claudia Turro, NeXUS co-PI and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry chair; Roland Kawakami, NeXUS co-PI; and Lou DiMauro, NeXUS co-director and director of the Institute for Optical Science.
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Biofabrication and Clinical 3D Printing at Ohio State
The April 1 session “Biofabrication and Clinical 3D Printing at Ohio State” showcased activities across Ohio State in biofabrication, as well as new projects bringing 3D printing into a clinical setting at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine. Experts from Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering to Biomedical Engineering and beyond presented innovative biofabrication activities currently underway across Ohio State. Attendees were also guided through video tours of lab spaces in which some of these interdisciplinary research and developments take place.
Edward D. Herderick, director of additive manufacturing at Ohio State’s Center for Design and Manufacturing Excellence, provided an overview of the field, and broke down the scope and outlook of biofabrication efforts at the university. Presenters included Kyle Van Koevering, an assistant professor in Otolaryngology and lab director at the Medical Modeling, Materials and Manufacturing (M4) Lab; Aleks Skardal, assistant professor in Biomedical Engineering; Katelyn Swindle-Reilly, assistant professor in Biomedical Engineering and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering; Dave Hoelzle, assistant professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; and David Dean, associate professor in Materials Science and Engineering.
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Story by Mike Huson, IMR Communications Coordinator
Contact: huson.4@osu.edu
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