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The Institute for Materials and Manufacturing Research (IMR) is the gateway to Ohio State's materials-allied research enterprise.

IMR supports a community of multidisciplinary researchers, capabilities, focus groups and centers that eliminate traditional discipline-driven boundaries at the research level. IMR provides seed funding, infrastructure support and development, management of major research facilities, faculty recruitment, promotion of industry partnerships, educational and outreach programs and strategic leadership.

Michael Groeber named director of Ohio State’s Institute for Materials and Manufacturing Research

Integrated Systems Engineering Professor Michael Groeber has been named director of the Institute for Materials and Manufacturing Research (IMR) at The Ohio State University. He will officially start September 1. Groeber succeeds IMR founder Steven Ringel, Distinguished University Professor and Neal A. Smith Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering, who launched IMR in 2006.

Prof. Michael Groeber

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Characterization, Computational Materials and Modeling 

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Electronic and Photonic Materials & Devices

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Emergent Materials

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Materials for Next-gen Energy Science and Technologies

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Processing and Prototyping