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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.

BATTERI offers its first cohort of interns clean tech industry insight and hands-on lab experience

The inaugural cohort of interns in IMR's newest experiential learning program, Bridging Academic Training Through Experiential Research and Innovation (BATTERI), developed industry insight vital to the fast-growing battery sector and gained hands-on experience and built technical skills while working in multiple IMR-operated labs at The Ohio State University, including the recently renovated Battery Cell R&D Center.

A group of interns from the BATTERI program at the Battery Cell R&D Center.

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Semiconductor Materials and Devices

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Emergent Materials

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Magnetic Materials And Phenomena

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Manufacturing And Processing

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Materials Characterization

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Materials for Advanced Energy Technologies

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Energy

Ohio State partners with international manufacturer as new Battery Center renovations set to begin

July 29, 2024
Frontier Center

From Ohio to India: Nathan Gajowski’s engineering journey

June 5, 2024
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IMR awards Spring 2024 Kickstart Facility Grants

IMR Kickstart Facility Grants make shared campus research facilities more accessible to demonstrate materials-related research results with the goal of strengthening near-term research proposals for external support. These grants offset costs of user fees and access fees associated with participating facilities.
May 15, 2024
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