Fall 2009 Facility Grants Awarded by the OSU Institute for Materials Research (IMR) Eleven new research projects were awarded by the IMR in December 2009, for a total investment of $22,000. The eleven projects support faculty researchers from six departments within the College of Engineering and the College of Biological, Mathematical and Physical Sciences. Fabrication and Characterization of Biomimetic Superoleophobic …
IMR Awards First Industry Challenge Grant to Dennis Bong, Chemistry
The Ohio State University Institute for Materials Research (IMR) announces its first IMR Industry Challenge Grant awarded to Dr. Dennis Bong, Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Dr. Bong will receive $20,000 in cost share from IMR to supplement his project Synthesis of amphiphilic core-shell latex emulsions from soy proteins and delivery of corrosion inhibitors and biocides for coatings application, an externally …
2009 Interdisciplinary Materials Research Grants (IMRG) Awards
2009 Interdisciplinary Materials Research Grants (IMRGs) Awarded by the OSU Institute for Materials Research (IMR) IMR’s Research Enhancement Program provides different funding mechanisms to support novel research at The Ohio State University. Five new research projects were awarded by the IMR in June 2009, for a total investment of $225,000. Three IMRG research projects also received a second year of …
OSU Team Wins NSF MRI Competition
A team of OSU researchers has won an NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) award for the acquisition of a hybrid diamond/nitride synthesis cluster tool for studies of wide bandgap semiconductors. The team of researchers spans two colleges and three departments including Physics (Prof. Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin, CME, PI on the proposal*; Prof. Fengyuan Yang, CME; Prof. Harris Kagan, HEPX), Electrical and …
FY2010 IMR Facility Grants RFP Released
The OSU Institute for Materials Research (IMR) has released a Request for Proposals for our FY2010 Facility Grants competitions. IMR Facility Grants are awarded at $2,000 each for 12-month project periods, to assist OSU researchers with facility user access fees and related minor charges. This fiscal year, IMR will again hold two rounds of Facility Grants competitions with deadlines of October …
2009 Interdisciplinary Materials Research Grants (IMRGs) Awards
IMR’s Research Enhancement Program provides different funding mechanisms to support novel research at The Ohio State University. Five new research projects were awarded by the IMR in June 2009, for a total investment of $225,000. Metamaterials with Smart Reconfiguration for Broadband RF Antennas Lead: Marcelo Dapino, Mechanical Engineering; Co-Applicants: Suresh Babu, Industrial Systems Engineering; John Volakis, …
Facility Grants Awards, Spring 2009
Eight new research projects were awarded by the IMR in May 2009, for a total investment of $16,000. The eight projects support 10 faculty researchers from four departments within the College of Engineering and the College of Biological, Mathematical and Physical Sciences. Characterization of TiO2 Nanowires Grown by Thermal Oxidation on Titanium Alloys Lead Investigator: Sheikh Akbar, Materials Science and …
Facility Grants Awards, Winter 2009
Ten new research projects were awarded by the IMR in January 2009, for a total investment of $20,000. The ten projects support 13 faculty researchers from seven departments within the College of Engineering and the College of Biological, Mathematical and Physical Sciences Magnetic Force Microscopy of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Biological Systems Lead Investigator: Gunjan Agarwal, Biomedical Engineering ; Co-Investigator: Chris …
OSU Wins NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) Award, Establishes the Center for Emergent Materials (CEM)
Ohio State’s first NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), the Center for Emergent Materials (CEM), has been officially awarded effective September 1, 2008! This award is a major achievement for Ohio State’s materials community since the presence of a MRSEC on campus places OSU in a select group of universities generally acknowledged across the U.S. as the leading …
2008 IMRG Awards Announcement
Three new research projects and six renewals were awarded by the IMR in July 2008, for a total investment of $382,500. 2008 New IMRG Research Projects Experimental and Computational Study of ALD-grown Dielectrics on III-Nitrides Lead: Siddharth Rajan, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering; Co-Applicant: Wolfgang Windl, Materials Science and Engineering Multi-Scale Characterization of Battery Materials for …