IMR member Katrina Cornish, an Ohio Research Scholar and Endowed Chair in Bio-based Emergent Materials at the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES), and her team were recently highlighted by both Ohio State News and The Ohio State University’s student newspaper, The Lantern. Her team created the first medical glove that meets federal guidelines and blocks radiation …
ENCOMM hosts 2019 OSU Materials Research Seed Grants panel discussion
Please join us today for the 2019 OSU Materials Research Seed Grant Program Panel Discussion. Panelists will include Tyler Grassman, Jay Gupta, Vicky Doan-Nguyen, and Josh Goldberger. Wednesday, December 5, 2018 4:15-5:15 PM, room 4138 Physics Research Building 2019 OSU Materials Research Seed Grant Program Request for Proposals We are pleased to announce the 2019 OSU Materials Research …
IMR offering grant development support to researchers interested in upcoming NSF opportunity
The Institute for Materials Research (IMR) encourages faculty members interested in submitting an NSF Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) proposal to reach out to the institute’s grants developer with inquiries. IMR will host an open house Dec. 6 at Nanotech West Laboratory, on West Campus, to offer more information about the proposal development process to researchers …
ODEE highlights Ohio Manufacturing Institute podcast
The Office of Distance Education and eLearning highlighted the Ohio Manufacturing Institute’s Manufacturing Now podcast series for International Podcast Day. The podcast series regularly pushes the ongoing and integral conversation about the future of manufacturing and new technologies to center stage. Podcast host Kathryn Kelley, executive director of the Ohio Manufacturing Institute, recently sat down with Bronson Jones, …
IMR’s Steven Ringel awarded title of Distinguished University Professor
The Ohio State University awarded Steven Ringel, a faculty member in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), the permanent title of Distinguished University Professor in appreciation of his teaching, research and service at the university. Ohio State Board of Trustees conferred the appointment during its Aug. 31 meeting, bestowing Ringel the university’s highest honor given to faculty members. …
Research tours roll on as Morley Stone visits Nanotech West Lab
Morley Stone, the new senior vice president for research at The Ohio State University, continued his weekly rounds of introductions to the land-grant university’s varied academic spaces Aug. 16 with a tour of the Nanotech West Laboratory. Stone joined the Office of Research leadership team this month after serving as chief technology officer at the Air Force Research …
IMR members win two Harrison Faculty Awards for Excellence
For the first time, two faculty in the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University received the Harrison Faculty Award for Excellence in Engineering Education. The winners, Associate Professor Siddharth Rajan and Professor Roberto Myers, are both faculty in electrical and computer engineering (ECE) and material science engineering (MSE) within the Institute for Materials Research at Ohio State. Established in 1982, this is the first …
Ohio State selects Morley Stone to lead Office of Research
The Ohio State University announced Thursday it named Morley O. Stone as the new senior vice president for research. Stone will join Ohio State’s Office of Research leadership team after serving as chief technology officer at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) in Dayton, Ohio. Stone will serve an integral role in …
ECE and IMR Communications Specialist awarded for outstanding service
Communications specialist Ryan Horns was recognized by the College of Engineering for his effort to help shine a spotlight on students and faculty research achievements, while spreading engineering education and knowledge to the public at large. The Engineering Staff Advisory Committee awarded Horns the Outstanding Service “Above and Beyond Award” during its annual Staff Appreciation Luncheon on April …
New IMR program increases facility grant amounts to kickstart materials-allied research projects
The Institute for Materials Research (IMR) is strengthening its commitment to make shared campus-research facilities more accessible to faculty and research staff at The Ohio State University with the unveiling of its Kickstart Facility Grant Program. The program allows IMR to boost facility grant amounts awarded to faculty and research staff conducting innovative materials-allied research to $2,500, a 25-percent increase …