IMR Shuttle Offers New Schedule, Expanded Hours

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You asked, we listened! We added four shuttle routes to our weekday shuttle service and changed the schedule to every hour on the half hour. Based on feedback received from materials students and professors, we’ve made the following improvements to the IMR shuttle service: Earlier start time- first shuttle leaves Dreese Labs at 8:30 AM Later end time  – last …

IMR Facility Grants – Spring 2012 Awards

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The OSU Institute for Materials Research (IMR) announces the latest round of IMR Facility Grants awards. Six new research projects were awarded by the IMR in June 2012, for a total investment of $12,000 in nascent materials research.  The six projects support faculty researchers from five different departments within the College of Engineering and the Division of Natural and Mathematical …

OSU Materials Research Seed Grant Program – Letters of Intent Due Monday, March 19

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This is a reminder to OSU’s materials community that letters of intent for all three tiers of the OSU Materials Research Seed Grant Program are due next Monday, March 19, 2012. The 2012-2013 OSU Materials Research Seed Grant Program, an internal  research funding opportunity to seed materials-allied research projects within the OSU materials community,  is now in its second year …

OSU Materials Seed Grant Program Panel Discussion, Jan. 18

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OSU Materials Seed Grant Program Panel Discussion Wednesday, January 18 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM, 4138 Physics Research Building, 191 West Woodruff Avenue All researchers interested in this year’s seed grant competition are encouraged to join us for general information about the OSU Materials Seed Grant Program and hear from current seed grant PIs about their experiences with the program. …

OMI Hosts Seminar by Kevin Kramer, President, Alcoa Growth Initatives 1/12

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Ohio Manufacturing Institute presents ‘Global Sustainability: A Balancing Act’ Kevin Kramer, president of Alcoa Growth Initiatives, will discuss “Global Sustainability: A Balancing Act” from 4-5 p.m. Thursday (1/12) in E100 Scott Lab. Free and open to OSU faculty, students and staff. Registration is appreciated, but not required. This seminar will highlight Alcoa’s role as a key aluminum supplier to industries …

11 New IMR Facility Grants Awards

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Eleven new research projects were awarded by the IMR in December 2011, for a total investment of $22,000 in nascent materials research.  The eleven projects support faculty researchers from seven departments within the College of Engineering, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, and the Division of Natural and Mathematical Sciences. Congratulations to the OSU research teams receiving Fall 2011 …

2012-2013 OSU Materials Seed Grant Program – RFP Now Available

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Letters of intent are now being accepted for the 2012-2013 OSU Materials Research Seed Grant Program. Letters of intent are due March 19, 2012 and full proposals are due April 16, 2012. For full proposal preparation instructions for all three funding tiers, see the RFP linked below. Click here for the 2012-2013 Request for Proposals Click here for a full listing …

OSU Annual Celebration of Research

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The OSU Office of Research is sponsoring the annual Celebration of Research this month, with several events and workshops geared to OSU researchers, research staff, and research administrators. On Tuesday, November 8th, two events of note will be held at the Ohio Union: State of Research Address by Vice President for Research Caroline Whitacre Caroline Whitacre, vice president for research …

2011 OSU Materials Research Seed Grant Program Awards

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This Winter, the new OSU Materials Research Seed Grant Program was established as an enhanced seed program unifying the primary internal research funding opportunities offered by the Center for Emergent Materials (CEM), the Center for Electronic and Magnetic Nanoscale Composite Multifunctional Materials (ENCOMM), and the Institute for Materials Research (IMR). The OSU Materials Research Seed Grant Program provides three distinct …

New IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

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Steven Ringel, IMR Director and professor and Neal A. Smith Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering, is co-founder of a new scholarly journal, the IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics. The journal was created in response to the rapid expansion of research in the science, engineering and technology of solar cells materials, devices and systems. The peer-reviewed, archival publication will report original and …