Eight new research projects were awarded by the IMR in June 2010, for a total investment of $16,000. The eight projects support faculty researchers from seven departments within the College of Engineering, the College of Biological, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and the College of Dentistry. June 2010 IMR Facility Grant Awards FIB Characterization of MFM Probes, Lead Investigator: P. Chris …
Chemistry Department Hosts Meek Lectures May 6-7
The OSU Department of Chemistry is hosting the 2010 installment of the The Devon Walter Meek Lectures next week on Thursday, May 6 and Friday, May 7. The 2010 Meek Lecturer is Dr. Mark Hampden-Smith, Executive Director and General Manager of Cabot Corporation. Dr. Hampden-Smith will present the following lectures: Thursday, May 6th, 2010 4:00-5:00 pm: Lecture, “Designing Materials for High …
The Clean Energy Revolution, Global Broadcast: May 3
The Center for Entrepreneurship at the Fisher College of Business invites the community to attend an MIT Enterprise Forum Global Broadcast. The Clean Energy Revolution Part of the NSTAR Clean Energy Forum Monday, May 3, 2010 4:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Broadcast begins at 4:30 p.m. Panelists: Brian Dumaine, Sr. Editor at Large, Fortune Magazine Nancy Floyd, Founder & …
Jeff Wadsworth To Give Patterson Annual Lecture – April 30th
Dr. Wadsworth is the Chair of IMR’s External Advisory Board, and we encourage IMR members to attend this lecture. 7th Annual James F. Patterson Land-Grant University Lecture Collaboration, Creativity and Commitment: Valuing the Voices of Knowledge Generators Jeff Wadsworth, President and CEO of Battelle Friday, April 30, 2010, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, …
ENSL Launches New Website
The ENCOMM NanoSystems Laboratory (ENSL) has launched a new and improved website, complete with a custom URL: http://ensl.osu.edu/ ENSL is operated by the Center for Electronic/Magnetic Nanoscale Composite Multifunctional Materials (ENCOMM), and is one of three OSU materials facilities run by IMR Members of Technical Staff. ENSL provides academic and industrial users with access to advanced material characterization and fabrication tools for …
OSU Named Center of Excellence in Enabling Technologies: Advanced Materials and Sensors
This morning Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric Fingerhut announced Ohio’s five Centers of Excellence in Enabling Technologies: Advanced Materials and Sensors. We are proud to report that The Ohio State University has been named one of the five Centers, specifically a Center of Excellence in Materials, Manufacturing Technologies, and Nanotechnology. This year-long effort was …
Ohio Innovation Summit – April 20-21
The 2010 Ohio Innovation Summit will be held April 20-21 at the Hyatt Regency in Downtown Columbus. This year’s conference is titled Materials and Energy: The Building Blocks for Ohio’s Economic Future and is a collaboration of the Fourth Annual UCEAO Conference sponsored by The University Clean Energy Alliance of Ohio and the 2010 Ohio Innovation Summit sponsored by Center for Multifunctional Polymer Nanomaterials and Devices (CMPND). …
IMR Leaders and Research Facilities Featured on ONN
IMR Director Steve Ringel, Associate Director Bob Davis, and our Nanotech West Laboratory facility were all featured in the March 31st debut of Ohio Means Business, an Ohio News Network (ONN) news program showing business connections between OSU researchers and Ohio industry. The video segments are now available online on ONN’s Ohio Means Business website. The video clip titled “Wind Power” …
2010 OSU Materials Week – Save the Date!
SAVE THE DATE! 2010 OSU Materials Week Monday, September 13 – Wednesday, September 15 at the new Ohio Union on OSU’s Columbus Campus This Fall, the Institute for Materials Research and the Center for Emergent Materials, OSU’s NSF Materials Research Science and Education Center (MRSEC), bring you the 3rd annual showcase of materials-allied research at The Ohio State University and Beyond, …
IMRG Spring Symposia – May 18 and 21
2010 IMRG Spring Symposia Tuesday, May 18th 12:00 PM – 4:30 PM; E100 Scott Lab and Friday May, 21st 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM; Smith Seminar Room in the Physics Research Building All currently-funded Interdisciplinary Materials Research Grants (IMRG) research teams will particpate in this public forum to share research funded through IMR’s Interdisciplinary Materials Research Grants program through formal presentations. These symposia …