Ohio State establishes new research center for advanced manufacturing

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IMR proposal development support assists in $26 million award from the National Science Foundation     The Ohio State University will lead a multi-institutional engineering research center to develop and deploy revolutionary, intelligent autonomous manufacturing systems and educate a future manufacturing workforce. The center will create approaches central to next-generation manufacturing to create jobs, train a diverse workforce and ease …

Ohio State joins 11 Midwest institutions to launch semiconductor-focused network

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The Ohio State University will partner with colleges and universities in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana to form the Midwest Regional Network to Address National Needs in Semiconductor and Microelectronics.   The network will collaboratively develop innovative solutions in higher education to best support the onshoring of the advanced semiconductor and microelectronics industry and address the industries’ research and workforce needs. …

IMR welcomes new program assistant Laurie Coyne

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The Institute for Materials Research (IMR) welcomes Laurie Coyne as its new program assistant. In the position, she will support the administrative operations of the institute and Nanotech West Laboratory on West Campus.   Coyne brings to the institute more than 17 years of administrative support experience. Prior to joining IMR, she worked as an office administrative assistant at the …

IMR supports IIT Bombay’s 2022 Faculty Alumni Network meeting at Ohio State

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  The Ohio State University and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay recently reunited on the Columbus campus for IIT Bombay’s 2022 Faculty Alumni Network (FAN) Meeting. The symposium convened faculty, alumni and delegates of industry and academia from both the U.S. and India to discuss emerging areas of research and develop new collaborations.   This was Ohio State’s first …

IMR welcomes new business operations manager

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The Institute for Materials Research (IMR) welcomes Greg Godic as its new business operations manager. In the position, he will act as the IMR business and chief financial officer interfacing with university Offices, Colleges, and Departments.   Greg brings to the institute more than a decade of professional experience working in financial positions in higher education. Prior to joining IMR, he worked as …

Semiconductor workshop engages academic leaders to assess opportunities, needs in the Midwest

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A multibillion-dollar semiconductor fabrication center in the heart of the Midwest has opened a new opportunity for development, research and jobs, and leaders in higher education want to make sure they can support those opportunities. This week, The Ohio State University, through the Office of Knowledge Enterprise, hosted a two-day workshop with members of some of the leading research universities …

Future wearable health tech could measure gases released from skin

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Scientists have taken the first step to creating the next generation of wearable health monitors. Most research on measuring human biomarkers, which are measures of a body’s health, rely on electrical signals to sense the chemicals excreted in sweat. But sensors that rely on perspiration often require huge amounts of it just to get a reading. A new study suggests …

Ohio State establishes Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering

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The Ohio State University recently announced it is establishing the Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering (CQISE), building on the momentum around a discipline with far-reaching economic and societal impacts. Quantum information science and engineering is a broadly interdisciplinary field, with the potential to impact the entire STEAM enterprise through the development of new quantum technologies, the exploitation of those …

Arafin wins NSF Career Award for advancing bio-sensing applications

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Behind advancements in healthcare and medical technology, there are engineers working at microscopic levels making sure such ideas become reality. At The Ohio State University, Assistant Professor Shamsul Arafin, recently won a $500,000 National Science Foundation Early CAREER Research Award to help do his part. Within his role in Ohio State electrical and computer engineering, his goal is to create the …

Ohio State joins $5M Air Force center of excellence to study radiation effects on electronics

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The Ohio State University has joined a multi-institutional partnership selected to lead the Center of Excellence in Radiation Effects by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Air Force Research Lab.   The $5 million, five-year award partners Ohio State, the University of California at Santa Barbara and Vanderbilt University, which leads the program.   The goal …