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
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
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 …
Intel announces $50 million investment in Ohio higher education
The rendering above shows early plans for two new leading-edge Intel processor factories in Licking County, Ohio. The Ohio State University is among the Ohio educational institutions that will collaborate with Intel and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) on a $100 million investment over the next decade to establish semiconductor manufacturing education partnerships. Ohio State President Kristina M. Johnson joined …
Frontier Center releases RFPs for new round of Frontier Center Scholar Grants
The IIT Bombay-Ohio State Frontier Science and Engineering Research Center on March 7 announced its requests for proposals (RFP) for the third round of Frontier Center Scholar Grants. The Frontier Center builds on complementary research strengths of The Ohio State University and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay to impact society through science and technology advancements. The Frontier Center …
Feb. 8: WOSU, Glenn College to present “Dialogue: Gas to Groceries – Why Are We Paying So Much?” with Ned Hill
Presented by WOSU Public Media and the John Glenn College of Public Affairs Gas to Groceries – Why Are We Paying So Much? Tuesday, Feb. 8 12 – 1 p.m. ET Zoom Webinar Register for Dialogue America’s rate of inflation has hit its highest level in more than 30 years. After decades of only minimal price increases, the annual inflation …
IMR announces Autumn 2021 Kickstart Facility Grant awardees
The Institute for Materials Research (IMR) recently announced $15,000 in funding to six projects at The Ohio State University through the Autumn 2021 round if its Kickstart Facility Grant Program. Kickstart Facility Grants are awarded biannually to make shared research facilities at Ohio State more accessible to faculty and staff conducting innovative materials-allied research. Funding helps offset costs of …
Ohio State supports Intel investment in manufacturing, higher education and leading-edge research
The rendering above shows early plans for two new leading-edge Intel processor factories in Licking County, Ohio. New chip factories will be largest single private sector investment in Ohio history The Ohio State University will join institutions of higher education across the state to support Intel’s landmark investment in Ohio. Ohio State President Kristina M. Johnson is set …
MSE: Doan-Nguyen earns prestigious AFOSR Young Investigator Award
Vicky Doan-Nguyen, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at The Ohio State University, was awarded a $450,000 grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) through its Young Investigator Research Program (YIP). The Air Force awarded approximately $16.2 million in grants to 36 scientists and engineers from 30 research institutions and small businesses. Doan-Nguyen will work …
NSF awards Zachary Schultz funding for advanced chemical microscope
Ohio State will receive state-of-the-art, high-resolution chemical imaging technology thanks to a $339,000 award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program. The award enables the installation of a photothermal infrared-Raman microscope and will support the research of project lead Zachary Schultz, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and principal investigator of the Schultz Lab. The Institute …