The OSU Institute for Materials Research (IMR) awarded seven new research projects in April 2011, for a total investment of $14,000. These IMR Facility Grants support the work of faculty from eight departments within the College of Engineering, College of Pharmacy, and the Division of Natural and Mathematical Sciences.
IMR Facility Grants provide up to $2,000 to assist OSU faculty with facility user access fees and related minor charges associated with conducting innovative materials-allied research.
Full abstracts for each of these new Facility Grant projects can be found on our website at http://imr.osu.edu/files/2009/04/Spring-2011-FY-2011-Facility-Grants-Awards-w-Abstracts.pdf
High Throughput Production of Multi-Component Multi-Layered Acetalated Dextran-based Microparticle for Vaccination Applications
Lead Investigator: Kristy Ainslie, Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy; Co-Investigators: Barbara Wyslouzil, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Sadhana Sharma, Research Scientist, Division of Pharmaceutics
Nanostructured Metal Surfaces for Electrocatalytic Chemical Conversion
Lead Investigator: Anne Co, Chemistry
Direct Writing and Infusion of Bioactive Molecules for Guided Microvessel Formation
Lead Investigator: John Lannutti, Materials Science and Engineering; Co-Investigators: Dave Farson, Materials Science and Engineering; Heather Powell, Materials Science and Engineering
Polymer-based Flexible and Stretchable RF Electronics
Lead Investigator: John Volakis, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Co-Investigator: Lanlin Zhang, Postdoctoral Researcher, Electroscience Lab
Silicon Carbide Cryogenic Neutron Damage Testing
Lead Investigator: Wolfgang Windl, Materials Science and Engineering; Co-Investigator: Thomas Blue, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Device Physics and Characterization of LaAlO3/SrTiO3 2DEG Fabricated by Ultra-High Vacuum Sputtering
Lead Investigator: Fengyuan Yang, Physics; Co-Investigator: Siddharth Rajan, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Polymeric Artificial Compound Eye for Advanced Endoscopic Imaging
Lead Investigator: Yi Zhao, Biomedical Engineering