The Institute for Materials and Manufacturing Research is thrilled to announce the Spring 2024 awardees of our Kickstart Facility Grant Program.
IMR Kickstart Facility Grants make shared campus research facilities more accessible to demonstrate materials-related research results with the goal of strengthening near-term research proposals for external support. These grants offset costs of user fees and access fees associated with participating facilities.
Spring 2024 – Awarded Projects
Design and development of combination therapies for the treatment of Neovascular age-related macular degeneration
PI: Ravi Saklani, Post-Doctoral Researcher in Biomedical Engineering
Co-PI: Katelyn Swindle-Reilly (Faculty Advisor), Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Exploring Tomato Cuticle Responses to Drought Stress: Insights into Plant Defense Mechanisms
PI: Pu Yuan, Post-Doctoral Researcher in Plant Pathology
Co-PI: Ye Xia (Faculty Advisor), Plant Pathology
High-Speed Barium Titanate Electro-Optic Modulators for Photonic Integrated Circuits
PI: Shamsul Arafin, Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Co-PI: David Carpenter (Undergraduate Student), Electrical and Computer Engineering
Prediction of Rib Structural Properties from 3D Cortical Pore Morphometry
PI: Mary Cole, Assistant Professor in the Division of Radiologic Sciences and Therapy
Preparation and Characterization of Electrochemically Etched Tips for Ultrafast Element-Resolved Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
PI: TJ Ronningen, Research Scientist in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Co-PI: Seth Shields, NEXUS Facility
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