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News
Ohio State teams come together to produce thousands of 3D-printed swabs for COVID-19 testing
Wave after wave of urgently needed shipments of 3D-printed swabs used in kits to test for the novel coronavirus have been arriving at The Ohio State University since April 17, after a coalition of university scientists, engineers and manufacturers came together to combat the shortage of critical supplies. The initiative was led by Ohio State’s Institute for Materials Research (IMR), and first included the Center for Design and Manufacturing Excellence (CDME) and Infectious Diseases Institute. The collaborative effort quickly grew from there…
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IMR response to COVID-19
IMR is collaborating with departments, colleges and centers across Ohio State to grow new efforts to fight the spread and impact of COVID-19.
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Renee Zhao receives 2 NSF awards in Spring 2020
Renee Zhao, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, received two NSF awards: the Faculty Early Career Development Award, as well as one for her project “Micromechanics of Interactions Between Hard Magnetic Particles and Soft Matrix on Magneto-Mechanical Actuation.”
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Ohio State experts part of national team finding ways to fight COVID-19
Scientists, engineers and infectious disease experts at Ohio State are working together to develop innovative solutions to combat COVID-19.
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New maskless aligner system boosts NTW lithography capabilities
The state-of-the-art maskless technology of the recently acquired MLA150, from Heidelberg Instruments, allows researchers at Nanotech West Lab to leave traditional photomasks at the cleanroom door.
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ECE postdocs honored among President’s Postdoctoral Scholars
Postdoctoral researchers Andreas Fiedler and Nicole Pfiester were among the most recent cohort of young researchers welcomed into Ohio State’s President’s Postdoctoral Scholars Program.
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Upcoming Events
IMR Distinguished Lecture Series
Nitin P. Padture, Brown University’s Otis E. Randall University Professor in the School of Engineering and Director of the Institute for Molecular and Nanoscale Innovation, is set to present “The Fascinating Materials Science of Halide-Perovskite Thin Films for Next-Generation Solar Cells” on Thurs., Oct. 1 at Ohio State. Read more →