Materials Monthly – November 2020

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News

Submission deadline for Autumn 2020 IMR Kickstart Facility Grant proposals Friday, Nov. 6
IMR announced the Autumn 2020 cycle of its Kickstart Facility Grant Program, which offers funding assistance to help offset costs of user fees, access fees, and other required costs associated with research facilities. The program helps make shared campus-research facilities more accessible to faculty and research staff conducting innovative materials-allied research at Ohio State.
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Ohio State research team explores potential of origami-based, pop-up design for medical masks
Researchers at The Ohio State University are exploring design alterations that could enable a self-assembling, pop-up structure for medical masks critically needed in the fight against COVID-19.
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Ohio State-led QuSTEAM initiative to transform U.S. quantum education
A group of scientists from five universities across the Midwest and led by Ohio State will lead an effort to redesign quantum science education, working together with industry and national laboratories to develop a diverse, capable and effective quantum workforce.
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COSI’s Farm Days: Katrina Cornish presents “From Weeds to Wheels”
What does a dandelion from Kazakhstan have in common with a bush from the southwest U.S. and a tree from the Amazon rainforest? All three plants produce latex that can be manufactured into rubber products. Katrina Cornish and other Ohio State researchers explain during COSI DIgital Farm Days 2020.
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Glenn Daehn honored for technology commercialization
Glenn Daehn, Fontana Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, was recognized by the Ohio Faculty Council for his discoveries in research and support for the translation of those discoveries into marketable products and services.
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K.I.N.D. Lab’s Nicole Pfiester Latham earns Mistletoe Research Fellowship to study sustainable technologies
Nicole Pfiester Latham, a postdoctoral researcher in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), received the Mistletoe Research Fellowship for 2020-2021.
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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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Upcoming Events

Frontier Center webinar series
The IIT Bombay-Ohio State Frontier Science and Engineering Research Center will host a Nov. 5 webinar highlighting both institutions’ research in Advanced Manufacturing and opportunities for research collaborations. Faculty and research staff from Ohio State and IIT Bombay are invited to join. Contact Ohio State program manager TJ Ronningen for more info.
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MAEBL continues Nov. 19
The 2020 Meeting for Advanced Electron Beam Lithography (MAEBL) continues with its fifth virtual workshop on Thursday, Nov. 19. The monthly series brings together the brightest minds in e-beam lithography throughout North America and around the world. Registration is open now.
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