It is again time for the annual OSU Business Plan Competition hosted by the Center for Entrepreneurship. The 2013 OSU Business Plan Competition includes undergraduate and graduate student tracks, and a “Pitch Event” will be held Thursday, September 27th for students who may be interested in participating and want to pitch their startup ideas. Materials-related projects have participated and placed …
IMR/SSEP Special Joint Seminar – Friday, Sept. 14
The OSU Institute for Materials Research is co-hosting a Solid State Electronics and Photonics (SSEP) seminar this week. SPECIAL JOINT SSEP/IMR SEMINAR Lateral high-quality growth of Si and Ge on amorphous and lattice-mismatched substrates using metal-catalyzed growth Nate Quitoriano Assistant Professor, Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University FRIDAY, SEPT. 14, 10:00AM – 11:00 AM 260 Dreese Laboratory Refreshments …
MSE/IMR Special Seminar: The Toaster Project, Friday, September 7
A special seminar co-hosted by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the OSU Institute for Materials Research The Toaster Project: A heroic attempt to build a simple electric appliance from scratch Thomas Thwaites Friday, September 7, 2012, 4:10 PM 100 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall Reception with light refreshments to follow Copies of Thwaites’ book The Toaster …
2012-2013 OSU Materials Research Seed Grant Program Awards
2012-2013 OSU Materials Research Seed Grant Program Awards We are excited to announce that after a thorough internal and external review process, nine awards have been made to fund innovative and exciting materials research on campus through the Ohio State Materials Research Seed Grant Program. These awards total $540,000 in internal research funding to 24 OSU researchers in eight departments. …
IMR Shuttle Offers New Schedule, Expanded Hours
You asked, we listened! We added four shuttle routes to our weekday shuttle service and changed the schedule to every hour on the half hour. Based on feedback received from materials students and professors, we’ve made the following improvements to the IMR shuttle service: Earlier start time- first shuttle leaves Dreese Labs at 8:30 AM Later end time – last …
IMR Quarterly, Spring/Summer 2012
Features Probing High Frequency Acoustics with Light: R. Sooryakumar, Physics Encouraging Young Women in Science: Aimee Price, Nanotech West IMR Industry Challenge Grants Promoting Industrial Collaborations Faculty Spotlight: Michael Paulaitis, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Download the Spring/Summer 2012 Quarterly Newsletter About IMR Quarterly The Institute for Materials Research provides a newsletter three times a year with technical articles highlighting OSU …
IMR Facility Grants – Spring 2012 Awards
The OSU Institute for Materials Research (IMR) announces the latest round of IMR Facility Grants awards. Six new research projects were awarded by the IMR in June 2012, for a total investment of $12,000 in nascent materials research. The six projects support faculty researchers from five different departments within the College of Engineering and the Division of Natural and Mathematical …
OSU Hosts 2012 Behavior Change for a Sustainable World Conference August 3-5
OSU is hosting the 2012 Behavior Change for a Sustainable World Conference August 3-5. Conference sponsors include OSU’s Office of Energy and Environment and Center for Automotive Research. Please see the announcement below for more details on speakers and registration. 2012 Behavior Change for a Sustainable World Conference Friday, August 3–Sunday, August 5, 2012 The Ohio Union at the Ohio …
OSU Materials Research Seed Grant Program – Letters of Intent Due Monday, March 19
This is a reminder to OSU’s materials community that letters of intent for all three tiers of the OSU Materials Research Seed Grant Program are due next Monday, March 19, 2012. The 2012-2013 OSU Materials Research Seed Grant Program, an internal research funding opportunity to seed materials-allied research projects within the OSU materials community, is now in its second year …
OSU Chemistry Mack Award Lectures February 9 & 10
On February 9th and 10th in 1008 Evans Lab, the Department of Chemistry will host the annual Mack Award Lecture. This year represents the 50th anniversary of the Edward Mack Jr Memorial award which is given to a prestigious member of the scientific community who is selected by graduate students. This year’s 50th Mack award recipient is Dr. Sunney Xie …