We are pleased to announce that Katrina Cornish has joined the faculty at OSU’s Horticulture and Crop Science department at OARDC-Wooster as an Ohio Research Scholar and holds an Endowed Chair in Bio-based Emergent Materials. This key position is one of three Ohio Research Scholars at OSU founded by an Ohio Department of DevelopmentOhio Research Scholars Program award, Technology-Enabling and …
OSU Research Teams Awarded MURI Projects
Congratulations to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering professor and IMR member Joseph Heremans on his recent MURI award from the Department of Defense. Dr. Heremans is the lead researcher of the awarded project Cryogenic Peltier Cooling, recently announced by the Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program, which provides support for basic research of national defense interest performed in …
IMR Awards 2010 Interdisciplinary Materials Research Grants (IMRG)
IMR’s Research Enhancement Program provides different funding mechanisms to support novel research at The Ohio State Univeristy Seven research projects were awarded a second year by the IMR in June 2010, for a an additional $287,500 in direct research support from IMR. 2010 IMRG Research Projects: Multi-Scale Characterization of Battery Materials for Improved Performance Lead: Sudarsanam Suresh Babu, Industrial, Welding …
IMR Quarterly, Spring/Summer 2010
Features Mobile Magnetic Tweezers: Harnessing Nano Magnetism for Medicine and Engineering (R. Sooryakumar) Materials Centers updates: OBIC, CMPND, PVIC Faculty Spotlight: Wolfgang Windl, Materials Science and Engineering Download the Spring/Summer 2010 Quarterly Newsletter About IMR Quarterly The Institute for Materials Research provides a newsletter three times a year with technical articles highlighting OSU research, updates on research funded by IMR grants, facility …
Faculty Spotlight – Dr. Wolfgang Windl
Prof. Wolfgang Windl joined the department of Materials Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University as an Associate Professor in October 2001. Prof. Windl’s work focuses on the area of nanoscale computational materials science. He previously held postdoctoral positions at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Arizona State University, and was a Principal Staff Scientist at Motorola’s Digital DNA Laboratories. …
2010 IMRG Spring Symposia – Tuesday, May 18 and Friday, May 21
The Institute for Materials Research (IMR) invites you to the 2010 IMRG Spring Symposia, Tuesday, May 18 and Friday, May 21. This inaugural event showcases the cutting-edge work of select interdisciplinary research teams from OSU’s materials community. The IMRG Spring Symposia will highlight the wide range of materials-allied research taking place on campus, from structural materials to biomedical applications. The …
IMR Awards Spring 2010 Facility Grants
Eight new research projects were awarded by the IMR in June 2010, for a total investment of $16,000. The eight projects support faculty researchers from seven departments within the College of Engineering, the College of Biological, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and the College of Dentistry. June 2010 IMR Facility Grant Awards FIB Characterization of MFM Probes, Lead Investigator: P. Chris …
Chemistry Department Hosts Meek Lectures May 6-7
The OSU Department of Chemistry is hosting the 2010 installment of the The Devon Walter Meek Lectures next week on Thursday, May 6 and Friday, May 7. The 2010 Meek Lecturer is Dr. Mark Hampden-Smith, Executive Director and General Manager of Cabot Corporation. Dr. Hampden-Smith will present the following lectures: Thursday, May 6th, 2010 4:00-5:00 pm: Lecture, “Designing Materials for High …
The Clean Energy Revolution, Global Broadcast: May 3
The Center for Entrepreneurship at the Fisher College of Business invites the community to attend an MIT Enterprise Forum Global Broadcast. The Clean Energy Revolution Part of the NSTAR Clean Energy Forum Monday, May 3, 2010 4:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Broadcast begins at 4:30 p.m. Panelists: Brian Dumaine, Sr. Editor at Large, Fortune Magazine Nancy Floyd, Founder & …
Jeff Wadsworth To Give Patterson Annual Lecture – April 30th
Dr. Wadsworth is the Chair of IMR’s External Advisory Board, and we encourage IMR members to attend this lecture. 7th Annual James F. Patterson Land-Grant University Lecture Collaboration, Creativity and Commitment: Valuing the Voices of Knowledge Generators Jeff Wadsworth, President and CEO of Battelle Friday, April 30, 2010, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, …