Friday, March 15, 2002Volume 2, Issue 5
Reminders
Materials Day
April 15, 2002, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
MRI Awards for Student Research
Nomination Deadline - March 22, 2002
The criteria for the awards can be found at http://www.mri.psu.edu/ematerials/v02i04/Poster.pdf
The nomination form can be found at http://www.mri.psu.edu/ematerials/v02i04/Nomination_form.pdf
MRI Faculty Spotlight
Professor Kenji Uchino brings an interesting perspective to research, having at various times in his career been a professor in physics, mechanical engineering, materials and now electrical engineering. Over his career his research interests have spanned an amazing range of phenomena and applications. He has filed 80 patents for his research, most in the area of transducers - materials that convert one type of energy to another.
For the full story go to:
http://www.mri.psu.edu/articles/KenjiUchino/index.asp
Faculty Contracts & Grants
Materials research accounted for more than $2.5 million in contracts and grants for the month of February! The largest of these contracts and grants (those greater than $200K) are listed below, along with a link to the complete list of contracts and grants. These data are provided by OSPs Strategic Information Management System.
Abbey, Kevin; Dirt and Gravel Road Cooperative Program, COP: Department of Environmental Protection
Mockensturm, Eric; CAREER: The Mechanics of Web Handling, National Science Foundation
Varadan, Vijay; Development of MEMS Based Antenna and Free Space Measurement System, Industry
Materials Seminars
Tuesday, March 19, 2002Location: 22 Deike BldgTuesday, March 26, 2002
Title: The science of nanobelts and nanotubes
Speaker: Zhong Lin Wang - Georgia Tech
Location: 22 Deike BldgThursday, March 28, 2002
Title: Amplification and Imaging of Molecular and Biomolecular Events using Liquid Crystals and Nanostructured Surfaces
Speaker: Nick Abbott - University of Wisconsin
Location: S5 Osmond
Title: Topological Stereochemistry
Speaker: Jay Siegel, University of California - San Diego
New Funding Opportunities
NASA "MATERIALS SCIENCE: RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES", letter of intent due April 15, 2002
- Thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transformation;
- Theory, modeling and experimental control of microstructure and defect formation;
- Interfacial phenomena; and
- Measurement of relevant material properties
For more info go to
http://research.hq.nasa.gov/code_u/nra/current/NRA-01-OBPR-08/AppendixF.html
