Thursday, August 8, 2002Volume 2, Issue 12
Director's Message
REMINDER
MRI ANNUAL PICNIC
Friday, August 23, 2002
12:00 noon - 6:00 p.m.
Pine Grove Mill's Lions Club
Great Food!
Served 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Lots of Fun
Volleyball, Baseball, horse Shoes and
a Tug-of-War competition for MRI prizes
MRI Items will be available
Hats $5.00, T-Shirts (short sleeve $5.00 and long sleeve $7.00)
To attend - please R.S.V.P. to Validate to view address
For directions to the Pine Grove Mill's Lions Club go to:
http://www.mri.psu.edu/ematerials/v02i12/Map.pdf
Regards,
Carlo Pantano
MRI Faculty Spotlight
Professor Chao-Yang Wang is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering and is the director of Electrochemical Engine Center (ECEC). The mission of the ECEC is to conduct interdisciplinary research on fuel cells and advanced batteries for electric propulsion, stationary power generation and portable electronics. Dr. Wang mentions "there are applications for fuel cells with power levels from milliwatts to megawatts." Large stationary power supplies can be used in residential areas and provide distributed energy for a stable power grid. Micro fuel cells are of strong interest for mobile phones where battery life is a major issue.
For the full story go to:
http://www.mri.psu.edu/articles/ChaoYangWang/
Please Mark Your Calendars
For the
2002 Congress of the PA
Nanotechnology Initiative
October 3 - 4, 2002
Four Points Sheraton, Harrisburg, PA
(details will follow)
MRI Faculty Promotions
Congratulations to the following MRI faculty members who were recently promoted:
James Adair, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Liming Chang, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Long-Qing Chen, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Renata Engel, Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics
Joseph Irudayaraj, Associate Professor of Agricultural Engineering
Michael Lanagan, Senior Scientist and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Darrell Schlom, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Chao-Yang Wang, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
"MRI Duffers" Golf Tournament
MRI is organizing the 6th Annual Duffer's golf tournament to be held Wednesday, August 21, 2002 at the State College Elks Club. (ALL skill levels welcome)
Faculty Contracts & Grants
Materials research accounted for more than $11.9 million in contracts and grants for the month of July! The largest of these contracts and grant (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.
Brantley, Susan; IGERT: Penn State Biogeochemical Research Initiative for Education, National Science Foundation
Chan, Moses; Crespi, Vincent H; MRSEC: Center for Porous Materials, National Science Foundation
Fonash, Stephen; Hallacher, Paul M; Feller, Irwin; Grabowski, Barbara L; Dana, Thomas M; Horn, Mark W; ATE: Regional Center for Nanofabrication Manufacturing Education, National Science Foundation
Fonash, Stephen; Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology (NMT) Partnership, COP: Department of Community and Economic Development
Liu, Zi-Kui; Chen, Long Q; Du, Qiang; Raghavan, Padma; ITR: Computational Tools for Multicomponent Materials Design, National Science Foundation
Pantano, Carlo; Mc Grath, Robert T; Foley, Karin E; To Strengthen Nanotechnology Research in Pennsylvania, COP: Department of Community and Economic Development
Schlom, Darrell; Chen, Long Q; Gopalan, Venkat; Trolier-Mckinstry, Susan E; Xi, Xiaoxing; REU Supplement to NIRT: Artificially Engineered Nanoscale Ferroelectrics, National Science Foundation
Weiss, Paul; Development of Optical Excitation Scanning Probe Microscopes With Atomic Resolution, National Science Foundation
Zhang, Xumu; Asymmetric Reduction of Simple Ketones and Imines, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Funding Opportunities
NSF "Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NSE)" http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf02148/nsf02148.htm - Proposals due October 24, 2002
