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Friday, March 5, 2004Volume 4, Issue 3

 

Materials Day 2004

 

3rd Annual Materials Day at Penn State
Materials for Advanced Manufacturing
April 15, 2004
HUB-Robeson, Alumni Hall
8:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.
http://www.mri.psu.edu/events/materialsday

 

We have taken an all new approach to Materials Day and have invited key federal agency and industry representatives to highlight future research initiatives. This will be a great opportunity to interact with agency and industry representatives on potential research collaborations.

 

Faculty should plan on attending as much of the program as your schedule permits. By March 17, we need one poster title and abstract on your research emphasis and we can accept a maximum of one other poster from your group.. You can submit your poster title on the Materials Day website http://www.mri.psu.edu/events/materialsday. Also please let us know when you will be participating, a registration page is included on the same web site, all you need is your user id and password for both. Alternatively you can email your poster information and attendance plans to Donna Lucas. The complete schedule for the day is indicated below.

 

All other Penn Staters attending the event must register on line. You can attend the plenary lectures from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. as well as the open poster session and lunch from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

 

Schedule

8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Plenary Lectures
HUB-Robeson Auditorium

 

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. - Poster Session - Special closed poster session with industry representatives, federal agency representatives and faculty only
HUB - Robeson Alumni Hall

 

1:00 - 3:00 p.m. - Luncheon, Poster Session and Student Awards with the entire Penn State Materials Community
HUB - Robeson Alumni Hall

 

3:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Breakouts with facilitated discussions (rooms TBD)

 

4:30 - 6:00 p.m. - Special Reception for industry representatives, federal agency representatives and faculty

Reminder: Research Awards

The MRI Student and Post-Doc Awards for outstanding accomplishments based on a published paper, thesis or formal report will be given out during the Materials Day Program on April 15th, 2004 (cash award). Please take a moment to reflect on the students and post-docs in your area who might qualify.

 

Deadline for MRI Student and Post-Doc Awards is March 19, 2004

Faculty Spotlight

Melik C. Demirel
Assistant Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics
Pearce Development Professor
melikdemirel@psu.edu
http://www.esm.psu.edu/~mcd18

 

Melik Demirel considers himself both a modeler and experimentalist seeking to understand the structure and functional relationships of proteins and biomolecular assemblies. His vision is to develop computational and experimental tools that work together for the study of bio-nano materials. "We focus on biomolecular materials research using a theory-driven experimental approach," he says, "rather than experimental trial and error alone." He hopes to address the pressing need to systematically elucidate the dynamics of proteins for the development of better drugs and biodetection devices by bridging the gap between molecular biology, theoretical chemistry, and materials science with techniques he has been instrumental in developing.

 

For the full story go to:
http://www.mri.psu.edu/articles/MelikDemirel/

Nanotechnology Conference

SAVE THE DATE

The Business of Nanotechnology:
Pennsylvania Nanotechnology Conference 2004
Presented by the Department of Community and Economic Development
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

May 25-26, 2004
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
http://www.pananoconference.org

For more details go to:
http://www.mri.psu.edu/ematerials/v04i03/NanoConf.asp

New & Improved WUN website

The Worldwide Universities Network has launched a new and much improved website at http://www.wun.ac.uk. Here you will learn about new members and activities. An eLearning portal has also been added to the home page as part of continuing efforts to leverage the enormous amount of distributed learning activity and expertise (both in delivery and pedagogic research) across the partnership.

Contracts & Grants

Materials research accounted for more than $3.4 million in contracts and grants for the months 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.

 

Agrawal, Dinesh K; Roy, Rustum; Improved Economics in Deep Well Drilling, U.S. Department of Energy

 

Chan, Moses H; Albert, Reka; Liu, Ying; Redwing, Ronald D; Penn State Physics Department Research Experience for Undergraduates and Teachers Program, National Science Foundation

 

Lvov, Serguei N; Macdonald, Digby D; Further Development of Zirconium Oxide Coating Technology to Mitigate Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracking in BWR's, Electric Power Research Institute

 

Sharp, Kendra V; CAREER:Particle Effects in Microfluidics, National Science Foundation

 

Snyder, David W; Development of Techniques for the Production and Characterization of Damage Free Surfaces on Semi-Insulating and Conducting Silicon Carbide, U.S. Department of the Army

 

Wang, Chao-Yang; CFD Modeling of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells - Enhancement and Inclusion of Liquid Water Transport, Industry

 

For a complete list of the contracts and grants for February go to:
http://www.mri.psu.edu/awards.asp?awardperiod=0402

Materials Seminars

Thursday, March 18, 2004
Time: 11:15 AM
Location: 26 Hosler
Title: Growth and Characterization of GaN-, SiC- and ZnO-based Thin Films
Speaker: Robert Davis, Kobe Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State
Series: 2004 MatSE Distinguished Speaker Series
Thursday, April 01, 2004
Time: 11:15 AM
Location: 26 Hosler
Title: Crack-Tip Structure in Glass
Speaker: Sheldon Wiederhorn, Senior Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Series: 2004 MatSE Distinguished Speaker Series

For a complete list of upcoming materials-related seminars go to:
http://www.mri.psu.edu/seminars.asp

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