Tuesday, January 31, 2006Volume 6, Issue 1
Director's Message
Materials Day 2006 is fast approaching – April 10 and 11, 2006. This year’s program is designed to:
- Highlight the materials-related research and technology transfer activities of PSU faculty, centers and programs;
- Bring together academia, commercial and defense industries, and economic development partners to interact around a common theme – "materials";
- Promote new collaborative R&D activities in materials, including manufacture and product development, for the region, the state and our nation.
To deal with the expanding program, we have moved it to the Penn Stater. We have an exciting agenda prepared including speakers from the Air Force Research Laboratory, Exxon Mobil Research and Engineering, Rohm and Haas, Ed Liszka (ARL-PSU), and Peter Eklund (PHYS-PSU) to tell us about a successful faculty led small business. We are also expanding the table-top exhibition/reception this year to include more companies, economic development agencies, and materials related PSU centers. And finally, we will be once again featuring our research programs to each other, as well as our industrial and government partners via a poster session.
For more details, including event registration and poster submission, please visit: http://www.mri.psu.edu/events/materialsday
We hope that you can join us during this annual event for the PSU materials community.
Carlo
New Associate Director for MRI:
- Beth Dickey gives eMaterials her vision for MCL.
- 5 Year Plan
Staff Spotlight:
- The 2005 MRI Technical and Administrative Staff Excellence Awards go to Kellander and Wonderling.
Focus on Materials
MRI’s new research bulletin highlights the latest in materials discovery, university/industry collaboration, and interdisciplinary research at Penn State. In the current issue, read about dielectric materials, key components behind the electronics revolution, tour a lab that grows nanowires, and meet a faculty member who is connecting up our shrinking electronic devices. In an upcoming issue, read about an attempt to bridge the divide between the arts and science at Penn State, new discoveries in biomaterials, and an overview of the I–99 Innovation Corridor. Sign up to receive your free copy in print or electronic editions.
For more information go to: http://www.mri.psu.edu/focus/Focus on Materials invites your suggestions for topics of interest to the materials community. Email Walt Mills.
Contracts and Grants
Materials research accounted for more than $1.5 million in contracts and grants for the month of December! 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.
Wang, Chao-Yang; Studies of Cold-Start in Wet Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, Industry
Winograd, Nicholas; Ewing, Andrew G; Ewing, Andrew G; Molecular Imaging of Biomaterials - Single Cells, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Materials Seminars:
Thursday, February 02, 200610:00 AM – 111 Wartik Laboratory
"Homogeneous Catalysis in High-Temperature Water"
Phillip E. Savage, University of Michigan
Series – Department of Chemical Engineering
Friday, February 24, 2006
10:00 AM – 111 Wartik Laboratory
"How Diffusion Causes Problems for Nanotechnology (and How to Overcome Them)"
Paul E. Sheehan, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Series – Department of Chemistry - Physical Chemistry
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
4:00 PM – 102 Chemistry Building
"Protein and Polymer Folding on a Chip"
Paul Cremer, Texas A&M University
Series – Department of Chemistry – Biological Chemistry
