Wednesday, March 29, 2006Volume 6, Issue 2
MATERIALS DAY 2006
Monday, April 10, 2006, 3:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 11, 2006, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel
http://www.mri.psu.edu/events/materialsday/
Monday, April 10, 2006 - A keynote presentation will open the event followed by a table-top exhibition/reception organized to allow industry, economic development agencies and PSU Centers to showcase their products and activities.
- 3:00p.m. - 4:00p.m., Keynote Presentation
- Full-Life Systems Engineering of Structural Metals, Dr. Dennis M. Dimiduk, Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate
- 4:15 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Reception and Table-top Exhibition
Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - Penn State faculty, staff, students and industry will gather to participate in plenary lectures from federal government, industry leaders and commercialization specialists on future material needs, and participate in an interactive poster session on Penn State research programs.
- 8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m., Registration
- 8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Invited Presentations
- Materials Challenges for the Global Petroleum and Petrochemical Industries, Dr. Thomas F. Degnan, Director of Materials, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company
- Carbon: The Wonder Element for Fundamental Science and Profit, Prof. Peter Eklund, Physics Department, Penn State
- Creating Value with Materials: Today, and What’s Next, Dr. Gary Calabrese, Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Rohm and Haas Company
- Applications of Defense – Related Materials, Research in Manufacturing and Energy Systems,
Dr. Edward Liszka, Director, Applied Research Laboratory, Penn State
- 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Interactive Poster Session on Penn State Research Programs
- 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Lunch
- 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., Interactive Poster Session on Penn State Research Programs
Registration is required for anyone who plans to attend and online registration automatically closes at 11:59 PM EDT on April 5, 2006.
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
Microsurgical Tools, Heart Pumps, and Morphing Aircraft Wings – Dr. Mary Frecker designs tools to meet real world challenges.
SBIR/STTR WORKSHOP RESULTS
Have an innovative product or service? There’s money available to get you started. These federal programs can fund faculty/business partnerships or help you get your own new business off the ground.
THE ASESR PROCESS TARGETS LOW-RISK RESEARCH
A new contract for some industry-funded research will soon be rolled out for MRI.
U.S. Graduate Schools See Large Increase in Applications from Foreigners
After a sharp decline following 9/11, U.S. grad schools are seeing a rebound in applications from overseas.
CONTRACT AND GRANTS:
Materials research accounted for more than $1.5 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.
Dillon, Gregory P; Integrated Analysis Tools for Determination of Structural Integrity and Durability of High Temperature Polymer Matrix Composites; U.S. Department of the Air Force
Eklund, Peter C; 10-100 ueV Multichopper Spectrometer; U.S. Department of Energy
Flemish, Joseph R; CLIN 0001; U.S. Department of the Navy
Flemish, Joseph R; Vaughan, Craig W; High Power SiC PiN Diode Manufacturing; U.S. Department of the Navy
Fonash, Stephen J; Hallacher, Paul M; 005/2006 Operation of the Pennsylvania NMT Partnership; COP: Department of Community and Economic Development
Haque, Amanul; CAREER: In-situ Monitoring of Opto-electro-mechanical Responses of Single Cells to External Stimuli using MEMS; National Science Foundation
Lanagan, Michael; Zhang, Qiming; Randall, Clive A; Shrout, Thomas R; Wang, Qing U; Unconventional Dielectric Materials and Structures for Ultra-High Performance Pulsed Power Capacitors; U.S. Department of the Navy
Lesieutre, George A; Hoffman, Heath R; Vibration Energy Harvesting for Wireless Sensors; Industry
Litzinger, Thomas A; Van Meter, Peggy N; Kulikowich, J M; A Cognitive Study of Modeling During Problem-Solving: Accelerating Progress Toward Expert-Like Performance; National Science Foundation
Liu, Zhiwen; CAREER: Ultrasensitive Optical Spectroscopy at a Single Particle; National Science Foundation
Wang, Chao-Yang; Advanced Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Technology with Zero Water Crossover and Using Concentrated Fuel; Industry
For a complete list of the contracts and grants for February go to:
http://www.mri.psu.edu/awards.asp?awardperiod=0602
SEMINARS:
Thursday, April 06, 200612:30 PM – 102 Chemistry Building
"Co-Opting Nature’s Machineries for Chemical Synthesis and Discovery"
Virginia Cornish, Columbia University
Friday, April 14, 2006
2:30 PM – 102 Chemistry Building
"Controlling Reactions and Watching Energy Flow in Gases and Liquids"
F. Fleming Crim, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
3:35 PM – 114 EES Bldg
"Nanoengineered sculptured thin films dictate cell fate"
Dr. Melik C. Demirel, Penn State
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
3:30 PM – 114 EES Bldg
"Negative refraction"
Dr. Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Penn State
For a complete list of upcoming materials-related seminars go to: http://www.mri.psu.edu/seminars.asp
