Thursday, April 5, 2007Volume 7, Issue 2
New Laser Center for Training and Research Opens
A new laser materials processing center is now open to the materials community, including faculty, students and industry partners. Center leader Dr. Judith Todd invites those interested in learning more about new methods of materials processing to visit the Center for MultiscaleWave-Materials Interactions, located in West Campus in the Research West Building, on Materials Day, April 10. Call Dr. Todd to set up a tour of the Center and the ARL facilities next door. She can be reached at (814) 863-0771. Judith Todd is P.B. Breneman Department Head Chair, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics. Read the complete story here.
MCL Nanoindenter is Ready for Prime Time
Installed on campus over three years ago, and located on the second floor of Steidle Building, the nanoindenter is a powerful tool for measuring the mechanical properties of materials. And though it has contributed data to half a dozen thesis projects over those three-plus years, the nanoindenter has only recently developed into a tool that is ready to be widely introduced to the Penn State research community. Read more...
Contracts and Grants
Materials research accounted for more than $10.6 million in contracts and grants for the months of January, February and March! 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 OSP's Strategic Information Management System.
Chan, Moses H; Redwing, Ronald D; Sofo, Jorge O; Zhu, Jun; REU Site: Penn State Research Experience for Undergraduates and Teachers Program in Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Materials Research, National Science Foundation
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
Donnellan, Thomas M; Haynes, Steven R; KM Reachback, U.S. Department of Defense
Keating, Christine D; Greene, Wallace H; Barcoded Nanowires for Multiplexed Clinical Diagnostics (NIH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Koudela, Kevin L; DD(X) Phase V, Industry
Manias, Evangelos; Combinatorial Polymeric Substrates: Analytical Platform for Adsorption, Separation and Functional Assay of Biological Molecules, U.S. Department of the Navy
Shrout, Thomas R; Randall, Clive A; High Performance, High Temperature Perovskite Piezoelectrics, U.S. Department of the Navy
Uchino, Kenji; High Power Piezoelectric Single Crystals and Ceramics, U.S. Department of the Navy
Wang, Chao-Yang; Advanced Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Technology with Zero Water Crossover and Using Concentrated Fuel, Industry
Wang, Chao-Yang; Fundamental Study of Cold-Start in Wet Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, Industry
Wang, Chao-Yang; Improvement & Validation of Two-Phase Numerical Model for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, Industry
Winograd, Nicholas; Surface Chemistry Studies with Ion Beams and Lasers, National Science Foundation
Yetter, Richard A; Kuo, Kenneth K; Yang, Vigor; Allara, David L; A Unified Multiscale Approach for Nano-Engineered Energetic Materials, U.S. Department of the Army
For a complete list of the contracts and grants for January, February and March go to:
http://www.mri.psu.edu/awards.asp?awardperiod=0703
Materials Seminars
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
3:35 PM - 114 EES Building
"Cellular Biomechanics and Its Applications to Life Sciences"
Cheng Dong, Bioengineering Department
Series - Department of Engineering Science & Mechanics
Thursday, April 12, 2007
10:00 AM - 108 Wartik Lab
"Chemistry of Biological Adhesion"
Deborah Leckband, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois - Urbana
Series - Department of Chemical Engineering
12:30 PM - 102 Chemistry Building
"Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Excess Electrons in Clusters"
Dan Neumark, University of California, Berkeley
Series - Department of Chemistry - Colloquium
For a complete list of upcoming materials-related seminars go to:
http://www.mri.psu.edu/seminars.asp
