Friday, May 19, 2006Volume 6, Issue 3
MATERIALS DAY 2006
In its fifth year, Materials Day 2006 was again a huge success, drawing more than 115 industrial and governmental representatives and more than 300 Penn State faculty, staff and students. A reception and table-top exhibition, with more than 25 local and national companies represented, was held the evening of April 10th at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel. Prior to the exhibition a keynote presentation entitled Full-Life Systems Engineering of Structural Metals, given by Dr. Dennis M. Dimiduk, Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate. On April 11th, five presentations was given by prestigious industrial and governmental representatives. In addition to the presentations, 96 posters authored by Penn State faculty, post doctoral fellows and graduate students were displayed at the Penn Stater.
In case you missed Materials Day 2006, or if you attended and want more information, please visit the Materials Day web site at http://www.mri.psu.edu/events/materialsday. MRI wishes to thank the industrial and governmental representatives who provided enlightening and engaging presentations and who have graciously provided authorization to post their presentations.
Mark your calendars - Materials Day 2007 will be held April 10th - 11th, 2007 at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel!
MORE ON MATERIALS DAY
The first Rustum and Della Roy Award is given to three young researchers at Materials Day 2006.
The materials community came together for Penn State’s biggest materials-related event. See photos and read the full story here.
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
Dr. Jun Zhu, assistant professor of physics, studies the low-temperature properties of carbon nanotubes.
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT
Anatomy of a Discovery – Sometimes the most interesting discoveries seem to happen by chance. In reality, they are the fortuitous products of a prepared mind.
NSF: REPORTS DROP IN INDUSTRIAL SUPPORT FOR ACADEMIC R&D CONTINUED INTO 2004
For the third consecutive year, industrial support of U.S. academic research dropped, according to an April 2006 InfoBrief by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
CONTRACT AND GRANTS:
Materials research accounted for more than $7 million in contracts and grants for the months of March and April! 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.
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
Schobert, Harold; An Industrial Based Consortium to Develop Premium Carbon Products from Coal; U.S. Department of Energy
Keating, Christine D; Greene, Wallace H; Barcoded Nanowires for Multiplexed Clinical Diagnostics; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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
Wang, Chao-Yang; Improvement & Validation of Two-Phase Numerical Model for Polymer Electolyte Fuel Cells ; Industry
Mueller, Karl T; Coupling Sorption to Soil Weathering During Reactive Transport; U.S. Department of Energy
