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College of EngineeringResearch Update

John S. Strenkowski

Sarah A. Rajala

February 3, 2005

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Research Highlights

• Nanotechnologies– Microfluidic chips (Velev)– Self-assembled 3D

nanostructures (Narayan)– Nanoelectronics and

photonics (Muth)– Nanoscale Imaging

(Gruverman)

• Nuclear Engineering– Idaho National Labs

consortium (Turinsky)– INIE (Hawari)

An anisotropic “eyeball” particle

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Research Highlights

• Environmental Engineering– Building Decontamination

Debris (Barlaz)

• Information Technologies– Visualization of complex

data sets (Healey)– Embedded Systems

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Research Highlights

• Bioengineering– Artificial retina

(Lazzi)– Visualization of

proteins (Hall)– Bioimaging– Medical devices

(Cormier & Harrysson)

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COE Research Funding Trends

July 1, 2003 thru

Jan 31, 2004

July 1, 2004 thru

Jan 31, 2005

Percent Change

Proposals Submitted

$152.5M (414)

$158.7M (445)

+4%(+7.5%)

Awards Received

$24.5M (239)

$32.8M (272)

+34%(+13.8%)

Industry Awards Rec’d

$3.3M (53)

$5.7M (65)

+72%(+22.6%)

Research expenditures ~ $86M (’03-’04)

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COE Research Enterprise• Young faculty with growing research programs –

NSF Careers, ONR Young Faculty Awards, . . .• Broad participation of faculty engaged in

research across all COE depts• Large & growing number of funding agencies:

– NSF, DOD, DOE, EPA, DARPA, NASA, NIH, . . .– Prop’s submitted: 205 Sponsors ~ FY03-04

• Growing industry support – 17% of new awards for July 1, 2004 – Jan 31, 2005

• Building Interdisciplinary Teams with other colleges, universities, industry . . .

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Support of COE Faculty and Research Admin Staff• New Faculty Workshop & Follow-Up Sessions• Updated Research Website ~ new research

funding announcements, funding trends . . .• Training workshops for faculty and staff• COE Research Committee – research trends• Paperless processing for pre and post award• Departmental visits with contract managers• News Flash – latest news in COE Research

Admin

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Future Opportunities

• Capitalize on Bio opportunities– BTEC– Biomedical (NIH, NSF, DOD, OSHA . . )– Biomolecular– Biocontamination– Biomedical devices

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Future Opportunities

• Continue to expand nanotech and photonics research efforts– NSECs, NERs, NIRTS, NanoEd, DOD, . . .

• Continue to encourage and support cross-disciplinary and international projects– NSF, NASA-NIA, FAA, . . .

• Continue to expand Semiconductor Power Electronics (Huang, Baliga, Baran)

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Future Opportunities

• National security– Environmental (Bio/chem decontamination)– Military (IMST,VLCOE, etc)– US Coast Guard

• Nuclear Renaissance– Neutron beams for material science research– Modeling & simulation of advanced reactor

systems – Nuclear medicine

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Future Opportunities

• COE Building Projects:– Engineering Building 1 (CHE & MSE)– Engineering Building 2 (CSC & ECE)– West Research Annex (MAE)– BME lab renovation (BEL)– Daniels renovation (IE)

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Our ‘Dream Team’ Research Admin Staff...

• Pat Hayes, Director, (Post-Award)• Rosette Tavolacci, Assistant Director (Pre-Award)• Richard Duckworth, Information Processing Specialist• Alice Mundia, Information Processing Specialist• Mary Bracey, Contract Manager for Centers