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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