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College of Engineering
Research 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)
An anisotropic “eyeball” particle
• Nuclear Engineering
– Idaho National Labs
consortium (Turinsky)
– INIE (Hawari)
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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
Research expenditures ~ $86M (’03-’04)
July 1,
2003 thru
Jan 31,
2004
Proposals
$152.5M
Submitted
(414)
Awards
$24.5M
Received
(239)
Industry
$3.3M
Awards Rec’d
(53)
July 1,
2004 thru
Jan 31,
2005
$158.7M
(445)
$32.8M
(272)
$5.7M
(65)
Percent
Change
+4%
(+7.5%)
+34%
(+13.8%)
+72%
(+22.6%)
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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 . . .College Of Engineering
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
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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 crossdisciplinary 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:
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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
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