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Three NYS small businesses awarded Cornell JumpStart projects for spring 2009
News :: CCMR Staff :: Dec 19, 2008
New York state small businesses Crysta-lyn Chemical Company, Sock Science, and Taylor Concrete Products have been selected to receive JumpStart awards with the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) this spring. Crysta-lyn Chemical of Binghamton will collaborate with Prof. Warren Zipfel, Biomedical Engineering, to analyze the company’s library of dyes. Sock Science of Walton will work with Prof. more.
When a Good Nanoparticle Goes Bad
News :: CCMR Staff :: Nov 10, 2008
Understanding how nanoparticles change form may help solve energy needs Nanoscale metal particles are used to speed up or "catalyze" many processes, such as the conversion of chemical energy to electricity in fuel cells or the reduction of pollution in automobile catalytic converters. Since these tiny particles naturally have a wide variety of shapes and sizes, chemists have always suspected that some particles work much better than others. more.
e2e Materials Featured in First Episode of "The Works!"
News :: CCMR Staff :: Jul 24, 2008
This July, e2e Materials President Pat Govang, and Jason Salfi, President of Comet, e2e partner company, met with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) at a green and clean technology showcase in Syracuse to show off Comet skateboards made from one of e2e's unique biocomposites. e2e was also featured in the History Channel series premiere of "The Works!," a new show which uncovers "The unimaginable intricacies of things we take for granted. " For more information: www. more.
Technology Transfer Incentive Program
News :: CCMR Staff :: Jul 23, 2008
New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR) has issued a Request for Information (RIF) to solicit feedback from its partners on the Technology Transfer incentive Program (TTIP). more.
Novomer Announces Clean-Burning Binder for Advanced Industrial Applications
News :: CCMR Staff :: Jul 8, 2008
SmallTimes July 1, 2008 Novomer Inc. , a renewable plastics, polymers and chemicals company, has made its first product commercially available. NB-180 is a poly (propylene carbonate) (PPC) sacrificial binder that burns cleaner, more uniformly and at lower temperatures than currently available products. More at smalltimes. more.
CCMR 2008 POP Symposium
News :: CCMR Staff :: May 28, 2008
On May 20 and 21, 2008, the CCMR held the 19th Polymer Outreach Program (POP). The program is a networking and learning opportunity for scientists in industry and at Cornell to develop collaborative work. The 2008 program combined the POP symposium and the Green Materials symposium within the theme: Polymer Materials for a Sustainable Future. The symposium gathered 99 faculty and students from Cornell and 52 off campus guests; 29 companies were represented. more.
