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News from the Center.
Four NYS small businesses awarded Cornell JumpStart projects for fall 2009
News :: CCMR Staff :: Sep 21, 2009
Oratel Diagnostics Hammondsport, NY will work with Professor Antje Baeumner, Biological and Environmental Engineering, to optimize the composition of the company’s cellulose based test strip used to detect the presence of endometriosis in women. more.
From JumpStart Project to SiMPore Product
News :: CCMR Staff :: Jun 5, 2009
SiMPore Introduced New Nanometer Thick TEM Windows for High-Resolution Imaging of Nanoscale Materials. These amorphous silicon TEM winsows were characterized at Cornell University during a CCMR JumpStart project in collaboration with Dr. David Muller, Associate Professor of Applied and Engineering Physics. More at http://www. temwindows. more.
JumpStart Finalist Awarded Funding of $2.4 Million
News :: CCMR Staff :: Jun 5, 2009
MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc. , Albany, a CCMR 2008 JumpStart finalist, was awarded $2. 4 million in funding from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) to further develop manufacturing processes for its proprietary Mobion® fuel cell systems. More at http://www. mtimicrofuelcells. more.
May 2009 Symposium — Materials for a Sustainable Future
News :: CCMR Staff :: May 28, 2009
On May 18, 2009, the CCMR and the KAUST-CU centers held a combined symposium within the theme Materials for a Sustainable Future. The program is a networking and learning opportunity for scientists in industry and at Cornell to develop collaborative work. The symposium gathered 72 faculty and students from Cornell and 27 off campus guests; 22 off campus organizations were represented. more.
Widetronix Awarded $100,000
News :: CCMR Staff :: Apr 28, 2009
Widetronix named the winner of the 2009 New York’s Creative Core Emerging Business competition. The maker of long-life highly efficient batteries of microelectronic devices was awarded $100,000 by a panel of venture capitalist and investors proving that Widetronix is the region’s most innovative and growth-oriented business. Widetronix beat out 76 other companies consisting of over 12-counties that applied to this year’s competition. More information at http://www. more.
NY’s Emerging Business Competition Announces Finalists
News :: CCMR Staff :: Apr 7, 2009
Five finalists have been announced by the Central upstate Regional Alliance. These finalists are competing for the $100,000 grand prize offered by the New York’s Creative Core Emerging Business Competition. This competition searched for the most innovative and growth-oriented business in the Central Upstate Region. These businesses represent a wide variety of industries. more.
John Sinnott joins the Industrial Outreach Program
News :: CCMR Staff :: Apr 3, 2009
John Sinnott will join the industrial outreach program of the Cornell Center for Materials Research in April. John will manage the activities of the small business outreach program that support NY state small businesses through access to the CCMR facilities and to the CCMR faculty expertise with matching funds from the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology, and Innovation (NYSTAR). more.
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.
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.
CEG Technology Entrepreneur: John Schneiter, co-founder of Veratag LLC.
News :: CCMR Staff :: May 15, 2008
The Center for Economic Growth named annual technology award winners. This year marked the 12th year the Center for Economic Growth Inc. has given out the awards. John Schneiter received the Technology Entrepreneur award. Mr. Schneiter is a co-founder of GlobalSpec, a North Greenbush search engine for engineers. He has since started another company, Veratag LLC, based in Albany. more.
Mezmeriz, of Ithaca, wins $100k as CNY’s Top Emerging Business
News :: CCMR Staff :: May 1, 2008
More than 1,000 people attended the Annual Meeting of the Metropolitan Development Association of Syracuse and Central New York. Business, academic, and community leaders from across the region gathered in Syracuse to hear remarks from economic development leaders, and the first major address on the upstate economy from Governor David A. Paterson. more.
Emerging Business Competition Finalists Announced
News :: CCMR Staff :: Apr 7, 2008
Syracuse, New York (WSYR-TV) - The Central Upstate Regional Alliance has announced the five finalists who will compete for the $100,000 grand prize in the Emerging Business Competition. The competition aims to find "the most innovative and growth-oriented business in the twelve-county Central Upstate region. " The contest is sponsored by M&T Bank and the New York Business Development Corporation. more.
New York small businesses receive JumpStart awards
News :: CCMR Staff :: Mar 10, 2008
Three businesses in New York state have been selected to receive JumpStart awards with the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) for this semester. Funded by the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR), the CCMR JumpStart program assists small New York businesses in developing and improving projects through university collaborations. more.
New Funding for Novomer
News :: CCMR Staff :: Dec 4, 2007
Novomer, announced on November 7, 2007 that Physic Ventures and Flagship Ventures will invest $6. 6m in for the commercialization of its novel eco-plastics. Founded in 2004, Novomer (www. novomer. com) is based on technological discoveries of Professor Geoffrey Coates and his research group at Cornell University. This pioneering technology allows carbon dioxide and other renewable materials to be converted into cost-effective polymers and plastics for a wide array of industrial markets. more.
Wakonda Technologies: Clean Entrepreneur of the Year and Recipient of a DOE $900,000 contract.
News :: CCMR Staff :: Nov 20, 2007
Wakonda Technologies has been named the Clean Energy Entrepreneur of the Year at the 20th Industry Growth Forum sponsored by the U. S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The NY based company beat out 31 competitors to be named Entrepreneur of the Year and take the top prize of $10,000. Wakonda was also selected by the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) which will invest $21. 7 million in next generation photovoltaic (PV) technology in 25 projects. more.
JumpStart recipient Allred Corporation unveils new 15,500-square-foot plant in Elbridge, NY
News :: CCMR Staff :: Nov 12, 2007
Allred Corporation held an open house on Nov. 1 at its new 15,500 sq. ft. engineering and manufacturing facility in Elbridge, NY. Allred makes carbon fiber components for various products including radar systems and prosthetic feet. State, regional and local officials of government and economic development agencies at the event praised the vision of excellence in design and production that has propelled Allred Corp. to rapid growth. Company executives J. B. more.
CCMR 2007 Green Materials Symposium
News :: CCMR Staff :: Sep 26, 2007
On September 24, 2007, the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) hosted the Green Materials Symposium. The program provides a unique networking and learning opportunity for scientists in industry, Cornell students, and faculty seeking to develop collaborative research activities in green chemistry, green composites and related areas. The Symposium gathered 100 attendees with 74 off campus guests from industry and state agencies. more.
Grants for Growth Awards
News :: CCMR Staff :: Sep 17, 2007
The Metropolitan Development announced the fourth round of Grants for Growth Awards. Five new university-industry collaborations were selected. These projects hold the potential for creating 73 new high-value jobs and $18 million in new revenue in the Central Upstate region. The awards total $174,450 and leverage $756,645 in private sector and university matching support. more.
Cornell professors and M&W Aluminum Products, Syracuse, win grant to develop lightweight composite auto parts
News :: CCMR Staff :: Sep 10, 2007
M&W Aluminum Products, Inc. , Syracuse, NY, and Cornell engineering professors Petru Petrina and Al George have been selected to receive $17,400 in assistance to develop new lightweight composite materials for the automotive industry as was recently announced by the Essential New York Initiative’s Grants for Growth program of the Metropolitan Development Association of Syracuse and Central New York (MDA). more.
Congratulations to G3i, Novipella, and NYCO, the CCMR Fall 2007 JumpStart awardees
News :: CCMR Staff :: Aug 27, 2007
New York small businesses G3i, Novipella, and NYCO have been selected to receive JumpStart awards with the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) for the Fall ’07 semester. “This summer we again received a number of strong applications, from which these three excellent projects were selected by the JumpStart review board. more.
Harrick Scientific Products, Pleasantville, NY, and Select Fabricators, Inc., Canandaigua, NY complete Spring ’07 semester projects.
News :: CCMR Staff :: Aug 27, 2007
New York small businesses Harrick Scientific Products and Select Fabricators have completed JumpStart projects with the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) during the spring 2007 semester. more.
Abe Stroock named to Technology Review's TR35 List of Top Young Innovators
News :: CCMR Staff :: Aug 20, 2007
Since 1999, the editors of MIT’s Technology Review have honored the young innovators whose inventions and research are changing our world. Abraham Stroock, Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and CCMR Faculty Member, is among the 2007 TR35, the technologists and scientists, all under the age of 35, recognized by MIT. A panel of experts chose the winners from more than 300 nominees. Stroock spent two years in France following his B. A. more.
Welcome New CCMR Associate Director – Jurriaan Gerretsen
News :: CCMR Staff :: Aug 20, 2007
Dr. Jurriaan Gerretsen joins the Cornell Center for Materials Research as the new Associate Director. Jurriaan brings a wealth of experience to this job while additionally serving as the Associate Director of the Center for NanoScale Systems (CNS). Prior to joining Cornell University in 2003, Jurriaan worked six years for Corning, Inc. more.
Company co-founded by Ganem wins EPA Green Chemistry award
News :: CCMR Staff :: Jul 16, 2007
Congratulations to Professor Bruce Ganem of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. NovaSterilis, a Lansing, New York-based biotech company co-founded by Bruce Ganem and Tony Eisenhut '88, is the recipient of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (June 26, 2007). This national award is given in recognition of individuals, groups and organizations for innovations in clean, ecofriendly chemical technology. more.
JumpStart helps Small Businesses
Nugget :: CCMR Staff :: Jun 27, 2007
High-tech companies are often faced with unexpected technical challenges that have to be solved before a product can be brought to market. Such problems can be deadly for small companies, which rarely have the resources to operate a large R&D lab staffed by technical experts. more.
Wakonda Technologies, Inc won the inaugural "Golden Horseshoe" business plan contest – a $100,000 cash prize
News :: CCMR Staff :: Jun 4, 2007
The Golden Horseshoe Business Challenge, sponsored by High Tech Rochester (a partner of CCMR) and other organizations, is a business plan competition targeted toward entrepreneurs in four cities in Western New York and Ontario, Canada — Rochester, Buffalo and Ithaca in Western New York, as well as the city of Waterloo, Ontario (http://www. rochesterbiz. com/goldenhorseshoe/ ). more.
CCMR 2007 POP Symposium
News :: CCMR Staff :: May 30, 2007
On May 21 and 22, 2007, the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR) hosted the 18th Polymer Outreach Program (POP). The program provides a unique networking and learning opportunity for scientists in industry, Cornell students, and faculty seeking to develop collaborative research activities in polymers and related areas. This year’s POP symposium gathered 45 off campus guests and 144 faculty and students from Cornell. more.
Congratulations to Novomer
News :: CCMR Staff :: May 30, 2007
Novomer received a $100,000 Small Business Grant from the US Department of Energy for New Ethylene-Propylene Elastomers Novomer, a specialty chemical company based in Ithaca NY, is based on the pioneering research of Professor Geoffrey Coates, a CCMR member, and others at Cornell University. The $100,000 Phase-I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the U. S. more.
Netravali Start-Up Wins $100K Award
News :: CCMR Staff :: Apr 9, 2007
Congratulations to Professor Anil Netravali, Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design, and Patrick Govang, President of e2e Materials! e2e Materials is the winner of the first EssentialConnections. org Emerging Business competition, sponsored by M&T Bank, New York Business Development Corporation (NYBDC), and other organizations. The award was announced on April 5 at the annual meeting of the Metropolitan Development Association of Syracuse and Central New York, held in Syracuse. more.
Welcome, Michèle van de Walle
News :: CCMR Staff :: Mar 5, 2007
Michèle van de Walle joins the Cornell Center for Materials Research in March as industrial partnerships director. Formerly executive director of the Center for the Environment, Dr. van de Walle has worked at Cornell since 2004. Dr. van de Walle will oversee CCMR's industrial partnerships, leading an outreach program for companies in materials research and development. more.
New Surface Tool in Clark Materials Facility
News :: CCMR Staff :: Mar 2, 2007
CCMR has a new tool for X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) also known as Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis (ESCA). This instrument was donated to CCMR by Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY. The system is a Surface Science Instruments (SSI) model SSX-100 which utilizes monochromated Aluminum K-alpha x-rays (1486. 6 eV) to strike a sample surface. Electrons bound with lower binding energy than the x-ray energy can be ejected from the atom (XPS or Auger process). more.
Large-Format Poster Printers Available to Cornell Community
News :: CCMR Staff :: Feb 16, 2007
Two new 60-inch Kodak 1200i poster printers are now available for general use in the CCMR Computing Facility. Poster printing costs eight dollars per linear foot. The printers are located in E17 Clark Hall and 302 Thurston Hall. Registered CCMR computing users and Cornell University users with valid CIT NetIDs may both use the printers, but Cornell University users must provide a university account number when submitting a job. Printing a poster is easy. Use the web interface at http://cf. more.
New CCMR Faculty Member - Richard Hennig
News :: CCMR Staff :: Feb 7, 2007
Richard Hennig joined the Cornell faculty in 2006. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Prior to joining Cornell, Dr. Hennig was a Research Scientist (2004-2006) within the Physics Department at Ohio State University. Dr. Hennig obtained his Ph. D. in Physics from Washington University (St. Louis) in 2000 and his Diplom in Physics at the Georg-August University Gottingen in 1996. Dr. more.
New CCMR Faculty Member - Sunil Bhave
News :: CCMR Staff :: Feb 7, 2007
Sunil Bhave joined the Cornell faculty in September 2004 where he serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Prior to joining Cornell, Dr. Bhave obtained both his Ph. D (2004) and his B. S. (1998) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. more.
CCMR Grad Student Describes Experiences in Iraq
News :: CCMR Staff :: Jan 30, 2007
Daniel Freedman, a CCMR graduate student, spoke on January 22, 2007 to a very large crowd at Schwartz Auditorium about his experiences in the Iraq desert. Daniel, who works under Professor Tomás Arias in the Physics department, enlisted in the US Army National Guard after passing his A-exam in 2002. He was granted a military leave of absence from Cornell and was deployed for an overseas combat tour in December of 2003 where he remained mobilized throughout 2004 and into 2005. more.
Cornell Center for Materials Research to benefit from $1 million endowment gift
News :: CCMR Staff :: Aug 24, 2006
Former Cornell vice president and physics professor Robert L. Sproull and his wife, Mary, have established a significant new endowment to benefit the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR). The $1 million gift to create the Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull Fund will provide a stable source of new funding to enhance the productivity, research capabilities, and reputation of the CCMR. more.
Welcome, Jane Earle
News :: CCMR Staff :: Aug 22, 2006
Jane Earle joins CCMR's Educational Programs Office (EPO) as the Educational Programs Coordinator. Jane is an Ithaca native who received her B. S. in Human Development from Cornell University in 2004. She then moved to New York City to pursue her M. Ed. at Bank Street College of Education, which she received in July of 2006. While in New York, she taught at the Harlem Day Charter School. more.
New CCMR Faculty Member - Juan Hinestroza
News :: CCMR Staff :: Mar 10, 2006
Juan Hinestroza joined the Cornell faculty in January 2006. He is an Assistant Professor in the department of Textiles and Apparel in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University. Prior to joining Cornell, Dr. Hinestroza was on the faculty at the College of Textiles of North Carolina State University. Dr. Hinestroza obtained his Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering from Tulane University in May 2002. more.
Welcome, LiLynn Graves
News :: CCMR Staff :: Jan 12, 2006
LiLynn Graves joins CCMR's staff as the graphic and web designer. Formerly of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell, she organized the student teaching labs and created the multimedia teaching modules for the Department of Clinical Sciences. Prior to that she headed the design team for the Amrion/Whole Foods Industry in Boulder, Colorado. In Colorado, LiLynn competed professionally in cross-country skiing for several years along with mountain biking and trail running. more.
Welcome New CCMR Director - Melissa Hines
News :: CCMR Staff :: Jan 11, 2006
Melissa Hines has no idea what set her on a career path towards materials science. But her desire to be a chemist has not wavered since she was seven years old. This drive has helped to propel her to leadership at an interdisciplinary research centre comprising some 100 faculty members from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. more.
CCMR renewed until 2011
News :: CCMR Staff :: Sep 27, 2005
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has renewed eleven existing Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSECs) and created two new centers in a recently concluded open competition. (A total of 29 Centers are currently supported by the MRSEC program with annual NSF support of $52. 5 million. ) The MRSECs constitute a national network of Centers that seeks increased impact on materials science and education beyond what is expected from any one Center. more.
New CCMR Faculty Member - Hod Lipson
News :: CCMR Staff :: Feb 21, 2005
Hod Lipson is an Assistant Professor in the College of Engineering. He joined the faculties of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Computing & Information Science in 2001. Prior to this appointment, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Brandeis University's Computer Science Department, working on evolutionary computation and evolutionary robotics, and a Lecturer at MIT's Mechanical Engineering Department, where he taught design and conducted research in design automation. more.
New CCMR Faculty Member - Dan Luo
News :: CCMR Staff :: Feb 21, 2005
Dan Luo is an Associate Professor of Biological Engineering in the Biological and Environmental Engineering Department in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He currently is also a faculty member in the Agriculture and Biological Engineering Graduate Field and Biomedical Engineering Graduate Field. He obtained his BS degree from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) with an undergraduate thesis on computer simulation and received his Ph. D. more.
State funding to Cornell centers for advanced technology emphasizes economic development, job creation in the life and material sciences
News :: Cornell News Service :: Jul 2, 2004
Ten-year funding commitments from the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR) to programs at Cornell University, as announced June 30 by Gov. George E. Pataki, will help the university's basic-research and technology-transfer efforts in the life and material sciences to emphasize regional economic development, as well as business and job creation. more.
Cornell Collaborator Awarded Small Business Research Grant
News :: CCMR Staff :: May 24, 2004
Primet Precision Materials™, Inc. announced their award today of a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the Department of Energy to further the development of their proprietary nano-scale materials technology. Primet Precision Materials™ recently relocated to Ithaca from out-of-state to take advantage of related research at Cornell and collaborate with scientists in this developing area. more.
Facilities 101 A Big Success
News :: CCMR Staff :: Apr 27, 2004
On March 26, 23 representatives from 11 central New York manufacturing firms gathered in the Hans Bethe Lecture Room for a day–long workshop entitled "Facilities 101. " The conference, hosted by the CCMR Industrial Partnerships Office was the first of several similar courses aimed at alerting members of the industrial community to the many exciting possibilities of CCMR's Shared Experimental Facilities. Attendees came from larger firms such as Corning, Inc. more.
New CCMR Faculty Member - Paul Dawson
News :: CCMR Staff :: Apr 8, 2004
Paul Dawson is a Professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. His primary area of research is the mechanics and materials science associated with deformation processes of polycrystalline materials. The general aim of the research is to integrate modern constitutive theories for the mechanical behavior of these materials into rigorous mechanics frameworks and to solve the resulting systems of equations by numerical techniques. more.
Big science helps little fish
Nugget :: Patrick Govang, Paul Corriveau :: Apr 1, 2004
Composite polymer strands, lines and cords are difficult to design because the properties depend in a complex way on the individual properties of the components and the interactions between the components. A CCMR engineering faculty member developed a novel apparatus to study the properties of such composites (bending stiffness, fatigue, wear and friction) to allow the experimental optimization of composite formulations. more.
Devices bridge research and applications
Nugget :: Jeevak Parpia, Melissa Hines :: Apr 1, 2004
The true potential of MEMS and NEMS devices can only be realized once they can be integrated into existing silicon based circuitry. The devices at left show a 50W resistor that can be used to thermally drive a high-Q radio-frequency (rf) resonator. The invention of these devices [CRF-patent appl. more.
New CCMR Faculty Member - David Putnam
News :: CCMR Staff :: Mar 3, 2004
David Putnam was appointed assistant professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in August 2002. David's research is focused on functional biomaterials, combinatorial stabilization and biomaterial synthesis/discovery. Functional biomaterials are designed and synthesized to facilitate, target, or control the delivery of drugs or therapeutic genes to the body. more.
New CCMR Faculty Member - Chekesha Liddell
News :: CCMR Staff :: Feb 6, 2004
Chekesha Liddell was appointed assistant professor in Materials Science and Engineering in November 2003. Her current interest include colloidal building blocks for three-dimensional photonic crystals; design and synthesis of colloids for environmental remediation strategies; mesoscale assembly techniques; colloid separations technology; hierarchical inorganic and hybrid bio-inspired materials; inorganic mesoporous materials; matter-energy interactions for ion beam modification of colloids. more.
New CCMR Faculty Member - Chris Xu
News :: CCMR Staff :: Dec 9, 2003
Chris Xu was appointed Assistant Professor in the School of Applied and Engineering Physics in the summer of 2002. His current interests include photonics, fiber optics and optical instrumentations. In particular, the practical application of optics; creating new components and systems; and/or enhancing the performance of existing techniques. His research includes both experiments and numerical simulations. Chris completed his Ph. D. in applied physics at Cornell University in 1996. more.
New CCMR Faculty Member - Paul Chirik
News :: CCMR Staff :: Nov 11, 2003
Paul Chirik is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences. His research focuses on the application of organometallic molecules to chemical synthesis. Catalytic bond forming reactions, activation of otherwise inert molecules and enzymatic reactions are just a few examples of the spectacular reactivity of transition metal compounds. more.
Team from Cornell, including two grad students, wins international prize for top invention of year
News :: Cornell News Service :: Oct 27, 2003
From Cornell News Service: ITHACA, N. Y. — Two Cornell University graduate students and a researcher have won a top prize in the 2003 Collegiate Inventors Competition for building an ultra-small electronic generator. Their award of $25,000 was presented at a ceremony at the New York Public Library, Manhattan, on Oct. 23. The three are applied physics student Keith Aubin, electrical and computer engineering student Robert Reichenbach and research associate Maxim Zalalutdinov. more.
New CCMR Faculty Member - David Muller
News :: CCMR Staff :: Oct 7, 2003
David Anthony Muller was appointed associate professor in the School of Applied and Engineering Physics in July 2003. His current interests are in the detection and imaging of individual dopant atoms and clusters in solids at atomic resolution, and how electronic structure changes on the microscopic scale impact the macroscopic properties of materials. more.
New CCMR Faculty Member - Lawrence Bonassar
News :: CCMR Staff :: Oct 7, 2003
Lawrence Bonassar was appointed as associate professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Program in Biomedical Engineering at Cornell in April 2003. He has a long-standing interest in understanding structure-property relationships in connective tissues and in the processes by which cells regulate the materials properties of biological tissues through regulation of assembly and remodeling of the extracellular matrix. more.
Dimension 3100 Scanning Probe Microscope
Nugget :: CCMR Staff :: Sep 12, 2003
Shared surface characterization facility. This microscope provides a platform for conventional atomic force microscopy (AFM) along with a number of additional imaging techniques, including electric force microscopy (EFM), magnetic force microscopy (MFM) and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The microscope is located in a central facility, is accessible at all hours to trained users and can be reserved via a web-based scheduling program. more.
Welcome Pat Govang
News :: CCMR Staff :: Jul 28, 2003
Pat Govang joins CCMR as the new Director of Industrial Partnerships. He comes to us from AM&T, one of our regional Technology Development Organizations working with the Industrial Partnerships program. He has a number of contacts in the industrial world, and will bring a new dynamic to our program. Pat will manage and develop the Center's partnerships with Industry. more.
Stronger Plastics
Nugget :: Giannelis :: Apr 1, 2003
Plastics (polymers) are often reinforced by blending other materials, such as glass fibers or clays, into the polymer to make a composite material. Cornell researchers have previously shown that dispersing layered silicates (clays) as atomically thin layers in polymers enhances the strength and lowers the flammability of polymers. A remaining challenge was to develop a process for dispersing clays in polymers that require high temperature processing, such as polycarbonates. more.
Improving the Adhesion of Metal Films to Glass
Nugget :: Baker, Pang, Wang and Hui :: Apr 1, 2003
Thin metal films are deposited on glass for use in flat panel computer displays, mirrors, optical components, etc. However, metal films are prone to peeling away from the glass. Cornell scientists have developed a new method for measuring the adhesion of metal films to glass and exploited that method to show that impurities in the film have a dramatic effect on the adhesion. more.
New Ways to Make Biodegradable Polymers
Nugget :: Lee, Qin and Coates :: Apr 1, 2003
The synthesis and proper disposal of most polymers pose important environmental challenges. Therefore, the synthesis of biodegradable polymers as well as reducing the use of non-renewable resources is important. CCMR researchers have developed new catalysts for the synthesis of polymers from carbon dioxide. CO2 is an ideal synthetic feedstock since it is abundant, inexpensive, nontoxic, and nonflammable. more.
CCMR & Corning: Interaction with Industry
Nugget :: Senior researchers include: Neil Ashcroft, Dieter Ast, Shefford Baker, Jack Blakely, Rüdiger Dieckmann, James Engstrom, John Silcox, Chris Umbach. Collaborators from Corning, Inc. include Ellison, Felner and Coiler. :: Jan 1, 2002
Research 1 micron x 1 micron AFM image of an ion irradiated surface of a Corning flat panel display glass (aluminoborosilicate). The dominant repeat spacing of this large area self organized quasi-periodic surface modulation is ~ 70nm. Surface was Argon ion bombarded at 500eV at 45 degrees from the normal. These modulations may be effective for liquid crystal alignment. more.
CCMR & Loctite: Interaction with Industry
Nugget :: Christopher Ober :: Jan 1, 2002
In a collaboration supported through the CCMR Polymer Outreach Program in partnership with Loctite, Cornell researchers have invented reworkable thermosets. These adhesives have been commercialized for use as removable underfills (Loctite 3567, http://www. loctite. com/new/3567release. html), the material that holds computer chips to substrates. more.
