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Zinc: The Perfect Material for Bioabsorbable Stents?
Researchers are trying to develop a bioabsorbable stent, one that would gradually—and harmlessly—dissolve after the blood vessel is healed. Many studies have investigated iron- and magnesium-based stents. However, iron is not promising: it rusts in the artery. Magnesium, on the other hand, dissolves too quickly. "We wondered, 'Isn't there something else?'" Patrick Bowen said. "And we thought, 'Why not zinc?'"
Michigan Tech News, April 30, 2013
In the News
News of Polish Science, a publication of the Polish Press Association, interviewed Professor Jaroslaw Drelech (MSE) and published a news story about his work on antibacterial vermiculite with copper nanonparticles.
Tech Today, April 9, 2013
New Funding
PI Paul Sanders (MSE) has received $30,000 for a one-year research grant on "Helium-Enhanced Semi-Permanent Mold Aluminum Casting," from the American Foundry Society, Inc.
Tech Today, March 26, 2013
In the News
Food Production Daily, a European food production trade publication, published a news story featuring Professor Jaroslaw Drelich's (MSE) research on the antibacterial properties of copper nanoparticles mixed with vermiculite. See FoodProduction daily.com.
Tech Today, March 22, 2013
New Funding
PI Patrick Bowen (MSE) and Co-Pi Jaroslaw Drelich (MSE) have received $52,000 for a two-year research grant on "Development of Novel Zinc-Based Bioabsorbable Stents for the Treatment of Vascular Stenoses," from the American Heart Association
Tech Today, March 21, 2013
In the News
CBS Detroit and its daily Technology Report published an article about Jaroslaw Drelich's (MSE) research on using copper nanoparticles to protect food from food-borne bacteria such as e.Coli and salmonella. See Copper Nano.
Tech Today, March 20, 2013
Scientist Discovers New Application for Copper That Can Be Used to Improve Food Safety
Michigan Technological University researcher Jaroslaw Drelich and professor of materials science and engineering, has discovered a way to destroy harmful microbes before they have a chance to make their way into our bodies. His discovery was of a copper-based antimicrobial compound that, if implanted in the inert compound vermiculite - typically found in potting soil - it would reduce or eliminate harmful bacterias usually found in food products.
Food World News, March 19, 2013
Michigan Tech Scientist Honored for Food Safety Innovation
Microbes lurk almost everywhere, from fresh food and air filters to toilet seats and folding money. Most of the time, they are harmless to humans. But sometimes they aren't. Every year, thousands of people sicken from E. coli infections and hundreds die in the US alone. Now Michigan Technological University scientist Jaroslaw Drelich has found a new way to get them before they get us.
Michigan Tech News, March 18, 2013
New Funding
Assistant Professor Durdu Guney (ECE/IMP) and CoPIs Associate Professor Joshua Pearce (MSE/IMP) and Associate Professor Paul Bergstrom (ECE/IMP) have received $299,631 from NSF for a three-year project, "Increasing Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency in Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Photovoltaic Devices with Plasmonic Perfect Meta-Absorbers."
Tech Today, July 3, 2012
Low-Cost Water Purification
Joshua Pearce
is investigating water purification methods using inexpensive treatments for lowering turbidity and disinfecting contaminated water. Using just salt and sunshine, one can purify bottles of water for the benefit of the billion or so people worldwide who have no access to clean water.
MSE News Blog, May 9, 2012
Graphene Boosts Efficiency of Next-Gen Solar Cells
Graphene, a two-dimensional honeycomb of carbon atoms, is a rising star in the materials community for its radical properties. One of those properties is electrical conductivity, which could make it a key ingredient in the next generation of photovoltaic cells, says Yun Hang Hu, a professor of materials science and engineering.
Michigan Tech News, April 23, 2012
New Funding
Assistant Director John Diebel (IIE) has received $45,217 from the University of Michigan-Michigan Initiative for Innovation and Entrepreneurship for a project, "Bench Scale Synthesis of Antimicrobial Vermiculite and its Stability Characteristic Determination." The Co-PI is Associate Professor Jaroslaw Drelich (MSE). The two researchers will collaborate with the Institute of Materials Processing (IMP).
Tech Today, March 20, 2012
New Funding
Assistant Professor Paul Sanders (MSE/IMP), co-PI Stephen Kampe (MSE) and co-PI Douglas Swenson (MSE) have received $342,224 from the Office of Naval Research for a three-year project, "High Strength Low Alloy Aluminum (HSLA-A1)."
Tech Today, November 10, 2011
New Funding
Associate Professor Yun Hang Hu (MSE/IMP) has received $100,000 from the American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund, for a 32-month project, "Synthesis and Characterization of Separated Graphene Sheets without Substrates."
Tech Today, November 3, 2011
Best Paper Award
The paper "The microwave processing of electric arc furnace dust" by Xiang Sun, Jiann-Yang Hwang and Xiaodi Huang is among one of the 2011 TMS-EPD Technology Best Paper Award selections. JOM JOURNAL OF THE MINERALS, METALS AND MATERIALS SOCIETY , Volume 60, Number 10, 35-39, DOI: 10.1007/s11837-008-0132-x
Sun, Hwang, and Huang are recipients of the 2011 EXTRACTION & PROCESSING DIVISION TECHNOLOGY AWARD. This award recognizes a paper or series of closely related papers with at least one common author which represents a notable contribution to the advancement of the technology of extraction and processing metallurgy with emphasis on nonferrous metals.
MSE News, October 5, 2011
In the News
Michigan Tech was mentioned in an article, "Recycling Mining Tailings on Lake Superior," an initiative in which several University faculty and researchers have been involved. The story detailed efforts to use Upper Michigan's stamp sands for roofing shingles. Michigan Tech scientists who have contributed to the initiative include Associate Professor Ralph Hodek (CEE), Professor Jim Hwang (MSE/IMP) and Research Assistant Professor Bowen Li (MSE/IMP). As well, Jim Baker, executive director of Innovation and Industry Engagement, has been involved. The prospect of using stamp sand for a roofing application is headed by alumnus and entrepreneur Domenic Popko '93 '99, of Traverse Bay. Popko worked at IMP for five years. The story appeared in Environmental Leader, a daily trade publication about energy, environment, and sustainability.
Tech Today, September 16, 2011
Nanotech Filter Separates Oil and Water
Water and oil may not mix, but, like two boxers nearing the end of the final round, they can get awfully tangled up. Now, Michigan Technological University scientists Yoke Khin Yap and Jaroslaw Drelich have created a filter that separates the two substances as quickly and cleanly as a ref breaking up a clinch.
Michigan Tech News, April 12, 2011
New Funding
Associate Professor Douglas Swenson (MSE/IMP) and Assistant Professor Paul Sanders (MSE) have received $450,000 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for a three-year project, "Systematic Investigation of Organized Elongated Pore Formation in Invariant Liquid to Solid Metal Plus Gas Transformations."
Tech Today, October 14, 2010
Alumnus Teams with Tech to Reclaim Stamp Sand and Grow an Industry
The president of the company GreenSand Corp. is alumnus Domenic Popko, formerly of Negaunee, now of Traverse Bay. He is the entrepreneur behind the utilization of Keweenaw stamp sand and a joint inventor of the underlying technology. Popko has two degrees in geological engineering from Michigan Tech and worked at the Institute for Materials Processing for five years.
Michigan Tech News, August 16, 2010
MSE Researchers Receive $1.5 Million to Make Steel, Syngas Using Microwaves
Michigan Tech News, September 23, 2009
Gaining Microwave Speed
pharmaceutical-technology.com, October 13, 2008
New Funding
Xiaodi Huang (IMP) has received $100,001 from the Aspen Products Group for "Phase II SBIR: Robust, Low-Cost Membranes for Hydrogen Production from Coal-Derived Syngas."
Tech Today, November 7, 2007
MSE Seminar
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is holding a seminar this Friday, Sept. 14, 3:10-4 p.m. in M & M 610. Shangzhao Shi (IMP) will present "The Advantages of Microwave Heating."
Tech Today, September 11, 2007
Glass Recycling Seminar May 11
Tech Today, May 9, 2006
Zapping Iron
Mechanical Engineering Magazine, Materials and Assembly, Technology Focus part 2, 2004
Hydrogen Research Initiative
A team led by Michigan Tech researcher Jim Hwang is slated to receive a $1.7 million grant from the Department of Energy as part of a national Hydrogen Research Initiative.
Michigan Tech News, April 30, 2004
Glass Particles for Innovative Applications
Researchers at the Institute of Materials Processing were invited to apply and as a result were selected to attend the World’s Best Technologies for 2004. The technology being addressed involved a process (patent pending) to produce a glass abrasive that been shown to be an acceptable alternative media to garnet for abrasive waterjet (AWJ) cutting systems in many applications. PDF Version
IMP News, April 2004
Microwave Steel: Faster, Cleaner, Cheaper
Newswise, January 23, 2004
Microwave Magic
A microwave furnace reduces the iron oxide to iron, and the electric arc furnace smelts the iron into steel, all in one device. The process may have the potential to revolutionize America's troubled steel industry, plagued as it is by high costs and foreign competition.
IMP News, January 19, 2004
New Brake Rotor
IMP has developed an aluminum brake rotor that retains the advantages of aluminum while overcoming its disadvantages. The new design could reduce the weight by as much as 50 percent.
IMP News
Aluminum
The goal is to develop the technology to utilize aluminum wastes, giving them economical value for reuse, and ultimately enhancing the bottom line of the aluminum industry.
IMP News, October 19, 2000
Aluminum waste in concrete?
Rock Products, Ideas & Trends, April 1, 2000
Aluminium waste could be used to make concrete
Researchers at Michigan Technological University are developing ways to use aluminium industry wastes in the manufacture of concrete.
edie, February 26, 1999
Aluminum Wastes Could Soon Be Converted To Commercial Use
Bio-Medicine, February 19, 1999
Researchers Seek Replacement For Road Salt
Science Blog, 1997
New Use For Fly Ash
Science Blog, 1996
Proposals in Progress
Proposals in Progress
Associate Professor Joshua Pearce (MSE/IMP) and Assistant Professor Durdu Guney (ECE/IMP), "DMREF: Optical Enhancement for Multi-junction Indium Gallium Nitride Solar Photovoltaic Cells," NSF.
Professor Yun Hang Hu (MSE/IMP), "Synthesis of Non-Stoichiometric Li-N-H Materials for Energy Applications," NSF.
Tech Today, April 18, 2013
Proposals in Progress
Assistant Professor Paul Sanders (MSE/IMP) and Research Scientist Tom Wood (MSE/IMP), "Phase III: Prototype Production and Testing," Amsted Rail
Tech Today, February 27, 2013
Proposals in Progress
Professor Jaroslaw Drelich (EMSE/IMP) and Associate Professor Jeremy Goldman (EBE/IMP), "Dramatic Improvement in Bioabsorbable Stent Behavior with Zinc-based Materials," US Department of Health and Human Services.
Tech Today, January 17, 2013
Proposals in Progress
Assistant Professor Yongmei Jin (Math/IMP), "Collaborative Research: Transformable Magentocaloric-aluminum Composites for Sustainable Infrastructures," NSF
Tech Today, December 3, 2012
Proposals in Progress
Professor Yun Hang Hu (Math/IMP), "Studies of MgO-based Solid Solution Catalysts for CO2 Reforming of Methane," NSF
Tech Today, December 3, 2012
Proposals in Progress
Professor Yun Hang Hu (MSE/IMP), "Simultaneous Generation of Syngas and Electricity from Natural Gas in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells with Inexpensive Anode-catalysts," NSF
Tech Today, November 27, 2012
Proposals in Progress
Associate Professor Joshua Pearce (MSE/IMP), "A competitive free market for the distribution of electricity," Hayek Foundation.
Tech Today, June 26, 2012
Proposals in Progress
Associate Professor Joshua Pearce (MSE/IMP), "International Collaboration in Prototyping of Sustainable Innovation," NCIIA.
Tech Today, June 25, 2012
Proposals in Progress
Professor Jaroslaw Drelich (MSE/IMP), "Inexpensive Antibacterial Water Filter for Presenting Diarrheal Disease," Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Tech Today, June 25, 2012
Proposals in Progress
Associate Professor Jaroslaw Drelich (MSE/IMP) and Associate Professor Jeremy Goldman (Biomedical Engineering/IMP), "Evaluation of Bioabsorbable Metals for Stents with New Simplified Models," NIH
Tech Today, April 26, 2012
Proposals in Progress
Associate Professor Yun Hang Hu (MSE/IMP), "Non-stoichiometric Lithium Imides and Exploration of Their Performance for Hydrogen Storage," NSF
Tech Today, April 25, 2012
Proposals in Progress
Assistant Professor Durdu Guney (ECE/IMP), Associate Professor Joshua Pearce (MSE/IMP) and Associate Professor Paul Bergstrom (ECE/IMP), "Increasing Solar Engergy Conversion Efficiency in Hydrogenerated Amorphous Silicon Photovoltaic Devices with Plasmonic Perfect Meta-absorbers Forms," NSF
Tech Today, April 23, 2012
Proposals in Progress
Associate Professor Joshua Pearce (MSE/IMP), Associate Professor Durdu Guney (ECE/IMP), Associate Professor Paul Bergstrom (ECE/IMP) and Professor Emeritus Anand Kulkarni (ECE/IMP), "DMREF: Optical Enhancement and Engineering of Multi-junction Indium Gallium Nitride Solar Photovoltaic Devices," NSF
Tech Today, April 13, 2012
Proposals in Progress
Associate Professor Yun Hang Hu (MSE/IMP), Professor and Chair Ravindra Pandey (Physics/IMP), Assistant Professor Wenzhen Li (ChE/IMP) and Assistant Professor Kazuya Tajiri (ME-EM/IMP), "SEP: Graphene-based Electrodes for Sustainable Energy Conversion," NSF
Tech Today, April 6, 2012
Proposals in Progress
Professor Stephen Kampe (MSE/IMP) and Research Professor Stephen Mashl (MSE/IMP), "Melt Spin Processing of Advanced Al- and Mg-Alloys
Tech Today, March 20, 2012
Proposals in Progress
Professor Stephen Kampe (MATH/IMP), "High Density Metallic Structural Reactive Materials," DoD Army
Tech Today, March 19, 2012
Proposals in Progress
Assistant Professor Paul Sanders (MSE/IMP), "High-strength Low-allow (HSLA) Aluminum: Microstructural Design for High Strength and Ductility," DARPA
Tech Today, February 29, 2012
Proposals in Progress
Associate Professor Tim Scarlett (SS/IMP) and Associate Professor Jaroslaw Drelich (MSE/IMP), "Collaborative Research: Testing and Refining Ceramic Rehydroxylation Dating," NSF
Tech Today, January 11, 2012
Proposals in Progress
Research Assistant Professor Anjana Asthana (MSE/IMP), "In-situ Electromechanical Measurement of ZnO Nanostructure in a High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope for Self Powered Devices," American Chemical Society
Tech Today, January 4, 2012
Proposals in Progress
Associate Professor Joshua Pearce (MSE/IMP), "International Collaboration in Prototyping of Sustainable Innovation," NCIIA
Tech Today, January 4, 2012
Proposals in Progress
Associate Professor Yun Hang Hu (MSE/IMP), "Materials World Network: Amorphized Metal-organic Framework Based Catalysts for Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol," NSF
Tech Today, January 4, 2012
Proposals in Progress
Assistant Professor Yongmei Jin (MSE/IMP), "Nanoheterogeneity and Magnetostriction of Fe-Ga Alloys," DOE
Tech Today, January 3, 2012
Proposals in Progress
Associate Professor Yun Hang Hu (MSE/IMP), "Exothermic and Fast Conversion of CO2 into Carbon Nitrides and Exploration of Their Novel Properties," NSF
Tech Today, December 23, 2011
Proposals in Progress
Associate Professor Yu Wang (MSE/IMP) and Professor Stephen Hackney (MSE/IMP), "Kinetic Pathway of Martensitic Transformation via Adaptive Modulations," NSF
Tech Today, December 23, 2011
Proposals in Progress
Assistant Professor Yongmei Jin (MSE/IMP), "Domain Processes in Giant Magnetostrictive Materials," NSF
Tech Today, December 23, 2011
Proposals in Progress
Professor Stephen Kampe (MSE/IMP) and Assistant Professor Yongmei Jin (MSE/IMP), "Functionally-active Reinforcement in Metal Matrix Composites," NSF
Tech Today, December 20, 2011
Proposals in Progress
Assistant Professor Yongmei Jin (MSE/IMP), "Collaborative Research: A Novel Fractal-based Nanomanufacturing Method for Actuators Materials," NSF
Tech Today, December 20, 2011
Proposals in Progress
Yun Hang Hu (MSE/IMP), "Simultaneous Generations of Syngas and Electricity from Natural Gas in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells with Inexpensive Anode-Catalysts," NSF
Tech Today, December 15, 2011
Proposals in Progress
Yun Hang Hu (MSE/IMP), "Studies of MgO-based Solid Solution Catalysts for CO2 Reforming of Methane," NSF
Tech Today, October 19, 2011
Proposals in Progress
Paul Sanders (MSE/IMP), Stephen Kampe (MSE/IMP) and Douglas Swenson (MSE/IMP), "High Strength Low Alloy Aluminum (HSLA-AI)," ONR
Tech Today, September 15, 2011
Proposals in Progress
Joshua Pearce (MSE/IMP) and Fernando Ponta (ME-EM/IMP), "X-Wire Solar Photovoltaic Racking," US DOE
Tech Today, September 8, 2011
Proposals in Progress
Yun Hang Hu (MSE/IMP), "Exothermic Conversion of CO2 into Carbon Nitrides and Exploration of Their Novel Properties" and "Simultaneous Generation of Syngas and Electriciy from Natural Gas in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells with Inexpensive Anode-Catalysts," NSF
Tech Today, May 2, 2011
Proposals in Progress
Douglas Swenson (MSE/IMP), "Investigation of Phase Equilibria, Phase Transformations and Microstructural Evolution in Cobalt Triantimonide-Based Thermoelectric Materials," American Chemical Society/Petroleum Research Fund
Tech Today, May 2, 2011
Proposals in Progress
Yun Hang Hu (MSE/IMP), "Synthesis and Characterization of Separated Graphene Sheets without Substrates," American Chemical Society/Petroleum Research Fund
Tech Today, May 2, 2011
Proposals in Progress
Peter Moran (MSE/IMP), Stephen Kampe (MSE/IMP) and Doug Swenson (MSE/IMP), "Thermoelectric Material Manufacturing Process Design," MSU, DOE
Jaroslaw Drelich (MSE/IMP) and Yoke Khin Yap (Physics/IMP), "Deionization of Water on Arrays of Carbon Nanotubes: Basic Science for a New Desalination Process," NSF
Tech Today, April 20, 2011
Proposals in Progress
Stephen Kampe (MSE/IMP), "Microstructurally-Active Reinforced Metal Matrix Composites," NSF
Tech Today, April 15, 2011
Proposals in Progress
Jaroslaw Drelich (MSE/IMP) and Yu Wang (MSE/IMP), "Colloid Science of Particles with Heterogeneous Surfaces," DOE, Office of Science
Tech Today, March 3, 2011
Proposals in Progress
Douglas Swenson (MSE/IMP) and Paul Sanders (MSE/IMP), "Organized Pore Formation in Solid-Gas Eutectic Transformations: Real-Time Investigation of Morphological Evolution Utilizing Transparent Organic Materials," NSF
Timothy Scarlett (SS/IMP) and Jaroslaw Drelich (MSE/IMP), "Testing and Refining Rehydroxylation Ceramic Dating," NSF
Tech Today, December 17, 2010
Proposal in Progress
Miguel Levy (Physics/IMP) and Kim Fook Lee (Physics/IMP), "Magneto-Optic Material-Based Waveguide Entangled-Photon Source for Ultra-Fast Applications," NSF
Tech Today, December 13, 2010
Proposal in Progress
Bowen Li (MSE/IMP), Jiann-Yang Hwang (MSE/IMP) and W. Charles Kerfoot (Biological Sciences/IMP), "Assessment and utilization of copper-bearing mining residues of environmental sustainability," NSF
Tech Today, October 26, 2010
Proposal in Progress
Paul Sanders (MSE/IMP), "Characterization of Power Chill Casting Cooling Process," URV USA, LCC, State of Michigan, MEDC
Tech Today, October 19, 2010
Proposals in Progress
Paul Sanders (MSE/IMP), "Microstructual Design of Aluminum with High Strength and Toughness," Army Research Office
Jarslaw Drelich (MSE/IMP), "Novel Water Deionization Technology for Portable Units," US Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation
Paul Sanders (MSE/IMP), "CAREER: Design of High Strength Low Alloy (HSLA) Aluminum to Improve Energy Effciency in High Temperature Applications," NSF
Tech Today, August 19, 2010
Proposals in Progress
Jiann-Yang Hwang (MSE/IMP), "Copper-Vermiculite Additive for Antimicrobal Coating Materials," Qtek LLC/ NSF SBIR 10-546
Miguel Levy (CSA/IMP), "Materials Development of Optical Band Gaps in Magneto-Photonic Crystals for Switching and Biosensor Applications (NSF STTR Phase II)," Integrated Photonics/NSF
Tech Today, August 6, 2010
Proposal in Progress
Paul Sanders (EMSE/IMP), "High Strength Chill Cast 7075," GS Engineering, American Foundry Society
Tech Today, June 22, 2010
Proposals in Progress
Paul Sanders (MSE/IMP), "High Strength Low Alloy (HSLA) Aluminum Alloys: Processing and Properties," DOD, DARPA
Paul Sanders (MSE/IMP), Xiaodi (Scott) Huang (MSE/IMP), Jiann-Yang Hwang (MSE/IMP), Douglass Swenson (MSE/IMP), "Production of Iron Castings Directly from Iron Ore and Coal to Reduce GHG Emissions," NSF
Jaroslaw Drelich (MSE/IMP) and Yu Wang (MSE/IMP), "Colloid Science of Particulates with Mosaic Surfaces," NSF
Jaroslaw Drelich (MSE/IMP) and Yu Wang (MSE/IMP), "Colloid Science of Particulates with Mosaic Surfaces," NSF
Tech Today, April 29, 2010
Proposals in Progress
Timothy Scarlett (SS/IMP) and Jaroslaw Drelich (MSE/IMP), "Testing and Refining Rehydroxylation Ceramic Dating," NSF
Bowen Lii (MSE/IMP), Jiann-Yang Hwang (MSE/IMP), W. Charles Kerfoot (Biological Sciences/IMP), "Sustainable Utilization of Copper Tailings," EPA
Tech Today, April 8, 2010
Proposals in Progress
J. Hwang (MSE/IMP), "Materials World Network: Integrated Microwave Synthesis of Nanostructured Cathodically Modified Stainless Steels Matrix Composites," NSF
Paul Sanders (MSE/IMP), "High Integrity Magnesium for Structural and Damping Applications," GS Engineering/NSF STTR
J. Hwang (MSE/IMP), "Copper-Vermiculite Additive for Antimicrobial Protection of Coating Materials," Qtek/NSF STTR
Tech Today, February 23, 2010
Proposals in Progress
Yu Wang (MSE/IEM), "SGER: Developing a New Experimental Technique for Quantitative Nanotwin Microstructure Characterization by Using In-Situ Diffraction," NSF
Yun Hang Hu (MSE/IMP), "Tuning Composition, Structure, and Reactivity of Non-stoichiometric Lithium imides for Hydrogen Storage," ACS-PRF
Jaroslaw Drelich (MSE/IMP) and Yu Wang (MSE/IMP), "Mapping Charge-Mosaic Surfaces in Electrolyte Solutions Using Atomic Force Microscopy: New Chapter in Colloid Science," DOE
Tech Today, December 14, 2009
Proposal in Progress
J. Y. Hwang and J. W. Drelich (MSE/IMP), "Design and Evaluation of a Novel Process Strategy for Water and Energy Conservation in the Oilsand Processing Industry," Canadian Oil Sands Network for Research and Development (CONRAD)
Tech Today, June 22, 2009
Proposals in Progress
Yun Hang Hu (MSE/IMP), "Catalytic Activation, Spillover and Storage of Hydrogen on Transition-Metal/MOFs," NSF-Catalysts and Biocatalysts, DOE
Jaroslaw Drelich (MSE/IMP), Kathleen Feigl and Franz X. Tanner (Mathematical Sciences/IMP), "Local and Global Interactions in Systems Involving Mosaic Surfaces," NSF
Tech Today, May 6, 2009
Proposals in Progress
Jaroslaw Drelich and Jiann-Yang Hwang (MSE/IMP), "Mapping Charge Domains at the Bitumen-Water Interface Using Surface Charge Microscopy with a Nanoscale Resolution," American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund
Yun Hang Hu (MSE/IMP), "Tuning Composition, Structure and Hydrogen Storage Performance of Non-Stoichiometric Lithium Imides," NSF
Jiann-Yang (Jim) Hwang (MSE/IMP), "Restoration of Waste Carbon Black--Left Behind by Fertilizer Industry--for Use in Printing Inks and Paint Applications," US Department of State, US-Egypt Joint Board on Scientific and Technical Cooperation
Jaroslaw Drelich (MSE/IMP), "Demonstration of Cost-Competitive CTL Technology," UP Steel
Tech Today, February 9, 2009
Proposals in Progress
Jim Hwang, Jaroslaw Drelich and Yun Hang Hu (MSE/IMP), "Oil Shale Beneficiation," US DOE
Xiaodi (Scott) Huang and Jaroslaw Drelich (MSE/IMP), "Innovative Iron and Steel Production," UP Steel
Xiaodi (Scott) Huang, Jim Hwang and Jaroslaw Drelich (MSE/IMP), "Large-scale Manufacturing Demonstration and Proof of Commercial Feasibility of Innovative Lightweight Brakes," US DOE
Tech Today, July 21, 2008
Proposals in Progress
Scott (Xiaodi) Huang, Jim Hwang and Mark Plichta (MSE/IMP), "Innovative Lightweight Brake for PHEVs and Other Vehicles," Michigan Public Service Commission
Gerard Caneba, David Shonnard (Chemical Engineering/CEBFM), Gregory Odegard (MEEM/CEBFM) and Jim Hwang (IMP/CEBFM), "Multifunctional Block Multipolymers for Carbon Dioxide Membrane Separation," DOE
Xiaodi (Scott) Huang (MSE/IMP), "Process Optimization of Energy-efficient Steel Production," UP Steel
Tech Today, July 17, 2008
Proposal in Progress
Yun Hang Hu (MSE/IMP), "Catalytic Activation, Spillover and Storage of Hydrogen on Transition-metal/Metal-organic-frameworks," NSF—Catalysts and Biocatalysts
Tech Today, May 14, 2008
Proposal in Progress
Yun Hang Hu (MSE/IMP), "Promoting Effects on Anions on Hydrogen Storage Reactions of Li-N Based Materials," NSF
Tech Today, May 12, 2008
Proposals in Progress
Jaroslaw Drelich and Calvin White (MSE/IMP), "DRIFT Process Mechanical Testing," Great Lakes Composites
Yun Hang Hu (MSE/IMP), "Atomic-hydrogen Adsorption and Migration on Metal-organic Frameworks," ACS PRF (Type G)
Tech Today, January 17, 2008
Proposals in Progress
Zhanping You (CEE/UTC/MTTI), Zhiyong Xu (Institute of Materials Processing) Qingli Dai (MEEM/UTC/MTTI), "Manufacturing and Mechanical Testing of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Asphalt Materials," NSF
Jaroslaw Drelich and J. Y. Hwang (MSE/ Institute of Materials Processing), "Colloidal Force Microscopy with a Nanoscale Resolution Applied to the Heterogeneous Bitumen-Water Interface," American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund
J. Drelich (MSE/ Institute of Materials Processing), "Minerals Recovery of Copper Mine Tailings on Lake Superior Coastline for Use as Raw Material in the Manufacture of Roofing Shingles," Lesktech Limited
J. Y. Hwang (MSE/ Institute of Materials Processing), "Microwave Treatment of Blast Furnace Slag to Prepare High Aspect Ratio Wollastonite Mineral," US-Egypt Joint Board on Scientific and Technological Cooperation
Yun Hang Hu (MSE/ Institute of Materials Processing), "Tuning Composition, Structure and Hydrogen Absorption of Lithium Imide," NSF
Tech Today, January 4, 2008
Proposals in Progress
Yun Hang Hu (MSE/IMP), "Promoting Effects of Anions on Hydrogen Storage Reactions of Li-N Based Materials," NSF (Energy for Sustainability: PD 08-7644).
Jaroslaw Drelich (MSE/IMP) and Calvin White (MSE/IMP), "Mechanical Properties of Novel Resin-Fiber Composites," Great Lakes Composite Institute.
Tech Today, November 1, 2007
Proposals in Progress
Xiaodi Huang (MSE/IMP), "Concurrent Production of Steel and Syngas," UP Steel
J.Y. Hwang (MSE/IMP), "Utilization of Steel Slag—A Recovered Industrial Material to Substitute for a Portion of Portland Cement in Concrete," Lesktech Limited
Tech Today, July 9, 2007
Proposals in Progress
Zhiyong Xu (MSE/IMP) and J.Y. Hwang (MSE/IMP), "Producing Carbon Nanomaterial with Natural Mineral Catalyst," NSF
Zhiyong Xu (MSE/IMP) and J.Y. Hwang (MSE/IMP), "Manufacturing Carbon Nanotubes with Mining Waste," NSF
Allison Hein (MSE/IMP) and Ted Bornhorst (Seaman Mineral Museum/IMP), "Teacher’s Earth Science Institute Year 7 Conference," Tennessee Technological University
Xiaodi Huang (MSE/IMP), J.Y. Hwang (MSE/IMP), "Phase II SBIR: Robust, Low-Cost Membranes for Hydrogen Production from Coal-Derived Syngas," Aspen Products Group
Tech Today, June 15, 2007
Proposal in Progress
Zhiyong Xu (IMP), Qingli Dai (MEEM/MTTI), Gregory M. Odegard (MEEM), Zhanping You and Tom J. Van Dam (CEE/MTTI), "Carbon Nanotube Modified Asphalt and Asphalt Mixtures for Pavement Engineering," NSF
Tech Today, May 4, 2007
Proposal in Progress
J.Y. Hwang (MSE/IMP), "Production and Marketing of Remineralization Fertilizers," Lesktech Limited
Tech Today, September 22, 2006
Proposals in Progress
Marvin McKimpson (MSE/IMP), "Cryogenic Processing of Nano-Aluminum Powder and Consolidation of Armor Nano-Aluminum Composite Plates," Aspen Systems
J.Y. Hwang (MSE/IMP), "Mineral Recovery of Copper Mine Tailings on Lake Superior Coastline for Use as Raw Materials in the Manufacture of Roof Shingles," Lesktech Limited
Tech Today, July 27, 2006
Proposals in Progress
Xiaodi Huang, Jiann-Yang Hwang, James M. Gillis and Nina Orlovskaya (MSE/IMP), "Development of Advanced Rock Drilling Devices," MEDC
Jiann-Yang Hwang, Xiaodi Huang, Mark R. Plichta (MSE/IMP), James E. Hertel (Engineering Fundamentals/IMP) and John E. Beard (ME-EM/IMP), "Lightweight, High-Performance and Low Cost Automotive Brakes and Advanced Manufacturing Technology," MEDC
Jiann-Yang Hwang, Shangzhao Shi (MSE/IMP) and Will H. Cantrell (Physics/IMP), "Synthesizing High Capacity Hydrogen Storage Materials," MEDC
Tech Today, May 12, 2006
Proposal in Progress
Zhiyong Xu, Howard Wang and Jiann-Yang Hwang (MSE/IMP), "A Novel Approach to Cleanly Produce Carbon Nanomaterials," EPA
Tech Today, March 1, 2006
Proposal in Progress
Shangzhao Shi and Jiann-Yang Hwang (MSE/IMP), "The Effect of Electric Polarization on Surface Adsorbtion of Hydrogen," NSF
Tech Today, February 8, 2006
Proposal in Progress
Xiaodi Huang, Tom Zhiyong Xu, Shangzhao Shi and Jiann-Yang Hwang (MSE/IMP), "Optimization of Microwave Steel Production," U.P. Steel
Tech Today, November 28, 2005
Proposals in Progress
Roshan M. D'Souza (ME-EM) and Xiaodi Huang (IMP), "SGER: Preliminary Investigation of Selective Volumetric Sintering of Powder Metallurgy Parts," NSF-DMII
Marvin McKimpson and Jim Hwang (MSE/IMP), "Behavior of Oxide Dispersoids in Superalloy Melts," US Department of Energy
Zhyong Xu, Jim Hwang and Howard Wang (MSE/IMP), "Controlling Mercury Emissions with Carbon Superstructure," US Department of Energy
Tech Today, November 7, 2005
Proposals in Progress
Jim Hwang, X. Huang (MSE/IMP), "Energy Efficient Steel Production," UP Steel
X. Huang, J. Y. Hwang (MSE/IMP), "Novel Microwave Assisted Direct Steelmaking Technology: Phase 2, Pilot Study," US Department of Energy
Tech Today, June 8, 2005
Proposal in Progress
Roshan M. D’Souza (ME-EM), Xiaodi Huang (IMP), "A Hybrid Process for Rapid Manufacturing of Sintered Components," NSF-DMII
Tech Today, May 19, 2005