Announcing!
Ten New Research Awards
to Support MADE in SC!
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Six new research awards are made to 12 faculty researchers from Clemson University, the Medical University of South Carolina and the University of South Carolina. The awards are made as a result of the call for proposals for the GEAR (Grants for Exploratory Academic Research) program as seed funding for research to support the Materials Assembly and Design Excellence in South Carolina (MADE in SC) project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF Award #OIA-1655740). Each proposal was required to be a collaboration among at least two faculty members from research universities. The awards are one-year long with a maximum amount of $60,000 per award.
Proposals submitted in response to the GEAR solicitation were reviewed externally (outside South Carolina) by topic experts. The outcome of the external review was then evaluated by the MADE in SC External Advisory and Review Board (EARB). The EARB recommended making the following GEAR awards:
- Dieter Haemmerich, The Medical University of South Carolina (PI) and Marek Urban, Clemson University (Co-PI): Heat triggered polymeric nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery
- Thompson Mefford, Clemson University (PI) and Rachel Getman, Clemson University (Co-PI): Computationally directed synthesis of substituted ferrites for enhanced energy transfer
- Ying Mei, Clemson University (PI) and Michael Yost, MUSC (Co-PI): Computational modeling guided biomaterials development for therapeutic vascularization
- Ulf Schiller, Clemson University (PI) and Rajendra Bordia, Clemson University (Co-PI): Integrated experiments and 3D simulations of transport in hierarchical porous electrodes for high capacity Li ion batteries
- Morgan Stefik, University of South Carolina (PI) and Olga Kuksenok, Clemson University (Co-PI): Fluorophobic Control of Nanoparticle Dispersions within Block Polymers
- Sheryl Wiskur, University of South Carolina (PI) and Vitaly Rassolov, University of South Carolina (Co-PI): Asymmetric Catalysis with Polymers: Understanding the Relationship between Polymer Backbone Polarity and Selectivity
Click here to view what what's been awarded in the past
The vision of MADE in SC is to discover and establish new and sustainable approaches for the design and assembly of hierarchical materials at multiple relevant length scales that service South Carolina’s STEM research, education, and workforce needs and invigorate economic development. The focus of this project is to discover and develop new intelligently designed optical, electrochemical and magnetic materials, stimuli-responsive polymeric materials, and interactive biomaterials.
Congratulations to the Award Recipients!
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Four new research awards are made to 12 faculty researchers from Benedict College, Charleston Southern University, College of Charleston, Francis Marion University, University of South Carolina and Winthrop University. The awards are made as a result of the call for proposals for the GEAR CRP (Grants for Exploratory Academic Research - Collaborative Research Program) as seed funding for research to support the Materials Assembly and Design Excellence in South Carolina (MADE in SC) project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF Award #OIA-1655740). Each proposal was required to be a collaboration among faculty from research universities and Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions in the South Carolina. The awards are one-year long with a maximum funding amount of $60,000 per award.
Proposals submitted in response to the GEAR CRP solicitation were reviewed externally (outside South Carolina) by topic experts. The outcome of the external review was then evaluated by the MADE in SC External Advisory and Review Board (EARB). The EARB recommended making the following GEAR CRP awards:
- Sophya Garashchuk, University of South Carolina (PI) and D. Allen Clabo, Jr., Francis Marion University (Co-PI): Adaptive Design of Hybrid Materials with Tunable Optoelectronic Properties
- Ming Hu, University of South Carolina (PI), Xiangdong Bi, Charleston Southern University (Co-PI), and Yu Gong, College of Charleston (Co-PI): Inverse Design of Organic Molecules with Superior Two-photon Absorption Characteristics by Synergetic Theory, DFT Calculation, and Experiments
- Yi Sun, University of South Carolina (PI), Qi Wang, University of South Carolina (Co-PI), Gurcan Gomert, Benedict College (Co-PI), and Negash Begashaw, Benedict College (Co-PI): A Hybrid Multiscale Model with Machine Learning for Sprouting Angiogenesis in Biofabrication
- Hanno zur Loye, University of South Carolina (PI), Ming Hu, University of South Carolina (Co-PI), and Maria Gelabert, Winthrop University (Co-PI): MGI Approach to Discovering and Optimizing New Scintillators
Click here to view what what's been awarded in the past.
The vision of MADE in SC is to discover and establish new and sustainable approaches for the design and assembly of hierarchical materials at multiple relevant length scales that service South Carolina’s STEM research, education, and workforce needs and invigorate economic development. The focus of this project is to discover and develop new intelligently designed optical, electrochemical and magnetic materials, stimuli-responsive polymeric materials, and interactive biomaterials.
Congratulations to the Award Recipients!
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Program Highlights
Research Presentations:
- Two Sessions on Materials Assembly and Design Excellence in South Carolina (MADE in SC)
- Four Sessions on the SC EPSCoR Stimulus Research Program (Energy, Environment, and Bioengineering)
- A session on Autonomous Vehicle Platooning and Security
- A session on Artificial Intelligence
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- A Poster Session (morning and afternoon)
Two Sessions for Students
- Communicating Science
- Professional Development and Social Media
Exhibiting Opportunity to Recruit Students for STEM Graduate Programs and Industry.
Luncheon Speaker:
Dr. Pedro J.J. Alvarez, Ph.D., P.E., NAE
George R. Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor of Materials Science and Nanoengineering and Professor of Chemistry
Founding Director of the NSF ERC on Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT)
Rice University
Dr. Alvarez will also be available to meet with faculty on the morning of April 3rd. More Details to come! Those interested in meeting with Dr. Alvarez should indicate so when registering for the Conference.
New Deadline: Deadline to Submit Poster Abstracts: 5 PM, Monday, March 2, 2020
Submit your Poster Abstract by accessing the SC EPSCoR Portal
Click here to REGISTER to attend the Conference (no registration fee)
Click here if you with to request exhibit space (Limited to STEM Graduate Programs and Industry)
Conference Contact: April Heyward, SC EPSCoR Program Manager
Click on the documents below for the Call for Poster Session Abstracts and for Exhibiting.
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