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April 1, 2021

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 April Update

Notable Achievements/Announcements
John Ballato was awarded a courtesy joint appointment in the Department of Physics & Astronomy in the College of Science.

New Proposals and Grants
Proposals Awarded

· Kyle Brinkman and Joshua Tong were awarded a grant from DOE ARPA-E entitled “Process Intensification Scale-U

p of Direct LIT Electrolysis”.

· Chris Cole was awarded a grant from Leidos, Inc. entitled “Personalized Protective Biosystem”.

Proposals Submitted

· Raj Bordia and Fei Peng submitted a proposal to DOD entitled “Development and Validation of Novel Materials and Designs for Hypersonic Turbine Based Combined Cycle Engine Sealing (C/I UCAH)”.

· Srikanth Pilla (AE/MSE) along with Mark Johnson, Gang Li (ME), Feng Luo (SoC), Oliver Myers (ME), Meihua Qian (E&HD), Yin Yang (SoC), and Qiong Zhang (Math Sci) submitted a proposal to NSF entitled “NRT-AI: Harnessing AI for Inverse Design Training in Advanced and Smart Composites (IDeAS Composites)”.

· Kyle Brinkman along with Joshua Tong and Hai Xiao (ECE) submitted a proposal to DOE entitled “Developing Cost-Effective, High-Efficiency, and Durable Proton Conducting SOEC Stack by Integrated Additive Manufacturing and Laser Processing”.

· Srikanth Pilla (AE/MSE) along with Fadi Abdeljawad (ME/MSE), Mark Johnson, Gang Li (ME), Feng Luo (

SoC), and Qiong Li (Math Sci) submitted a proposal to DOE entitled “An AI-Augmented Digital Life Cycle Platform for Design and Optimization of High-Performance CFRP Structural Assemblies”.

· Luiz Jacobsohn submitted a proposal to NASA/SCSGC entitled “Near-Earth Space Radiation Effects on Functional Ceramic Materials: A Combined Experimental-Monte Carlo Approach”.

New MSE Journal Publications

· Wang, S.; Liu, Q.; Li, L.; Urban, M. W. Recent Advances in Stimuli-Responsive Commodity Polymers. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2021, 2100054.

· Balema, V. P.; Hlova, I. Z.; Carnahan, S. L.; Seyedi, M.; Dolotko, O.; Rossini, A. J.; Luzinov, I. Depolymerization

of polystyrene under ambient conditions (vol 45, pg 2935, 2021). New Journal of Chemistry 2021, 45, 4867.

· Dong, Z.; Torbati-Sarraf, H.; Hussein, H. Z.; Poursaee, A. Harmonic analysis on the effect of potential perturbations and electrodes arrangements on the electrochemical impedance (EIS) measurement of cementitious material. Constr. Build. Mater. 2021, 273, 121701.

· Zhao, M.; O’Quinn, E.; Birkner, N.; Xu, Y.; Lang, M.; Brinkman, K. Radiation damage and thermal annealing in tunnel structured hollandite materials. Acta Materialia 2021, 206, 116598.

· Rashti, A.; Lu, X.; Dobson, A.; Hassani, E.; Feyzbar-Khalkhali-Nejad, F.; He, K.; Oh, T. Tuning MOF-Derived Co3O4/NiCo2O4 Nanostructures for High-Performance Energy Storage. Acs Applied Energy Materials 2021, 4, 1537-1547.

· Sorgard, T.; Hawkins, T.; Ballato, J.; Osterberg, U. L.; Gibson, U. J. All-optical high-speed modulation of THz transmission through silicon core optical fibers. Optics Express 2021, 29, 3543-3552.

· Sternberg, J.; Sequerth, O.; Pilla, S. Green chemistry design in polymers derived from lignin: review and perspective. Progress in Polymer Science 2021, 113, 101344.



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