“The material scale-up facility is a milestone for COPE. Being able to share efficiently our new materials in multi-gram quantities with our collaborators and industrial partners will accelerate their adoption and transfer into new products,” says Bernard Kippelen, the Director of COPE.
Professors Marder and Reynolds proposed the formation of the facility to EVPR Steve Cross whose office provided resources through the Georgia Tech Institute for Materials (IMAT) for creation of the facility, as part of IMAT’s campus-wide investment in infrastructure. Tim Parker, Principal Research Scientist in the Marder group, designed and oversaw the creation of the facility. The availability of the equipment on campus directly impacts the ability for Georgia Tech faculty and researchers to carryout research and educational activities. For instance, the new capabilities provide the key scale-up resources for a Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) sponsored by the Office of Naval Research for the development of advanced photovoltaics.
Located on the second floor of the Molecular Science and Engineering (MoSE) building, the facility serves the organic materials community at Georgia Tech and its collaborators. The facility and its staff support researchers will provide government laboratories and companies with a sufficient quantity of new materials for system-level evaluation and testing. These materials will enable future joint development research programs to speed-up their use in commercial applications.
The main equipment at the facility currently includes a 20 liter rotary evaporator, a 10 liter reactor with temperature control from -70 oC to 200 oC, and larger scale purification equipment including a chromatography system with 100-200 gram capacity. The reactor and chromatography equipment are located in a walk-in fume hood with double volume spill containment for researcher safety.
Georgia Tech-COPE works with a number of corporate partners and intends to leverage the facility to further develop materials invented within partner research programs to bring them a step closer to commercialization, such as those developed during the Solvay Global Discovery program. In addition, Sigma-Aldrich and Georgia Tech have recently signed an agreement that will allow for Sigma-Aldrich to test market materials developed and scaled-up within Georgia Tech-COPE.
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Georgia Tech entered into a partnership with French governmental entities in 1990 to establish its first international campus in Metz, France. After two decades of innovative educational achievements, a world-class research presence was added in 2006 with the creation of the Georgia Tech-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Unité Mixte Internationale laboratory.
Georgia Tech is now moving to the next critical stage of expansion of its global influence with the creation of an innovation platform, the Institut Lafayette. By providing access to a state-of-the-art technology infrastructure; by sharing world-class expertise in science and technology; and by offering business model validation and commercialization tools, the Institut Lafayette will showcase and underscore Georgia Tech’s capacity to help create a full regional ecosystem which can generate innovations of economic and social value for its international partners.
This expansion of Georgia Tech’s global footprint will increase its impact around the globe, and serve to bring the world to Georgia Tech and to the State of Georgia. The Institut Lafayette will create opportunities to establish alliances with universities, companies, and governmental and non-governmental entities whose goals and activities align with Georgia Tech’s strategic mission. This expansion will also significantly augment the teaching, research and entrepreneurial activities of Georgia Tech’s faculty, staff, alumni and students both in Atlanta and in Lorraine. The new facilities also expand the European activities of the Georgia Tech Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics (Georgia Tech-COPE). The Institut Lafayette is expected to serve as a catalyst for economic development in the region of Lorraine and to increase trade exchange opportunities with metropolitan Atlanta, and the State of Georgia.
Located adjacent to the existing Georgia Tech-Lorraine building, the brand new 25,000 square foot facility is comprised of offices, laboratories and a 5,000 square foot clean room, fully equipped with state-of-the-art nanofabrication tools to support innovations in optoelectronics and advanced semiconductor materials research. This facility will be managed by Georgia Tech faculty members who are world-renown experts in organic materials and semiconductors.
This innovation platform will provide a unique combination of research expertise, an advanced technology infrastructure, and an array of technology transfer services which will increase efficiency and accelerate technology transfer. Its impact and effectiveness will be further enabled by leveraging the resources of Georgia Tech – The Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2) will provide expertise in technology transfer and commercialization, and the Institute of Electronics and Nanotechnology (IEN) will provide expertise in managing and operating high-technology infrastructures.
The Institut Lafayette was named after the Marquis de Lafayette, a French aristocrat and military officer who served as a major-general in the Continental Army under George Washington in the American Revolution. It was in Metz in 1775 that the Marquis de Lafayette made the decision to commit himself to the cause of American independence.
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Kenneth Sandhage, Materials Science and Engineering
Outstanding Faculty Research Author
Seth Marder, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Class of 1934 Outstanding Interdisciplinary Activity Award
Bernard Kippelen, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Congratulations to all the Georgia Tech-COPE faculty members as well as other faculty and staff members at Georgia Tech on their achievements. For the complete list of Institute Awards see here.
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The students will present their reserch findings in the fall semester at the COPE Fellowship Awards Reception.
Dr. Yee graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2007) and then an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering (2008) from The Ohio State University. He was a Department of Energy Advanced Fuel Cell Cycle Initiative Fellow (2007) and was also awarded prestigious the Hertz Fellowship (2008) to support his research in energy. Dr. Yee graduated with a Ph.D. (2013) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California Berkley. During that time, he assisted in forming the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Project Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) as it’s first Fellow.
Now at Georgia Tech, Dr. Yee is focused on taking fundamental scientific principles, applying them to interesting materials, leveraging unique manufacturing strengths, and producing low-cost, scalable, energy conversion technologies.
For example, by understanding how heat and energy flow through materials, energy conversion mechanisms and processes can be integrated into functional devices. These devices include thermoelectric generators, solid-state coolers, pyroelectric converters, alpha- and beta-voltaics, multi-ferroic and -caloric systems, and photovoltaics.
In the near-term, Dr. Yee is developing polymer thermoelectrics that leverage the low cost of conducting polymers to make scalable thermoelectric generators. This work is inherently interdisciplinary involving backgrounds in synthetic chemistry, polymer physics, condensed matter physics, soft-material science, and materials characterization.
According to Dr. Yee, “With >60% of primary energy being discarded as heat, inexpensive methods of converting heat directly to electricity allow for greater efficiency and utilization of energy resources. A polymer thermoelectric generator is one new technology that is capable of doing this at scale.”
Ultimately, Dr. Yee hopes to impact the world by creating new energy technologies and training the next generation of energy technologists and educators. To do this, he mentors students at the intersection of technology, policy, and business where they prepare for careers in government as technology policists, in start-ups as technical executives, and in academia as professors.
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The award will provide a bonus of $5,000 to the current stipend the student has from his/her home department.
Deadline
The application deadline is November November 21, 2013.
This year's Grand Prize is awarded to Keith Knauer and Ehsan Najafabadi for their video entitled, "Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)". The team is awarded the grand prize for receiving the highest overall score. Congratulations Keith and Ehsan!
Scores in the categories of research content and presentation were so close that all teams in this year's contest will share equally in the remaining prizes. The other teams receiving prizes are:
About the Georgia Tech–COPE Research Video Contest
The Georgia Tech–COPE Research Video Contest gives students involved in the field of organic photonics and electronics at Georgia Tech an opportunity to present their research and compete with other students.
Headquartered in Dresden, Germany, Novaled offers proprietary organic materials and complementary innovative technologies for superior OLEDs in display and lighting and for high performance Organic Solar Cells. In the field of organic electronics, Novaled’s expertise is unique in combining physics, chemistry, and engineering support.
When asked about joining the program, Dr. Jan Blochwitz-Nimoth, founder and CSO of Novaled stated, “COPE’s research track record qualifies them as one of the major organic electronic research centers in the world. It’s very impressive what an interdisciplinary team of researchers developed at GeorgiaTech.”
As a member of the program, Novaled will connect to the faculty expertise and highly trained student and graduates of the Center as well as an international network of partners in the field of organic photonics and electronics. This includes information on the latest research and discoveries and invitations to exclusive events.
Dr. Jan Blochwitz-Nimoth added, “COPE’s work on organic electronic materials and related materials applications is a good match to Novaled’s expertise in these areas. We expect that this co-operation will help fuel our longer term strategic research agenda.”
Bernard Kippelen, Director of the Center stated, “COPE is extremely pleased to welcome Novaled in its Industrial Affiliates Program. As a major supplier of dopants for organic semiconductors and one of the leaders OLED technologies, Novaled brings a lot of experience to our center in commercializing new organic compounds and device architectures for printed and flexible electronics. We are looking forward to fruitful collaborations.”
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]]>Headquartered in Finland, Beneq’s North American offices are located in Duluth, Georgia. Beneq thin film equipment is used for coatings in solar photovoltaics, flexible electronics, strengthened glass and other emerging thin film applications. Beneq has introduced several revolutionary innovations within its coating technologies, including roll-to-roll atomic layer deposition (ALD) and high-yield atmospheric aerosol coating (nAERO®).
When asked about joining the program, Mr. Jukka Kohtala, Area Sales Director of Beneq states, “Joining the COPE is a natural step for Beneq, as we have for some time now been involved in developing the future coating equipment and applications for flexible and organic electronics, both on a purely R&D level and together with customers with real products. Especially our Roll-to-Roll approach is one that surely will interest the members and clientele of COPE."
As a member of the program, Beneq will connect to the faculty expertise and highly trained student and graduates of the Center as well as an international network of partners in the field of organic photonics and electronics. This includes information on the latest research and discoveries and invitations to exclusive events.
Mr. Kohtala adds, “We are an innovative company with a unique coating technology, ready to accommodate partner and customer challenges, develop solutions and create new business. Organic electronics is a main focus area for us, and we know we have a lot to bring to COPE."
Prof. Bernard Kippelen, Director of the Center stated, “Partnerships with leading equipment manufacturers like Beneq are important to contribute to the future growth of the organic photonics and electronics industry. We are pleased to have Beneq as part of our network and are looking forward to productive interactions.”
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The award will provide a bonus of $5,000 to the current stipend the student has from his/her home department.
Deadline
The application deadline is November November 21, 2012.
NextInput has developed force and pressure sensitive touch technologies based on MEMS sensors, an innovative new way of interacting with electronic devices. Their patent-pending technology provides a tactile, force or pressure sensitive method of interfacing with virtually any electronic device.
When asked about joining the program, Don Metzger, CEO of NextInput stated, “It represents an important step in NextInput’s mission to deliver the next generation of touch interfaces to the marketplace. Our research here is defining methods of human-machine interaction that have never been seen before.”
As a member of the program, NextInput will connect to the faculty expertise and highly trained student and graduates of the Center as well as an international network of partners in the field of organic photonics and electronics. This includes information on the latest research and discoveries and invitations to exclusive events.
“We are delighted to participate in the COPE program at Georgia Tech,” added Don. “NextInput has a Georgia Tech heritage, and our team is very excited to explore groundbreaking organic-film based technologies with COPE’s team of faculty and scientists.”
Bernard Kippelen, Director of the Center stated, “The disruptive technologies that we invent within COPE in the area of printed electronics are a perfect fit for the new products and solutions that NextInput is developing. Transitioning our technology into technology companies is part of COPE’s mission and we are delighted to enter into this new partnership with NextInput.”
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]]>As a member of the program, Boeing will connect to the faculty expertise and highly trained students and graduates of the center as well as an international network of partners in the field of organic photonics and electronics. This includes information on the latest research and discoveries and invitations to exclusive events.
“We’ve joined this center to have access to the state of the art conductive and electro-active technology base that has been assembled at Georgia Tech,” said Patrick Kinlen of Boeing Research & Technology Materials, Processes & Structures Technologies. “This technology has impact for Boeing in the area of conductive coatings, photovoltaics, electrochromics and energy storage.”
“COPE is extremely pleased to count Boeing among its industrial affiliates,” said Bernard Kippelen, Georgia Tech director of the center. “Having a company with a long tradition of aerospace leadership and innovation like The Boeing Company join our center speaks for the strong potential that COPE’s technological innovations can have in the future of commercial jetliners, and in defense, space and security applications.”
Boeing is the world’s largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems. A top U.S. exporter, the company supports airlines and U.S. and allied government customers in 150 countries. Boeing products and tailored services include commercial and military aircraft, satellites, weapons, electronic and defense systems, launch systems, advanced information and communications systems, and performance-based logistics and training.
Boeing Research & Technology is the advanced, central research and development organization of Boeing. It provides innovative technologies that enable the development of future aerospace solutions while improving the cycle time, cost, quality and performance of current aerospace products and services.
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Plextronics Inc., an international technology company that specializes in printed solar, lighting and other electronics and headquartered in Pittsburgh served as host and organized the event along with Solvay and the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics (COPE) at Georgia Tech.
On the evening of May 9th Plextronics invited all symposium participants to a pre-conference reception coupled with laboratory tours of their facilities. Attendees got a jump-start on networking with their peers, while getting a first-hand look at some of the equipment where Plextronics develops their suite of products that were on display during the reception.
The next morning, symposium attendees arrived at the Sheraton Station Square hotel in downtown Pittsburgh, where the technical portion of the symposium took place. The day started with welcoming addresses from Bernard Kippelen (Director of the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics at Georgia Tech), Pierre Barthélemy (Solvay, Senior Vice President – Organic Electronics), and Andrew Hannah (CEO, Plextronics).
During day one attendees heard presentations from Richard McCullough (Carnegie Mellon University), Kieran Reynolds (Eight19), Marie-Beatrice Madec (Solvay Interox), Zhenan Bao (Stanford University), Mike Hack (Universal Display Corporation), Gopalan Rajeswaran (Moser Baer Technologies), Natalie Stingelin (Imperial College London), Christer Karlsson (Thin Film Electronics), John Reynolds (Georgia Tech), and Antonio Facchetti (Polyera).
The day was capped with researchers and graduate students from Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh, Georgia Tech, and Solvay presenting their latest research during the traditional poster session and reception.
Day two featured presentations from David Bucknall (Georgia Tech), Vincent Thulliez (Solvay), Andrew Hannah (Plextronics), Larry Hough (Rhodia: Member of the Solvay Group), and Tobin Marks (Northwestern University). The day concluded with a panel discussion where industry speakers fielded questions from attendees and highlighted by discussion about the future prospects for the industry.
Stay tuned for announcements on next year’s symposium at http://www.cope.gatech.edu or on twitter @gtcope.
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Among a number of awards presented during thecelebration, The Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics was awarded the MaterialsAward that recognizes a Georgia Tech researcher or research group thathas successfully established strong research relationships with industry andmade significant advances in materials science leading to strong industrycollaborations, technology transfer, and commercialization of new technologies.
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Cambridge NanoTech delivers ALD systems capable of depositing ultra-thin films that are used in a wide variety of research and industrial applications. As a member of the program, Cambridge NanoTech will connect to the faculty expertise and highly trained student and graduates of the Center as well as an international network of industrial partners in the field of organic photonics and electronics. This includes access to the latest research and discoveries in this emerging field.
“By approaching material science development through the use of fundamental techniques such as Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), scientists and engineers are able to improve device performance and produce novel applications” explained Ganesh Sundaram, Vice President of Technology at Cambridge NanoTech. “ALD is capable of depositing flexible, multi-functional materials at low deposition temperatures, which is ideal when integrating these materials into organic electronics and photonics.”
Cambridge NanoTech first introduced ALD systems nine years ago and has an install base of over 300 systems on six continents. Cambridge NanoTech’s ALD systems have become an important strategic solution for researchers and manufacturers that require highly conformal and uniform thin film oxides, nitrides, sulfides, and metals.
Dr. Sundaram added “Unquestionably, organic electronics and photonics is an emerging field that is rapidly growing and we are excited to join the Industrial Affiliates Program so that we can participate in finding applications that meld the areas of ALD and organic science.”
Bernard Kippelen, Director of the Center stated, “Our Center has pioneered the use of ALD in organic field-effect transistors and has been able to achieve excellent stability in such devices using a Cambridge NanoTech ALD system. We are looking forward to this strategic partnership to continue to advance the science and engineering of ALD and broaden its application spectrum.”
]]>Thin Film Electronics, PARC, Western Michigan University, and the Georgia Institute of Technology Receive Honors in Innovation, R&D, and Technology Leadership in Education.
The Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics (COPE) at the Georgia Institute of Technology was the recipient of the Technology Leadership in Education Award. This award recognizes and honors outstanding contributions to the flexible and printed electronics industry through education. Judging was based on the quality of education, practical applicability, number of students completing the course, and degree of focus on flexible, printed electronics.
]]>Dr. Reynolds will be joining the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics in January of 2012.
Dr. Reynolds comes from the University of Florida, where he has built an internationally recognized program in the synthesis of materials for organic electronics. He will be affiliated with the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the School and Materials Science and Engineering.
]]>The three new Regents' Professors at Georgia Tech are Mark Prausnitz, professor and director of the Center for Drug Design, Development and Delivery in the School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering; Seth Marder, professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry and founding director of the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics in the colleges of Engineering and Sciences; and Gary Schuster, Vasser Woolley Professor in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Two Regents' Researchers appointed include Gisele Bennett, professor and director of the Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory in the Georgia Tech Research Institute; and Suzanne Eskin, principal research scientist in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University.
"We are immensely proud of our new Georgia Tech Regents' Professors and Researchers," said G. P. "Bud" Peterson, Georgia Tech's president. "They are conducting breakthrough research that is gaining national attention. The fact that we have five Georgia Tech faculty members receiving this honor from the Board of Regents in one year is a reflection of the caliber of scholars we have at Tech."
A Regents' Professorship and Regents' Researcher title represents the highest academic status bestowed by the University System of Georgia. It is meant to recognize a substantial, significant and ongoing record of scholarly achievement that has earned high national esteem over a sustained period.
Prausnitz has received international acclaim for his research on biophysical methods of drug delivery, which employ microneedles, ultrasound, lasers, electric fields, heat, convective forces and other physical means to control the transport of drugs, proteins, genes and vaccines into and within the body.
Marder is working on bringing nanotechnology out of the lab and into the marketplace. Using a process known as two-photon absorption, the research groups of Marder and colleague Joseph Perry are developing a broad set of materials for 3D micro- and nanolithography.
Schuster is a nationally known scholar and researcher with an extensive list of published articles on topics ranging from biochemistry through physical chemistry, as well as a number of scientific discoveries with commercial applications. He also held top leadership roles at Georgia Tech such as interim president, provost and dean of the College of Sciences.
Bennett has been praised for the programs she has built around automatic identification technologies using radio frequency identification and container security. Her research activities include the study of optical coherence imaging systems.
Eskin has contributed to research on vascular biology, cardiovascular tissue engineering and gene expression of vascular cells. She studies the comparative effects of mechanical forces accompanying blood flow and pressure on the blood vessel wall.
The titles are awarded by the Board of Regents, which governs the University System of Georgia, upon the unanimous recommendation of the president, the chief academic officer, the appropriate academic dean and three other faculty members named by the president, and upon the approval of the chancellor and the committee on academic affairs.
]]>Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, the company's focus is on organic light emitting diodes (OLED) and organic solar technology, specifically the conductive inks and process technologies that enable those and other similar applications.
As a member of the program, Plextronics will connect to the faculty expertise and highly trained student and graduates of the Center as well as an international network of partners in the field of organic photonics and electronics. This includes insider information on the latest research and discoveries and invitations to exclusive events.
When asked about joining the program, Andy Hannah, President and Chief Executive Officer of Plextronics stated, "We look forward to sustaining collaborations with other industry leaders that are part of COPE's Industrial Affiliates Program to bring forth the best in research and development of organic electronics."
Bernard Kippelen, Director of the Center stated, "COPE is extremely pleased to count Plextronics among its Industrial Affiliates. Having a company like Plextronics with strong recognition in the emerging printed electronics industry join our Center speaks for the high quality of the science and engineering carried-out by our faculty and researchers."
]]>Marder was granted the honor for his "seminal contributions to the theory-inspired design, synthesis, characterization and application of organic second- and third-order nonlinear optical, photorefractive and electronic materials," according to materials provided by the ACS.
Marder is known for his work in developing materials for nonlinear optics as well as organic electronics and photonics. He joined Georgia Tech in 2003 and is the founding director of the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics. Before that he was at the University of Arizona, the California Institute of Technology and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
In 2009, Marder received Georgia Tech's Outstanding Award for Research Program Development and was named a fellow of the American Physical Society. He is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, SPIE, the Optical Society of America and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Marder has co-authored more than 300 peer-reviewed research papers and holds 18 patents. He is co-founder of Arizona Microsystems, LLC; Focal Point, LLC; and LumoFlex, LLC.
]]>El-Sayed was listed as number 17 in Thomson-Reuters listing of the top chemists of the past decade. The ranking covers the time period from January 2000 to October 2010. In that time, El-Sayed published 111 papers in chemistry journals with 10,135 citations. The list also rates the number of citations per paper as a way to measure scientists' impact on the field, and El-Sayed received 91.31 in this category.
El-Sayed was presented with the U.S. National Medal of Science in 2007 by then-President George W. Bush. His citation reads: "for his seminal and creative contributions to our understanding of the electronic and optical properties of nano-materials and to their applications in nano-catalysis and nano-medicine, for his humanitarian efforts of exchange among countries and for his role in developing the scientific leadership of tomorrow." In the following year, he was listed among the 100 most influential people in the state of Georgia.
At Georgia Tech, El-Sayed is the director of the Laser Dynamics Laboratory. His lab studies the conversion of electronic energy in a wide variety of structures such as semiconductors (quantum dots) and metallic nanostructures. Among his most promising current areas of research are using lasers and gold nanorods to fight cancerous tumors under the skin.
El-Sayed came to Georgia Tech in 1994 and is currently the Julius Brown Chair and Regents' Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry. He was on the faculty at the University of California at Los Angeles from 1961-94. He earned his doctorate from Florida State University and his bachelor's degree from Ain Shams University in Egypt.
Jean-Luc Bredas was listed as number 84 in Thomson-Reuters listing of the top materials scientists of the past decade. In that time, Bredas published 50 papers in materials science journals with 2,177 citations and an impact factor of 43.54.
Bredas was a member of the team that received the Descartes Prize of the European Union in 2003. He was awarded the Quinquennial Prize of the National Fund for Scientific Research in Belgium in 2000 and the Francqui Prize in 1997. In 2010, he received the Charles H. Stone Award of the American Chemical Society.
At Georgia Tech, Bredas is a member of the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics (for which he is in charge of international relations) and a co-director of the Center for Computational Molecular Science and Technology. His work seeks to uncover the chemical and physical properties of novel organic materials and includes research on organic solar cells as well as organic light-emitting diodes for potential use in visual displays and lighting.
Bredas is a Regents' Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Georgia Tech. He is also a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar and the Vasser Woolley and Georgia Research Alliance Chair in Molecular Design. He holds an extraordinary professorship at the University of Mons in Belgium and an honorary professorship at the Institute of Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. Bredas came to Tech in 2003 from the University of Arizona. He earned his doctoral and bachelor's degrees from the University of Namur in Belgium.
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The award will provide a bonus of $5,000 to the current stipend the student has from his/her home department.
Deadline
The application deadline is November November 21, 2014.