{"668115":{"#nid":"668115","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Spring 2023 IEN Seed Grant Winners Announced","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology (IEN) at Georgia Tech has announced the Spring 2023 Core Facility Seed Grant winners. The primary purpose of this program is to give first- and second-year graduate students in diverse disciplines working on original and unfunded research in micro- and nanoscale projects the opportunity to access the most advanced academic cleanroom space in the Southeast. In addition to accessing the labs\u0027 high-level fabrication, lithography, and characterization tools, the awardees will have the opportunity to gain proficiency in cleanroom and tool methodology and access the consultation services provided by research staff members in IEN. Seed Grant awardees are also provided travel support to present their research at a scientific conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to student research skill development, this biannual grant program gives faculty with novel research topics the ability to develop preliminary data to pursue follow-up funding sources. The Core Facility Seed Grant program is supported by the Southeastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor (SENIC), a member of the National Science Foundation\u2019s National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESince the start of the grant program in 2014, 86 projects from ten different schools in Georgia Tech\u2019s Colleges of Engineering and Science, as well as the Georgia Tech Research Institute and three other universities, have been seeded.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe four winning projects in this round were awarded IEN cleanroom and lab access time to be used over the next year. In keeping with the interdisciplinary mission of IEN, the projects that will be enabled by the grants include research in biomedical devices, nuclear engineering, phase change materials, and environmental engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Spring 2023 IEN Core Facility Seed Grant Award winners are:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDirect Lithography Micro-Optic 3D Lightfield Endoscope Module\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPI: Shu Jia\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nStudent: Corey Zheng\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOrganic Copolymer Semiconductor for Direct Detection of Ionizing Radiation\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPI: Anna Erickson\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nStudent: Shae Cole\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering (Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInvestigating Phase Transformations in 2D Materials via in situ TEM Biasing Experiments\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPI: Josh Kacher\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nStudent: Alex Butler\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDevelopment of Interdigitated Electrodes-Based Antimicrobial Surfaces to Prevent Biofilms\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPI: Xing Xie\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nStudent: Feifei Liu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe Southeastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor, a member of the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, is funded by NSF Grant ECCS-2025462.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFour Interdisciplinary Projects to Receive IEN Technical Support and Facility Access\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Four Interdisciplinary Projects to Receive IEN Technical Support and Facility Access"}],"uid":"34760","created_gmt":"2023-06-15 15:01:13","changed_gmt":"2023-06-15 16:09:07","author":"Laurie Haigh","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-06-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-06-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"197261","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187433","name":"go-ien"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaurie Haigh\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laurie.haigh@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}