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Research for Lunch with Dr. Jae-Won Choi

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Multi-scale 3D Printing of Microneedle Arrays for Early-Stage Melanoma Therapy

Dr. Jae-Won Choi

Monday, April 11, 2016

ASEC Room 105, from 12-1 pm

Dr. Jae-Won Choi is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Akron (UA).  Prior to joining UA in 2011, he spent one year for his Post-Doctoral research in the W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in 2007, sponsored by the Overseas Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the Korea Research Foundations.  After his involvement with the W.M. Keck Center, he was promoted twice first to the rank of Research Specialist in 2008, and then to Research Assistant Professor in 2009.  Currently, he is serving as an editorial board member in several journals – Additive Manufacturing; Korean Society of Manufacturing Processing Engineers; and Korean Society of Mechanical Technology.  He is a member of ASME, SME, and SPIE.

Summary of Research

The goal of Dr. Choi’s research is to provide a 3D printing solution for the treatment of a skin cancer called “melanoma”. The advantage of 3D printing is quickly manufacturing patient specific, 3D micron-scale needle arrays loaded with the desired chemotherapeutic drugs with the appropriate dosage and duration of release. The 3D microneedle arrays will have therapeutic dosages to kill various melanomas by providing controlled and/or bolus release of drugs.

2016 Faculty Research Committee Summer Fellowship Recipients

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Dr. Shanon Donnelly, Geosciences

Mapping Topography and Vegetation Using Small Unmanned Aerial Systems

Dr. Kathleen Endres, Communications

Faces of Tuberculosis: Stories from the Edwin Shaw TB Sanatorium, a Documentary

Dr. Stefan Forcey, Mathematics

Combinatorial Geometry of Phylogenetic Trees

Dr. David Giffels, English

Swing Season: Writing the Heart of Ohio in a Presidential Election Year

Dr. Lesley Gordon, History

Battlefield Cowardice, Violence, and Memory in the American Civil War

Dr. Michael Levin, History

Our Man in Genoa: Gomez Suarez de Figueroa and the Forging of an Alliance

Dr. Gina Martino, History

Among the Vanguard: Women at War in the Borderlands of the Early American Northeast

Dr. Zhenmeng Peng, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Renewable Hydrogen Production via Photocatalytic Water Splitting

Dr. Anthony Samangy, Graphic Design

The Eucalyptus Tree- A Short Stop Motion Animation

Dr. Martha Santos, History

Mothering Slaves, Labor, and Enslaved Reproduction in Nineteenth Century Brazil, 1813-1884

Dr. Michael Sheng, History

Charisma and Politics: Mao Zedong and China in the 1950’s

Dr. Jennifer Stanley, Adult Development and Aging Psychology

The Malleability of Age Deficits in Emotion Perception

Dr. Junliang Tao, Civil Engineering

Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation as Erosion and Bridge Scour Countermeasure

Dr. Amanda Weinstein, Economics

The Economic Well-Being of Veterans

Cottrell Scholar Award

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We wish to alert you of funding opportunities for early career faculty holding appointments in Chemistry, Physics or Astronomy Departments.

The Cottrell Scholar Award (CSA) is available to early career faculty who conduct high-quality research and educational activities at both research universities and primarily undergraduate institutions across the country.

Please note that CSA submission starts with a pre-proposal due May 16, 2016. Principal investigators with successful pre-proposals will be invited to submit full-proposals, due August 1, 2016. Outstanding candidates are admitted to the ranks of Cottrell Scholars through a stringent peer-review process based on their innovative research proposals and education programs. For the 2016 proposal cycle, eligibility is limited to faculty members who started their first tenure-track appointment anytime in calendar year 2013. Award size is $100,000 and no institutional match is required.

For more information visit the RCSA webpage or contact Silvia Ronco (Program Director) at sronco@rescorp.org.

Research for Lunch with Dr. Qixin Zhou

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Development on Microcapsule Based Self-healing Coatings for Corrosion Protection

Monday, April 4, 12-1 p.m.

Whitby Hall, Room 211

Dr. Qixin Zhou is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at The University of Akron. Dr. Zhou received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from North Dakota State University in 2014. Dr. Zhou’s research interest focuses on coating development for corrosion protection, which includes synthesis and formulation of functional coatings, failure analysis of coatings, computational simulations on coating behaviors, and coating’s service lifetime prediction.

Self-healing coatings, known as “smart” coatings, are of particular interest because these coatings can provide automatic repair and recovery. A healing agent is embedded into the coating and will release to repair damaged structures once the self-healing function is triggered. The prolonged service lifetime of self-healing coatings will result in less maintenance and cost reductions. While this concept is sound, a reliable application in coatings has not been identified. Therefore, the objective of this study is to develop a novel experimental approach to build self-healing polymer coatings for corrosion protection.

Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program

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Deadline: April 1, 2016 (Letter of Intent); May 13, 2016 (Full Application)

The United States Department of Transportation (the Department) is publishing this notice to give eligible nonprofit institutions of higher learning advance notice that they will have an opportunity to submit grant applications for the University Transportation Centers (UTCs) program (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 20.701).

The purpose of these Centers is to:  Advance transportation expertise and technology in the many disciplines that comprise transportation through research, education and workforce development, and technology transfer; Provide a critical transportation knowledge base outside the US DOT; and Address vital workforce needs and educate the next generation of transportation leaders.

Institutions may apply for multiple grants, and may choose to apply for grants under more than one type of UTC category (National, Regional or Tier 1). However, the FAST Act restricts the type of grants that an institution might receive as a lead institution of a consortium to one in each type of UTC category (National, Regional or Tier 1). 

Program Webpage