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ENCOMM is an interdepartmental, intercollegiate and interdisciplinary center with the goal of nucleating and fostering collaborative teams in the area of materials research.

2024 Materials Research Seed Grant Program Awardees

EMRGs – ($50,000 each) enable nascent and innovative materials research to emerge to the point of being competitive for external funding:

  1. “In situ resource utilization with parallel extraction and additive manufacturing of lunar regolith for aluminum alloys”
    PI: Sarah Wolff; Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering with a joint appointment in Integrated Systems Engineering
    • Co-PI: Alan Luo, Donald D. Glower Chair in Engineering, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, with a joint appointment in Integrated Systems Engineering
  2. “Phase-field modeling of morphology evolution at anode/electrolyte interfaces of Li-metal-based all-solid-state batteries”
    PI: Yanzhou Ji; Materials Science and Engineering
    • Co-PI: Jung Hyun Kim, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

MTBGSs – ($70,000 each) forming multidisciplinary materials research teams that can compete effectively for federal block-funding opportunities, such as the NSF MRSEC program:

  1. “Development of Metallic Alloy Anodes for Solid-State Batteries”
    PI: Jung Hyun Kim; Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    Co-PI: Alan Luo, Donald D. Glower Chair in Engineering, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering with a joint appointment in integrated Systems Engineering
  2. “Exploring Zeolite Solide State Electrolytes for Potassium Batteries”
    PI: Yiying Wu, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry Co-PI: Nicholas Brunelli, Professor & Ervin G. Bailey Chair in Energy Conversion, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
  3. “Quantum Twist Microscope” PI: Marc Bockrath, Professor, Physics Co-PI: Jay Gupta, Professor, Physics

Proto-IRGs–($100,000 each) forming multidisciplinary materials research teams that can compete effectively for federal block-funding opportunities, such as the NSF MRSEC program:

  1. “Transducing conformational dynamics across scales”
    PI: Carlos Castro, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    Co-PI; Ralf Bundschuh, Professor, Physics
    Co-PI; Michael Poirier, Professor, Physics
  2. “Superconductivity at the Nexus of Magnetism and Ferroelectricity for Quantum Applications”    
    PI: Salva Salmani-Rezaie, Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
    Co-PI; Kavah Ahadi, Assitant Professor, Material Sciences and Engineering
    Co-PI; Jeanie Lau, Professor, Physics Co-PI: Nandini Trivedi, Professor, Physics

On behalf of the integrated materials research community at Ohio State, CONGRATULATIONS!

2023 Materials Research Seed Grant Program Awardees

EMRGs

MTBGSs

Site-Controlled InGaN/GaN Quantum Dots in GaN Nanowires for Single Photo Emission
  • PI: Shamsul Arafin
    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Epitaxial Strain Control of Ferroelectricity for Advanced Microelectronics
  • PI: Kaveh Ahadi
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Computer Engineering
Polar Instabilities in Locally Polar Superconductors
  • PI: Salva Salmani-Rezaie
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Design & Synthesis of Functional Covalent Organic Frameworks for the Photocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Chemical Fuels & Feedstocks
  • PI: Psaras McGrier
    • Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 
Polymer-Based Enzymatic Nanomaterials
  • PI: David Wood
    • Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • Co-PI: Davita Watkins
    • Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Signal Transducing Nanodevice Assemblies for Triggered Materials Self-assembly
  • PI: Carlos Castro
    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering