ScienceStorm - University of Akron

Molecular Details of the Fast Dynamics and Fragility in Polymers Amendment Date: 2006-04-28; Funding Amount: $224,000; Principal Investigator: Alexei Sokolov
The Effects of Plant Hosts and Species Pools on the Assembly of Fungal Endophyte Communities Amendment Date: 2006-04-21; Funding Amount: $50,000; Principal Investigator: Jean Pan
SGER: An Experimental Investigation on Active Nanomaterials Amendment Date: 2006-04-10; Funding Amount: $59,814; Principal Investigator: Yu Qiao
SGER: Re-Examining the Basic Description of Polymer Entanglement in Flow Amendment Date: 2006-03-04; Funding Amount: $85,000; Principal Investigator: Shi-Qing Wang
Acquisition of a Dynamic Nano-Force Tensile Test System for Ultrathin Fibers with Environmental Control and Integrated Image Analysis Amendment Date: 2005-09-09; Funding Amount: $337,345; Principal Investigator: Todd Blackledge
IMR: Acquisition and Developing Femtosecond Nonlinear Spectroscopy Probing Structure and Moving Polymer Interfaces and Student Education Amendment Date: 2005-08-31; Funding Amount: $565,985; Principal Investigator: Ali Dhinojwala
Tandem Mass Spectrometry and Degradation / Mass Spectrometry Studies of Synthetic Polymers Amendment Date: 2005-08-09; Funding Amount: $157,600; Principal Investigator: Chrys Wesdemiotis
Collaborative Research: Araneid Phylogeny and Evolution of Spider Silk Phenotypes Amendment Date: 2005-08-02; Funding Amount: $297,990; Principal Investigator: Todd Blackledge
Addressing Student Conceptions of Plate Tectonics Using Physical Models Amendment Date: 2005-07-28; Funding Amount: $167,727; Principal Investigator: David Steer
Professional Development Matrix Framework (PDMF): A One-Stop-Shop Amendment Date: 2005-07-26; Funding Amount: $150,000; Principal Investigator: Frank Kelley
CAREER: Research and Education on Multi-Scale Structure Development in Chaotic Mixing of Polymers Amendment Date: 2005-07-15; Funding Amount: $387,000; Principal Investigator: Sadhan Jana
MRI: Acquisition of a Nanoindentation System for Nanocomposite and Advanced Materials Research and Education Amendment Date: 2005-07-15; Funding Amount: $244,645; Principal Investigator: Shing-Chung Wong
REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Mathematics (Algebra, Number Theory and Applications) Amendment Date: 2005-07-13; Funding Amount: $108,614; Principal Investigator: Judith Palagallo
High Strain Rate Testing and Modeling of Elastomers Amendment Date: 2005-07-11; Funding Amount: $200,000; Principal Investigator: Michelle Hoo Fatt
CAREER: Study of Novel Interfacial Biocatalysis of Multienzyme Systems Self-Assembled at Organic-Aqueous Interfaces Amendment Date: 2005-06-17; Funding Amount: $167,940; Principal Investigator: Ping Wang
Photopolymerization Induced Phase Transitions & Evolution of Morphology Landscape in Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals and Photonic Cyrstals Amendment Date: 2005-06-17; Funding Amount: $120,000; Principal Investigator: Thein Kyu
Fractal Nanoarchitectures Amendment Date: 2005-06-16; Funding Amount: $250,000; Principal Investigator: George Newkome
Symposium on Advances in Polymer Brushes at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, DC; August 28 - September 1, 2005 Amendment Date: 2005-06-15; Funding Amount: $3,000; Principal Investigator: William Brittain
Role of Structure and Dynamics of Molecules at the Interface in Controlling Friction, Adhesion and Adhesion Hysteresis Amendment Date: 2005-05-24; Funding Amount: $120,000; Principal Investigator: Ali Dhinojwala
Architectural Effects in the Phase Formation and Miscibility of SCLCPs Prepared by ATRP Amendment Date: 2005-05-23; Funding Amount: $345,000; Principal Investigator: Coleen Pugh
Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Double-Functionalized Surface Modified Thermoplastic Elastomers Amendment Date: 2005-05-12; Funding Amount: $140,000; Principal Investigator: Judit Puskas
Design and Engineering of Polymer Crystal Surfaces and Interfaces Amendment Date: 2005-05-09; Funding Amount: $112,055; Principal Investigator: Stephen Z. Cheng
GHz-THz Dynamics and the Glass Transition in Polymers Amendment Date: 2005-05-05; Funding Amount: $355,000; Principal Investigator: Alexei Sokolov
Heterocyclynes Amendment Date: 2005-04-21; Funding Amount: $420,000; Principal Investigator: Wiley Youngs
GOALI: Combining Discontinuous Molecular Dynamics and Chemical Process Simulation Amendment Date: 2005-04-04; Funding Amount: $156,459; Principal Investigator: J. Richard Elliott
NIRT: Nanofiber Manufacturing for Energy Conversion and Utilization Amendment Date: 2005-03-10; Funding Amount: $1,310,000; Principal Investigator: Darrell Reneker
GOALI: Effect of Fiber Orientation on Filter Media Performance Amendment Date: 2005-02-23; Funding Amount: $161,626; Principal Investigator: George Chase
GK-12 Formal Proposal Amendment Date: 2005-02-23; Funding Amount: $1,439,324; Principal Investigator: Peter Niewiarowski
Development of Scanning Nano-Raman Spectroscopy with Apertureless Near-Field Optics Amendment Date: 2005-02-22; Funding Amount: $308,777; Principal Investigator: Alexei Sokolov
The University of Akron "REU Site" for Polymer Science Amendment Date: 2005-02-16; Funding Amount: $180,000; Principal Investigator: Coleen Pugh