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NSF funding could make ceramic-based disease-monitoring breathalyzers a reality

By Eileen De Guire / October 7, 2012

One day soon, this circuit board could be a handheld breathalyzer. Credit: Gouma; SUNT Stony Brook. Perena Gouma‘s dream of developing breathalyzers for noninvasive health monitoring is on the path…

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Other materials science stories that may be of interest

By / September 18, 2012

Check ’em out: The CVD system coats solar panel substrates in the cycle. Credit: Fraunhofer IST. New processes for cost-efficient solar cell production The photovoltaic industry is pinning its hopes…

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Other materials science stories that may be of interest

By / August 21, 2012

Check ’em out: September California workshop to explore plans for National Network for Manufacturing Innovation The Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office, in partnership with state and national organizations, is inviting…

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UMinn–NSF math institute to host Materials Genome workshop

By / August 2, 2012

The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, located at the University of Minnesota and one of the eight NSF-sponsored Mathematical Sciences Institutes, will be holding what sounds like a really…

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NSF’s seeking proposals, making investment in sustainable chemistry, engineering and materials

By Ashley White / July 31, 2012

The National Science Foundation has announced a cross-directorate initiative in Sustainable Chemistry, Engineering, and Materials. Created in response to the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (which called for NSF…

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NSF professional development workshop for assistant professors and postdocs

By Eileen De Guire / July 26, 2012

Juan Nino, associate professor at the University of Florida, describes his research at an NSF workshop for principle investigators in June. The NSF is sponsoring another workshop in August early-career…

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The end of ICC4 and my first blogging experience

By Bobby Harl / July 20, 2012

Peter Wray delivers the recap on the Security & Strategic Materials talks given at ICC4. Credit: Bobby Harl, ACerS. It is hard to believe ICC4 is already over, and I’m…

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ICC4 Interaction Technology Session redefines poster session

By / July 19, 2012

[flash http://ceramictechweekly.org/wp-content/video/icc4_poster_session.flv mode=1 f={image=http://ceramictechweekly.org/wp-content/video/icc4_poster_session.jpg}] My hats off to the ICC4 for taking a risk—one that in retrospect was clearly worth it—to offer and hold two opportunities for 25 participants each…

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Ten videos by NSF-NBC explain ‘Science of the Summer Olympics’

By Eileen De Guire / July 13, 2012

The series of videos by NSF-NBC delves into the unique biomechanics of athletes, and how technology still has much to learn from human achievement. Credit: NBC Universal via NSF. One of…

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Gouma, Perena (2012, 2011, 2010)

By / June 12, 2012

2012 Contact Information: Perena Gouma, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NYpgouma@notes.cc.sunysb.edu NSF Abstract in Ceramics Program: Crystallo-Chemical Approach to Gas Selectivity of Metal Oxides 2012 Highlight: Presentation Material Keywords: Nanomaterial,…

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