{"298361":{"#nid":"298361","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Spring 2014 Georgia Tech Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology (IEN) Seed Grant Program Winners Announced","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology at Georgia Tech has announced the winners for the 2014 Spring Seed Grant Awards. The primary purpose of the IEN Seed Grant is to give first or second year graduate students in various disciplines working on original and un-funded research in micro- and nano-scale projects the opportunity to access the most advanced academic cleanroom space in the Southeast. In addition to accessing the high-level fabrication, lithography, and characterization tools in the labs, the students will have the opportunity to gain proficiency in cleanroom and tool methodology and to use the consultation services provided by research staff members of the IEN Advanced Technology Team.\u0026nbsp; In addition, the Seed Grant program gives faculty with novel research topics the ability to develop preliminary data in order to pursue follow-up funding sources.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 5 winning projects, from a diverse group of engineering disciplines, were awarded a six month block of IEN cleanroom and lab access time. In keeping with the interdisciplinary mission of IEN, the projects that will be enabled by the grants include research in materials, biomedicine, optoelectronics, and packaging applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Spring 2014 IEN Seed Grant Award winners are:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJordan Ciciliano (PI Wilbur Lam, Biomedical Engineering), \u003Cem\u003EPoint-of-Care Microfluidic Neutrophil Count Diagnostic for Cancer Patients\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EJong Seok Park (PI Hua Wang, Electrical and Computer Engineering), \u003Cem\u003EDeveloping Post-Processing Techniques to Build High-Quality Optical Filters on Standard CMOS Sensor Chips\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMisha Rodin and Sampath Kommandur (PI Shannon Yee, Mechanical Engineering), \u003Cem\u003EMeasuring Thermal Conductivity of Amorphous Thin-Films\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBen Rainwater (PI Meilin Liu, Materials Science and Engineering), \u003Cem\u003EFabrication of Thin-film Li-ion Electrolyte Membranes with Vertically Aligned Interfaces Tailored for Dramatic Enhancement of Ionic Conductivity\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBopeng Zhang (PI Yongsheng Chen, Civil and Environmental Engineering), \u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ESynthesis of Novel Nano-composite Reverse Electrodialysis (RED) Ion-exchange Membranes for Sustainable Energy Production using Salinity Gradient\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Awardees will present the results of their research efforts at the annual IEN User Day in 2015.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about IEN cleanroom facilities, research capabilities, and collaboration opportunities please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ien.gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022www.ien.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.ien.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology at Georgia Tech has announced the winners for the 2014 Spring Seed Grant Awards."}],"uid":"27863","created_gmt":"2014-05-20 14:07:42","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:26","author":"Christa Ernst","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-05-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-05-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1271","name":"NanoTECH"}],"categories":[{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"147","name":"Military Technology"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"6597","name":"biomedicine"},{"id":"12701","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"1692","name":"materials"},{"id":"1815","name":"optoelectronics"},{"id":"84231","name":"packaging technologies"},{"id":"171098","name":"Seed Grant Awardees"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"},{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}