{"682806":{"#nid":"682806","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Spring 2025 IMS Seed Grant Awards Announced","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/matter-systems.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute for Matter and Systems (IMS) at Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E has announced the Spring 2025 Core Facility Seed Grant recipients. The primary purpose of this program is to give graduate students in diverse disciplines working on original and unfunded research in micro- and nanoscale science and engineering the opportunity to access the most advanced academic cleanroom space in the Southeast. In addition to using the labs\u0027 state-of-the-art fabrication, lithography, and characterization tools, the awardees will have the opportunity to gain proficiency in cleanroom and tool methodology and access the consultation services provided by research staff members in IMS. Seed Grant awardees are also provided travel support to present their research at a scientific conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to student research skill development, this biannual grant program gives faculty with novel research topics the ability to develop preliminary data to pursue follow-up funding sources. The\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/matter-systems.gatech.edu\/core-facilities-seed-grant-program\u0022\u003ECore Facility Seed Grant program\u003C\/a\u003E is supported in part by the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/senic.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESoutheastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor (SENIC),\u003C\/a\u003E a member of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nnci.net\/\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation\u2019s National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe five winning projects in this round were awarded IMS cleanroom and lab access time to be used over the next year.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Spring 2025 IMS Core Facility Seed Grant recipients are:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EStretchable Power Sources for Vertically Integrated Bioelectronics\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EPI: Antonio Facchetti\u003Cbr\u003EStudent: Sakshi Sharma\u003Cbr\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENext-generation 3D Solid-state Neutron Detectors for Nuclear Nonproliferation\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EPI: Anna Erickson\u003Cbr\u003EStudent: David Straub\u003Cbr\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EProgrammable Microchip-based Cytotoxicity Assay for Real-Time Immune Cell Profiling\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EPI: Fatih Sarioglu\u003Cbr\u003EStudent: Ahmadreza Rostamzadeh\u003Cbr\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EExperimental Study of Neutron-induced Radiation Damage in Lunar Materials with Key Implications for the Future of Lunar Geochronology\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EPI: Karl Lang\u003Cbr\u003EStudent: Shreya Mukherjee\u003Cbr\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EEnhanced Dielectrophoretic Enrichment and Removal of Microplastics from Drinking Water via Engineered Nonuniform Electric Fields on Microfluidic Chips\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EPI: Xing Xie\u003Cbr\u003EStudent: Shuai Wang\u003Cbr\u003ESchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFive interdisciplinary projects to receive IMS technical support and facility access\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Five interdisciplinary projects to receive IMS technical support and facility access"}],"uid":"35272","created_gmt":"2025-06-18 12:03:26","changed_gmt":"2025-06-18 13:37:39","author":"aneumeister3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-06-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-06-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670830":{"id":"670830","type":"image","title":"Marcus Nanotechnology Building","body":null,"created":"1684353022","gmt_created":"2023-05-17 19:50:22","changed":"1684353077","gmt_changed":"2023-05-17 19:51:17","alt":"Marcus Nanotechnology Building","file":{"fid":"253766","name":"14C10042-P1-117.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/05\/17\/14C10042-P1-117.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/05\/17\/14C10042-P1-117.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2902337,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/05\/17\/14C10042-P1-117.jpg?itok=Albu8ej-"}}},"media_ids":["670830"],"groups":[{"id":"660369","name":"Matter and Systems"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193652","name":"Matter and Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amelia.neumeister@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAmelia Neumeister\u003C\/a\u003E | Research Communications Program Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInstitute for Matter and Systems\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["amelia.neumeister@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}