{"686727":{"#nid":"686727","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Fall 2025 IMS Seed Grant Awards Announced","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/matter-systems.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute for Matter and Systems (IMS) at Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E has announced the Fall 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 \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 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/senic.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESoutheastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor (SENIC),\u003C\/a\u003E a member of the \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 were awarded IMS cleanroom and lab access time to be used over the next year.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Fall 2025 IMS Core Facility Seed Grant recipients are:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E2D Confined Metals for Electrocatalytic Applications\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EPI: Faisal Alamgir\u003Cbr\u003EStudents: Robert (Bobby) Hoye and Arturo Medina\u003Cbr\u003ESchool of Materials Science and Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHigh-Speed Chip-to-Chip Terahertz Interconnects Enabled by Nanoporous Cu-Cu Bonding\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EPIs: Nima Ghalichechian and Vanessa Smet\u003Cbr\u003EStudent: Seung Yoon Lee\u003Cbr\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECharacterization of Composite Materials with Enhanced Cyclability for Thermal Batteries\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EPI: Akanksha Menon\u003Cbr\u003EStudent: Sadie Flagg (School of Materials Science and Engineering)\u003Cbr\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHigh-Endurance FeFET-ECRAM Hybrid Devices for Next Generation - Vertical NAND Applications\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EPI: Asif Khan\u003Cbr\u003EStudent: Ranie Seetha Lakshmi Jeyakumar\u003Cbr\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ECoral Skeletal Cadmium Isotopes: Exploring and Establishing a Novel Proxy for Marine Bio-productivity in the Modern and Ancient Ocean\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EPI: Isaiah Bolden\u003Cbr\u003EStudent: Margaret Gordon\u003Cbr\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\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":"2025-12-03 19:59:42","changed_gmt":"2025-12-03 20:02:28","author":"aneumeister3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-12-03T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-12-03T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676070":{"id":"676070","type":"image","title":"Marcus Nanotechnology Building","body":null,"created":"1737471519","gmt_created":"2025-01-21 14:58:39","changed":"1737471519","gmt_changed":"2025-01-21 14:58:39","alt":"Photo of the Marcus Nanotechnology Building. 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