Summary of Engineering Research 2004

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Summary of Engineering Research 2004

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Welcome to the Summary of Engineering Research.

Education, research, and public service are the three missions of the University. In the Summary of Engineering Research 2004, we provide a retrospective view of faculty research within the College of Engineering during calendar year 2003.

In the Summary you will find more than 1,900 entries describing funded research projects as well as the faculty, students, and staff who are carrying out the research. Entries are arranged by department but also appear in the reports of our major laboratories where the research is performed. The report includes lists of publications, patents, and faculty awards and honors. The funding level for research, derived from federal and state grants and contracts and from private sector gifts and contracts, totaled more than $160 million.

Some of the achievements and recognitions to note include:

  1. We celebrated two Nobel Laureates, a National Medal of Technology recipient, and many other faculty members who were singled out for distinction, and who have expanded our expertise, research, and programs in some of the most exciting and important areas of engineering and science. Professor Anthony J. Leggett shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Alexei A. Abrikosov and Vitaly L. Ginzburg for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids and Professor Paul C Lauterbur shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology with England's Peter Mansfield for their seminal discoveries concerning the use of magnetic resonance to visualize different structures. Professor Nick Holonyak, Jr., and two of his former graduate students, M. George Craford and Russell Dupuis, were selected as recipients of the 2002 National Medal of Technology

  2. A new Center for Nanoscale Chemical, Electrical and Mechanical Manufacturing Systems (Nano-CEMMS) was established as a National Science Foundation Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center. The center's research program will focus on carrying out precise chemical synthesis at the nanoscale.

  3. The Multi-axial Full-scale Substructuring Testing and Simulation (MUST-SIM) Facility was commissioned as part of the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES). Full-scale structures can be subjected to complex loading situations that might occur during earthquakes.

  4. The College dedicated the $80-million Siebel Center for Computer Science as the new home for the Department of Computer Science. This building, in addition to providing research and instructional space, serves as an innovative experimental computing habitat.

  5. Construction is poised to begin on an $18-million addition to the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory. The new space will enable researchers working at the interface between biotechnology and nanotechnology to work side-by-side with faculty and students carrying out research on microelectronics, nanophotonics, and other aspects of nanoscale science.

  6. The College dedicated a new facility that houses facilities for research on subsonic and supersonic characteristics of aircraft components and structural elements subjected to strong winds.

It is our hope that this Summary will convey the research activities and progress of our faculty and the broad range of expertise available to laboratories, companies, and the public.

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