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RESEARCH NEWS LEADING THE WAY in Applied Research ettering University faculty have successfully secured more than $2 million in equipment through Major KResearch Instrumentation (MRI) grants through the National Science Foundation since 2013. Faculty have received five MRI grants in that span — tied for the most of any university in Michigan and further enabling Kettering’s capabilities as a leading applied research institution. Here’s a list of the grants: • Kettering’s most recent MRI grant will, once installed, give • Dr. Jaerock Kwon, Kettering University assistant professor of Kettering something no other university in the country has Computer Engineering, obtained a $341,563 grant for a program — its own 4G long term evolution (LTE) wireless system. The entitled, "MRI: Development of High-Throughput and High- equipment, made possible through the MRI grant worth Resolution Three-Dimensional Tissue Scanner with Internet- $143,920, will take approximately one year to be installed, Connected 3D Virtual Microscope for Large-Scale Automated but once operational, it will have a wide range of research, Histology." The program focuses on the development of a three- academic and even community uses — including assisting law dimensional brain tissue scanner. enforcement. Read more: www.kettering.edu/news/nsf-grant-will-support- Read more: www.kettering.edu/news/latest-nsf-grant-will- high-resolution-mri-research give-kettering-university-its-own-4g-lte-wireless-system A sixth NSF grant, this one focused on scholarships rather than • Kettering faculty and students involved in nine different equipment and research, provides nearly $600,000 to support projects from the Chemical Engineering, Engineering Physics, academically talented but financially disadvantaged students in Biochemistry and Applied Biology departments will benefit their pursuit to become leaders in science, technology, engineering from the $552,650 award that will lead to the acquisition of an and mathematics (STEM). The funding allows Kettering’s S-STEM X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) instrument. The XPS for Undergraduate Education program — Support Through is the industry standard measurement tool for the chemical Robotics for Underserved Talented Students (STRUTS) — to award composition of surface materials. gap scholarships to students who are able to qualify academically Read more: www.kettering.edu/news/kettering-university- for Kettering, but can’t secure enough financial aid to attend. receives-fifth-mri-grant-national-science-foundation Read more: www.kettering.edu/news/kettering-receives-nsf- grant-support-robotics-students • Materials science at Kettering University is about to be propelled to new heights as the school has been awarded a $77,808 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant which will be used to acquire an X-Ray Diffractometer. Read more: www.kettering.edu/news/nsf-grant-will-help- kettering-acquire-x-ray-diffractometer • Five faculty members combined their research efforts to garner a $114,039 grant that will allow for the acquisition of a three-position sensor 3D Investigator Motion Capture System by Northern Digital Inc. This instrument acquisition will serve faculty researchers from the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME), Computer Science (CS), and Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) departments (see Table 1). Their overlapping research specialties include ergonomics, human factors, human-computer interaction (HCI), haptic interfaces, virtual reality and simulation environments, medical robotics, and autonomous vehicle navigation. Read more: www.kettering.edu/news/collaboration-helps- faculty-secure-multi-disciplinary-nsf-grant SPRING 2015 11