Page 18 - Kettering Magazine Spring 2017

calorimeter (iTC). The iTC has allowed moorman and finding new cancer treatments
her colleagues to obtain quantitative thermodynamic dr. prem Vaishnava, a professor of physics at Kettering
information about molecular interactions. university, is propelling materials engineering to new
heights at Kettering university with the acquisition of an
since being installed on campus, the iTC has been x-ray diffractometer. The acquisition was made possible
used in labs associated with Biochemistry classes. by a $77,808 national science Foundation - major
Additionally, moorman, dr. montserrat rabago smith research instrumentation (nsF-mri) grant.
and dr. lihua wang, have trained students working on
four different research projects to operate the instrument The diffractometer has been used on campus for
independently. materials characterization across multiple disciplines
including physics, Chemistry, Chemical engineering,
This grant has allowed Kettering to expose numerous mechanical engineering and industrial engineering; as
undergraduate students to a sophisticated piece a tool for teaching materials science related classes;
of instrumentation that they normally would not be and outreach opportunities for area middle and high
exposed to until graduate school.

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