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Tackett has used the Tem for the junior-level material measurement tool for the chemical composition of
science and nanotechnology class at Kettering. its surface materials.
capabilities have also been demonstrated to visiting
high school groups and prospective students during since being installed on campus in march 2015, the data
Kettering’s open house events. collected from the xps has been used to support over
15 research projects involving 10 faculty members from
“i’d like to put together a type of program that’s aimed multiple disciplines.
at increasing awareness of sTem fields at the elementary,
middle and high school levels,” Tackett said. data and findings using the xps are included in one
published peer-reviewed article, one article under
Tackett, dr. uma ramabadran, physics; dr. xuan zhou, review, two manuscripts in preparation, four conference
electrical engineering; and dr. gianfraco digiuseep, presentations, one patent application, three successful
mechanical engineering; are all currently using the Tem research proposals, and two proposals under review.
on campus for their research. The instrument has also been integrated into three
undergraduate courses at Kettering.
Plastics research gets boost
Kettering faculty and students involved in nine different researching molecular interactions
projects from the Chemical engineering, engineering dr. Veronica moorman and a team of faculty researchers
physics, Biochemistry and Applied Biology departments from multiple disciplines across campus were awarded
will benefit from the $552,650 award that led to the a national science Foundation major research
acquisition of an x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy instrumentation (nsF-mri) grant for $91,600 that
(xps) instrument. The xps is the industry standard permitted the acquisition of an isothermal titration

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