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Geyou Ao Receives NSF Award for Nanomaterials Research
Dr. Geyou Ao, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering (CBE), has been awarded a grant by the Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems (CBET) Division of the National Science Foundation (NSF). The three-year project, titled “Engineered Organic Color Centers for Profiling Protein-Carbohydrate Recognition,” has been funded for $346,889.
Under the NSF grant, Dr. Ao will develop new nanomaterial tools to detect specific molecular interactions in biological processes with enhanced sensitivity and selectivity. Her research at CSU has focused on developing applications for structurally controlled nanomaterials, including carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs). She was recently awarded funding via the I-Corps@Ohio Program, an initiative of the Ohio Department of Higher Education, to commercially develop functional boron nitride nanotubes that can be used in protective shields, mechanical and/or thermal reinforcements for composites, self-cleaning materials, biology, and medicine.
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Meet CSU's New Faculty
Elizabeth (Liz) Goncy, Psychology
Dr. Liz Goncy joined Cleveland State University in August 2016 as an assistant professor and clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychology. She earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Kent State University. Prior to joining CSU, Dr. Goncy completed a National Institute of Justice funded post-doctoral research fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University studying adolescent dating abuse in middle school youth, and she evaluated a comprehensive bullying prevention program for urban youth under a grant from the Centers for Disease Control.
Dr. Goncy is a licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, and young adults. Her research program focuses on the importance of relationships (e.g., romantic, peer, and parent-child) on adolescent and young adulthood outcomes. She also works with the THRiVE collaborative to promote healthy development for all youth by enhancing supportive systems, reducing barriers to access, and promoting equity in health research.
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Featured Research Alumni
Alvaro Mata
Dr. Alvaro Mata is a professor of biomedical engineering and biomaterials at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). Dr. Mata was one of the first graduates of the Doctoral Program in Applied Biomedical Engineering (ABE), a collaborative program between CSU’s Washkewicz College of Engineering and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Cleveland Clinic. His research focuses on developing new biofabrication strategies and materials that exhibit structural complexity, hierarchical order, and dynamic properties such as the capacity to grow and self-heal.
If you know a former Cleveland State student researcher who has gone on to career success, please email Dan Simon or Joy Yard to let us know. |
Research Partnerships
CSU Erie Hack Team Progresses to Semi-Final Round in Detroit
Congratulations to Cleveland State University’s Team VOL for reaching the June 5 semi-final round of Erie Hack. Erie Hack is an innovation challenge that accelerates technology solutions to Lake Erie’s most pressing problems.
Led by CSU business major Cameron Tolbert, Team VOL pitched their concept for “A social platform to connect volunteers, gain skills, and give back.” Their goal is to make it easier to organize volunteers to work on projects that improve Lake Erie.
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CSU Scholar News
Haodong Wang, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr. Haodong Wang joined Cleveland State University in 2010 and is currently an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). He received his Ph.D. in computer science from the College of William and Mary.
Dr. Wang's research focuses on security and privacy in the Internet of Things (IoT), mobile operating systems, and computer networks. His research on efficient public-key cryptosystem implementation for resource-constrained devices allows commercial-grade security solutions to be deployed in wireless sensor networks. He also proposed and implemented one of the first IoT search engines based on wireless sensors. More recently, his research team developed a Distributed Android Security Framework, a custom Android system that systematically resolves many Android system data security issues. Dr. Wang's publications have appeared in journals such as the IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON) and IEEE Transactions on Communications. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the Cleveland Foundation.
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Inspired Creativity
Crooked River Contrasts at The Galleries at CSU
The Galleries at CSU will host a session of Crooked River Contrasts, which notes the 50th anniversary of the burning of the Cuyahoga River. Mr. Bill Barrow, Head of Special Collections at the Michael Schwartz Library at CSU, will discuss local history collections, especially the popular Cleveland Memory Project with over 70,000 items freely available on-line. Started in 2002, the Cleveland Memory Project includes photos of major fires on the Cuyahoga over the years, as well as historic photos, maps, drawings and e-books.
Crooked River Contrasts is organized by the XTINGUISH Celebration with support from Ohio Humanities. The exhibition at CSU runs from July 2 through August 3 and will be housed in the South and Center Galleries. The Galleries at CSU are located at 1307 Euclid Avenue, in the historic Cowell and Hubbard building, at the corner of East 13th Street.
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News from the Technology Transfer Office
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Invention Disclosure Pipeline
The Technology Transfer Office has received a joint invention disclosure from Dr. Chris Wirth, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering (CBE), Emily Pentzer, an assistant professor of Chemistry at CWRU, and Qinmo Lu, a CWRU Ph.D. student. The invention is titled Process for Sizing Two Dimensional (2D) Nanomaterials. 2D nanomaterials are highly attractive in the fabrication of next-generation wearable, highly flexible, and transparent electronic and optoelectronic devices. A significant problem with 2D nanomaterials is measuring each unique material's size in order to determine how best it can be applied. The inventors have created a 2D nanomaterial sizing method using optical microscopy. This invention disclosure is a direct result of an opportunity provided by the IoT Collaborative.
Contact Jack Kraszewski for assistance with a disclosure to begin the process of protecting your invention or intellectual property. |
Moo-Yeal Lee Receives Phase 2 Commercialization Award
BioPrinting Labs, Inc., a CSU start-up company created by CSU faculty researcher Dr. Moo-Yeal Lee, has been awarded CSU’s first Ohio Department Services Agency (ODSA) Technology Validation and Start-up Fund Phase 2 grant in the amount of $150,000. Dr. Lee, an associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering (CBE), previously was awarded a TeCK Fund Phase 1 award in March, 2018.
The Phase 2 award will further Dr. Lee’s efforts to achieve market entry of the 384PillarPlate in 2020. BioPrinting Labs will use the ODSA award to functionalize and sterilize the surface of the 384PillarPlate and to scale up manufacturing. In addition, funds will be used to purchase key equipment for cell/tissue quality control. The TeCK Fund is a joint technology commercialization and startup fund co-managed by Cleveland State University and Kent State University.
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Research Funding News
Molly Buckley Awarded LRNG Innovators Challenge Grant
Dr. Molly Buckley, an assistant professor in the Department of Teacher Education, has been awarded a 2019 LRNG Innovators Challenge Grant from the National Writing Project (NWP). The project, titled The City is Our Campus: Amplifying Youth Voice, Expanding Youth Space, has received $20,000 in funding. During the 15-month program, 9th graders will identify, research, and act on a community issue related to the larger theme, “The City is Our Campus.”
NWP is funded by the US Department of Education, and focuses the knowledge, expertise, and leadership of our nation's educators on sustained efforts to improve writing and learning for all learners.
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Undergraduate Research News
Jacob Adamczyk Wins Society of Physics Students Scholarship
Congratulations to Jacob Adamczyk, a double-major in Physics and Mathematics, for receiving a $2,000 SPS Leadership Scholarship from the national Society of Physics Students (SPS) office of the American Institute of Physics. Jacob is a member of the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Honors College, and his research experiences at CSU include the summer 2018 session of the NSF-funded Soft Matter Physics Research Experiences for Undergraduates (Soft Matter REU) and an Undergraduate Summer Research Award (USRA). Jacob is spending the summer in Grenoble, France working with Dr. Clemens Winkelmann of the Neel Institute on a summer research project on low temperature superconductivity. CSU’s chapter of the Society of Physics Students is advised by Associate Professor of Physics Dr. Kiril Streletzky
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