Current Research Funding

Ohio Board of Regents, August 1, 2003, "Nanoscale Hybrid Materials: Novel Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications," $800,287. Joint with M. Schulz (UC), J. Cuppoletti (UC), P. Rosevear (UC), J. L. Koenig (CWRU), and P. T. Murray (UD).

National Science Foundation, August 1, 2003, "Development of an Infrared Spectrometer/Scanning Probe Microscope for Materials Characterization at High Spatial Resolution," $250,055.

National Science Foundation, May 1, 2003, REU supplement to "Collaborative Research: Plasma Polymerization of Acetylene," $23,900.

The Boeing Company, June 24, 2003, "Effect of Processing Variables on Surface Composition, Energy, Morphology, and Adhesion of Grit-Blasted Epoxy/Graphite Composites: Phase II," $91,745.

Brighton Technologies Group, Inc., September 1, 2002, "Surface Engineering of Metals With Plasma Polymers," $120,005. Subcontract on an NSF/SBIR Award to Brighton Technologies Group, Inc.

National Science Foundation, March 28, 2002, REU supplement to "Collaborative Research: Plasma Polymerization of Acetylene," $11,900.

U. S. Army, May 1, 2002, "Flexible Membranes for Active Transport of HCl," Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI), $5,000,000. Joint with J. Cuppoletti (PI), P. Rosevear, T. Beck, J. Y. S. Lin, and R. Coalson.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), March 11, 2002, "Plasma Polymerization: A Novel Environmentally Compatible Process for Surface Engineering of Metals," $300,000.

National Science Foundation, September 1, 2000, "Collaborative Research: Plasma Polymerization of Acetylene," $280,000.