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DMR Division Of Materials Research |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | March 24, 2015 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | March 24, 2015 |
| Award Number: | 1462064 |
| Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
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Joseph A. Akkara
DMR Division Of Materials Research MPS Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences |
| Start Date: | April 1, 2015 |
| End Date: | March 31, 2016 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $4,000.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $4,000.00 |
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| Recipient Sponsored Research Office: |
201 SIKES HALL CLEMSON SC US 29634-0001 (864)656-2424 |
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BOX 345702 Clemson SC US 29634-0001 |
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| NSF Program(s): | BIOMATERIALS PROGRAM |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.049 |
ABSTRACT
This award by the Biomaterials program in the Division of Materials Research to Clemson Univerity is to provide student support to attend the conference titled "Frontiers in Biomagnetic Particles IV" in Telluride, Colorado. The focus of this three-day symposium is on the synthesis, characterization and control of biomagnetic nanomaterials as carriers with a wide range of biomedical, environmental and industrial applications. This international event will bring scientists, engineers and biomedical professionals together, and they will present their recent studies and results, and discuss this rapidly growing and highly interdisciplinary field. The symposium builds upon earlier three successful conferences organized by these investigators. The broader impact goal of this proposal is to increase the participation of women and underrepresented minority students in science and engineering areas. This travel support would provide them with a unique opportunity in interacting and networking with other scientists outside of their normal educational experiences. Additionally, the organizers would make every effort to have at least 50% women and minority students as session chairs in leading the discussion on the research topics being presented at the conference.
Magnetic particles are an enabling technology for a wide variety of biomedical, chemical, electronic, and functional materials applications, and these particles are expected to provide a unique handle in manipulating and sensing nanostructures. Since this field would greatly benefit from multidisciplinary interactions from chemists, biologists, physicists, and engineers, the main goal of this conference would be to create a technical and professional environment in which participants from diverse disciplines could interact. This conference will be designed to discuss recent trends and activities related to biomagnetic nanoparticles and initiation of future collaborations among the attendees. Biomagnetic nanoparticles are unique materials, properties of which could be controlled, transported and imaged using external fields. Four specific topic areas will be highlighted at this conference: a) Biosensors and imaging; b) Biomagnetic separations and transport; c) Biomedical applications such as drug delivery; and d) Career and professional development opportunities for students.
PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT
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The purpose of this project was to support travel for graduate students, post-docs, and faculty, from underrepresented groups to attend the Frontiers in BioMagnetic Particles IV, Telluride, CO, June 23-26, 2015.
Intellectual Merit: This three-day symposium focused on the characterization and control of magnetic carriers. Magnetic carriers are unique nano-materials with a wide range of biomedical, environmental, and technological impacts. This international event brought scientists, engineers, medical professionals, and program managers together to discuss this rapidly growing and highly interdisciplinary field. Magnetic particles are an enabling technology for a wide variety of biomedical, chemical, electronic, and functional materials research because they provide a unique handle to manipulate and sense nanostructures. Because this field benefits especially well from cross-fertilization of ideas from chemistry, biology, physics, and engineering, is our goal to create a technical and social environment in which participants from diverse disciplines can discuss trends in research and form collaborations.
Broader Impacts: Financial support ($4,000) was provided to a total of 4 travel awards at $1000 each primarily to support graduate student researchers. Awardees were selected based on outstanding scientific contributions based on their abstract submission and level of need. Funding priority was given to graduate students attending their first national meeting, junior faculty giving an oral presentation, and researchers belonging to underrepresented groups. Seen in the table below are the four participants, two whom are women.
Last Modified: 07/12/2016
Modified by: Olin T Mefford
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