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ASU receives prestigious $6.25 million multi-disciplinary research award from Department of DefensePublic release date: 3-Jul-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Joe Caspermeyer joseph.caspermeyer@asu.edu 480-727-0369 Arizona State University
Arizona State University professor Hao Yan, an innovator in the field of nanotechnology, has been selected to receive a five-year, $6.25 million basic research award under the Department of Defense's (DoD) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program.
The highly competitive MURI program will award a total of $155 million over the next five years for 23 research projects, subject to the availability of federal appropriations.
"The ability of ASU to successfully compete amongst the nation's best researchers speaks volumes about the quality and recognition of Hao Yan's innovative work and the talents of the research team he has assembled," said ASU President Michael Crow. "His breakneck speed in developing new technologies may spark entirely new solutions in biomedicine and energy research."
For the MURI program, DoD divisions including the Army Research Office, the Office of Naval Research, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research solicited proposals in 21 topics and received 251 white papers, which were followed by 78 proposals. Yan was just one of 23 scientists from across the country selected to lead a MURI project, which were selected based on merit review by a panel of experts.
"Now, with this award, there is a golden opportunity to expand our research in a new direction," said Yan, a researcher the Biodesign Institute who has risen rapidly through the academic ranks at ASU. In 2011, Yan was named as the inaugural Milton D. Glick Distinguished Chair in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and has garnered international attention for his research achievements and recognition in top-tier research publications.
"Watching Professor Yan's research program grow and develop over the past few years has been tremendously exciting, ever since he was first a new assistant professor," said William Petuskey, associate vice president of Knowledge Enterprise Development and former chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. "He and his group members have produced a rapid and constant stream of innovative ideas and patents, an extreme rate of first-rate publications, an impressive portfolio of new approaches to teaching and training and an astounding rate of winning research funding, He is the embodiment of what ASU is doing as it reimagines and redefines its role in modern society. He has become one of the foremost academic leaders of his field."
Yan's research approach uses nature---in this case, DNA, the essential building block of all life on Earth---as the architectural underpinnings of a biomimicry approach to advance nanotechnology and ultimately build nano-scale devices.
"I am always very interested in designer architecture," said Yan. "Every architect needs a set of design rules. In the past, we have developed a variety of novel or unique strategies to design arbitrarily-shaped 2-D and 3-D structures by pursuing applications of DNA nanotechnology and attaching nanoparticles, enzymes, and proteins to make them more functional."
Yan will lead an elite team of researchers to increase their understanding of the design rules of constructing 3-D artificial enzyme centers and ultimately build nano-scale devices that mimic important biological systems, such as important biochemical pathways implicated in diseases or energy conversion during photosynthesis. The research team draws on expertise across several scientific fields and includes fellow ASU co-investigators Neal Woodbury and Don Seo; Mark Bathe, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; William Shih, Harvard Medical School; and Nils Walter, University of Michigan.
"There are so many biochemical pathways available in nature, and nature is so complicated," said Yan. "There are two main aspects of biochemical pathways: One is to convert mass, The other is to convert energy. We just want to grab some of the content and simplify it, and make it useful for our purposes."
"We need a set of rules that will allow anyone in the field to be able to design an engineered biochemical pathway using a bottom-up approach, where we use the biochemical components of a cell as our building blocks to make new discoveries."
The MURI program supports the research of teams of investigators whose backgrounds intersect multiple traditional science and engineering disciplines in order to accelerate research progress. Yan sees the award as a significant opportunity to build a strong research program in biomimetics and bio-inspired engineering at ASU.
"During the past 10 years, we have made a lot of progress and are getting closer and closer to making self-assembled nanomachines a reality."
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To learn more of Hao Yan's research accomplishments to date:
The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University addresses today's critical global challenges in biomedicine & health outcomes, sustainability and security by developing solutions inspired from natural systems and translating those solutions into commercially viable products and clinical practices. biodesign.asu.edu.
About the DoD MURI Program
The highly competitive MURI program complements DoD basic research programs that support traditional, single-investigator university research. The Multidisciplinary University Research Initiatives incentivize research by multidisciplinary teams through larger and longer awards. MURI awards also provide greater sustained support for the education and training of students pursuing advanced degrees in science and engineering fields critical to DoD.
The complete list of projects selected for fiscal 2012 funding may be found at http://www.defense.gov/news/2012MURI.pdf.
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ASU receives prestigious $6.25 million multi-disciplinary research award from Department of DefensePublic release date: 3-Jul-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Joe Caspermeyer joseph.caspermeyer@asu.edu 480-727-0369 Arizona State University
Arizona State University professor Hao Yan, an innovator in the field of nanotechnology, has been selected to receive a five-year, $6.25 million basic research award under the Department of Defense's (DoD) Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) program.
The highly competitive MURI program will award a total of $155 million over the next five years for 23 research projects, subject to the availability of federal appropriations.
"The ability of ASU to successfully compete amongst the nation's best researchers speaks volumes about the quality and recognition of Hao Yan's innovative work and the talents of the research team he has assembled," said ASU President Michael Crow. "His breakneck speed in developing new technologies may spark entirely new solutions in biomedicine and energy research."
For the MURI program, DoD divisions including the Army Research Office, the Office of Naval Research, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research solicited proposals in 21 topics and received 251 white papers, which were followed by 78 proposals. Yan was just one of 23 scientists from across the country selected to lead a MURI project, which were selected based on merit review by a panel of experts.
"Now, with this award, there is a golden opportunity to expand our research in a new direction," said Yan, a researcher the Biodesign Institute who has risen rapidly through the academic ranks at ASU. In 2011, Yan was named as the inaugural Milton D. Glick Distinguished Chair in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and has garnered international attention for his research achievements and recognition in top-tier research publications.
"Watching Professor Yan's research program grow and develop over the past few years has been tremendously exciting, ever since he was first a new assistant professor," said William Petuskey, associate vice president of Knowledge Enterprise Development and former chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. "He and his group members have produced a rapid and constant stream of innovative ideas and patents, an extreme rate of first-rate publications, an impressive portfolio of new approaches to teaching and training and an astounding rate of winning research funding, He is the embodiment of what ASU is doing as it reimagines and redefines its role in modern society. He has become one of the foremost academic leaders of his field."
Yan's research approach uses nature---in this case, DNA, the essential building block of all life on Earth---as the architectural underpinnings of a biomimicry approach to advance nanotechnology and ultimately build nano-scale devices.
"I am always very interested in designer architecture," said Yan. "Every architect needs a set of design rules. In the past, we have developed a variety of novel or unique strategies to design arbitrarily-shaped 2-D and 3-D structures by pursuing applications of DNA nanotechnology and attaching nanoparticles, enzymes, and proteins to make them more functional."
Yan will lead an elite team of researchers to increase their understanding of the design rules of constructing 3-D artificial enzyme centers and ultimately build nano-scale devices that mimic important biological systems, such as important biochemical pathways implicated in diseases or energy conversion during photosynthesis. The research team draws on expertise across several scientific fields and includes fellow ASU co-investigators Neal Woodbury and Don Seo; Mark Bathe, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; William Shih, Harvard Medical School; and Nils Walter, University of Michigan.
"There are so many biochemical pathways available in nature, and nature is so complicated," said Yan. "There are two main aspects of biochemical pathways: One is to convert mass, The other is to convert energy. We just want to grab some of the content and simplify it, and make it useful for our purposes."
"We need a set of rules that will allow anyone in the field to be able to design an engineered biochemical pathway using a bottom-up approach, where we use the biochemical components of a cell as our building blocks to make new discoveries."
The MURI program supports the research of teams of investigators whose backgrounds intersect multiple traditional science and engineering disciplines in order to accelerate research progress. Yan sees the award as a significant opportunity to build a strong research program in biomimetics and bio-inspired engineering at ASU.
"During the past 10 years, we have made a lot of progress and are getting closer and closer to making self-assembled nanomachines a reality."
###
To learn more of Hao Yan's research accomplishments to date:
The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University addresses today's critical global challenges in biomedicine & health outcomes, sustainability and security by developing solutions inspired from natural systems and translating those solutions into commercially viable products and clinical practices. biodesign.asu.edu.
About the DoD MURI Program
The highly competitive MURI program complements DoD basic research programs that support traditional, single-investigator university research. The Multidisciplinary University Research Initiatives incentivize research by multidisciplinary teams through larger and longer awards. MURI awards also provide greater sustained support for the education and training of students pursuing advanced degrees in science and engineering fields critical to DoD.
The complete list of projects selected for fiscal 2012 funding may be found at http://www.defense.gov/news/2012MURI.pdf.
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FILE - In this April 17, 2012, file photo, House Transportation Committee Chairman Rep. John Mica, R-Fla. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress on Friday, June 29, 2012 emphatically approved legislation preserving jobs on transportation projects from coast to coast and avoiding interest rate increases on new loans to millions of college students, giving lawmakers campaign-season bragging rights on what may be their biggest economic achievement before the November elections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
FILE - In this April 17, 2012, file photo, House Transportation Committee Chairman Rep. John Mica, R-Fla. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress on Friday, June 29, 2012 emphatically approved legislation preserving jobs on transportation projects from coast to coast and avoiding interest rate increases on new loans to millions of college students, giving lawmakers campaign-season bragging rights on what may be their biggest economic achievement before the November elections. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
FILE - In this May 8, 2012 file photo, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., center, and Rep. John Mica, R- Fla., left, listen as Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., right, speaks during the first meeting of the House and Senate conference on the transportation bill on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress on Friday, June 29, 2012 emphatically approved legislation preserving jobs on transportation projects from coast to coast and avoiding interest rate increases on new loans to millions of college students, giving lawmakers campaign-season bragging rights on what may be their biggest economic achievement before the November elections. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Congress may have averted a doubling of interest rates on millions of new federal student loans, but the fix is only for a year, leaving students on edge over whether they'll face a similar increase next summer.
"It's scary," said Faith Nebergall, a student at Indiana University whose loans currently total upward of $20,000. "And it's unfair to kind of be kept in the dark as to how much money we owe."
Under the agreement, interest rates on new subsidized Stafford loans will remain at 3.4 percent. That's estimated to save 7.4 million students about $1,000 each on the average loan, which is usually paid off over 10 or more years.
In the short run, that means students can breathe a sigh of relief this summer. A year from now, however, those rates are set to rise to 6.8 percent. That automatic increase was approved by Congress when lawmakers signed off on a series of scheduled rate reductions five years ago.
"There are more struggling families and they need some assurances to feel OK about getting young people into and through college," said Kati Haycock, president of The Education Trust. "Congress aggravates everybody, creates lots of anxiety out there, and essentially gives us a one-year solution."
About $1.2 billion will be saved by limiting federal subsidies of Stafford loans to six years for students pursuing a bachelor's degree and three years for those completing an associate's degree.
Richard Vedder, director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and an economics professor at Ohio University, said that could have the positive effect of encouraging more students to complete their degree in a timely manner, while also allowing some flexibility for students who work and have families and need more time to finish.
But he sees a negative impact down the road. Vedder argues that lower interest rates contribute to the desire to borrow money, which he says has the adverse effect of enabling schools to raise their tuition. Some students with poor academic records and for whom college might not be the best fight might be inclined to enroll anyway. That could aggravate problems in the labor market, where there are many unemployed and underemployed recent college graduates.
"It makes political sense, but not economic sense," Vedder said.
The price of college tuition has skyrocketed in recent decades. Between 1982 and 2007, tuition and fees increased 439 percent while the median family income rose 147 percent, according to a report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. The price of in-state tuition at a public university has increased by more than 5 percent annually in the past 10 years. It jumped 15 percent between 2008 and 2010 alone.
Cuts to state education budgets have played a significant role in increasing those costs, particularly in recent years. How much influence the expansion of access to federal aid has played is less certain; many insist it plays none. An analysis this year by the American Council on Education concluded there is no evidence to suggest it has, and that any relationship between the two is incidental, not causal.
What is certain is that with the price of tuition continuing to rise, pressure will remain on Congress to keep rates low.
"I think anybody in higher education, whether it's people like me, college presidents, financial aid administrators, students and parents, would really like some certainty and predictability," said Terri Hartle, senior vice president for government and public affairs with the American Council on Education. "And that's something we really haven't had."
Nebergall, 21, said she expects to owe $20,000 or more on her federal loans by the time she graduates, and about the same in private loans as well. While she and her long-term boyfriend would like to move in together when she finishes school, Nebergall doesn't think they'll be able to afford it. He pays about $250 a month in student loans himself.
She said a rate increase next year could have a big effect.
"It's money I could put down on a security deposit on my own apartment," she said. "It's money I could be used to start my adult life."
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The Kobo eReader is about to invade Japan. Following Rakuten's purchase of the Canadian eReader company, the Japanese online retail giant announced the eReader's launch plans this morning. The Kobo eReader hits the retailer's interwebs on July 17th for ?7,980 including tax (or $100 USD). The device is completely retooled for the Japanese populace and launches with a large assortment of ePub 3.0 Japanese titles, including novels and comic books.
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