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About The University Of Cincinnati Nanoworld and Smart Materials and Devices Laboratory
Located On The West Campus Of The University Of Cincinnati
The UC Nanoworld and Smart Materials and Devices Laboratory is an interdepartmental research lab which includes faculty from Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Chemistry, Aerospace Engineering and the Medical School. The lab develops innovative smart materials, sensors and devices by intersecting the various disciplines of science and engineering. The main concentration of research is in the Nanotechnology, Biomimetics, Composites and Smart Structures fields. The Nanoworld Laboratory is an exciting interdisciplinary experimental-theoretical learning environment for undergraduate through PhD level students.
The Nanoworld and Smart Materials and Devices Laboratory is housed in the main campus of University of Cincinnati and is directed by Dr. Mark Schulz and Dr. Vesselin Shanov. The aim of the laboratory is to integrate different aspects of engineering and make a final product that could be put into practical use. The projects currently in progress at this laboratory includes a blend of aeronautical, mechanical, civil, electrical, material science and chemical engineering research. Students at this laboratory have an option of choosing courses from various fields of engineering to satisfy the completion of the projects that are in progress. The UC Nanoworld Lab group is comprised of two different laboratories.
- NanoWorld Laboratory
414 Rhodes Hall
Phone: (513)556-4652
- Smart Materials and Devices Laboratory
440B Baldwin Hall
Phone: (513) 556 0921
The "Nanoworld Laboratory" houses several state of the art furnaces required to manufacture carbon nanotubes. The nanotubes obtained are processed to achieve a final usable form as sensors or actuators or carbon electronics. "NanoWorld" also houses various instrumentation for electrochemical analysis, mixers for making composites and testing devices for sensor/actuator analysis. These sensors are put into practical applications at the "Smart Materials and Devices Laboratory" in detecting damage, detecting cancer cells etc. The "Smart Materials and Devices Laboratory" also houses some of the latest equipment, including furnaces, high speed high sampling rate digital data acquisition instruments, an MTS machine, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and high resolution microscopes.
The Nanoworld and Smart Materials and Devices Laboratories are part of the UC Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology (INST) directed by Dr. Thomas Mantei, and the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Revolutionizing Metallic Biomaterials (ERC-RMB)
INST Website: http://www.eng.uc.edu/ucnanoinstitute/
ERC Website: http://erc.ncat.edu/