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Dr. Karen Daniels |
Dr. Karen Daniels, assistant professor of physics in the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, has received a five-year, $505,036 grant for her proposal titled, “State Variables in Dense Granular Materials.” Her research will focus on how temperature-like variables or the compression at the boundaries impact the state of granular systems. Systems composed of granular materials (such as sand) can act like either solids or liquids, and these studies will hopefully provide diagnostics to measure the state of such a system before it fails.
Daniels received her bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College in 1994 and her doctorate from Cornell University in 2002. She joined the NC State faculty in 2005.
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Dr. W. Rhett Davis |
Dr. W. Rhett Davis, assistant professor of electrical engineering in the College of Engineering, has received a five-year, $409,643 grant for his proposal titled, “Design Methodologies for Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuits.” The project involves the stacking of chips vertically, often referred to as three-dimensional integrated circuits (3D ICs), which promises to alleviate the high cost of manufacturing equipment by reusing existing equipment to sell more chips. The goal of Davis’ research project is to discover and document design techniques that will improve the speed of 3D ICs.
Davis received his bachelor’s degree from NC State in 1994 and his doctorate in electrical engineering from the University of California at Berkley in 2002. He joined the NC State faculty in 2002.
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Dr. Lin He |
Dr. Lin He, assistant professor of chemistry in the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, has received a five-year, $590,000 grant for her proposal titled, “Amplification by
Polymerization in DNA Biosensing.” This research focuses on developing a new generation of DNA biosensing technology, improving the efficiency and accuracy of these important medical diagnostic tools. Her research interests also include the development of nanomaterials-based mass spectrometric methods in metabolite detection and surface-based spectroscopic methods in membrane peptide studies.
She received her bachelor’s degree from Peking University in 1996, and her doctorate in chemistry from Penn State University in 2000. She joined the NC State faculty in 2003.
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Dr. Paul Maggard |
Dr. Paul Maggard, assistant professor of chemistry in the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, has received a five-year, $500,000 grant for his proposal titled, “Synthesis of Multifunctional Hybrids of Reduced Rhenates and Related Systems.” His research focuses on creating oxide/organic hybrid materials with an advanced structural flexibility and functionality that will allow scientists to access a wide range of new electronic and magnetic properties.
Maggard received his bachelor’s degree from William Jewell College in 1995 and his doctorate from Iowa State University in 2000. He joined the NC State faculty in 2002.
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Dr. Robert Rose |
Dr. Robert Rose, assistant professor of molecular and structural biochemistry in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, has received a five-year, $770,000 grant for his proposal titled, “Structural Studies of Basic-helix-loop-helix and Homeodomain Interactions that Elicit Cell-specific Gene Expression.” The research focuses on the role of protein-protein interactions between transcription factors in regulating promoter recognition and gene activation, in order to better understand cell-specific gene expression.
Rose received his bachelor’s degree from Yale in 1982 and his doctorate in biophysics from the University of California, San Francisco in 1996. He joined the NC State faculty in 2002.
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Dr. Hao Helen Zhang |
Dr. Hao Helen Zhang, assistant professor of statistics in the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, has received a four-year, $400,000 grant for her proposal titled, “Nonparametric Models Building, Estimation, and Selection with Applications to High Dimensional Data Mining.” Her research focuses on statistical model building and variable selection, nonlinear function estimation, and high dimensional data analysis. The work has wide applications for information extraction, data mining, and other fields demanding massive and complex data analysis such as biological, medical and engineering sciences.
Zhang received her bachelor’s degree in 1996 from Beijing University and her doctorate from the University of Wisconsin in 2002. She joined the NC State faculty in 2002.
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