Thursday, June 4th from 10:00am – 2:30pm, CEM’s Prof. Roland Kawakami will host a mini-workshop on Spin Pumping in Magnetic Heterostructures. It will feature talks by external speakers Paul Crowell and Michael Flatte, in addition to talks from OSU speakers Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin, Fengyuan Yang, and Chris Hammel. The workshop will take place in the Smith Seminar Room, 1080 PRB. A link to the schedule is included here. Questions should be directed to Jamie Mollison (administrator) or host Roland Kawakami.
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Volunteer at Science Day
We need your help!
Science Day at Innis Elementary
Thursday, May 7, 2015
8:00AM-11:00AM or 12:00PM- 3:00PM
CEM is in need of 50+ volunteers to participate in Science Day- a field day devoted entirely to science at Innis Elementary School on May 7th, 2015.
- It’s really fun!
- Make a difference at an inner-city school
- Promote STEM to future scientists
- CEM students and faculty are requested to participate in outreach annually
Stations include but are not limited to: silly putty, water rockets, lasers and gummy bears, paper airplanes, geodesic domes, bubbles and surface tension, germs, bugs, and more!
Volunteer opportunity is open to all at OSU. To sign up, please email Alex Reed(.1028).
Assoc. Director Jessica Winter Honored in “Forty Under 40”
CEM Associate Director, Dr. Jessica Winter, was selected by Columbus Business First for its annual Forty Under 40 awards program. Out of more than 350 nominations, Winter was recognized as an up-and-coming professional and community leader for the city of Columbus. Read more at Columbus Business First.
OSU Bridge Program in Symmetry magazine
OSU’s Bridge Program was mentioned in a Symmetry magazine article this month about the American Physical Society Bridge Program. Read the article, “A second chance at a PhD in physics,” here.
MRFN Funding Available for NSL Users
Funding Available to use NSL for Eligible Applicants
The Center for Emergent Materials is a member of the Materials Research Facilities Network, a nationwide partnership of the Shared Experimental Facilities (SEFs) supported 
by the National Science Foundation’s Material Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSECs). CEM participates in the MRFN through support of NanoSystems Laboratory (NSL).
Funding support is available to cover NSL user fees and/or travel expenses to Ohio State for eligible applicants. Ideal applicants will be collaborators or come from local institutions that otherwise would not have access to comparable research instrumentation. To apply, submit a one to two page description of work and broader impacts to cem@osu.edu.
More information is available here.