Over the 2009-2010 fiscal year, the 141 core faculty members of The Ohio State University’s Institute for Materials Research community have had 2,617 referred publications in such outlets as Applied Physics Letters; Physical Review Letters; Science, Nature, Nature Materials, Journal of Applied Physics; Science, Nano Letters; ACS Nano; Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells; Solar Energy; IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Journal of Materials Research; and conference proceedings in outlets that include MRS, AVS, TMS, APS, and IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists. Most impressive are the 13,499 citations of research and $57.3 million in grants and contracts obtained by the OSU materials community during that same 12-month period.

Ohio State University’s Medical Imaging Research program has gained over $50M in grants and research funding over the past five years and currently has over $56M in budgeted research. The research backbone of the Imaging Signature Program is a center on biomedical, functional and molecular imaging. This center has also created over 250 jobs in Ohio.

One of only 40 National Cancer Centers designated as comprehensive cancer centers. This center has over 250 cancer investigators with projects on all aspects of cancer care: prevention, diagnosis, treatment, control, rehabilitation and education. Currently under construction is a $1 billion hospital (Project One)to further strengthen the world-renown research and cancer patient care capabilities.

Welding Engineering Program at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering within the Ohio State University is the only ABET credited academic institutions to offer Bachelor, Masters and PhD in this topical area. Faculty focus on design, process, materials, computational modeling, ex-situ and in-situ characterization and non-destructive evaluation. They have demonstrated international reputation through publication of research papers and text books. The research areas span fusion and slid-state welding of ferrous, non-ferrous, and adhesive joining of polymer materials. In addition, the faculty also work on innovative processes like impact welding. Annual research budgets exceed 1 million dollar per year. The faculty work with small, medium, and large scale industries, as well as, DOE and DOD national laboratories. The program also has close collaboration with Edison Welding Institute, a non-profit organizations. Recently, the OSU faculty led the development of a multi-university NSF Industry-University Cooperative Research Center for materials joining for industries that focus on energy related applications. This center is in collaboration with University of Wisconsin, Lehigh University and Colorado School of Mines. Currently, there are more than 20 member companies that are part of this center.

The Fontana Corrosion Center has a long history in corrosion research, which has resulted in an international reputation for excellence in the field. Two primary faculty members oversee about 20 students and 5 postdocs, and interact across the university and beyond. External funding is about $1.5M annually from government and industrial sources. The work has resulted in over 100 peer reviewed publications in the past 5 years alone.

The Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute (DHLRI) is one of the nation’s few free-standing facilities devoted entirely to studying diseases of the heart, lungs and blood vessels. Its mission is to develop strategies to prevent and cure heart and lung diseases. The DHLRI is an internationally recognized center of excellence for medical research that can be broadly applied to other diseases and conditions.

The Ohio State University Nuclear Research Laboratory (OSUNRL) houses the OSURR which is a 500 kW pool type reactor based on the Materials Testing Reactor (MTR) design (http://reactor.osu.edu/) , a Co 60 high dose rate irradiation facility, and a sub critical assembly. In addition to the reactor, the OSUNRL has a professional gamma-ray spectroscopy system and two gamma irradiators. Activities include instruction, research, and service. Services include neutron activation analysis (NAA), radiation-damage evaluation for electronic components and for other materials, evaluation of neutron and radiation sensitive detectors, isotope production, and biomedical experiments. Current research activities include high temperature fiber optic radiation hardness testing and the development of a sapphire filtered external thermal neutron beam-line for applications such as neutron depth profiling and prompt gamma NAA. The NRL serves university researchers and private businesses, and receives grant support from DOE, NRC, and NSF. Research results are published in professional journals and proceedings such as Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Instruments and Methods, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Nuclear Science and Engineering, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, and Health Physics.

Founded in 2005, the Center for Resilience offers capabilities to assess the expected performance of innovative products, processes, and technologies in terms of their “sustainability”, i.e., contributions to economic and social well being as well as environmental resource protection. The Center has developed a set of practical tools with graphical user interfaces that enable the calculation of sustainability indicators ranging from carbon and water footprints to detailed life cycle assessments. More advanced capabilities include optimization of industrial ecology networks and non-linear simulation of complex systems such as regional markets and industrial supply chains.