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Using Atomic Force Microscopy for Molecular Structure Elucidation

Molecular structure elucidation by atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been demonstrated as a powerful method to gain insights into the structure and formation of matter.

URI names Anthony Marchese to lead College of Engineering

Sidhu promoted to Executive Director : University of Dayton, Ohio

Sukh Sidhu named University of Dayton Research Institute executive director : University of Dayton, Ohio

Sukh Sidhu named University of Dayton Research Institute executive director John Leland, vice president for research, announced today that Sukh Sidhu has been named executive director of the University of Dayton Research Institute effective immediately.  Sidhu, who currently serves as UDRI's director of research and development and is a distinguished researcher and faculty member, is especially known for leading multidisciplinary collaborations. "Sukh's keen ability to connect with our customers, understand their needs and visions and, more so, help them achieve their goals is a highly sought but rare hallmark of success in our industry," Leland said. "It is also one of several reasons he was promoted to director of business development in 2016, and again in 2019 to director of research and development, where he has been responsible for leading and growing sponsored programs in addition to developing new business." 

Argonne senior chemist Robert Tranter named fellow of the Combustion Institute

Credit: (Image by Robert Tranter.) Tranter explores the reactions of chemicals under high temperatures and pressures. Senior chemist Robert (Rob) Tranter of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is no stranger to shockwave chemistry, but he received a happy shock of his own when he recently was named a Fellow of the Combustion Institute. Members of the international combustion community who are named Fellows of the Combustion Institute are recognized by their peers as being distinguished for outstanding contributions to combustion science, whether in research or in applications. Tranter is a member of Argonne's Gas-phase Chemical Dynamics group in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering division, in which he explores the reactions of different chemicals under high temperatures and pressures. To generate these temperatures and pressures, Tranter uses a shock tube -- an instrument containing a highly pressurized region of helium gas separated from a less pressurized region of the reaction mixture (test gas).

Volker Sick

Volker Sick is the DTE Energy Professor of Advanced Energy Research and an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He leads the Global CO2 Initiative at the University of Michigan that seeks to get CO2 capture and use recognized and implemented as a mainstream climate solution. He received awards for teaching, research, and service, including the President’s Award for Distinguished Service in International Education, the Combustion Institute Silver Medal, and the SAE International Leadership Citation. He is a Fellow of SAE International and the Combustion Institute. Prof. Sick holds three degrees in Chemistry and Physical Chemistry from the University of Heidelberg, Germany.