Talk given by Dr. John Borkowski to PNNL on 3/21/2019

Lisa Davis - PI, Mathematics


PEAKS Co-PIs and Team:


John Borkowski - Statistics
Karlene Hoo - ChBE and Materials Science
Stephen Sofie - M&IE and Materials Science
Doug Cairns - M&IE and Materials Science
Roberta Amendola - M&IE and Materials Science
Doreen Brown - CHEM & BCHM and Materials Science (Evaluator)

 

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MT PEAKS Team

Lisa Davis

Mathematics faculty

Math Grad Program

 

Karlene Hoo

ChBE, MTSI faculty

 

Doug Cairns

M&IE, MTSI faculty

 

Doreen Brown

MTSI Program Coordinator

Assessment

 

John Borkowski

Statistics faculty

Stat Grad Program

 

Stephen Sofie

MTSI Assistant Director

M&IE, MTSI faculty

 

Roberta Amendola

M&IE, MTSI faculty

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Enriched Doctoral Training (EDT) in Mathematical Sciences

Funded through NSF-DMS and NSF-DGE under Program Manager Matthew Douglass

 

Goals:

  • Strengthen the nation's scientific competitiveness by increasing the number of well-prepared U.S. citizens, nationals, and permanent residents who pursue careers in the mathematical sciences and in other professions in which expertise in the mathematical sciences plays an increasingly important role.
  • Prepare participants for a broader range of career paths than has been traditional in U.S. math/stat doctoral training. (#1 for us)
  • Encourages connections between math/stat academic departments and other units within and outside of the university, including those in BIG.

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Three Pillars of MT PEAKS Program

MTSI Lab Exposures:  Two 8-week rotations and Interdisciplinary Research Project (IRP)

  • Year-long participation of MathStat students in an IRP (BIG-inspired?) with mentoring and guidance from PEAKS Team, thesis advisor, MTSI faculty and possibly BIG mentor

BIG Internship

  • At a BIG partner location or local to Bozeman/MT

Coursework in MathStat and MTSI, Professional Development Workshops

  • MathStat course (Davis & Borkowski):

    mathematical modeling, basic numerical methods and linear algebra, design of experiments, response surface methods, statistical quality control methods of data analysis, case studies

  • MTSI Intro course (Sofie, Hoo & Walker):

           gives students basic understanding of Materials Science

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Student Participants

3 Types of Participants

  • PEAKS Fellows - 3 per FY

           -MathStat PhD Candidates

           -Two 8-week MTSI Lab Rotations

           -GRA appointment

  • PEAKS Affiliates - 6-8 per FY

           -MathStat MS or PhD students

           -One 8-week MTSI Lab Exposure

  • MTSI Lab Mentors - 2-4 per FY

           -MTSI PhD Candidates

           -Mentors Fellows and Affiliates in labs

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NSF's Intended Benefits and PEAKS Outcomes

General Outcomes:

  • Broadened graduate training format in MathStat
  • Graduates actively select non-academic careers
  • More diverse workforce with STEM skills established

Grad Students:

  • Enhanced understanding of their research areas in a broader context
  • Academic careers: Math/Stat inspiration from problems in other disciplines, links between academics and BIG/non-profit ream
  • Outside academics: Better preparation for career paths in BIG/non-profit

Faculty and Academic Units:

  • Enhanced recruitment of and placement of students
  • Enhanced ties to other disciplinary units and non-academic partners

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MUS Materials Science Faculty

MontanaTech:  

  • Jerry Downey (MME), Doug Cameron (Chemistry), Kumr Ganesan (EnE), Bill Gleason (MME), Hsin-Hsuin Huang (MME), Brian Kukay (GenE), Mary MacLaughlin (GeoE), Marisa Pedulla (BSci), Jack Skinner (Gen. Eng.), K.V. Sudhaker (MME), Ron White (CAMP), Courtney Young (MME), Katherine Zodrow (EnE), Dario Prieto (MechE), Alysia Cox (Chemistry), Michael Webb (Chemistry)

University of Montana:

  • Andrij Holian (BPM), Orion Berryman (C&B), Chris Palmer (C&B), Sandy Ross (C&B), Ed Rosenberg (C&B), Xi Chu (C&B), Aaron Thomas (C&B), Dong Wang (C&B), and Monica Serban (BPM)

Montana State University:

  • Rob Walker (C&B), Stephen Sofie (MIE), Roberta Amendola (MIE), Ryan Anderson (CBE), Doug Cairns (MIE), Ross Carlson (CBE), Sarah Codd (MIE), Rufus Cone (Physics), David Dickensheets (ECE), Paul Gannon (CBE), Erik Grumstrup (C&B), Yves Idzerda (Physics), Connie Chang (CBE), Nick Stadie (C&B), Stephan Warnat (MIE), Joe Seymour (CBE), Galina Malovichko (Physics), David Miller (MIE), Stephanie Wettstein (CBE), Chelsea Heveran (MIE), Jim Wilking (CBE), Ron June (MIE), Cecily Ryan (MIE), Robin Gerlack (CBE), and Kevin Hammond (Civ. Eng)

 

Key:  MME-Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, EnE-Environmental Engineering, GenE-General Engineering, GeoE-Geological Engineering, BSci-Biological Sciences, CAMP-Center for Advanced Mineral Processing, MechE-Mechanical Engineering, C&B-Chemistry and Biochemistry, CBE-Chemical and Biological Engineering, ECE-Electrical and Computer Engineering, MIE-Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Civil Engineering, BPM-Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Science, C&B-Chemistry and Biochemistry, Physics

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Montana Materials Science Program Research Activities

Diverse funding sources:

Original Page Shows the Logos of the Following Entities:

 

AFOSR (Air Force Office of Scientific Research)

ARL (Army Research Lab)

INL (Idaho National Laboratory)

M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust

National Institutes of Health

NSF (National Science Foundation)

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

ONR (Offices of Naval Research - Science and Technology)

PNNL (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

U.S. Department of Energy

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Materials Science Ph.D. Program

Focus is understanding fundamental properties of materials through their design, development, and characterization

Material Engineering - materials preparation and integration into products and devices

Four Areas:

  • biomaterials
  • materials for energy storage, conversion and conservation
  • electronic, photonic and magnetic materials
  • materials synthesis, processing and fabrication

(Faculty who are involved with this Ph.D. Program include Sarah Codd, Ron June, Joe Seymour, Jim Wilking, and Stephen Sofie)

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Biomaterials

Biomaterials and biomimetics research investigates and bridges the gap between bench-top investigations and clinical applications with the goal of improving health worldwide.

 

Representative activities

  • organic-inorganic hybrids for tissue engineering scaffolds
  • biomimetic chemistry methods to synthesize multifunctional nanostructured materials (biomineralization)
  • biofilms and porous media
  • replacement bones
  • osteoarthritic damage of  cartilage

Presentation included a slide of images and graphs (available by e-mailing the mathematical sciences dept)

Codd/Seymour - NMR

Noninvasive and nondestructive tool able to identify chemical composition, diffusion, and macroscale structure and transport.

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Materials for Energy Storage, Conversion & Conservation

A cornerstone of the MUS Materials Science Program is fundamental and applied research in the area of materials for energy storage, conversion, and conservation.  Broadly, this research area focuses on transforming resources such as sunlight, wind, and biomass into fuels that can be used at later times to provide reliable, electrical power.

Representative activities

  • Storage of chemical fuels
  • Electrochemical energy conversion
  • Improving energy efficiency through materials driven scale up
  • Damage tolerance
  • Converting the nations abundant natural and renewable resources into a clean and economical supply of electrical power

Presentation included a slide of images and graphs (available by e-mailing the mathematical sciences dept)

8 MW Offshore wind turbine & composite blade

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Electronic, Photonic & Magnetic Materials

Electronic, photonic, and magnetic (EPM) materials have applications in quantum information and cryptography, information storage, signal processing, communications, electronics, imaging and sensing techniques, and laser components.  These materials are studied in nanopartical, thin-film, bulk, and single-crystal form and also in optical waveguides and other device configurations.

Theoretical directions are quite diverse, and they include determination of structure/function relationships, electronic structure calculations, optical energy levels plus coherence and spin dynamics for ions, properties of ally phases, and unique phases of matter.

How does electromagnetic radiation interact with isotropic and anisotropic materials?

Presentation included a slide of images and graphs (available by e-mailing the mathematical sciences dept)

Birefringence (Double Refraction)

-refractive index depends on polarization

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Material Synthesis, Processing & Fabrication

This focus area encompasses an exceptionally broad range of research that extends all the way from the extraction and refining of bulk materials to the synthesis of high-value-added advanced materials with application-specific properties.

Success in the broad arena of materials processing requires a multi-disciplinary approach.  The collaborative MUS MatSci Program pools experties in solid state physics, metallurgy, polymer chemistry, ceramics, composites, and process engineering to conduct research that responds to and anticipates current and emerging industrial needs and interests.

Representative research activities:

  • Consolidation of high temperature ceramic materials without melting
  • Imparting stability to nano-structures at high temperatures
  • Tailoring of microstructure and pores in advanced materials

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