As the principal
investigator, Professor J. Ping Liu successfully wins a highly competitive
research grant under the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative
(MURI), entitled "Materials Manufacturing Processes, Interface Control and
Reliability of Nanostructure-Enhanced Devices of Energy Conversion and
Realization of High Performance Systems". The MURI Research Program is a
multi-agency Department of Defense (DoD) program that supports research
teams based in academic research organizations whose efforts intersect
more than one traditional science and engineering discipline. The project
is "Synthesis and Processing of Nanocomposite Permanent Magnets -
Approaches from the Bottom." The Department of Defense said the awards are
the result of a rigorous competition over many months, which included 121
full proposals. The awards will provide long-term support for research,
graduate students and laboratory instrumentation development that supports
specific science and engineering research theme vital to national defense.
The Dallas Morning News Education Notes column also published a
brief on the $1 million yearly five year Defense Department Grand awarded
to UTA physics professors J. Ping Liu (PI)
and
Qiming Zhang (Co-PI).(FY2005
MURI Program Award Winners list in pdf format)
