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On Aug 19, 2010, the Industrial Research Institute announced awards totaling $1 million under its Industry- Defined Fundamental Research program. Each of two research teams was awarded $500,000 to support work identified by an advisory committee as critical to meet the future needs of industry. Philippe H. Geubelle and his research team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) received an award for Multiscale Modeling and Assessment of Interfacial Adhesion Failure in Polymeric Coatings and Multilayered Devices. Geubelle is professor and associate head of the aerospace engineering department and the Beckman Institute of Advanced Science and Technology at UIUC. The second award went to Dimitris S. Argyropoulos and his co-investigator, Elon Ison, of North Carolina State University (NCSU) for their research on Catalytic Oxidation Chemistry Aimed at Upgrading Lignin. Argyropoulos is Finland Distinguished Professor of Chemistry in the department of forest biomaterials at NCSU. Ison is an assistant professor in the department of chemistry.
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Iri Awards Grants in Industry-Defined Fundamental Research Program
On August 19, 2010, the Industrial Research Institute announced awards totaling $1 million under its Industry- Defined Fundamental Research program. Each of two research teams was awarded $500,000 to support work identified by an advisory committee as critical to meet the future needs of industry.
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