CBE research centers and multi-disciplinary collaborations

Center for Resilience - Exploring risk, resilience, and sustainability in complex industrial systems.

Center for Advanced Polymer Composite Engineering (CAPCE) - The research concentrates on manufacturing of polymeric materials via reactive liquid processing (e.g. resin transfer molding, pultrusion), melt processing (e.g. injection molding, gas-assisted injection molding, co-injection, injection-compression molding, fiber and film making, single screw and twin screw extrusion), powder molding (e.g. ultrasonic molding), and forming from sheet and bulk materials (SMC and BMC compression molding, thermoplastic stamping, fiber mat preforming).

Institute for Materials Research (IMR) -IMR represents more than 150 faculty members and research groups engaged in materials research from 5 colleges and more than a dozen departments at OSU. With a network of state-of-the-art facilities throughout these departments and colleges, IMR provides coordination for a dynamic, world-class and multi-disciplinary materials research community that incorporates science and engineering from the sub-nano to macro scales, from soft to hard materials, from basic phenomena to devices, and from biology and medicine to agriculture, energy, communications, transportation and computation. IMR has a special mission: to create and sustain a coordinated, state-of-the-art environment that fosters collaborative, interdisciplinary research in the science and engineering of materials that addresses the future needs of society.

Mathematical Biosciences Institute(MBI) - MBI catalyzes interactions between the biological, medical and mathematical sciences through vigorous programs of research and education, and nurtures a nationwide community of scholars in this emerging new field.

Molecular Engineering of Micro-Devices (MEMD) - The goal of this center is develop novel molecular engineering and miniaturization techniques for the production of non-silicon miniature devices. This center is an IGERT/NSF funded research effort.

Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) - NSEC carries out advanced research at the nanometer scale. Currently most nanotechnology research remains exploratory, and commercialization is hindered by a great need for mass-producible, reliable, and affordable manufacturing processes. The center is expected to make major breakthroughs in developing affordable manufacturing methods to form, reinfoce, bond, and assemble polymer structures at the nanoscale for biomedical and other applications.

Ohio Bioprocessing Research Consortium (OBRC) - The central bioprocessing facility located at OSU

Wright Center of Innovation (CMPND) - In May, 2005 CMPND was awarded $22.5 million from the State of Ohio 's Third Frontier Project. In return, by 2009, CMPND will contribute toward nanotechnology research and commercialization more than $29 million in cash contribution and nearly $49 million of in-kind support from Ohio industry, federal funding agencies, collaborating national labs, and participating universities.

Wright Center of Innovation (WCI) - Fuel Cell and Catalylsis Research Laboratory. The WCI laboratory is a 1200 sq. ft. multifunctional facility for fuel cell and catalysis research

University Cell Analysis and Sorting Core (UCASC)- The University Cell Analysis and Sorting Core laboratory is located on the fourth floor of the Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute. The core laboratory will assist in the electronic dissection of cell populations by the use of "cell sorting" according to the expression of selective cellular markers. Such a sorting process can be performed not only in an analytical fashion, but also in a preparative fashion for performance of experiments on the selected cell populations

NSF- National Science Foundation