Northern NY Section of the American Chemical Society Receives National Awards for Programs Run by Clarkson's Dr. Dana Barry

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Dr. Barry is an officer for the ACS's Northern NY Section, a certified professional chemist, the president of Ansted University's Scientific Board, and a member of the National Science Teachers Association. She serves on the editorial review board for The Chemist, a publication of the American Institute of Chemists, and The Science Education Review, an international journal published in Australia. She served as a visiting professor in Malaysia (2001), Japan (2002), and England (2003). Dana has received nine APEX awards for Publication Excellence and other professional honors, and has authored over 100 professional publications including five books. In addition, her biographical profile is listed in the Outstanding Gale Reference Something About the Author (Volume 139, June 2003).

Dr. Dana Barry Receives APEX Award for the CAMP Newsletter

CAMP Editor/Technical Writer Dr. Dana Barry received an APEX 2004 Award of Publication Excellence, for editorial content and over-all communications excellence, for the 2002-2003 CAMP Annual Report Newsletter. This is the ninth consecutive time that Dr. Barry's work has been recognized with an APEX award. More than 5,500 entries were submitted to this year's competition of which some 1600 awards were distributed in 109 subcategories of 11 major areas. APEX awards are sponsored by Communications Concepts, Inc. in Springfield, VA.

Modeling of Next-Generation Semiconductor Devices

Professor Ming-Cheng Cheng, in collaboration with Professor Privman, is working with Drs. Min Shen and Semion Saykin of the Center for Quantum Device Technology to study spin-polarized transport and injection in semiconductor spintronic devices. The goal of this project is to develop transport models at different levels of efficiency and accuracy for modeling and optimization of semiconductor spintronic devices.

Also Professor Cheng and some of his graduate students have been developing efficient thermal models and circuits for the SOI devices and interconnects to take into account self-heating effects in SOI chips. These efficient thermal models and circuits greatly improve the accuracy of the existing thermal circuit used in the SOI industry for electro-thermal simulation of integrated circuits. The models/circuits will provide useful tools for modeling, characterization, optimization and reliability prediction of SOI devices and integrated circuits.

SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGIES

Extruders

Professor Greg Campbell, director of CAMP's Extrusion and Mixing Consortium, continues to develop a more descriptive analysis for screw pumps, augers, and extruders. Over the past year much of his group's effort has been focused on the conveying of particular solids with these devices. In addition, his group is working to understand structure development in concentrated two phase systems. They found that bimodal dispersions act quite differently from single particle size systems. Also they have an actual program focused on understanding the reactions and physical changes that occur in an epoxy which forms liquid crystalline structures.

Measurement of Number Concentration of Submicron and Ultra-Fine Particles

There is a growing interest in the measurement of the number concentration of submicron and ultra-fine particles both in the environment and in various industrial settings. CAMP Professor Philip Hopke, the Bayard D. Clarkson Distinguished Professor, and his group are very involved in this work. One of the major hypotheses that has been proposed to explain the adverse health effects of ambient airborne particulate matter is that ultra-fine particles that are present in high number concentrations are the responsible agents. In this case, particle mass that is the currently measured quantity may not be the best indicator of potential adverse consequences. Thus, particle number concentration measurements are needed to test this hypothesis. In addition, there are a variety of particle counting needs in industrial settings. With the increased emphasis on nanometer sized particles, particle counters can be important in process control. There is currently only a limited number of instruments available to make such measurements. At Clarkson University, Professor Hopke and his group have been exploring heterogeneous nucleation with a turbulent mixing condensation nuclei counter (TMCNC) with support from the Environmental Protection Agency, NYSTAR and NYSERDA. Although the concept of a TMCNC has been available for over 15 years, it has been underutilized and could provide an instrument capable of particle detection down to 2 nm and could be developed into a viable commercial instrument. Clarkson University and Rupprecht and Patashnick, Inc., a leading manufacturer of airborne particle monitoring instruments, are developing this instrument into a functional, stand-alone particle counting prototype system that could then be the basis for a commercial product. Recently, a Commercialization Assistance Program grant from the New York Indoor Environmental Quality Systems Center was provided to Rupprecht and Patashnick to assist in the development of a commercial prototype.