Drs. Jack Zhou (PI, MEM), Peter I. Lelkes (Co-PI, BioMed), Vadym Mochalin (Co-PI, MSE), Yury Gogotsi (Senior Scientist, MSE), and Qingwei Zhang (Research associate fellow, MEM/BioMed/DrexelMed) have received a grant from the National Science Foundation for their project entitled, “GOALI/Collaborative Research: Functionalized Nanodiamond Reinforced Biopolymers for Microporous Surgical Fixation Devices.”

Drexel is the leading institution in this GOALI collaborative research project with industrial partner Arthrex Inc., and the Georgia Institute of Technology. The objective of this research is to explore new composite nano-manufacturing methods to enhance mechanical integrity of biopolymers using functionalized nanodiamond and to investigate a new micro porous structure which will assist in bioactive reagent delivery in surgical devices.  The budget for this 3-year project is $568,090 with Drexel receiving $418,090.

Dr. Jack Zhou (PI, MEM) with Dr. Alisa Morss Clyne (Co-PI, MEM), and Dr. Franco Capaldi (Co-PI, MEM) have also received a grant from NSF entitled "Collaborative Research: Agent-Monitored Tutorials to Enable On-Line Collaborative Learning in Computer-Aided Design and Analysis".  In this project, Drexel University and Carnegie Mellon University are collaborating to test and implement the agent-monitored tutorials in our design and manufacturing related courses. Drexel’s share of the funding is $49,885.