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Computer Simulations
Improve Nanosensors
Idaho scientists are actively developing nanosensor
technology - not tiny sensors, but rather the incorporation
of nanometer-sized materials into sensors. Physicists grow
nanowires and nanosprings. Chemists create new sensing
molecules that attach to those materials. Other physicists
use computer simulations (pictured above) to understand how
these sensing molecules work at the molecular level. Then
engineers design very sensitive devices to detect specific
compounds. Now that's teamwork!
Image Courtesy of Dr. Marty Ytreberg, University
of Idaho
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What is EPSCoR?
EPSCoR
represents a federal-state partnership
to enhance the science and engineering research, education, and technology
capabilities of states that traditionally have received smaller amounts of
federal R&D funds. Through EPSCoR, participating states are building a
high-quality, academic research base that is serving as a backbone of scientific and technological (S&T) enterprise.
Idaho
EPSCoR currently is led by an
EPSCoR Committee composed of
16 members with
diverse professional backgrounds from both the public and private
sectors and from all regions of the state.
The EPSCoR Committee reports to the Governor's Office and
receives matching funds via the
Higher
Education Research Council (HERC).
The Idaho EPSCoR office and the State of Idaho EPSCoR Project
Director are located at the University of Idaho, and partner
institutions are Boise State University and Idaho State University.
EPSCoR
increases the R&D competitiveness of an eligible state by
developing and using the S&T resources in its major research
institutions (those that grant significant numbers of the
state's Ph.D. degrees in science and engineering disciplines) and
partner institutions
(more
information about the S&T environment in Idaho). EPSCoR achieves this by:
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Stimulating
sustainable S&T infrastructure improvements at the state and
institutional levels to increase the ability of EPSCoR
researchers to compete for Federal and private sector R&D
funding.
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Accelerating the movement of EPSCoR researchers
and institutions into the mainstream of Federal and private
sector R&D support.
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Recent Material
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Invite NSF Program Managers to Visit Idaho
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ARI
Newsletter
features EPSCoR Fish Physiology and Genomics
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