YSU tapped to receive $2.1 million research grant

YOUNGSTOWN — The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has recommended that Youngstown State University receive a $2.1 million grant for a Center for Excellence in Advanced Materials Analyses.

Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, commission chairman, announced that the commission has recommended $19.6 million in funding through the Ohio Third Frontier Wright Projects Program for seven Ohio proposals that hinge on bringing research projects in areas that include pathogen detection, rubber production and fuel cells to commercialization.

The awards are contingent on approval by the State Controlling Board.

The YSU project is a collaboration with Fireline TCON Inc. and the Ohio Supercomputer Center.

The project will focus on research, analyses, modeling and commercialization of products with increased resistance to thermal shock and lower thermal conductivity to improve liquid aluminum-resistant refractory materials for use during molten metal handling, melt treatment and castings.

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