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Glotzer receives DOE INCITE grant

by Sandy Swisher
Chemical Engineering
November 18, 2014
The Department of Energy's INCITE program has awarded Sharon C. Glotzer a 2015 grant for 55 million core-hours on US supercomputers.| Short Read

The Department of Energy’s INCITE program has awarded Sharon C. Glotzer a 2015 grant for 55 million core-hours on US supercomputers to discover mechanisms by which complex crystals assemble for a large library of particle shapes, yielding insights for design and development of new nanomaterials.  DOE selected projects that will advance knowledge in critical areas from sustainable energy technologies to climate modeling.

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