Ivi Smid, Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, has been awarded a Materials Research Institute (MRI) Seed Grant in the amount of $50,000 for his proposal titled "Functionalization of CNT's as Building Blocks of Metal-Matrix-Composites".

To learn more about Dr. Smid's research, please visit his website at the following link:

http://www4.esm.psu.edu/people/faculty/?ID=IUS1