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Action Research Center
Mission:
The mission of the Action Research Center is to promote social justice and strengthen communities, locally and globally, by advancing research, education, and action through participatory and reflective practices.
Vision:
To become a leader in action research in our community, the university, and internationally by providing a welcoming home to all forms of action research and sharing a common set of values.
Click here for the ARC’s Planning Document (in draft form)
You can also find us on Facebook by searching for ARC of UC.
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Advanced Cell Analysis Service Center (ACASC)
Birgit Ehmer
To assist the researcher in generating high-resolution, high quality, microscopy-based data for publications and presentation at professional venues. A range of services is available for both experienced and inexperienced users. Experienced users may use the Center's instruments after orientation by a staff member. Inexperienced users may choose to receive training in the use of the instruments, technical support in microscopy and image analysis, consultation in experimental design, or have us perform the microscopy for them as a service.
To book equipment or access services for the ACASC, please login or create an account through Stratocore at https://ppms.us/uc/start/
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Advanced Materials Characterization Center (AMCC)
Melodie Fickenscher
The Advanced Materials Characterization Center is a research facility located in the College of Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. The AMCC provides access to electron microscopes, x-ray diffraction, and a variety of other analytical instrumentation. Training and sample evaluation is available to researchers within the UC community, as well as external universities and companies. -
Animal Behavioral Core (CCHMC)
Charles V. Vorhees
Our behavioral and nonbehavioral assays will help you characterize the nervous system function in mice and rats. There is no fee for our services. Our mission is to form collaborative partnerships with researchers that will benefit science. Our measurement protocols include video tracking and photocell technology. -
Applied Acoustics Laboratory
Jay Kim
The lab is directed by Dr. Kim. The experimental acoustics testing area of the Applied Acoustics Lab at UC consists of a full anechoic chamber with an option to convert to semi-anechoic condition, suitable for test work in the frequency range of 100 Hz to 20,000 Hz. A comprehensive PC (NI Labview) based acoustic testing system that consists of 24 channels of real-time acoustic testing capability with sampling rate of up to 100,000 Hz, 16 microphones with preamps, a microphone calibrator, 2 tri-axial accelerometers, a digital hand-help sound meter, and a digital signal generator. A sound quality chamber equipped with high-speed processor, acoustic head and sound quality system are also available for recording, analyzing and synthesizing acoustic noise characteristics of environmental sound fields. -
Architectural Robotics Lab
The Architectural Robotics Lab at the University of Cincinnati DAAP is equipped with one KUKA six axis robotic arm with a 20 kg payload. Currently we use four end effectors: one extruder for fine prints, a custom extruder for larger prints, one gripper, and one router. Most of the current research in the lab addresses 3d printing with soft rigid materials, materials research, and creative coding. -
Bio Micro Systems Lab
Ian Papautsky
The BioMicroSystems (BMS) Lab performs highly multi-disciplinary research, from fundamental science to applied work. The BioMicroSystems research includes application of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and microfluidics to biology, medicine, and environment, often referred to as BioMEMS. Our mission is to understand and develop microfluidic systems and sensors for improving public health and safety. We also have a strong interest in developing microfabrication and nanofabrication techniques. The BMS Lab has extensive experience in the design, modeling, fabrication, and characterization of systems on the micro and nano scale. We also have extensive knowledge of clean room operations as well as the associated equipment used to fabricate and characterize MEMS devices and systems. An additional focus of our the lab is in educating students in the area of microfluidics. In 2010, BMS Lab became a member of the national Micro/Nano Fluidics Fundamentals Focus (MF3) Center. The Center is composed of academic, government and commercial institutions across the country dedicated to the development of the basic science and technology of micro/nanoscale fluidics and their advancement toward applications in a number of commercial and military arenas. -
Biomedical Chemistry Laboratories
David Smithrud
One of the newest developments in the Department is the collection of talent in the field of Biomedical Chemistry. The well-funded and equipped research programs of Profs. Iyer and Smithrud focus on activities related to drug design, drug delivery and structure-activity relationships.- More information on the Iyer research program
- More information on the Smithrud research program
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Biosafety Level 3 Facility (BSL3)
Suman Pradhan, PhD, Director
BioSafety Level 3/Animal Biosafety Level 3 Facility- BSL3/ABSL3 facility is a state-of-the-art high containment research facility designed for both in vitro and in vivo research requiring biosafety level 3 (BSL3) containment.
- Research conducted within the facility furthers the understanding and development of diagnostics and treatments for potentially life-threatening infectious diseases.
- The facility is available for use by UC investigators as well as external institutions. Please contact the director for details.
- Yearly core fees paid quarterly.
- Consumable supplies utilized.
- Provide basic and advanced technical services on a fee-for-service basis.
- Manage and implement in vitro and in vivo research protocols.
- Serve as scientific collaborators.
- Provide user training and maintain regulatory requirements.
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Biostatistical Consulting Unit
Matthew Fenchel
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Body Donation Program
Gina Burg
The unique gift of body donation gives a person the opportunity to make a direct and important contribution to medical teaching and/or research.
Body donation allows medical students to closely examine, evaluate and understand the detailed structure of the human body. It also provides physicians and research scientists with the opportunity to gain knowledge which may prolong or improve someone’s life and impact the future of medicine.
Without this program, medical science and the health care field would suffer a devastating setback. However, the kind and thoughtful act of body donation can prevent that. -
Build Lab
The DBL is a college wide facility equipped with almost everything you need to develop and produce your project out of wood, metal, and other various materials. The DBL takes great pride in fostering a culture that provides a safe, comfortable, and inclusive educational environment for all DAAP enrolled students and faculty. The DBL welcomes your visit in addition to hearing and seeing your project come to fruition. -
Cardiovascular Imaging Core
Thomas Kimball, MD
Access to the right imaging technology and services can greatly enhance your ability to conduct cardiovascular research. The Cardiovascular Imaging Core Research Laboratory provides a wide range of imaging techniques to investigators at Cincinnati Childrens, and offers consulting services ranging from educational seminars to assistance with grant and industry funding support -
CEAS Digital Fabrication Center
Sam Antoline
The CEAS Digital Fabrication Center utlizes the following equipment:
Dimension SST1200es 3D printer
Dimension uPrint SE 3D Printer
ZCorp Spectrum Z510
Haas TM-1P CNC Mill
Haas TL-1 CNC Lathe
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CEAS Rhodes Hall Machine Shop
Ron Hudepohl (Shop Mgr)
The CEAS Rhodes Hall Machine Shop utilizes the following tools:- 3 Manual Mills
- 1 2-axis CNC Mill
- 3 Manual Lathes
- 2 Band Saws
- 2 Vertical Band Saws
- 1 Kick Shear
- 1 Press Brake
- 2 Drill Presses
- 1 Belt Sander
- 1 Wet Blast Machine
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CEAS Victory Parkway Manufacturing Labs
The CEAS Victory Parkway Manufacturing Labs utlize the following tools:
Horizontal cut-off saws, (1) manual, (1) CNC
Air-plasma cutting systems, (1) manual, (1) CNC
(2) Vertical band-saws
(7) Horizontal and vertical milling Machines
4Ft. Radial drill
(2) Surface grinders
(9) 13” Engine lathes
Turret lathe
4Ft., 16Ga. Squaring shear
4Ft., 16Ga. Press-brake
Magnetic bender
Ironworker
16Ga. Notcher
(14) 250A TIG/Arc welders
(6) 250A MIG Welders
(8) Oxy-acety. welders
(2) Spot-welders
Equipment for sand-casting aluminum or brass
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CEAS Wood Technology
The CEAS Wood Technology facility utilizes multiple pieces of professional grade wood woodworking power equipment, including a Shopbot CNC router.
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Cell Manipulations Laboratory (CCHMC)
Carolyn Lutzko
We offer a controlled-access clean room facility that was designed and built to perform ex vivo cell manipulations, including gene therapy protocols and pluripotent stem cell protocols, for Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials. -
Cell Processing Core
Carolyn Lutzko
The Cell Processing Core offers a variety of human hematopoietic cells or other products to investigators for their research programs. The Core can provide specific cell populations such as total nucleated cells, low density mononuclear cells or CD34+ cells from bone marrow, umbilical cord blood, peripheral blood or G-CSF mobilized peripheral blood through a Normal Donor Repository. Other enriched cell populations may be available via special request. The Core can also provide unprocessed samples, plasma or serum. -
Center for Advanced Structural Biology (CASB)
Desirée Benefield, PhD, Facility Manager
To access services from the CASB, please login or create an account in Stratocore at https://ppms.us/uc/start/
Overview:
Established in July 2022, the UC Center for Advanced Structural Biology (CASB) is integrating the latest technology in single-particle cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM). This technology has revolutionized structural biology, emerging as the leading method in macromolecular structure determination to visualize large protein assemblies of unprecedented size and complexity, many of which are intractable by conventional NMR and X-ray crystallography methods. Through the support of institutional Research2030 funds, the first phase of equipment, a Thermo Talos L120C Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) that can be operated at both ambient and cryogenic temperatures and is ideally suited for imaging negatively stained samples and screening cryo-EM samples, became avaiable in July 2022 allowing with the TFS Mark IV Vitrobot system for sample preparation. Details of both systems are provided in the equipment section.
For Phase 2, the CASB applied for and was awarded a Shared Instrumentation Grant (S10OD030388) from the high-end instrumentation (HEI) program from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The S10 funding along with additional matching institutional funds ($3.7M total) led to the purchase of a Thermo Glacios 200 kV cryogenic TEM equipped with both a Ceta-16M camera and a TFS Falcon 4 direct electron detector, in addition to a Selectris Energy Filter. This system was installed in the Fall of 2023 as is able to generate images for atomic resolution structures for SPA projects. The Glacios will also come equipped with software for micro-Electron Diffraction data set collection. This system has been delievered and will begin installation in August 2023 which is expected to take 6-8 weeks to complete.
Services Available:- Training and access to the Mark IV Vitrobot plunge freezer
- Training and access to the Talos L120C TEM system
- Training and access to the Glacios 200 kV cryogenic TEM system
- Assisted TEM analysis by CASB personnel (inquiry required)
The CASB is located on the ground level of the Medical Sciences building in rooms G056-G060. The Facility Manager is available Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm or by appointment.
Cryo-EM in the news:
UC commits to investment in Cryo-EM technology. June 30, 2022
UC Scientists are excited to deep-freeze molecules. July 18, 2022
UC hosts world renowned structural biologists for Grand Opening Cryo-EM symposium. September 7, 2023
UC College of Medicine opens the Center for Advanced Structural Biology featuring Cryo-EM. September 18, 2023
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Center for Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Services (CBBS)
The mission of this center is to support research in the College of Medicine (COM) by connecting biomedical scientists with the joint expertise of the faculty, staff and graduate students in the Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics. The joint expertise of CBBS faculty covers a wide range of biostatistics and bioinformatics topics. CBBS provides the venue for obtaining short-term consulting support and for establishing long-term collaborations with CBS faculty. Please see the listing of our faculty and their expertise to select the appropriate contact.
To book services from the CBBS, please login or create an account in Stratocore at https://ppms.us/uc/start/.
CBS provides support for manuscript preparation, grant applications and other projects requiring biostatistics and bioinformatics support via several types of consulting:
1. Initial planning meeting. Initial one hour meeting to discuss project, objectives and establish the level of support that will be needed is free.
2. Short-Term Consultation. Short term consultation support is given for well-defined research projects where funds for fee-for-service charges have been secured. This service may also be used to secure biostatistical support for funded projects (grants, contracts) where the scope of work is small enough not to warrant the commitment of CBBS faculty on a percent time effort basis.
3. Funded Projects. Biostatistics and bioinformatics services for funded projects can be provided on fee-for-service basis, or at a fixed support level via FTE support for involved faculty and staff.
4. Grant application and Research Protocols. CBBS faculty provide biostatistics and bioinformatics services for individual-initiated grant applications or research protocols at all stages of grant preparation and project execution. It is expected that pre-application services will be funded through one of the existing mechanisms, while support during the project-execution period will be provided by including CBBS faculty and staff as collaborators with the adequate FTE support. Pre-application services alone can be provided on fee-for-service bases when no need for the support during the project execution is envisioned.
5. Research Unit/Research Group Support. CBBS faculty can provide biostatistics and bioinformatics support for whole research groups and academic units. Such arrangements may cover biostatistical, bioinformatics as well as educational needs of faculty, research staff and students collaborating research unit. Such support can be provided on a percent effort basis.
6. Research Central Initiated Projects. We also provide biostatistics and bioinformatics support to investigators who are CCTST members and request assistance through Research Central: the portal for intake of CCTST requests. The CCTST provides vouchers, upon approval of the application. Please contact the visit the CCTST website for more information. -
Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training (CCTST)
Jessica Kahn, MD, MPH, Co-Director
Research across the Academic Health Center (AHC) is supported by the Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training (CCTST). The CCTST coordinates a wide range of services, including biostatistics, biomedical informatics, data management, training grant application assistance, inpatient and outpatient clinical research services.
Full details and services for the CCTST are available through their website at https://cctst.uc.edu
Location and Hours:
This join institutional core is located at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Location S, Room 10.300. It is open M-F from 8A-5P or by appointment at 513 803-2612. -
Center for Criminal Justice Research (CCJR)
James Frank
The Center for Criminal Justice Research (CCJR) at the University of Cincinnati (Ohio) was founded in 1996 to serve the needs of criminal justice agencies locally, statewide, and throughout the nation to facilitate research in the administration of justice and the nature of criminal behavior.
The Center currently has over $6 million in grants and contracts.
The Faculty Board of the Center consists of recognized experts who are committed to excellence in criminal justice research.
The Center offers expertise in a range of areas including survey design, survey implementation, data management, statistical analysis, program evaluation, scientific research, and program planning.
The Carnegie Commission ranks the University of Cincinnati as a Research I University, one of only 75 in the nation of more than 5,000 institutions of higher education.
The types of agencies and clients served by CCJR include courts (local, state and federal), police (local, state and federal), probation and parole (local, state and federal), private service providers, Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, National Institute of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohio Department of Youth Services, Ohio Attorney General's Office, local counties and municipalities and youth serving agencies. -
Center for Emerging Neurotechnologies
Fred Beyette
Center for Emerging Neurotechnologies is a research center that devlops technologies and education programs to dramatically improve the care and health of acute neurologic patients. Visit our website to see funding opportunities, product concepts, clinical needs and more: http://www.ece.uc.edu/POC-CENT/.
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Center for Health Informatics (CHI)
Center for Health Informatics
The Center for Health Informatics is a University of Cincinnati service core focused on providing research data for departments in the UC College of Medicine and UC Health. Dedicated to assisting all research efforts, we provide initial study design and feasibility services at no cost through UC’s Center for Clinical & Translational Science & Training.
The Center for Health Informatics is the designated honest broker to access UC Health patient data for research. All data requests for research purposes should be routed through our office. We maintain a close relationship with the Institutional Review Board and Office of Research to ensure data are properly accessed, delivered and logged based on university compliance requirements and federal law. We are experts in the process of de-identifying data sets. We will help you gain fast, efficient, compliant access to the data you need.
Most clinical data requests are completed in less than two business days, while technology and analytics projects tend to be more involved. If your department participates in research, we urge you to consider research data management in your budget and grant planning.
To access services from the CHI, please login or create an account in Stratocore at https://ppms.us/uc/start/
Biomedical data informatics- Query and use of electronic health record data
- Data acquisition and integration
- Honest broker service
- Big/complex data analysis
- Molecular data analysis
- Healthcare analytics
- EHR-based tools for research
- Clinical decision support systems
- Biostatistics
- Custom web development
- Specialty database, datamart, and research registry development
- Mobile application development
Informatics education and training- Formal informatics education programs
- Participatory learning and training programs
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Center for Intelligent Maintenance Systems
Jay Lee
Introduction
The IMS Center is a leading multi-campus NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) consisting of the University of Cincinnati (lead institution), University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Missouri University of Science and Technology and the University of Texas at Austin. The IMS Center conducts multi-disciplinary research focused on Predictive Big Data Analytics; Cyber-physical Systems; Prognostics and Health Management (PHM); and Industry 4.0, among other related fields. The IMS Center's mission has been to enable industrial machinery and products to achieve and sustain near-zero breakdown performance by detecting and predicting invisible patterns through transforming big data to actionable information. IMS Center's core technology is Watchdog Agent(R) toolbox, a collection of signal processing and machine learning tools designed and customized for industrial big data applications. Analysis results from this toolbox can be used to drive appropriate actions to prevent failures; gain a deeper understanding of system relationships for improving engineering designs, improve operations planning and asset utilization; and ultimately increase uptime and productivity. The application of such technologies ranges from manufacturing to energy, transportation, healthcare and more. Since its inception in 2001, IMS Center has so far conducted more than 100 projects and has been supported by over 100 companies and research institutions worldwide including P&G, GE Aviation, Boeing, Toyota, Nissan, Goodyear, Harley Davidson, Caterpillar, Siemens, Intel, Samsung, Bosch, National Instruments, Siemens, Chevron and many more. The cumulative benefit of IMS technologies was estimated to be $1.4 Billion by 2015.
Research Thrust Areas
IMS Center's research thrust areas include Manufacturing (semiconductor, automobile, consumer products, industrial systems etc.), Transportation (railway, automobiles, electric vehicles, aerospace), Energy (wind turbines, gas turbines, batteries) and health care (athlete performance monitoring, neurological data analysis, and cardiovascular data and risk analysis).
Center's Recognition and Achievements
The IMS Center has been recognized internationally for being a pioneer and leader in the fields of predictive big data analytics and Industry 4.0. Included among these accolades are:- Five-time winner of the PHM Society's annual data competition since 2008
- Professor Jay Lee's appointment as the Ohio Eminent Scholar in Advanced Manufacturing and L.W. Scott Alter Chair Professor (2005)
- Recognition of IMS Director, Prof. Jay Lee, as UC's Professor of the Year (2008)
- Prognostics Innovation Award from National Instruments (2012)
- Recognition as the most impactful I/UCRC among over 70 I/UCRC's across the U.S. (2012)
- Prof. Lee selected to serve on the Advisory Committee member for White House Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) American Challenge Initiative (2013)
- Prof. Lee received Alex Schwardkopf Technological Innovation Award (2014)
- Proclamation of City of Cincinnati as the Industry 4.0 Demonstration City led by IMS Center's efforts, by Mayor John Cranley (2014)
- Organizing and hosting the 1st and 2nd German-American Workshop on Cyber-phyiscal Systems and Industry 4.0 (2014-2015)
- SME's Recognition of Prof. Jay Lee as one of 30 visionaries in Smart Manufacturing (2016)
The IMS Center was awarded an NSF I-Corps in 2012, which is a highly competitive program that prepares scientists and engineers to extend their focus beyond the laboratory by providing entrepreneurship training and teaching grantees to identify valuable product opportunities that can emerge from academic research.
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Center for the Electronic Reconstruction of Historical and Archaeological Sites (CERHAS) (DAAP)
John Hancock
The Mission of CERHAS is to unite research, education and public awareness through innovative and accessible high-quality multi-media presentations, and to connect the importance of our heritage to our modern conditions in meaningful ways.
We begin with land and the human touch on it. We aim to re-create environments now degraded or disappeared, or environments which suggest alternatives to real places, using computer modeling and associated dynamic techniques. Our spatial visualizations are then formulated as immersive exploratory environments in order to deliver rich interactive multimedia content experiences. Our mastery of atmospheric virtual environments, controlled interactivity, spatialized information design, and layered media treatments, positions CERHAS to deliver cutting-edge outcomes across multiple audiences, applications, and topic areas. We have created works for public education in schools, interactive exhibits for museums, videos and exhibits for historic and archaeological sites, interactive DVDs, and works in other media.
Collaborative and Funding Partners have included:
Behringer Crawford Museum
Children's Museum of Manhattan
Cincinnati Museum Center
Friends of Whitewater Shaker Village
George Gund Foundation
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
Institute for Aegean Prehistory
Midwest Regional Humanities Center
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Ohio Arts and Humanities Councils
Ohio Board of Regents
Ohio Historical Society
Ohio River Way Inc
Ohio State University Newark
University of Tuebingen
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Center on DAAP Research & Innovation
The center for DAAP Research and Innovation is a HUB for faculty, students, and industry partners to do research and innovation in the capacity areas of health and wellbeing, creative entrepreneurship, urban systems, digital culture, and sustainable living.
The center explores the areas between human activity, human invention, research, and innovation with the integration of technology, human factors, and aesthetics through the lens of Design, Architecture and Interior Design, Art, and Planning knowledge. Crucial and demanding trends in the aforementioned areas will be researched including health equity, public health, affordable housing, climate change, resiliency, future of work, decolonization, human rights, technology, and society, to mention a few.
The center’s group of scholars aim to bring about research and innovation catalyzed in the creative discipline’s expertise to position CDRI as the epic center for collaborative creativity and societal transformative outcomes. -
Ceramics Lab
The DAAP Ceramics Lab is one of the many resources available to students. Unlike other programs offered at similar schools, all labs are located in the same building. This proximity provides students with a distinct advantage in their studies at DAAP.
The DAAP Ceramics Lab provides access to a wide array of equipment, tools, and materials required for the creation and research of ceramic works. Within the Ceramics Lab, students have access to several dedicated facilities including a plaster lab, glaze lab, raw materials/mixing lab, and electric, gas, and raku kilns. The studio equipment includes pottery wheels, a slab roller, clay extruder, wedging table, clay mixers, slip tank, pug mill, tile press, masonry saw, drying cabinet, spray booth, assorted hand tools, mixing implements, and communal workspace and ware carts. -
Chemical Sensors & Biosensors
Necati Kaval
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Chemistry Electronics and Instrumentation Facility
John Zureick
The Chemistry Electronics and Instrumentation Facility provides support services to the research faculty and students in the Department of Chemistry. This assistance includes repair of electronic instrumentation, design of specialized circuits for research applications, and consulting services to faculty and graduate students. The staff people are able to deal with most hardware, software and interface problems associated with modern laboratory instrumentation. -
Cincinnati Biobank Core Facility (CCHMC)
Beth Cob
We aim to promote world-class biomedical research by ensuring availability of the highest quality biospecimens to meet researchers’ needs. We provide access to services for standardized and centralized acquisition, processing, storage and distribution of biospecimens for research. These services are available to researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, surrounding academic centers and beyond. We are also home to the Better Outcomes for Children (BofC) biorepository. BofC is an institution-wide initiative to collect and store leftover clinical samples for research use. -
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) Research Institutes, Division, and Centers
Cincinnati Children’s scientists are conducting breakthrough research to improve care for children. As one of the nation’s top funded pediatric research institutions, Cincinnati Children’s has more than 1 million square feet of dedicated research space, making us the largest pediatric research facility in the country. A list of the research institutes, divisions and centers is on-line at: http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/research/divisions/default/. -
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) Shared Facilities
A list of the CCHMC shared research facilities is on line at: http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/research/cores/default/ -
Clinical Studies Participant Recruitment Service
Sara Keegan, Clinical Research Manager
Mission:
The Participant Recruitment and Clinical Research Service Center is a unique resource provided by the University Of Cincinnati Department Of Emergency Medicine to support research conducted across the Academic Health Center. The Center is staffed by a team of clinical research coordinators (CRC). Together, they provide a centralized, coordinated approach to screening and recruiting patients for research participation, collecting and processing specimen samples and data, and entering data into clinical trial databases.
Location & Hours:
CRCs are fully integrated into the Emergency Department at University of Cincinnati Medical Center, West Chester and Jewish hospitals, where they work in tandem with the clinical team. The Center staff is available 24hrs/day, 7 days/week.
Services:
General Screening Services - $625/month (Internal); $995/month (External)- CRC availability 24hrs/day for screening and identification of potential study participants and/or healthy controls by monitoring newly-arrived Emergency Department patients through all available means, including patient tracking systems, ED rounds, and electronic health record review.
- Study-specific screen – detailed screening assessment to determine inclusion/exclusion criteria, may include medical record review, consultation with treatment team, patient interview and/or assessment
- Enrollment & consenting – move forward with enrollment of patients who agree to participate in an active therapeutic, interventional research study; this may include additional screening activities
- Study-specific procedures/assessments – protocol specific procedures/assessments
- Phlebotomy – single-stick, blood draws for collection, analysis or shipping
- Follow-Up – assist with telephone and interview follow-up procedures with enrolled subjects
- Data/chart abstraction – medical record review to glean data for case report form completion
- Training – each CRC is required to be trained on each new study protocol
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Combustion Research Laboratory
San-Mou Jeng, Ph.D.
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Communication in the Urban Environment (CUE)
The Communication in the Urban Environment (CUE) initiative at the University of Cincinnati is engaged in two fundamental dimensions of communication — understanding the city as a place of social interaction and sharing, and designing of systems, structures and artifacts for effective communication for all. At CUE, we believe that good communication in the urban environment — for communities and individuals — is enabling and empowering: it is the agency for expression that creates identity. -
Community Design Center (DAAP)
Frank Russell
The Community Design Center organizes collaborative interdisciplinary community/university partnerships for the research and design of physical improvements which serve the University’s urban area. The Community Design Center is a part of the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) at the University of Cincinnati. The Center provides assistance to community groups, non-profit organizations, and City departments that are representing underserved areas and underfunded projects within the area.
The Community Design Center is administered by a registered Architect with assistance from co-op students and graduate assistants from the disciplines of Architecture, Planning, Graphic Design, and Industrial Design. Faculty from these schools are involved as advisors and designers on individual projects. -
Comprehensive Mouse and Cancer Core (CCHMC)
Hartmut Geiger, PhD
The Comprehensive Mouse and Cancer Core within the Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology at Cincinnati Children’s offers a number of services for researchers exploring cancer systems through animal models. The core is directed by Hartmut Geiger. We provide animals from specific inbred mouse strains primarily used in cancer and hematopoietic research, offer cell transplant, harvest and irradiation services and can handle animal cancer model systems involving xenotransplant procedures. -
Computational Fluid Dynamics Research Laboratory (CFDRL)
Some of the on-going projects at CFDRL:
- Study of active and passive flow control techniques over turbine blades.
- Turbine-blade cooling funded by the Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute (DAGSI).
- Use of CFD in the Occupational Safety through funded projects from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati.
- Interfacial phenomena occurring at an air-water interface.
- Open source CFD software (OpenFOAM) validation.
- AEROFLO CFD software validation
- Study of non-newtonian flows
Preprocessing Capabilities:
- Gambit
- Tgrid
- Gridgen
- GridPro
- Fluent
- STAR-CD
- OpenFOAM
- AEROFLO
- Tecplot360
- Paraview
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Computational Sciences Institute
Thomas Beck
Computational Science (CSci) is an emerging interdisciplinary field that uses computer simulation to solve problems in scientific and engineering disciplines. It is recognized by nearly all national scientific societies as a third way of advancing knowledge coequal with the traditional methods of theory and experimentation. In-silico simulations and modeling afford the opportunity to "see" the unattainable phenomena that are too small (atoms and molecules), too large (galaxies and the universe), too fast (photosynthesis), too slow (geological processes), too dynamic (urban systems and climate), too complex (automobile engines), or too dangerous (toxic materials).
As such, CSci allows researchers in the physical, biological, geographical, geological and engineering sciences to visualize complex phenomena, to explore solutions to challenging problems, and to understand the vast amount of data produced through scientific experiments, medical records, and instrumentation. The UC CSci Institute is an initiative in interdisciplinary research and education. The main goals of the Institute are (1) to be an interdisciplinary research center for computational sciences and (2) to be an education center for future generations of researchers equipped with critical skills needed to conduct research in tomorrow's environment.
Current Chemistry Department members of the UC CSci Institute are Professors Thomas Beck, Ruxandra Dima and George Stan. Ongoing research in our groups involves studies of biological ion channels, the modeling of mechanical proteins, and protein folding and transport in constrained environments. We have ongoing collaborations with researchers in the UC medical school, the Departments of Mathematics and Physics, and individuals at other institutions. -
Computer IT Lab
The Computer Lab is located in 4425 Aronoff is a state-of-the-art facility with high end workstations and various peripherals such as scanners, plotters and digital video editing suites. The computer lab is a place where university researchers have access to sophisticated graphics equipment and high levels of technical support for computer visualization, advanced computer graphics and virtual reality. To augment the use of laptops in classrooms, the large computer graphics instructional studio provides hands-on instruction labs for individual classes. The equipment supported by DAAP IT in the labs includes:
50 - Dell Precision 5820 workstations each with:- Intel i7-9800X 3.8 GHz
- 40 GB of RAM
- Nvidia Quadro RTX 4000
- 1 TB Solid State Drive
5 - Xerox 7800s Laser Printers for self-copy service
2 – video editing and audio recording suites
The DAAP IT Computer Lab also supports a comprehensive list of software to support the teaching and research missions of the University. The list of software supported in the lab follows:- Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat DC, InDesign, XD, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Bridge, Lightroom Classic, Character Animator CC, Dreamweaver, Animate, Audition, Media Encoder, InCopy, Prelude, Fuse CC, Muse CC, Scout CC, Lightroom, Premiere Rush, Dimension, Character Animator)
- AutoDesk Suite (3DS Max 2020, AutoCAD 2020, AutoCAD Arch 2020, AutoCAD MEP 2020, Alias Auto Studio 2020, Automotive Assets 2020, Autodesk Inventor 2020, Autodesk Netfabb 2020, Powermill Modeling 2020, Powermill Ultimate 2020, Recap Photo, Recap, Robot Structural Analysis, Storm and Sanitary Analysis, VRed Design, VRed Pro, Civil 3D, Maya 2019, Mudbox 2019, Navisworks Freedom 2020, Navisworks Manage 2020, Powermill 2017, Powershape 2017, Revit 2020, Sketchbook 2020)
- Other Supported Software (Digital Project, ArcGIS, CityEngine, SPSS 24, Lectra Design Concept, Diamino TechTex, Kaledo Suite, Modaris, Keyshot 8, Rhino 6, Microsoft Office Suite, Optitex, R, Solidworks, Sketchup 2019, Audicity, Blender, Burnaware Free, Epic Games Launcher, MATLAB R2019a, Unity, Unreal Engine, zPrint)
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Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) Research Lab
Dr. Yijun Liu
Computer-aided engineering (CAE), or computational engineering, utilizes computers to simulate the behaviors (deformations, stresses, fluid flows, vibrations, noises, and so on) of materials or structures to complement the physical testing. These simulations are based on the corresponding mathematical models of the physical problems, which are solved by employing various numerical procedures, such as the finite element method (FEM), boundary element method (BEM), meshfree method or molecular dynamics (MD) at different length and time scales. CAE is being increasingly employed in the analysis and development (virtual prototyping/testing) of many new materials (e.g., advanced composites, biomaterials, and MEMS) and various new products (e.g., cell phones, computers, cars, and airplanes).
The mission of the CAE Research Lab is:- To conduct sponsored research to advance the CAE technologies as applied in solving challenging problems in engineering.
- To serve the local and global companies in solving their urgent research and development (R&D) problems through projects, training and consulting.
- To train undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Cincinnati so that they will be well prepared in the cutting-edge CAE technologies.
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Confocal Imaging Core (CCHMC)
Matthew Kofron
We will train you to use state-of-the-art confocal microscopes for your research. We provide access to confocal microscopes, deconvolution microscopes and computer analysis workstations. Once you’ve been trained by our staff, you may access our facilities 24 hours a day. -
Critical Care MediaLab
Ken Tegtmeyer, MD
The Critical Care MediaLab develops high-quality video and animation to enhance medical education. Our expertise lies in clinical video and video editing as well as 3D animation. -
DAAPcares Initiative
DAAPcares honors and supports the work of DAAP students, faculty, staff, and alumni to improve the quality of life around the world. From local to global, individual to multidisciplinary, and academic to professional - we connect scholarship to solutions. These accomplishments are celebrated annually in a showcase of innovative projects and research that represent our mission to achieve sustainable outcomes with environmental, economic, and cultural equity. -
Data Management Center
Rachel Akers
The Data Management Center (DMC) at Cincinnati Children’s supports researchers, and aims to improve clinical outcomes by leading the development of state-of-the-art data management. The DMC resides within the Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology. -
Dental Hygiene Clinic
Since 1967, the Dental Hygiene program at UC Blue Ash has been preparing well qualified and caring dental hygienists for employment throughout the region. Led by our nationally-recognized faculty, students are guided in the development of knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for positions of responsibility in the oral care system through a unique blend of laboratory, clinical and classroom experiences. This accredited two year program leads to an Associate of Applied Science Degree.
Our dental hygiene clinic is open to the public, enabling students and faculty to serve the community through dental evaluations and preventive treatment. -
Developmental & Learning Sciences Research Center
Marcus Johnson
The mission of the Developmental & Learning Sciences Research Center (DLSRC) is to improve developmental and learning outcomes for learners of all ages by generating research, educational experiences, and applications using an emergent, interdisciplinary approach to understanding development and learning that includes the integration of theory and research from the fields of developmental psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and education.
The DLSRC is designed to support synergistic activities between the Arlitt Center, Early Childhood Education & Human Development faculty, university-wide faculty (e.g., Psychology; Communication Sciences & Disorders), and Children’s Hospital. Goals include engaging in research at the Arlitt Center, including the lab school and the PlayScape initiative, and its community of children and families, and collaborating on grant writing, and pedagogical innovation. The Center serves as an administrative home to the Research Activity Management System (RAMS), which serves as the undergraduate research subject pool for the School of Education.
Current faculty and student research includes investigations concerning educational neuroscience and mathematical cognition (Dr. Rhonda Brown), the interaction of motivational mechanisms and learning (Dr. Marcus Johnson), and effective learning environments for developing educators (Professor Harry Prats).
Community & Collaboration
Throughout the academic calendar, Dr. Marcus Johnson hosts special events for his large lecture Human Development courses, inviting guests from various disciplines to speak to his students on a diverse array of subjects pertinent to Human Development (i.e. developmental criminology, pediatrics, current research on play, geriatrics, hospice services, etc.). In April 2013, Dr. Johnson hosted a panel of speakers with expertise in secondary and post-secondary education. Jenni Jacobs is an instructor for online courses offered through the School of Education and provided insights into the attitudes and behaviors of “nontraditional” college students. Katie Kemme is an English teacher at Hughes High School and responded to students’ inquiries about what makes educational professions worthwhile and fulfilling. UC’s own Dr. Chet Laine and Dr. Helen Meyer from the secondary education faculty also participated as panelists, sharing their philosophies and approaches to teacher education, as well as providing practical advice for those interested in education professions.
In May 2011, the Center hosted a day-long Summit on Transactions between Research and Practice in the Developmental and Learning Sciences with researchers at UC and Children’s Hospital, graduate students, and teachers and other members of the education community. Speakers included: Dr. Dennis Molfese, a co-director of the NIH Reading & Learning Disabilities Research Network and Director of the Brain Imaging Center and Developmental Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Nebraska; Dr. Victoria Molfese, Chancellor’s Professor of Child, Youth & Family Studies at the University of Nebraska who spoke on their research in early identification of infants and young children at risk for developing language and reading disabilities and the effect of early intervention. Dr. Gregory K. Martin, Academic Dean and director of Pedagogical Growth and Development at the Cincinnati Country Day School and Dr. Jeremiah McCall, author of Gaming the Past: Using Video Games to Teach Secondary Students spoke on their work on 21st century teach -
Digital Design Environments Laboratory
Ranga R. Vemuri
Research in the Digital Design Environments Laboratory (DDEL) centers around the construction of computer-aided design tools and design environments for analog, digital and mixed-signal systems design. DDEL research has been funded in part by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA/CSTO and ARPA/ESTO), Wright Labs of the US Air Force, the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), Rome Lab of the US Air Force, and the General Electric Company. -
Digital Repository Services
Linda Newman
Digital Repositories can enable faculty and researchers to meet the data management plan requirements of grant proposals. A Digital Repository captures, organizes, makes accessible, enables reuse and reformatting, and preserves an institution’s intellectual output, cultural and historic records, and research-significant library collections of unique materials. The Libraries offer more than one repository, including a next generation repository in development. For more information, contact Linda Newman (newmanld@ucmail.uc.edu) or Nathan Tallman (tallmann@ucmail.uc.edu). -
DNA Sequencing and Genotyping Facility
Xueguang Sun
We specialize in sequencing with template preparation from bacterial cultures, sequencing without template preparation and electrophoresis. -
Engineering Research Center (ERC) Cleanroom
Chong Ahn
The Engineering Research Center Clean Room is a central fabrication, processing, and characterization center intended to be used by a diverse campus wide research community. The more than 8000 square foot facility includes areas of class 10, 100, 1000, and 10,000 clean room spaces. It includes lithography, deposition, etching, oxidation, diffusion, and characterization tools from nanoscale to microscale device fabrication. -
Engineering Research Center for Revolutionizing Metallic Biomaterials
Mark Schulz
Recent advances in engineering and the enabling sciences provide an unprecedented opportunity for revolutionary developments in biological interface materials and technologies. Our Gen 3 Engineering Research Center for Revolutionizing Metallic Biomaterials is to transform current medical and surgical treatments by creating "smart" implants to improve treatments for orthopedic, craniofacial, neural and cardiovascular ailments, coupled with the development of a vibrant, diverse workforce well-prepared for the multidisciplinary and global challenges and opportunities of the new millennium. The major goal is to revolutionize metallic biomaterials (RMB) and smart coatings with built-in responsive biosensory capabilities which can adapt to biological changes, to create novel bio-functional Engineered Systems. The ERC lead institution is North Carolina A&T State University (NCAT) with core partner institutions, the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) and the University of Cincinnati (UC), global research partner Hannover Medical School (MHH) and other global and national partners that include industry, innovators, and state and local government entrepreneurial networks. ore information is available at: http://erc.ncat.edu/. -
Environmental Analysis Service Center (EASC)
Dr. George Sorial
The Environmental Analysis Service Center (EASC) at University of Cincinnati is located on the 7th floor in Engineering Research Center on the uptown west campus of U. of Cincinnati. The EASC supports the application of mass spectrometry techniques in the field of chemistry, environmental sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, life sciences and medicine. Typically, we provide services of mass spectrometry analysis for non-targeted compound screening, impurity analysis, metabolomics, and molecular formula assignments for ACS publications (Accurate Mass Measurement or High Resolution Mass Spectrometry [HRMS]). The EASC holds competitive rates with high quality data and fast turn-around time. We offer services to Universities, public agencies, and private corporations. We look forward to serving your needs for mass spectrometry analysis.
If you need mass spectrometry analysis services, EASC is a choice. EASC has the expertise to analyze your samples and provide you with solid data. For more information about the center, please visit our website at www.easc-uc.org.
Photos and descriptions of lab instrumentation are on-line at: http://seebme.ceas.uc.edu/Research_Centers/EASC/Lab_Instrumentation.html -
Experimental Packaging Lab (EPL)
As we continue to make moves toward being recognized as a Design school with a prominent user-centered, design-driven packaging focus, the mission of proactively improving the future outlook of sustainably responsible consumption is at the core of the Experimental Packaging Lab (EPL) efforts. -
eXtended Reality Lab (XR-Lab)
eXtended Reality Lab (XR-Lab) explores how people engage with simulated scenarios through Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality and promotes communication and collaboration through XR for education, health, safety, and professional training in both academic and industry settings. -
Fashion Technology Center
The Fashion Technology Center (FTC) supports students and faculty in the design, experimentation, and innovation of textile and apparel products by providing training, access, and experience using advanced, industry-standard and state of the art tools for apparel and textile design technology, research, and prototyping. The FTC is leveraging training and experience using advanced fashion technology, tools, and equipment to prepare our students for the fashion industry’s fast-paced, ever-changing, technology-driven future. The Evelyn Burgoyne Textiles Innovation Lab, Natalie Altieri Apparel Production Lab, and Wearable Futures Lab are all housed within the FTC. -
Fernald Database and Biospecimens Service
Susan Pinney
Mission: To provide a mechanism for sharing data and biospecimen from a large longitudinal cohort as a resource to researchers for approved studies.
Description: The Fernald Community Cohort consists of the 9782 persons who were enrolled in the Fernald Medical Monitoring Program (FMMP)(1990-2008). The comprehensive examinations conducted as part of the Fernald Medical Monitoring Program (FMMP) began in the autumn of 1990. The FMMP provided 9,782 initial examinations and 42,775 re-examinations over 18 years. An extensive computerized database and biospecimen repository was created to provide research resources for future studies. All questionnaire, examination and diagnostic procedure data collected from the FMMP were coded by certified medical record coders, double entered with verification into a SAS database on site of the examinations. Cryo-preserved blood and urine samples were collected at enrollment and at various intervals throughout follow-up. At the first examination three 1-ml aliquots of whole blood, plasma, serum, urine and urine with buffer were obtained from each participant (15 aliquots per person) for future analyses. Additional whole blood and serum was obtained in 1996-1997 and 2006-2008. Specimens have been stored in minus 80 degree freezers; over 160,000 biospecimens are in the archive. More information about the cohort and the “Access to Data and Biospecimen Policy” and application form can be found at www.eh.uc.edu/fmmp/research. -
FETCHLAB USA
Peter Skip Scheifele
University of Cincinnati FETCHLAB is an internationally renowned animal hearing and bioacoustics laboratory. We conduct hearing screening and full audiological assessment and imaging for dogs as well as kennel and zoo/aquaria exhibit/life support system noise mapping, mitigation, and monitoring. The FETCHLAB is the first and only hearing clinic for animals in the United States capable of running full audiological diagnostic testing an analyses. We see dogs from all over the world.
FETCHLAB supports the Department of Defense with clinical operations for multi-purpose canines and research topics including working dog post-traumatic stress injury and audiological disorders. Additionally, we support the Georgia Aquarium, Mystic Aquarium, Newport Aquarium and Indianapolis Zoo regarding auditory, sound production and noise issues with regard to their animals under professional care.
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Fission Track Laboratory
Eva Enkelmann
Lab for Fission Track dating of minerals like apatite and zircon. -
Flow Cytometry, Shriners/UC
George Babcock
The Flow Cytometry, Shriners/UC facility provides a range of services and assistance for data acquisition, analysis, and cell sorting. Additionally, there is a dedicated data analysis workstation with several software options for publication quality data.
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Future Mobility Lab
The Future Mobility Lab at the Ullman School of Design of the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning at the University of Cincinnati, is a glimpse into the next iteration of vehicle design studios. The space is composed by a collaborative workspace that enables multidisciplinary work, an advanced visualization lab for traditional 2D development future concepts, and a space that mixes virtual reality development with physical prototyping. -
Fz-Human Auditory Evoked Potential Lab
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Gas Turbine Simulation Laboratory
Paul Orkwis
The Gas Turbine Simulation Laboratory is capable of performing compenent simulations as well as full engine simulations.
Flow Solvers- FINE Turbo
- MSU Turbo
- CFD++
- FDL3DI
- CFX
- FLUENT
- NCC
- LEWICE
- Visual3
- TV3
- PV3
- Tecplot
- Sleipnir (Under Devlopment)
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Gene Expression Core (CCHMC)
S. Steven Potter, PhD
If your research involves the study of developmental and disease processes, we can help you perform expression level analysis of thousands of genes in parallel. We use commercial microarrays available from Affymetrix and Illumina. We offer data analysis and guidance on preparing RNA for labeling. -
Genomics, Epigenomics and Sequencing Core (GESC)
Xiang Zhang, PhD; Core Director & Assoc. Prof.
The Genomics, Epigenomics and Sequencing Core (GES Core), originally named as Microarray Laboratory, was established in 1999. GES Core provides genomics and epigenomics related service and collaboration to researchers at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and other institutions.
In 2012, GES Core was transformed into the next generation sequencing-focused core facility. Since then, it has been expanding its services. Equipped with Illumina NestSeq 550 sequencer and automated liquid handling system, the Core provides a variety of high-quality NGS services. More recently, the Core introduced single cell sequencing via 10x Genomics Chromium and its supportive system such as LUNA-FL Automated Fluorescence Cell Counter and automated gentleMACS Octo Dissociator with Heaters from Miltenyi. In addition, it offers Illumina BeadChip methylationEPIC assay for epidemiology study.
The Core Director Xiang Zhang routinely provides consultation to researchers from sample preparation to data generation.
GES Core is one of the best equipped laboratories in the College. 100% of its expenses is paid from its service revenue. It is fully sustainable and always maintains financial stability over the past 9 years. -
Geo Information Systems and Spatial Analysis Lab
The Joint Center for Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis (GISSA) consists of faculty from the Department of Geography and School of Planning, in collaboration with faculty from other academic units, such as Architecture, Business School, Biology, Computer Science, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Health, Institute of Policy Research, College of Medicine, College of Business Administration, and College of Education. -
Government Cost Compliance Service Center Resources
Susan Poulos
A list of the facilities for which the Government Cost Compliance office maintains a contacts list is found on their website: http://www.uc.edu/af/budgetfinsvcs/gcc.html. -
High Performance Computing Laboratory
Philip A. Wilsey
The principle studies of this lab are parallel and distributed computing with multi-core processors and clusters composed of multi-core processors. The current focus of our studies are in two domains. The first is developing high-performance methods for analyzing high-dimensional "big data" sets. These studies exploit random and approximate methods for manipulating and analyzing the high-dimensional data. Most recently we are beginning to explore strategies to accelerate Topological Data Analysis (TDA) to enable the effective application of TDA methods to high-dimensional big data sets. The second application for our HPC studies lies with improving optimistic synchronization methods for high-performance parallel discrete event driven simulation. -
Hoke S. Greene Laboratory of Catalysis
The goal of the Hoke S. Greene Laboratory of Catalysis is to enhance the understanding of the fundamentals of catalytic phenomena. The lab's historical emphasis begin with reactions involving catalysis by soluble transition metal carbonyls and their derivatives. Such catalysis is involved in the commercial synthesis of at least three commodity chemicals (acetic acid, vinyl acetate, and butyraldehyde) and is also of critical importance in the metalloenzyme chemistry of living organisms. More than 100 publications have resulted from the efforts of this laboratory since its inception in 1971. Nowadays, catalysis research focuses on enzymes, and the Greene Laboratory will soon be looking to find a new Director and Greene Chair holder. -
Hypoid and Bevel Gear Mesh and Dynamic Modeling Consortium
Teik Lim
Hypoid and Bevel Gear Mesh and Dynamic Modeling Consortium
MISSION
To develop gear mesh representations that will enable dynamic models to be formulated for simulating the vibration response of the driveline systems.
To perform studies of the modal and dynamic characteristics controlling mesh force generation, vibration transmissibility, and gear whine.
To develop an integrated gear mesh and dynamic modeling and analysis software package (HGSim).
To apply the simulation software package for design, analysis and trouble-shooting.
To develop a design roadmap for quiet gears. -
Image-Guided Ultrasound Therapeutics Laboratories
Christy K. Holland
The Image-Guided Ultrasound Therapeutics Laboratories are located in the Cardiovascluar Center at the Iniversity of Cincinnati. Our research focuses on applications of biomedical ultrasound including sonothrombolysis, ultrasound- mediated drug and bioactive gas delivery, development of echogenic liposomes, early detection of cardiovascular diseases, and ultrasound-image guided tumor ablation. -
Imaging Research - 9.4T NMR - Spectrometry and Micro-Imaging
The 9.4T NMR Lab provides a variety of services and expertise in high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and magnetic resonance micro-imaging (MRI) to researchers in the UC College of Medicine, the broader UC research community, and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
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Imaging Research 4T MRI Service Center
The Center for Imaging Research is a College of Medicine core facility dedicated to the in vivo study of human anatomy and physiology. Our primary mission is to provide imaging research capabilities to scientists at the University of Cincinnati. Our facilities include a 4.0 Tesla Varian Unity INOVA Whole Body MRI/MRS system.
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Imaging Research Center
Charles Dumoulin, PhD
We make modern imaging technology available to researchers. Services include a whole-body scanner with EEG monitoring, clinical MRI scanners, CT, PET-CT and gamma camera and scanners, fluoroscopy systems and longitudinal imaging for animals. -
In Vivo Radiation Measurement Lab
The University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science has state-of-the-art laboratories for performing high sensitivity measurements of radioactive materials in soil, water, and air. Persons who may have inhaled or ingested a radioactive substance can also be evaluated at the UC In Vivo Radiation Measurement Lab. In the event of an emergency we are prepared to evaluate workers, first-responders, and others who may be at risk of internal exposure to radioactive materials. These resources are available any time to assist in the event of a radiological emergency.
Laboratory for Direct (In Vivo) Measurement of Internally Deposited Radioactive Materials
The In Vivo Radiation Measurement Laboratory is located at the UC Center Hill Research Facility (5997 Center Hill Avenue) with easy access from I-75. Measurements are performed for persons who may have inhaled or ingested radioactive materials arising from occupational or environmental exposure, accidents, or incidents of radiological malfeasance. The laboratory has two large examination rooms, each with arrays of detectors for performing direct, in vivo measurements. After the Fukushima accident, persons returning from Japan were examined to determine whether they have been exposed to radioactive material. A typical in vivo exam, shown at the right, involves placing detectors over the chest for approximately 30 minutes. The room is equipped with a remote controlled television and radio for the comfort of the person being examined.
UC has designed, fabricated, and patented anthropometric devices (phantoms) for calibrating direct in vivo measurements of uranium and transuranic radionuclides that may be deposited in the lungs, liver, and skeleton. Calibration phantoms have also been developed for measuring radioactive materials in wounds and lymph nodes. These phantoms are used at many national and governmental laboratories around the world including the International Atomic Energy Agency. The UC In Vivo Radiation Measurement Laboratory is the only research facility of its kind in the United States that is dedicated solely for education and research.
Laboratories for Nuclear Forensics Research Laboratory for Radiological Assessment & Measurement
The UC Laboratories for Nuclear Forensics Research is located on the UC campus. These labs include resources to perform high sensitivity measurements of any type of radioactive material including uranium, thorium, plutonium, and other special nuclear materials. Measurements are performed using samples of soil, vegetation, air, or foods to determine the content of natural or technologically enhanced radioactive material. Biological samples are also analyzed to evaluate radioactive materials that may have been accidentally inhaled or ingested.
The objective of nuclear forensics, an interdisciplinary science that includes technologies from engineering, chemistry and physics, is to evaluate an unknown sample of intercepted nuclear material and determine how, when, and where it was produced. The laboratory has facilities for chemically processing samples and includes a wide range of instruments to evaluate the provenance of any radioactive material.
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Information Technology Solutions Center
Tiffany Bricking
The Information Technology Solutions Center is a place for Information Technology faculty and students to develop IT Solutions for internal and external clients. Started in March 2012, the ITSC has developed web applications, mobile applications, database systems and has received over 20 different projects from start up companies and research centers. -
Inhalation Core Facility
Nick Balzarini
The mission of the Inhalation Core Facility is to provide a controlled exposure system to mimic both first hand cigarette smoke exposure and second hand smoke exposure using a whole body exposure system. In addition, we can provide individual mouse organs, serum, and cigarette smoke extract.
Location & Hours:
The core is located in the Cardiovascular Research Center (CVC) Room 4947.
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Institute for Nursing Research and Scholarship
Donna Martsolf
The Institute for Nursing Research and Scholarship (INRS) supports the research and scholarship of faculty members and students in the College of Nursing through a variety of mechanisms. Its underlying philosophy is that the pursuit of excellence in research and scholarship is a developmental process that requires support services at all levels of expertise and across all content areas. -
Institute for Policy Research
Kim Downing
Since its establishment in 1971, the Institute for Policy Research (IPR) has developed nationally recognized capabilities in survey research. The Institute conducts complex, large-scale surveys. The Institute's professional staff has experience in a variety of data collection modes, including: via telephone, mail and Web-based surveys as well as in-person interviews, focus group discussions and direct observations. Additionally, IPR staff have extensive experience developing research designs and methodologies including: needs assessment, program evaluation, content analysis, scale development and validation, time-series and cluster analysis.
The IPR has state-of-the-art computer capabilities for data analysis, data tabulation and data management.
Telephone interviewing takes place in a supervised, central facility located within the Institute using a Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) system. Mail surveys and Web-based surveys are also handled in-house with tools such as optical-scanning for mail surveys and Web middleware on dedicated servers with secure access for Web-based surveys.
The IPR hosts the Social, Behavioral and Health Science Data Archive providing access and support for use of secondary data collections for research and instruction. The holdings include studies from a variety of sources: the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), the National Opinion Research Center, the International Survey Library Association (Roper Center), the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis, the National Center for Health Statistics, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Development Office of Strategic Research. -
Intelligent Systems Laboratory
Samuel H. Huang
Our mission is to develop computerized systems to support human experts in improving manufacturing productivity and health care delivery efficiency. These systems are used as a tool to expand the perception and computation ability of experts so they can make better decisions more efficiently. We engage in the following activities:
· Applied research, which focuses on developing methods, algorithms, and tools to convert unstructured data into useful information and easy to understand knowledge. The main aim is to meet the challenges of missing data values, high data dimensionality, and imbalanced data distribution that occur often in health care applications such as gene expression-based diagnosis and adverse drug reaction detection.
· Industrial applications, which focuses on applying research advances to solving real-world industrial problems. The emphasis is on rigorous problem formulation (using mathematical/analytical tools) and seamless incorporation of human expertise in the development of cost-effective solutions.
· Education innovation, which focuses on implementing the problem-based learning pedagogy in a simulation game-based environment for engineering education.
Our motto is Scientific Innovation, Industry Outreach, and Student Success. We believe technology advance must be built on scientifically sound and mathematically rigorous innovations. Technologies developed in laboratory must be validated in real-world applications and ultimately transferred to industry to fully realize their benefits. Finally, we promote a virtual company-based education strategy that emphasizes the use of information technology, collaborative problem solving, and hands-on skills so students can be successful in the modern working environment. -
Investigational Pharmacy
Denise Lagory, RPh
The Cincinnati Children's Hospital Investigational Drug Service (IDS) provides services customized to each research protocol conducted at Cincinnati Children's. These services include randomization, inventory maintenance, all aspects of drug accountability, compounding and preparation of blinded dosage forms, developing pre-printed order forms and dispensing investigational drugs according to protocol. The IDS is responsible for both inpatient and outpatient investigational medication dispensing for industry sponsored, grant funded and investigator initiated protocols. -
Kunz Center for Social Research
Jennifer Malat
The Kunz Center for Social Research, housed in the Department of Sociology, has a two-fold mission: 1) support Center faculty and student research, and 2) develop research-related relationships with community organizations. While the Center supports a wide range of research, its activities emphasize the areas of 1) Urban and Race, 2) Family and Gender, and 3) Health. The Center organizes workshops in these research areas, awards small grants for research activities, and provides staff support for the submission of grant proposals.
The Center was established in 1989 and endowed in 1995 by a bequest in honor and memory of Margaret A. Kunz and her parents, Dr. John C. Kunz and Emma B. Kunz. Since that time, the Center has enhanced research among Sociology Department faculty and graduate students, the University of Cincinnati, and broader Cincinnati community. -
Laboratory Animal Medical Services (LAMS)
Joanne Tetens-Woodring, DVM, PhD
Laboratory Animal Medical Services (LAMS) is responsible for husbandry and veterinary care of all vertebrate animals on the University of Cincinnati (UC) campus. LAMS is committed to providing high-quality animals and services to meet the needs of the researchers. In addition, LAMS is responsible for assisting researchers in model development, animal usage, humane animal treatment, and compliance with University policies and procedures and governmental regulations.
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Laboratory for Direct (In Vivo) Measurements of Internally Deposited Radioactive Materials
Henry B. Spitz
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Laboratory for Environmental Radiological Assessment & Measurement and Nuclear Forensics Research
The radiochemistry laboratory has developed high sensitivity radiochemical methods for analysis of natural radioactivity in a variety of biological and environmental samples using neutron activation analysis. -
LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION MICROSCOPY
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LENTI-SHRNA LIBRARY CORE
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Literacy Research & Innovation Center
Allison Breit Smith
As part of their program of study, doctoral students may choose to participate in the activities of the Literacy Research and Innovation Center (LRIC), a research and teaching laboratory dedicated to advancing knowledge about how children learn and are instructed in literacy. A multi-disciplinary team of faculty and researchers comprise the LRIC. The collaborative team includes individuals with specialized literacy knowledge from various fields such as literacy and second language studies, educational leadership, educational studies, special education, speech-language pathology, and design. The Center focuses on conducting and translating research into best practices for the classroom, developing innovative literacy practices, and delivering professional development programs. The mission of the LRIC is to conduct scientific research on literacy learning and instruction to further understand important educational questions; to innovate novel solutions to education’s most pressing problems related to literacy learning and instruction; and to disseminate knowledge about literacy learning and instruction through professional development programs for teachers and parents. The Center’s faculty believes in the interdependence of research and practice to inform best approaches to literacy learning and instruction. Faculty who are affiliated with the LRIC include: Allison Breit-Smith, Ying Guo, Holly Johnson, and Susan Watts-Taffe. -
Live Microscopy Core (LMC)
Chet Closson, Manager
The Live Microscopy Core facility is designed to help investigators perform high resolution fluorescence imaging with both living and fixed specimens. The facility provides training and access to multiple laser scanning confocal microscopes, as well as widefield, stereo and dissection microscopes. Additional equipment available for use are a Laser Capture Microdissection instrument, multimode plate reader, Real-Time-PCR systems, infrared imager, and cryostat.
NEW! We now have a high-end image analysis workstation with Imaris, as well as other common analysis tools such as ImageJ (FIJI), Leica LAS X, and Zeiss ZEN.
To book equipment and/or access services from the LMC, please login or create an account in Stratocore at https://ppms.us/uc/start/.
Location & Hours:
The core is located in Medical Sciences Building Room 3155. It is open 24/7 for approved trained users, or from 9 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday for technical assistance. -
Live Well Collaborative
Linda Dunseath
The Live Well Collaborative(LWC) is a non-profit founded in 2007 by University of Cincinnati(UC) and Procter and Gamble(P&G). Its purpose is to specialize in research and development of products and services for living well across the lifespan with an expertise in the 50+ market place. The LWC working with UC, taps the talent of the top-ranked colleges of DAAP, Business, Engineering, Nursing and Medicine among many others to do semester long corporate or institutionally sponsored project studios. Interdisciplinary teams of UC faculty and students use a design thinking approach to translated consumer research into products and services. The LWC leverages the vitality and unbiased innovation capacity of students and faculty across multiple disciplines coupled with feedback from consumer sample groups to do this.
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Mass Spectrometry Facility
Pat Limbach
Our facility is dedicated to inorganic, organic and biological mass spectrometry analyses. Our facility is one of the two primary centers for the State of Ohio Mass Spectrometry Consortium. Participating universities in this Consortium are the Ohio State Center, the Cincinnati Center, Akron, Toledo, Ohio University, Miami, Kent, Youngstown, as well as many other Ohio universities, clinics, and industrial laboratories. The University of Cincinnati Facility will not only provide access to the instruments at the Cincinnati Facility, but also all instruments at other participating universities. The Consortium is working to establish network links to allow rapid data transmission between various sites.
Technical direction for the facility is provided by the Faculty Supervisor, Chemistry Professor Pat Limbach. Our staff, Dr.Stephen Macha and Dr. Larry Sallans maintain day-to-day operations in the facility. New users are invited to contact them to discuss your analysis needs at (513) 556-1575. -
Mass Spectrometry Facility
Kenneth Setchell, PhD
The Mass Spectrometry Facility uses HPLC, FAB-MS, GC-MS and LC-MS/MS applications for screening and quantification of metabolites and drugs. Assays are fully validated to meet FDA/CAP requirements and the core operates under GLP standards and is CAP/CLIA accredited.
We specialize in research programs focusing on hepatology, gastroenterology and nutrition with an emphasis on steroids, sterols and bile acids. -
MEG and Neurophysiology Core
Don Gilbert, MD
We provide researchers with access to state of the art 275-channel whole head human magnetometry with data acquisition rates up to 12 kHz per channel. The system can also do simultaneous EEG recordings. We provide orientation to data collection with the magnetometer including a stimulus presentation computer for auditory, visual, somatosensory stimuli, and bimanual 5 finger response pads for task-based studies. -
Membrane Applied Science and Technology (MAST)
Stephen Clarson
The MAST Center builds upon a record of excellence in membrane research and education at the University of Cincinnati that can be traced back to research and education programs that were starting in 1983 by Professor Hwang following an industrial endowment for membrane research. The MAST Center focuses on our expertise in membrane formation, characterization and performance. The MAST Center covers research and educational activities that include membrane fouling, water treatment, fuels cells, sensors, pharmaceutical purifications, fragrance encapsulation and implantable biomedical devices. The Center faculty have taken leadership roles in the membrane community via the organization of major technical sessions, symposia and conferences as well as active participation in relevant professional societies. The MAST Center students have gone on to become leaders in the membrane field in universities, national laboratories and industry. -
Micro and Nano Manufacturing Laboratory
Murali Sundaram
Our mission is to innovate, develop and apply cutting edge multi-functional, multi-scale, multi-material processing technologies for reliable and affordable manufacturing solutions across size domains, and educate students on the state-of-the-art in manufacturing science.
Students of the Micro and Nano Manufacturing Lab research methods and materials that can be used to create novel, efficient and sustainable micro and nano machining processes. We use modeling, simulation and experimental procedures to optimize the processes of electrodischarge, electrochemical, ultrasonic and abrasive machining of metals, ceramics and composites at very small scales to be later applied to the emerging developments in product miniaturization and a variety of other applications -
Microscale Heat Transfer Lab
Frank Gerner
Fields of interest:- Microscale Heat Transfer
- Micro Heat Pipes
- Microsensors
- Interfacial Phenomena
- Condensation Heat Transfer
- Electronics Cooling
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Microwave Communications Laboratory
Altan Ferendeci
The laboratory is equipped with various micro-electronic processing equipment and characterization systems. Some of these are RF sputtering systems, electron beam and thermal evaporation systems, lapping and polishing machine, wire-bonding and dicing saw. Charaterization and measuremnt systems include digital and analog oscilloscopes, various spectrometers, optical monochromators. An ultra-high (10-11 Torr) and a moderate (10-6 Torr) vacuum systems, various measuring instrumentation and high power high voltage supplies are also available.
For microwave measuremnts, computer interfaced HP-8510C Vector Network Analyzer, noise figure meter, probing station, a spectrum analyzer and various other microwave instrumentation are also available. Ansof HFFS, HP-Libra® and MICAD®, microwave design software, an HP transistor test fixture with measurement and calibration software complement the microwave characterization and measurement capabilities.
A new compact range antenna characterizing facility has been set up to measure the radiation characteristics of antennas especially the patch antennas and active phased array antennas.
A scanning electron microscope (SEM), a Dektak II profilometer, an optical thickness measurement system, a Reactive Ion Etching (RIE) system complement the micro-electronic processing and charaterization equipment.
APD-204SL closed cycle refrigeration system, {17 W at 77 K (temperature range 10-350 K)} with special provisions for waveguide and coaxial connections is operational for low temperature research purposes.
A dedicated optical bench is set-up for opto-electronic research activity. The bench includes various precision micrometer positioners, infrared laser, a closed circuit television system and other optical component holders.
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MOST AERO Labs
Curt Fox
MOST AERO LABS (Morphing and Optimization Systems Technology for Aerospace) is an Aerospace Engineering Education & Research lab specializing in Controls Science and UAVs.
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MOUSE CYTOGENETIC CORE
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Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center (MMPC)
Erin Bartley, Program Coordinator
The University of Cincinnati Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center is a comprehensive resource for the phenotypic characterization of mouse models pertaining to the study of diabetes and its complications. The Center is one of multiple Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Centers supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIDDK).
Our mission is to advance medical and biological research by providing the scientific community with standardized, high quality metabolic and physiologic phenotyping services for mouse models of diabetes, diabetic complications, obesity and related disorders.
We specialize in the immunological aspects of Type I diabetes, measurement of various glucose and lipid metabolism parameters relevant to Type II diabetes as well as diabetic complications such as heart disease and obesity.
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Nanoelectronics Laboratory
The Nano/Bioelectronics Laboratory is directed by Dr. Andrew J. Steckl, Distinguished Research Professor, Ohio Eminent Scholar and Gieringer Professor of Solid State Microelectronics. Founded in 1988, the NanoLab is a member of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of Cincinnati. The NanoBioLab is located on the 9th floor of Rhodes Hall. A class 1000 clean room is utilized for thin film deposition and device fabrication. Other labs are dedicated to optical characterization, fiber electrospinning and microfluidic device fabrication. Research in the NanoBioLab is currently focused on bio/organic electronic and photonic devices, electrospinning of fiber membranes for controlled molecular release used in chem/bio/medical applications and paper microfluidics for lab-on-chip point-of-care diagnostic devices. External research support has been provided by many federal agencies, including the National Science Foundation, the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Army Research Office, the Army Natick Laboratory, the Gates Foundation and various industrial partners.
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Nanoworld
Mark J. Schulz
The Nanoworld Laboratory at UC (http://www.min.uc.edu/nanoworldsmart) is a college laboratory for material and device development, nanotechnology teaching, and demonstrations, and is a highly focused and internationally recognized laboratory.
Nanoworld is trailblazing and road mapping innovation, translating the discoveries to industry, and training a next generation workforce that will be in high-demand. Six labs form the Nanoworld Labs.
1. NANOWORLD, Main Lab 414A, 414B & 413 Rhodes Hall, Ph. 513-556-4652
2. Nanoscale Devices and SEM Lab, 315 ERC
3. Nanoscale Materials Post-processing Lab, Rhodes 611
4. Nanocomposite Materials and Characterization Lab, Rhodes 507
5. Substrates and Nanomaterials Processing Laboratory, 581 Engineering Research Center (ERC)
6. Pilot Microfactory for Nanomedicine Devices Lab, 587 ERC
Other rooms are for student offices and storage. Nanoworld may be the largest nanotube research lab in an academic setting with three commercial nanotube reactors to synthesize nanotube materials and transition the processes to industry.
UC Nanoworld supports research for UG and graduate students from across the university. -
Natalie Altieri Apparel Production Lab
The Fashion Technology Center consists of three different laboratories. The Apparel Production Lab (APL) includes specialized industrial sewing equipment for apparel and soft goods design and making. All three labs provide tools used to create the world-renowned research and projects coming out of the Fashion and Design programs at DAAP. -
Neurorecovery Team
Accelerating Recovery through Science & Collaboration
The UC Neurorecovery Team is an interdisciplinary group of researchers from three Colleges on the Academic Health Center campus: Allied Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing.
The team works to better understand how stroke survivors and families recover from stroke and how to maximize stroke recovery. Study topics include:- Walking Recovery
- Arm and Hand Function
- Language and Speech Recovery
- Mood and Depression
- Hemineglect
- Family Caregiver Support
- ...and more!
Many of our studies provide cutting-edge therapies at no cost for eligible participants.
Some studies are also able to provide transportation assistance and compensation.
VISION: The UC Neurorecovery Team aims to empower people with neurological disorders and family caregivers to enhance quality of life through:
(1) development of novel interventions,
(2) discovery of brain-behavior relationships, and
(3) identification of recovery processes.
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NFT Media Lab
Jointly housed between the college of DAAP and the Kautz-Uible Cryptoeconomics Lab, the NFT Media Lab focuses on the history, function, and creation of artworks that exists within the framework of myriad online systems and networks that comprise the online NFT media space. Our aim is to spearhead NFT initiatives at the University of Cincinnati with a special focus in the production of visual media, online experiences, and educational initiatives while addressing issues of intellectual property, creative rights, new creative business models, and materiality -- new materials in the practices of design, architecture, art, and planning. -
Niehoff Studio (DAAP)
Frank Russell
The Niehoff Urban Studio is a unique interdisciplinary initiative undertaken to address urban issues that challenge the quality of life in Cincinnati. The studio endeavors to engage the community in an urban problem solving effort. The studio is located on Short Vine in Corryville and includes classroom, meeting, and exhibit areas. Since its inception in 2002 more than 800 students in urban planning, engineering, architecture, design, anthropology, business, nursing, political science, urban geography and others have participated and partnered with more than 100 community based organizations on projects intended to make Cincinnati more sustainable.
Sponsorship
This academic outreach partnership is made possible through the present and past sponsorship and collaboration of Mr. H.C. Buck Niehoff, the Harriet R. Williams Downey Fund, the Robert and Adele Schiff Family Foundation, the George Fabe Family Foundation, the Kroger Corporation, the Ohio Urban University Program, University of Cincinnati Institute for Community Partnerships, the University of Cincinnati Taft Research Center, and the University of Cincinnati Office of the Provost for Academic Affairs, as well as dozens of individual donors.
University Collaborations
The Studio has benefitted from the participation from the College of DAAP Schools of Architecture and Interior Design, Planning, Design, and Art ; The College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Civil Engineering Department; the College of Arts and Science of Arts and Sciences, Departments of Economics, Geography, Anthropology, Journalism, Political Science; the College of Nursing; the Lindner College of Business Real Estate and Marketing Programs . The program is administered by the College of DAAP Community Design Center with oversight by the University Provost for Academic Affairs.
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NIH - Nanomedicine Development Center (NDC)
Peixuan Guo, Director
Nanomedicine Challenges
“Ingenious” biological machines, such as motors and membrane channels, inspire the development of biomimetic devices to enable specific cellular control for disease treatment and tissue repair. However, the development and control of a delivery device that can recognize specific targets for the active pumping of therapeutic DNA, RNA, or drugs into cells is challenging. We will bridge the knowledge gap at the bio and nanomaterials interface by constructing matrix- or lipid membrane-adapted motors employing the well-studied bacteriophage phi29 DNA packaging motor. Research expertise and unmatchable collaborative facilities for biology and nanotechnology research will reveal engineering principles underlying the physical motion, energy transduction and transmembrane transport capabilities of the embedded motor. This matches the Vision of the NIH Roadmap for Medicine RFA, including “a system of molecular motors”, a model for the study of “energy transduction”, and a tool for “transport of materials across membranes”. -
NMR-based Metabolomics Core
Lindsey Romick-Rosendale
The NMR-based Metabolomics Core will provide technology that will help clinical and basic scientists develop rapid detection methods, as well as elucidate the complex metabolic pathways involved in a number of diseases and infections. A more comprehensive understanding of metabolism can lead to such advances as a more personalized approach to drug therapies. We provide all NMR –related metabolomics services on human and animal cells, biopsies and biological fluids. We strive to foster collaborative efforts that will advance translational research using metabolomics approaches. -
Nondestructive Evaluation Laboratory
Peter Nagy
The Nondestructive Evaluation Laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation for applied scientific research and development in the area ofultrasonic, laser-optic, electromagnetic, thermoelectric, and dielectric materials characterization and nondestructive testing. -
Novel Devices Laboratory (NDL)
Jason Heikenfeld
NDL performs highly multidisciplinary research, primarily in electrofluidics and biosensors, spanning fundamental science to more applied work through industrial partnerships (see our Research page). Furthermore, NDL has the practical knowledge, facilities, and a strong track-record for rapidly transforming novel concepts into commercially viable prototypes. Since 2006, NDL has partnered with numerous U.S., European, and Asian companies in pushing new technologies to market (click here for support map). NDL is also a founding member of the NSF Center for Advanced Design and Manufacturing of Integrated Microfluidics (CADMIM), lead founder for the Ohio Center for Microfluidic Innovation (OCMI), and founding member of the Nano-Bio Manufacturing Consortium (NBMC).
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility
Alex Greenwood
The NMR facility in the Chemistry department currently houses three solution NMR instruments ranging from 400-500 MHz. These include two walk-up Bruker 400s (an AVANCE NEO and an AVANCE I) with Z-Grad BBFO (Z-Gradient Broadband and Fluorine Observe) ATM (Automatic Tune and Match) probes and SampleXpress Lite automatic sample changers, and a Bruker DMX-500 with Z-Grad triple and double resonance probes. The NMR facility is capable of proton, carbon-13 and other multi-nuclear NMR in one, two, and three dimensions. Common experiments include HSQC (Heteronuclear Single-Quantum Coherence), COSY (COrrelated SpectroscopY), NOESY (Nuclear Overhauser Enhancement SpectroscopY), and DOSY (Diffusion-Ordered SpectroscopY).
Location & Hours:
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Occupational Safety and Health Engineering Program, UC-NIOSH ERC
Occupational Safety and Health Engineering (OSHE) is one of four core programs of the NIOSH Education and Research Center of the University of Cincinnati (UC-NIOSH ERC). UC-NIOSH ERC is one of the first centers of 17 ERCs supported by NIOSH in the US that aims at improving education and research activities in the occupational safety and health area. The OSHE program resides in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering (MME) at the College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS).
The primary objective of the OSHE Program is to provide engineering graduate students with research and training opportunities that will prepare them to become highly capable safety professionals to meet national and regional needs for occupational safety and health. A secondary objective of the Program is to provide exposure to safety and health engineering for students in other engineering disciplines who will include safety and health considerations in their work couduct. The OSHE Program trains students through a series of basic safety courses and an engineering research project focused on application of advanced engineering technologies to safety and health. Graduates from the OSHE Program will become practitioners in public and private organizations specializing in safety, engineers who will design safety equipment or systems, as well as researchers focusing on occupational safety and health at national and industry laboratories and academia. -
Ohio Center for Intelligent Propulsion and Advanced Life Management (CIPALM)
Awatef Hamed
The Ohio Center for Intelligent Propulsion and Advanced Life Management (CIPALM) was established in 2008 through a $27.5M Ohio Research Scholar Award from the Ohio Department of Development. The goal of the University of Cincinnati led center is to ensure Ohio’s continued eminence in power and propulsion research. The cluster supports the development of future intelligent adaptive power and propulsion systems with advanced energy sources for low emission, and superior reliability through service life and thermal management.
Built on Ohio’s current strengths, CIPALM’s mission is- to develop innovative, breakthrough technologies to provide the next generation of aircraft power and propulsion systems, alternative fuel synthesis, life management of advanced composite materials and intelligent thermal management technologies.
- to ensure continued international prominence in these areas through robust academic, business, and government collaborations.
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Ohio Center for Microfluidic Innovation (OCMI)
Ian Papautsky
The Ohio Center for Microfluidic Innovation (OCMI) at the University of Cincinnati was created by the Ohio 3rd Frontier Wright Projects Program, and provides a complete tool set needed to take microfluidic and point-of-care devices through the entire development process, from concept to pilot fabrication.
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Pathology Research Core
Our services include tissue trimming, processing and embedding, slide sectioning, H&E staining, special staining, immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, antibody or probe workup and electron microscopy. We will help you interpret results and, if desired, will collaborate on publications. -
Photo Lab
Located in suite 4440-4470 Aronoff, the photo facility provides the resources for the support of the current DAAP photography curriculum. The facility provides DAAP photography classes with equipment for image making in traditional color and silver based black and white photography, digital color management and digital printing. The DAAP Photo Lab also serve as an inventory of photography, video, lighting and sound equipment available for use. Scanning, digitizing and other research and instructional support activities also take place in a new “flat lab” area within the DAAP Photo Lab.
The facility houses a complete photographic laboratory with dark rooms and facilities for processing film-based photography, a print finish area, digital print areas that support output of high-end digital photography and two photography shooting studios. Specific digital output devices include:- 1 - Mimaki UCJV300 UV-LED large format printer cutter
- 3 - HP ZX6200 Large format Printers
- 1 - Epson 9000 Large format archival printer
- 2 - Epson 4900 photo printers
- 4 – Epson P5000 photo printers
The Photo Lab hours will vary over the course of the semester, adjusting to the needs of students. Please refer to the calendar posted right outside the Photo Lab doors for this month’s hours. The Photo Lab will be closed during school holidays and semester breaks.
Student Access
The Photo Lab is open to all students in all programs of DAAP. Printing and plotting services are available with no prior training. The photography shooting studios and the self-serve digital print room require an orientation given by a photo lab associate, which can be completed in the first few weeks of the semester. This can be done either by class or by individual sign-up. Once an orientation is completed, students can check out the studios, digital print room, and a variety of equipment that applies to their classes and training. In order to check out rooms and equipment students must submit their Bearcat Card to the front desk.
Equipment Checkout
The Photo Lab offers an array of photography, video and sound equipment to students. To gain access to the photography equipment, students should complete a studio orientation with the Photo Lab staff. Access to the video and sound equipment is decided on a case-by-case basis. Students must be in a sound or video class and teachers must arrange with Photo Lab staff to gain access to the equipment. -
Placemaking Initiative
Public spaces are vital components of the physical design as well as the social fabric of any urban area. Public spaces are the platforms where public activities takes place. Since the beginning of the history of cities these spaces have been used for meetings, leisure, protests, and gatherings. There is a vital connection between art and urban planning. For planners, placemaking is, more than ever, beginning to involve the use of public art to revitalize cities. For artists, understanding the public realm is essential to the creation of effective and meaningful public art. -
Plasma Spectrochemical Analysis and Metallomics Center
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Pluripotent Stem Cell Facility
James Wells, PhD
We are dedicated to providing high-quality, well-characterized and reliably archived human embryonic stem cells for distribution to researchers. Additionally, the facility will provide investigators with reagents and expertise for the generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) as well as expert training in the protocols and techniques for proper handling and manipulation of human pluripotent stem cells. Our mission is to facilitate all aspects of pluripotent stem cell experimentation to contribute to advancing stem cell therapies for human disease. -
Point-of-Care Systems Design Laboratory (POCSDL)
Fred Beyette
Point-of-Care Systems Design Laboratory (POCSDL) is a medical devices research laboratory under the direction of Dr. Fred R. Beyette Jr., School of Electronics and Computing Systems at the University of Cincinnati. POCSDL comprises graduate students and researchers, typically from electrical and computer engineering backgrounds and focuses on building point-of-care medical devices that include, but not limited to non-invasive sensor and monitoring systems, computing systems for neuro-emergencies, blood and spinal fluid analysis and devices for instructional purposes. An additional interest of POCSDL is in educating students in the field of biomedical electronics and computing. POCSDL is currently working on design of biomedical electronics and computing coursework structure that can be offered to electrical and computer engineering graduate students to assist and equip them for biomedical engineering projects (specifically, medical product design and development). -
Polymer Research Center
William Connick
The primary purpose of the interdisciplinary Polymer Research Center is to respond to the very broad-based need for an understanding of polymeric materials. The faculty of the Center are drawn from the Departments of Chemistry, Physics, Chemical Engineering, and Materials Science. They carry out a wide variety of research projects in collaboration with students, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting scholars. An extensive curriculum of approximately twenty courses on polymers is presently being offered, and this list is being augmented by additional courses under development. -
Preclinical Imaging Core (PIC)
Lisa Lemen, PhD
The Core was established to provide non-invasive multimodal imaging capabilities optimized for rodent imaging to the UC research community. The facility specializes in micro-CT and micro-PET/SPECT and MRI for longitudinal research projects in small animal models, but also provides bioluminescence, fluorescence and planar x-ray imaging capabilites. A XenX cabinet irradiator is available for cell, focal, and whole-rodent irradiation. All imaging and irradiation systems have integrated isoflurane anesthesia delivery and scavenging units. The Core actively supports research in cancer and other progressive diseases, and a variety of surgical and bioengineering projects. The PIC is staffed with personnel with extensive experience in imaging technology to assist in the design, execution, and interpretation of the data. With locations within and directly adjacent to the university vivarium and with standard IUCAC protocols in place for the PIC’s scan modalities, access to the services is readily available to the research community
To access services from the PIC, please login or create an account in Stratocore at https://ppms.us/uc/start/.
Location and Hours:
Vontz Center Rm 0330 (basement- restricted access - call lab 558-7930)
M-F 8:30am-5pm; or as arranged
Announcement Jan 2023
The Bruker 9.4T small animal MRI in MSB 4106 is now being managed through the PIC. It is a vertical bore spectrometer with a gradient insert for imaging, The system is currently optimized for mouse brain imaging. Please contact the lab for further information.
Announcement Jan 2019
A XenX closed cabinet x-ray irradiator with a rotational gantry, designed for irradiation of cells and rodents is now available. Please contact the lab or Michael Lamba (584-9028, michael.lamba@uc.edu) for further information.
Announcement Sept 2018
Bioluminescence and Fluorescence imaging services are available to PIs within the UC-COM LAMS mouse facilities – mice housed in the LAMS Vontz and MSB facilities remain behind the barrier for their imaging sessions and are returned to their original rooms. Please contact the lab for further information.
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Print Making Lab
The DAAP Printmaking Lab provides space and access for screenprinting, relief, intaglio, and lithography. Each area is adequately equipped with the necessary presses, inks, and materials including vacuum tables for screenprinting, three etching presses, and three lithography presses. The lab also provides a darkroom for photo printmaking processes with two exposure units for screenprinting, a washout room for screen reclamation, and an acid room for a variety of etching processes. The DAAP Printmaking Lab has a full stone library of over 80 stones in various sizes as well as over 40 screens for screenprinting that students may check out and use. -
Propulsion Simulation Lab
The main interest of the Propulsion Simulation Lab is to conduct computational fluid dynamics (CFD) research involving any part of a modern aerospace propulsion system for the purpose of exploring flow phenomena and developing improved mathematical models that can be incorporated into the simulation of the entire system. The group specializes in boundary layer bleed modeling in supersonic inlets, shockwave-boundary layer interactions in nozzles and ducts, and particle erosion modeling of turbomachinery.
The Propulsion Simulation Lab has worked in numerous collaborations, including the NASA Glenn Research Center.
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Pyrosequencing Core (CCHMC)
Hong Ji, PhD
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Rapid Prototyping Center
The RPC is home to numerous state-of-the-art 3-D printing, laser cutting and Computer Numerical Controlled milling machines. The Rapid Prototyping Center provides creative services for faculty and students who need to build models in support of the design and research efforts. Faculty and students partner with center staff during the model development process then schedule the use of the rapid prototyping machinery that includes providing the final CAD model.
The facility is located in room 5212, just inside the main entry from the south, or campus-side of the complex. It is highly visible, allowing visitors and passerby to view the projects being produced through large windows.
Equipment available in the RPC includes:- Bridgeport VMC 1000 vertical machining center with 23 station tool changer and 44” x 20” inch table.
- Komo VR 510 S Series Router. 5’ x 10’ cutting area with Fanuc driver, 12 station tool changer, and 30 HP vacuum hold-down.
- Epilog 36EXT Laser Engraver. Accommodates cutting of thin materials and etching and engraving processes up to 24” x 36” in size.
- XYZ PartPro 350 xBC 3D powder printers. Both printers can produce color output within a build area of 350 × 222 × 200 mm
- uPrintSE ABS Extrusion 3D Printer. 300(x) 450Y dpi with a .010 inch z layer thickness prints in off white ABS plastic. 8” x 6” x 6” build volume.
- Formlabs Form 2 stereolithographic resin 3D printer. .001-.004 resolution. 5.7” x 5.7” x 6.9” build volume.
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Research Flow Cytometry Core
Sherry Thornton, PhD
We will train you to use cytometers for your research. We provide cell sorting, data analysis, and even computer workstations. Once you’ve been trained by our staff, you may access our facilities 24 hours a day. -
Richard C. Elder X-Ray Crystallography Facility
Jeanette Krause
A Facility for the analysis of single crystal chemical crystallography. In 1986 the Chemistry Department formally established a Single Crystal X-ray Facility open to all researchers. In 2003, as a result of an NSF-MRI grant, the Facility was totally upgraded, housing a Bruker SMART6000 CCD diffractometer system.
The Facility is intimately involved in graduate and undergraduate research. Also active in research projects with groups engaged in NSF-REU, NSF-URC, REWU-WISE and ACS-Project Seed sponsored programs. -
Rieveschl Laboratories for Mass Spectrometry
Larry Sallans
The Rieveschl Laboratories encompass the R. Marshall Wilson Mass Spectrometry Facility as well as the Mass Spectrometry activities of faculty members Joe Caruso and Pat Limbach. The Wilson Facility offers a wide range of basic and advanced mass spectrometry services to the University community. In addition, the Wilson Facility and the Caruso and Limbach laboratories are engaged in cutting-edge collaborative research involving ICP-MS, FTMS, and microchip-MS.
More information on the R. Marshall Wilson Mass Spectrometry Facility- More information on the Caruso research program
- More information on the Limbach research program
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Simpson Center for Urban Futures
The Simpson Center for Urban Futures is housed on the third floor of the University of Cincinnati’s 1819 Innovation Hub. It provides work, research, and seminar space for faculty and students. The center also maintains a permanent archive of Orville Simpson’s work, accessible to researchers and the public. In 2011, Orville Simpson II made a generous commitment to endow a Center for Urban Futures at the University of Cincinnati. It was developed and organized by Provost Designee, Professor and Dean Emeritus, Robert Probst. -
Solid State Physics and Electronic Materials Laboratory
Punit Boolchand
The following research is being conducted in the lab:- Self-Organization in Disordered Networks - Discovery of Intermediate Phases in network or molecular glasses has opened a novel paradigm to understand the physical behavior of glasses at a basic level. These phases manifest as global connectivity of molecular networks are systematically changed, and acquire a critical value. These ideas have led to a glass structure based classification in terms of their elastic properties.
- Solid Electrolytes - Ag as an additive in Chalcogenide glasses has attracted widespread interest in optical recording and information storage technologies. Ag as a chemical additive plays a dual role; in Se-rich glasses it macroscopically phase separates into a Ag-rich glass phase, and in Se deficient glasses becomes a network former to replace Ge in select local environments. The Ag-rich glass phase is thought to be a solid electrolyte with a stoichiometry close to Ag2Se, and is characterized by a glass transition of 230°C. An equally important consequence of Ag addition to oxide and chalcogenide base glasses is the several orders of magnitude enhancement of electrical conductivity of the alloyed glasses.
- Rare-Earth Additives In Chalcogenide Glasses and Crystalline Oxides - Rare-earth as additives in Chalcogenide glasses have attracted widespread interest as optical amplifiers, lasers, mid-IR photonic materials because of the high refractive index and mid IR transparency1. Most rare-earth ions in solids stabilize in the trivalent state, although exceptions can occur for Eu (divalent) and Ce(tetravalent). For these reasons trivalent Ga as an additive in the chalcogenide glasses has been extensively studied2,3. Although Rare-earth ions can replace Ga sites in such glasses, this does not necessarily have to be the case. In some cases, Rare-earth ions can also occupy distorted rocksalt environment, as is found for the case of Rare-earth monosulfides such as LaS.
- Negative Electron Affinities, New Cold Cathode and Organic Light Emitting Diodes - Rare-earth monosulphides, such as LaS and NdS, are unusual metals as they possess low work-functions. These materials in conjunction with III-V or II-VI semiconductors and separately with light emitting polymers, can be used as efficient cold cathode emitters and light emitting devices. An effort to synthesize bulk materials of the rare-earth sulfides, and grow thin-films of the rare-earth sulfides by sputtering and evaporation is made, to fabricate new solid state cold cathode emitters and efficient and durable organic light emitting diodes ( OLEDS).
Current research efforts are directed towards growth of thin-films of various rare-earth sulfides on compound semiconductors by RF magnetron sputtering deposition. - Synthesis and Nanostructure of Super Hard Thin-Films - Films in the B-N-C ternary are of interest because of their super hardness. The ternary encompasses some of the hardest crystalline materials known including diamond, BN, B2C. A collaborative effort to synthesize and characterize nanostructure of vapor deposited thin-films is ongoing with Professor Raj Singh (Materials Science and Engineering, University of Cincinnati) and with Professor Hans-Joachim Kleebe (Colorado School of Mines). At the core of the research effort is an ECR microwave plasma enhanced CVD facility (Professor R.Singh) for growth of the ternary alloy films. The films are characterized by x-ray diffraction, and Raman scattering (Professor P.Boolchand) and Electron microscopy including HRTEM, SEM and EELS (Professor H.-J.Kleebe). The mechanical properties of these films including Hardness, Elastic Moduli, and thermal conductivity (Professor Singh) are measured. Constraint counting algorithms&
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Structural Systems Testing Laboratory
James A Swanson
This laboratory, located in Rhodes Highbay on the main campus, has a 30 ft. x 60 ft. strong floor, is served by a 10-ton overhead crane, and has a 10-gpm central pump. It is possible to bring specimens as long as 30 ft into this lab, and assemble specimens as long as 60 ft. A number of steel reaction frames can be configured to accommodate comprehensive testing of various structural members and systems. The laboratory includes one 350-kip servo-controlled actuators, two-channel MTS Test Star IIS controller, large stock of wire potentiometers, clip gages, DC voltage linear variable differential transformers, load cells, and several data acquisition systems. The laboratory also has three closed loop testing machines with capacities of 20 kips, 50 kips, and 400 kips. This laboratory is used for both teaching and research. In Steel Design, and Reinforced, and Prestressed Concrete Design courses, the facilities are used for classroom demonstrations and for group projects. The lab is equipped to measure the modulus of steel or concrete; and to conduct creep, shrinkage, freeze/thaw and abrasion testing.
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Surgical Innovation
Judy Heyl
Expanding the Frontiers of MedicineThe Center for Surgical Innovation (CSI) is a collaboration between the University of Cincinnati (UC) Departments of Surgery, Bio-medical Engineering, Emergency Medicine, and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
The collaboration was established to develop, assess, and enhance new technologies in biomedical and surgical care. Located on the campus of the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, CSI is a 3,700-square-foot state-of-the-art research and teaching facility. The space includes both a teaching laboratory and a sterile operating room, equipped with the latest surgical technology.
Through collaborative partnerships with regional businesses, medical practitioners, engineers and scientists, CSI assists in the discovery of new technologies via biomedical and surgical innovation, which ultimately enhances the practice of medicine and improves patient care.
Whether it is continuing medical education, device development, procedure modification, or training and simulation, CSI is a tremendous resource that is ready to meet your needs.
Capabilities
CSI welcomes the opportunity to work with regional industries. Surgeons, medical practitioners and scientists from across the region come to our state-of-the-art training and conference facility to teach, train, explore and discover.
The lab has the capability of both animate (animal) and inanimate (cadaver) models to be used for teaching, training and research. All cadavers are provided to us by the University of Cincinnati Body Donation Program, the single largest medical institution for body donations in the United States.
CSI is equipped with the following technologies:
• Laparoscopy
• Fluoroscopy
• Telemedicine
• Video Recording
• Didactic Lecture
The facility is also equipped with:
• Five plasma screens and a projector that can be used to project images and demonstrate procedures
• Space for up to seven stations and 40-50 people
• A small conference room adjoining the lab with a plasma screen and projector (access to larger rooms located within the department of surgery and the University of Cincinnati is also available)
There are five trained staff members of CSI that are available for the planning and organizing of your lab to ensure that all of your lab requirements are met.
Partnerships
Building collaborative partnerships is a key component of CSI's continuing success. CSI has grown and benefited from generous donations of financial support, as well as donations of hardware from both internal and external sources. Additionally, CSI is grateful for philanthropic commitments, and was established in part by a generous gift from Mr. Carl Lindner, a Cincinnati business leader.
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Sustainable Fashion Initiative (SFI)
Started in 2018 by Liz Ricketts, the Sustainable Fashion Initiative is an organization working to make the schools fashion program zero-waste, as well as advocating for sustainable fashion practices across campus and the Cincinnati area. SFI is a student-centered coalition of advocates, designers, consumers, tinkerers, strategists, environmentalists and citizens working together on a multi-pronged mission. -
Sustainable Industrial Design Initiative (SIDI)
The Sustainable Industrial Design Initiative is a student-centered effort to instill the values of circular design and implement circular strategies in the Industrial Design program at DAAP. We seek to educate and inspire designers to change the way they think about Industrial Design as a connected part of the world and society. -
Systems Modeling & Information Technology Laboratory
Dr. Emmanuel Fernandez
SMITLab is used to conduct basic & applied research in modeling, algorithms and information technology (IT) implementation for (stochastic) systems and processes. To serve as a consulting lab in IT for interdisciplinary projects, e.g., manufacturing, operational planning, distance education.
Also to conduct basic & applied research in modeling, algorithms and information technology (IT) implementation for (stochastic) systems and processes. To serve as a consulting lab in IT for interdisciplinary projects, e.g., manufacturing, operational planning, distance education.- Manufacturing & operations management
- Security and fault-management in telecommunication networks
- Logistics
- Workforce Management
- IT learning tools
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Textile Innovation Lab
The Fashion Technology Center consists of three different laboratories. The Textile Innovation Lab provides resources for advanced digital textile design and materials development. All three labs provide tools used to create the world-renowned research and projects coming out of the Fashion and Design programs at DAAP. -
The Center for Global Design and Manufacturing and Computer-Aided Manufacturing Lab
Sam Anand
The Center for Global Design and Manufacturing and Computer-Aided Manufacturing Lab are focused on teaching/research in Advanced Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing and Product Lifecycle Management.
- Advanced Manufacturing research in CGDM is focused on the development of computational algorithms/methods for modeling machine and process errors and determining optimal process parameters by simulating virtual models of manufacturing processes including Additive processes (Additive Manufacturing (AM)/3D Printing). The main objectives associated with this research are improving the efficiency of manufacturing processes in three core areas: a) improved part accuracy and quality, b) optimal material utilization and c) reduced energy expenditure (sustainable manufacturing)
- The Center also serves as a central location to educate and train students in Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) methods in an interdisciplinary environment as a part of Partners for Academic Collaboration in Engineering Education (PACE). PACE is an industry-academia consortium which aims to impart math based engineering education and promote research in areas of engineering design, manufacturing and Product Life Cycle Management (PLM). Teaching, training and research activities at the Center span all aspects of the product lifecycle from conceptual design to engineering analysis and manufacturing, culminating with reuse, recycling and de-manufacturing. In keeping with changing trends in the industry, there is a significant emphasis on virtual design and manufacturing analysis to compliment traditional methods.
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The Corrections Institute
The Corrections Institute at the University of Cincinnati is committed to the dissemination of best practices to communities, facilities, and agencies seeking to change offender behavior. We work with federal, state, and local governments, and with the private sector and professional organizations, to promote effective interventions and assessments for adult and juvenile offenders. Institute offerings include Technical Assistance, Staff Training, Distance Learning, and Research and Development. -
Transgenic Animal and Genome Editing Core Facility
Yueh-Chiang Hu, PhD
We provide streamlined service from DNA to founder animals. We use the latest genome-editing technologies, such as CRISPR-Cas9 and TALEN, to generate animals carrying multiple knockout or knock-in alleles in a highly efficient and time-saving fashion. We also provide conventional approaches to generate transgenic mice by pronuclear microinjection and chimeric mice using embryonic stem cells. The facility has also undertaken several new initiatives including implementation of a fast CRISPR-Cas9 genetic screen system and generation of genetically modified rats. Other services available in the facility include cell targeting, targeting vector construction, sperm and embryo cryopreservation, BAC transgenics, ICSI, mouse recovery from cryopreserved sperm, and embryo transfer (re-derivation). -
TRANSLATIONAL CORE LABS
Lilith Reeves
The Translational Core Labs include the Viral Vector Core, the Vector Production Facility, the Stem Cell Processing Lab, the Cell Manipulations Lab and the Translational Trial Development and Support Lab (TTDSL). We specialize in the translation and scale up of gene therapy and cell therapy including iPSC and HEK in addition to the patient testing associated with these trials. -
Translational Trials Developmental and Support Laboratory (TTDSL)
Scott Witting
We coordinate and perform cellular and molecular testing required to document purity, function, clonal composition and overall safety of research preparations and preclinical and clinical samples. This is a CAP / CLIA-certified laboratory. -
Transport in Engineering and Medicine Laboratory
Rupak K. Banerjee
The Transport in Engineering and Medicine (TEM) lab works towards linking actual patient diagnoses with bio-transport analyses in order to predict and treat patho-physiologic conditions, defects, diseases, and device performances. The TEM lab focuses on experimental study with analytical and numerical analysis involving transient and steady state physiologic and patho-physiologic flow, heat and mass transfer problems coupled with pharmacokinetics. We also carry out new research initiatives by targeting novel applications of the fluid, heat and Mass transfer towards developing MEMS devices. -
Turbomachinery Erosion and Performance Deterioration Laboratory
Leva Wilson
Turbomachinery Erosion and Performance Deterioration Laboratory
Highlights of Gas Particle Flow and Turbomachinery Erosion Research at the University of Cincinnati
Turbomachinery Erosion Laboratory
Theoretical
• Flow & particle
dynamics modeling
• Blade surface erosion
predictions
• Performance Loss
• Performance Retention
Experimental
• Particle surface interactions
– Blade & seal material
erosion
– Particle restitution
characteristics (LDV)
• Coating life evaluation
• Turbomachinery
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UC Cardiovascular Institute
Donna Gering
The University of Cincinnati (UC) Cardiovascular Institute brings together leading specialists, caregivers, researchers and teachers – all in the name of superior cardiovascular care. Our approach means clinicians and researchers are working side-by-side to deliver the best care for our patients and true breakthroughs in medical research. In fact, the UC Cardiovascular Institute is home to some of the most groundbreaking, influential cardiac care and research in the nation – and we translate our discoveries into real treatments that help patients every day. Additional information including centers & programs is on-line at: http://uchealth.com/heart/. -
UC Center for Field Studies
David Lentz
17-acre former Shaker Farm with classrooms, a laboratory, archive, barns, a restored 1830 farmhouse, offices, tool shop and fields for common garden experiments -
UC Center for Robotics Research
The UC Center for Robotics Research is an interdisciplinary center in the department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. The scientific research and engineering practice in the Center include the design and analysis of both stationary and mobile robotic systems, robot vision and sensory based controls, robot programming, work cell interfacing, human/machine interfacing, and robotic applications to industry, environmental problems, medical devices, defense systems, and our everyday lives.
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UC COVID-19 Design Initiative
In an effort to connect designers, makers, and healthcare professionals, we are converging a team of passionate individuals to ideate, test and manufacture solutions to help address the COVID-19 crisis. Our motivation is to be more organized in our collective efforts with the crisis and the needs for rapid creative innovation primarily for our healthcare stakeholders–so far (PPE equipment: masks, shields, respirators, ventilators components, thermometers, nasal swaps, etc). -
UC Flow Cytometry Core
William Miller PhD
The Flow Core supports a Beckman CytoFLEX S with 9 detectors and 4 lasers in CARE 2874 and a FACSCalibur 4 color flow cytometer system in CARE 2876. Access is available 24 hrs a day and 7 days per week once investigators are registered in Stratocore and approved by the core director.
To book equipment and/or access services from the Flow Core, please login or create an account in Stratocore at https://ppms.us/uc/start/.
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UC Health Clinical Trials Office
Megan Kamm
Links to on-line research resources such as cancer, internal medicine and neurology clinical trials are on-line at: http://uchealth.com/research/healthcare-providers/links/. -
UC Histopathology Core Laboratory (UCHCL)
Paul Lee, MD - Interim Technical Director
The UC Histopathology Core Laboratory (UCHCL) is a CLIA certified, fee-for-service core facility in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. The mission of the UCHCL is to provide expertise and tissue histology services in support of clinical and research initiatives.
Services:- Routine histology services - tissue processing, embedding, and sectioning
- Histochemical staining
- Immunohistochemical staining
- Immunofluorescence
- In situ hybridization
- Tissue microarray construction
- Whole slide digitial imaging
- Access to archived diagnostic tissue for research purposes
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UC Large Scale Test Facility
Bahram M. Shahrooz
Located at Center Hill Research Center, the University of Cincinnati Large Scale Test Facility (UCLSTF) is a state-of-art laboratory for testing of large-scale structural members, components, and subassemblies. The laboratory is served by a 30-ton overhead crane with a 5-ton auxiliary hook, and two 60-gallon per minute (gpm) pumps that can be operated simultaneously to produce 120 gpm. This facility is equipped with computerized controllers capable of controlling up to simultaneous control of six actuators, data acquisition systems, and a comprehensive array of sensors to allow complex master-slave static and dynamic loading of large to full-scale structural components and systems. The laboratory has a variety of tension/compression servo controlled hydraulic actuators with capacities raging from 15 kips to 460 kips. In addition to the main machine shops on the main campus, the laboratory has a machine shop for fabrication of specimens, test fixtures, etc. This unique laboratory is equipped to allow testing of full-scale bridge girders and other linear elements up to 108' long, and full-scale buildings up to 2 stories high. New concepts and systems can be evaluated at this facility. -
UC Mass Spectrometry Facility
Patrick Limbach
The facility is equipped to handle a variety of sample types including inorganic, organic, biological and technical polymer samples. Questions about particular analysis needs will be addressed by the facility personnel at 513-556-1575. -
UC Neuroscience Institute
Peggy Wilkerson
The UC Neuroscience Institute (UCNI) is a leading treatment, research and teaching center for complex neurological conditions that includes more than 100 faculty members from 14 clinical specialties. Its physicians and researchers have achieved national benchmarks in the collaborative treatment and investigation of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, brain aneurysms, brain and spinal cord trauma, Parkinson’s disease, brain tumors, seizures, trigeminal neuralgia, Alzheimer’s disease and memory disorders, mood disorders, and neuromuscular disorders. -
UC Proteomics Laboratory (UCPL)
Ken Greis, PhD., Director
To access services from the UCPL, please login or create an account in Stratocore at https://ppms.us/uc/start/
Standard Service- Protein identification by Mass Spectrometry
- Characterization of Protein Complexes
- Confirming and Mapping Protein Modification sites
- Comparative protein profiling:
- Comparative MS-based profiling using Label-Free Quantitation (LFQ) and Isotope Tagging methods (SILAC, TMTs)
- Protein proximity analyses for BioID, APEX and related methods
Advanced Services/Collaborative Projects- Global Profiling of Protein Modifications (e.g. phospho, ubiquitin)
- Complex MRM quantitation of targeted proteins
- Enzyme assays and inhibitor screening by MS
Location & Hours:
The UCPL is located in the Vontz Center for Molecular Studies 1208-1216. Staff are typically available M-F, 9A-6P to accept samples, but please call 513 558-4057 to confirm. First time customers should include a discussion with the director or associate director prior to preparing samples. -
UC Radiology Imaging Services Core Laboratory (RISC)
Achala Vagal, MD, MS, Core Director, Professor of Radiology, Executive Vice Chair and Vice Chair of Research, Radiology
To access services from the RISC, please submit a request at https://redcap.link/9akrtrfw.
Standard Services- Consultation for Imaging needs of research projects.
- Imaging Infrastructure setup. All research projects that have an imaging component will require an imaging infrastructure that must be setup, rigorously tested prior to the start of the project, and then maintained throughout the project period. Typical workflow includes the following steps:
- Regulatory and administrative tasks
- Imaging infrastructure setup, customization, and testing
- Imaging data ingestion
- Deidentification of the imaging data
- QA and QC of imaging data
- Creating imaging CRF
- Safety monitoring workflow
- Imaging data processing, harmonization, cleanup, and routing
- Data storage and backup
- Long term archival of data
The RISC is located in the Medical Science Building, Suite E685. First time customers should include a discussion with the core director or research manager. -
UC Simulation Center - CEAS & P&G Collaboration
Bernie Rudd
Collaboration between UC and P&G
Provides numerical simulation support on fundamental and applied research projects involving engineering, science, business, design and medicine. The Simulation Center supports undergraduate and graduate students, post-docs and faculty by providing an opportunity to perform research activities with P&G technical staff. -
UC Simulation Center (COM)
Simulation Center
The Simulation Center at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine supports the training of thousands of health care professions from the UC community and beyond. If you are seeking new and innovative ways to make educational encounters come alive, then you have come to the right place.
The Simulation Center offers a variety of resources and programs to help learners of all types develop the competence and confidence they need to succeed in their chosen profession.
We invite you to explore our Center and discover for yourself how education through simulation, technology and teamwork can expand your educational programs beyond what you thought was possible. -
UC Structural Dynamics Research Lab
Randy Allemang
An educational and research activity within the Mechanical Engineering Department. The function of this activity is to develop, investigate, and evaluate experimental approaches to the estimation of the dynamic properties of structural systems. -
UC/Agilent Metallomics Center for the Americas
Joe Caruso
Metals in various chemical forms (chemical compounds) are important to all biological systems, including human life. Metallomics is a chemical analysis process that fully characterizes the different forms of a metal in a particular sample type, such as the different forms of the elements manganese or iron that might exist in a red blood cell. The UC/Agilent Metallomics Center of the Americas contains approximately $900,000 worth of state-of-the-art equipment, which is used to enhance research in the area of metals and nonmetals analysis. -
UCCC Biospecimen Shared Resource (UCCC-BSR)
Kelsey Dillehay McKillip, PhD - Director
The UCCC Biospecimen Shared Resource (UCCC-BSR) is a fee-for-service biospecimen procurement and storage facility that collects, stores, and dispenses high-quality human biospecimens in support of clinical, translational, and basic research.
The UCCC-BSR provides access to a large and growing collection of biospecimens, including malignant tissues with matched normal tissue, blood, and urine. The UCCC-BSR also provides fit-for-purpose prospective biospecimen procurement services tailored to study specific requirements.
Investigators who are interested in accessing banked biospecimen should complete a Sample Request Form. For prospective collection services please contact Kelsey Dillehay McKillip.
To access services from the UCCC-BSR, please login or create an account in Stratocore at https://ppms.us/uc/start/. -
University of Cincinnati Evaluation Services Center
Audra Morrison, Assistant Director
UCESC has functioned as an independent service center at the University of Cincinnati since 1996. UCESC provides research, evaluation, assessment, and consulting services to equip clients and partners to make data-based decisions for accountability, continuous quality improvement, program planning, and program and policy development. UCESC employs a collaborative model, starting with the pre-proposal phase, and has provided comprehensive external evaluation and research services to UC units, schools and school districts, higher education, professional development providers, childcare and early childhood education providers, and health-related and social service organizations.
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Vector Production Facility
Bill Swaney
We provide GMP-grade viral vectors, master cell banks and master viral banks in support of gene therapy trials. -
Veterinary Services
Gary Keller, DVM
We offer routine and specialized husbandry, surgical support and expert consultation on regulatory issues (IACUC submissions) and animal transfers. -
Vibro-Acoustics and Sound Quality Research Laboratory
Dr.Teik C. Lim
Our Core Mission is to produce excellent engineers and Scientist. To achieve this mission, our research and development plan focusses on- Integrated computational,experimental and analytical approaches.
- Powertrain/Structure Noise and Vibration
- Computational and Experimental Vibro-acoustics
- Active Noise and Vibration Control
- Vehicle Interior and Sound Quality Design
- Discovery,research and education-centered facility.
- Training of next generation engineers
- Partnership with other universities,industry and government
- Conception and deployment of new technologies
- Integrated computational,experimental and analytical approaches.
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Viral Vector Core
William Swaney
We provide research-grade retroviral lentiviral and adeno-associated virus vectors. -
Wearable Futures Lab
The Fashion Technology Center consists of three different laboratories. The Wearable Futures Lab includes advanced wearable technology prototyping tools, electronic workstations for coding and soldering, computer workstations equipped with advanced software for digital illustration, patternmaking, 3D virtual modeling, pattern digitization and plotting/cutting. All three labs provide tools used to create the world-renowned research and projects coming out of the Fashion and Design programs at DAAP.
