Northrop Grumman Completes Selection of 2016 Research Projects with USC Viterbi School of Engineering
August 09 2016 - 9:15AM
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has taken the next step in
creating the Northrop Grumman Institute of Nanophotonics and
Nanomaterials (NG-ION2) at the University of Southern California
(USC) by selecting seven research projects to fund in 2016 with
USC's Viterbi School of Engineering. The company has committed
$500,000 to fund those projects.
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Northrop Grumman founded the Institute in March on USC's campus
in Los Angeles to motivate joint research projects between the
university and the aerospace industry into advanced optical
materials and nanophotonic devices.
"Northrop Grumman's investments in USC and NG-ION2 are part of
the company's commitment to basic research with leading
universities to pursue solutions to the nation's hardest scientific
and global security problems," said Tom Pieronek, vice president,
basic research, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. "Through
collaboration with academia, we're seeking disruptive change in the
way we think about significant science and technology
challenges."
Nanophotonics is the study of the behavior of light on the
nanometer scale and of the interaction of nanometer-scale objects
with light. A nanometer is one billionth of a meter. A sheet of
paper is about 100,000 nanometers thick.
According to Jesse Tice, senior scientist and nanomaterials
group lead, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems and a co-director of
NG-ION2, Institute projects involve scientists and engineers from
Northrop Grumman and USC. Research activities take place both at
USC and on Northrop Grumman's Space Park campus in Redondo
Beach.
"We're investigating new types of materials at the atomic scale
and how the properties of these materials change as a function of
thickness," explains Tice. "The things we learn will help advance
our knowledge of critical engineering disciplines such as thermal
control."
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in autonomous systems,
cyber, C4ISR, strike, and logistics and modernization to customers
worldwide. Please visit www.northropgrumman.com for more
information.
CONTACT: Brooks McKinney, APR
310-812-4964
brooks.mckinney@ngc.com
Amy Blumenthal
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
213-821-1887 (office)
917-710-1897 (mobile)
amyblume@usc.edu
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