ORSP Awards The Ohio State University, leading a partnership with the University of Akron and University of Dayton, is expanding a research cluster to pioneer revolutionary approaches to materials development, leveraging the materials science strengths of the universities. Kent State University in partnership with Case Western Reserve University will establish a research cluster on the science of soft matter interfaces. University of Cincinnati, leading a partnership with The Ohio State University and University of Dayton, are growing three focal areas: intelligent control and thermal management of adaptive power and propulsion systems; advanced energy sources for low emissions; aircraft/ engine systems, prognostics and health management, aeroacoustics, turbine aerodynamics and heat transfer, coal to fuel conversion, small turbine technology, alternative fuels and low emissions combustion and system and components prognosis and life management. University of Toledo in partnership with The Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Spine Health and Clinical Center for Tissue Engineering are focusing on advancing a spinal cluster to catalyze externally funded, cutting-edge basic and applied research in spinal diseases and devices. University of Toledo, in partnership with Bowling Green State University, is strengthening a photovoltaics cluster working in the areas of: Thin Silicon Photovoltaic Science, Photovoltaic Nanoscale Surface Science, Solid State Photonics, Deposition Modeling and Molecular Photonics. The Ohio State University Research Foundation, leading a partnership with Ohio University, Case Western Reserve University, and University of Toledo has establish a collaborative cluster in Advanced Energy Systems. The Ohio State University Research Foundation, leading a partnership with Case Western Reserve University, and Wright State University, are bringing together their universities and nine industrial or healthcare partners to develop a network of biomedical imaging excellence in Ohio in various areas of healthcare-related imaging. University of Dayton, leading a partnership with The Ohio State University, Wright State University, and Miami University, are developing the Ohio Academic Research Cluster for Layered Sensing enabling the compilation of world-renowned layered sensing intellectual capital in Ohio. University of Akron in partnership with the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine are establishing the Orthopaedic Research Cluster of Northeast Ohio, which combines the work of musculoskeletal biology, polymer/material science, and clinical orthopaedics. A Cleveland State University initiative will strengthen the collaborative relationship with The Cleveland Clinic Foundation in the areas of cardiovascular repair and cardiovascular tissue engineering.