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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 7, 2007
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Sen. Hutchison Announces $450,000 NSF Award for Nanotechnology Research at Texas Tech
National Science Foundation to Provide Funding Award to Chemistry and Physics Professor


WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) today announced that Texas Tech University will receive an award of $454,050 for nanotechnology research from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

"I congratulate Professor Edward Quitevis for receiving this funding award," said Sen. Hutchison. "This grant will assist advanced research efforts in nanotechnology as the university’s leadership, including Chancellor Kent Hance and Engineering Dean Pam Eibeck, continue their work to build Tech’s research infrastructure.”

This project, entitled “Probing Nanostructural Organization in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids Using Optical Kerr Effect Spectroscopy” is under the direction of Edward Quitevis, a professor of Chemistry and Physics at Texas Tech.

The award is effective September 1, 2007.

Sen. Hutchison is a member of the Senate Republican Leadership as Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee and a Member of the Senate Science, Technology and Innovation Subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over the NSF.

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