Congressman Cohen Announces National Science Foundation Grant to the University of Memphis

WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a grant of $181,745 from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "ERI: Compositionally modulated ferrimagnets for spin-orbitronic devices." The research is under the direction of Shawn Pollard, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Materials Science.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

"I congratulate the University of Memphis and Professor Pollard on receiving this prestigious National Science Foundation research grant. Underwriting this cutting-edge work in magnets will advance our scientific knowledge and lead to important technological breakthroughs."

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