Mihelich and Gupta will provide regular research updates to DoD officials, as well as discuss the program and expanding the UND’s role, with Bindu Niar, the deputy director for basic research within the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Additionally, Niar and her team would like to visit UND sometime in the near future.

This is UND’s second consecutive DEPSCoR award; Cakir received an award last year for “Discovering New Atomically Laminated Transition Metal Borides with Diverse Properties,” which endeavors to discover new materials with promising properties for various applications.