101 Monday, August 6, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, August 6, 2012 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com PRODUCE PASSION 3 Checking in with Michigan Olympians: Week Two 'U' Professor receives grant for physics research enough for a spot in the finals. But in the finals, the duo took m last in a time of 7:10.54, about Mikulak contributed to Team 15 secon USA's efforts in the men's team team tha all-around final, competing in the floor exercise, vault, pom- mel horse and parallel bars, but the U.S. couldn't continue itsA qualifying efforts, placing fifth in the final. Mikulak will com- nds behind theI at took gold. British Peszek and his parter c in the men's pair rowii chage on Monday for th States, placing third for the Final B - not comp( a medal - on Friday. TI second in the Final B in: 6:53.30. In his second Olympic appear- ompeted ance, Willis shined in the 1,500m ng repe- preliminary heats. Willis won the e United final heat in a time of 3:40.92 on a spot in Friday and qualified for the finals eting for with a 3:34.70 in the semifinals on hey took Sunday. He will race to defend his a time of silver medal from Beijing in 2008. they drew with Spain, 9-9, and Armstrong tallied 10 saves on 19 shots. And in the final game of group play on Friday, Armstrong had a .500 save percentage as the U.S. beat China, 7-6. In the quar- terfinals on Sunday, the U.S. beat Italy, 9-6, behind nine saves from Armstrong. pete in today's vault final Trowbridge and her ner competed in the wo double sculls preliminari( Monday for the UnitedS placing third in their heat 1. Hanson and seven other row- ers took the silver medal for Canada in the women's eight finals, just two seconds behind the United States. The Cana- Clary dian boat finished in a time of backstrol 6:12.06 for the 2,000m race. It 1:54.71. 1 part- was her first Olympic medal qualifyin men's and third international medal teammat es last overall, winning silver medals behind h States, in both the 2010 and 2011 World final, Cla , good Championships, the 200m his first competit p pac Ci*Ce OfY min onet and he b record, ci qualified for the 200m Brann ke final with a time of 1,500m He has the fourth-best fifth in th .g time, with Team USA of 3:39.95 e Ryan Lochte right to qualify im in fifth. And in the the semis ry finally came in first. In to be spi backstroke, he received failed to gold medal in a global ion, he beat Ryan Lochte of Lochte's best events, eat Lochte's old Olympic oming in at 1:53.41. en also competed in the preliminaries, placing he second heat with a time , which was good enough 'for the semifinals. But in finals, Brannen appeared ked and took a fall, and qualify for the finals. As a part of the Ut 4x200m freestyle rela Houchin swam the firstl qualifying race on Tuesd ing the U.S. men to a f finish in the first heat. the relay qualified for t Houchin did not compe finals, as he watched h mates take the gold med event. Jaeger took third in hi the men's 1,500m freest qualifying for the finals of 14:57.56 on Friday. On in the finals, Jaeger took time of 14:52.99. After coming close to upsetting the Russians on the first day of play, Canada's women's basketball team SA men's kept its lead this time and came iy team, away with a 73-65 victory over leg of the Great Britain on Monday. Phillips lay, help- struggled again on offense scoring irst-place six points on 2-of-8 shooting while Though adding four rebounds. But Canada he finals, could not close out against France te in the on Wednesday, losing a close is team- game, 64-60. Phillips continued al in that to struggle from the field scoring four points on 2-of-7 shooting. She added seven rebounds, one assists,. and one block. They then beat out Brazil, 79-73, with Phillips scoring eight points on 4-of-6 shooting, while adding three rebounds, four s heat for assist, and a steal, but had six turn- yle race, overs. And Canada's medal hopes in a time survived a 63-72 loss to Australia. Saturday Krista Phillips' offensive struggle sixth in a during the games hit a low when she failed to score a point, despite adding one rebound and an assist. Canada placed in fourth in Group B, which is good enough to make the elimination tournament. Gra mo Las fessor receiv claimi grant Not ho the gr e-mail Aft eral ti Prof. myste for a which resear Glo by Th memb Simon receivE next fi will re the fir can di for an: The found: lyn Si tiers and tl ing to found, Invest select: cists receiv time a menta In a specia ulatior - said dom t grants resear requir of tim these she wo "Th givesr go rea of a pr Glo tion lo includ that fo often int will allow for when they solidify into glass. She compared the particles to people re nanoparticle at a crowded concert. Glotzer has taught at the Uni- versity since 2001 and said the grant will help her and her team of By STEVE ZOSKI 25 graduate and postdoctoral stu- Daily News Editor dents, and research scientists. Glotzer said she is still unsure of t week, a University pro- what exactly she will use the grant checked her e-mail and for but has recently been interest- ed a surprising message ed in entropy. ng that over $500,000 in "I've been obsessed with entro- money was headed her way. py lately and understanding the aving applied for or heard of role of entropy in ordering stuff," ant, she initially thought the Glotzer said. "Typically entropy is 1 was a hoax. associated with disorder. We like rer re-reading the e-mail sev- to think they're synonymous, but mes, Chemical Engineering really, entropy is about options." Sharon Glotzer realized a She added that topics such as ry person had nominated her entropy and order are under- new research grant award, explored. offers her the freedom to "Sometimes a system can have ch whatever she wants. more options by staying disordered tzer has been selected ... that's something that's been e Simons Foundation as a known since the late 1950s, but not er of the inaugural class of necessarily fully investigated or s Investigators. She will exploited," Glotzer said. "The idea e $100,000 each year for the has particular importance for nan- rve years, and the University otechnology and biology." ceive additional funds. After Glotzer said her research usual- 'st five years, the foundation ly involves "order and frustration" ecide to renew her funding and the search for patterns. other five years. "I want to understand how Simons Foundation was things get frustrated, how things ed in 1994 by Jim and Mari- get unfrustrated and how stuff mons to "advance the fron- figures out how to organize itself." of research in mathematics Glotzer said her research is now he basic sciences," accord- trying to focus on using nanopar- its website. This year, the ticles to design new materials, ation introduced the Simons including technology that could igators program, which benefit "shape-shifters." s 21 mathematicians, physi- "Imagine flipping a switch and and computer scientists to causing a material to change color e funding so they can spend to camouflage itself, or change ttempting to answer funda- shape to move better, be stronger, 1 questions of science. or be more flexible when needed," in interview, Glotzer - who Glotzer said. "Perhaps we can fig- lizes in using computer sim- ure out the science behind a T-800 ns to study nano particles model Terminator." the grant allows more free- Glotzer added that her research han other more restrictive has applications in the medical , which typically confine world, among other places. ch to certain specifics and "Being able to start at the e results in a shorter period nanoparticle level, which might e. Glotzer said she can use be a few hundred, or a few thou- funds to research whatever sand, or even up to a million atoms ants. ... gives you new possibilities that is is something that really you can't have by just starting me the time that is needed to with just the individual atoms and lly deep in the fundamentals molecules because you can shape oblem," Glotzer said. these nanoparticles however you tzer added that the founda- like," Glotzer said. ioked at her previous work, She explained that her research ing research in the 1990s ismoreaboutopeningupthe doors rund that particles in liquids for applications than the applica- get in line behind each other tions themselves. Uni loca dec Univ Tuesda regardi parking Lane a: the Kel They structic begin ir ed in Jr is plan: ees oft Health At t tion, Ui Dougla schema that wa Univers Acco versity consults Koepsell added that medallions of cattails will be placed at the top l residents about of the structure and arched open- ,L 1 ings will appear at the bottom. sign of building Jim Kosteva, the University's director of community relations, By JOSH QIAN said in an interview after the meet- Daily StaffReporter ing that it allowed the University to hear the reflections of local resi- ersity officials met last dents regarding the color, texture y with local residents and character of the proposed ng the proposed 725-car design. "There is some positive structure between Maiden feedback regarding the designs," nd Wall Street across from Kosteva said. "But there is also logg Eye Center. some tension and disagreements announced that the con- on the part of some of the area resi- in of the structure will dents." n November and be complet- Kosteva added that the commu- anuary 2014. The structure nity consultations are conducted ned to be used by employ- voluntarily by the University but the University of Michigan are valuable for incorporating com- System. munity concerns into the design he community consulta- and utilization of University facili- niversity associate architect ties. s Koepsell presented the - Timothy Mortimer, president tic drawing of the structure of the Riverside Park Place Con- is recently approved by the dominium Association, said visual sity Board of Regents. appearance, air pollution and traffic rding to Koepsell, on the congestion are all concerns about The Ann Arbor Farmers Market celebrates it's 93rd birthday on Aug. 4, 2012 Proposed Wall Street parking structure criticized byresidents the structure from the community. "We don't wantan exterior brick color that will clash with the tan- nish-brown color of our own build- ing," Mortimer said. Mortimer added that the Uni- versity should be maximizing off- site parking and provide shuttle services to UMHS instead. "There are a number of places on Glazier Way for parking struc- tures," he said. Mortimer added that, on a hypo- thetical grading system, the Uni- versity deserves an F for making the fundamental decision to con- struct a parking structure in Ann Arbor's river valley and a B- for the current design of the structure. Brenda Giers, a Wall Street resi- dent, expressed concerns about the construction traffic and noise in the upcoming months, and said she was more than happy to do so. "This is the second meeting I've been to with the University regard- ing this issue, and I was really able to voice my concerns at the meet- ing," Giers said. Tarwater also competed on the U.S. men's 4x200m freestyle relay team, swimming the third ' ' leg in the qualifying race on Tues- day along with Houchin. As with Houchin, Tarwater also did not Team USA women's water polo compete in the finals, despite had success in its three games in helping the relay team qualify for pool play. On Monday, U.S. beat the finals. Hungary, 14-13, behind six saves from Armstrong. On Wednesday, west side of structure, a transit center has been proposed for buses that will transport UMHS employ- ees to work. On the east side of the structure, a landscape has been pro- posed. "We used an architectural style that is representative of the build- ings in this area," Koepsell said during his presentation. CORRECTIONS: + Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@ michigandaily.com. T ige Aggtheca 99.5% OF INStRANCE IS ACCEPTED AND OUT OF STAT E PR ESCR IPTIONS 1112 South University Avenue Ann Arbor, M 48104 (734) 663-5533