Ronald Cosby, Yong Joe, and Mahfuza Khatun, physicists from the Center for Computational Nanoscience, and faculty members in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, received Ball State University's Researcher of the Year Award for 2005-06. They each spoke at the Researchers of the Year Lecture that took place on March 2 in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center. "Nanotechnology Research at Ball State University" was the topic of their presentations. The award is presented annually by the Office of Academic Research and Sponsored Programs to a Ball State University researcher.

The Center for Computational Nanoscience at Ball State was supported by a $1.5 million award from the Indiana 21^st Century Research and Technology Fund in February 2003.

Under the directorship of Joe, the center's goal is to transfer the technology of validated theory and computational tools from the academy to the practitioners' development environment. Computational nanoscience researchers from Purdue, University of Notre Dame, Valparaiso University, and Ohio University collaborate in center activities.