09/24/2010 12:00:00 AMNarendra Dahotre received a National Science Foundation grant to develop a new stronger and energy efficient class of metallic glasses using laser-based technology. story Narendra Dahotre, chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, received a $208,868 National Science Foundation grant to develop a new stronger and energy efficient class of metallic glasses using laser-based technology. Potential applications include replacing steel cores used in electric transformers with the metallic glasses. The project is a collaborative effort with Sandip Harimkar of Oklahoma State University. Dahotre has been named to the 2010 Class of Fellows of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.