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| The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC DMR 0213883) on Response-Driven Polymeric Films and Coatings drives programs to attract and sustain students of all levels, from high school to post-doctoral level research, including summer internships for Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science High School, REU, partnerships with HBCU's and RET. Students are exposed to the societal and commercial impact through poster sessions with the MRSEC IAB, International Symposium on Stimuli-Responsive Materials, national/international scientific conferences, and field trips. MRSEC partners with key organizations including the NSF Louis Stokes Mississippi Alliance for Minority Participation, Alliance for Graduate Education in Mississippi, IMAGE (increasing minority access to graduate education), Women in Science and Engineering (WISE), and with HBCU's in the region, to attract, recruit, retain and graduate students. To integrate educational and research efforts with industrial outreach, strong assets of this MRSEC are joint projects with industrial partners. After the formal graduation of the I/U CRC in Coatings previously funded by NSF, the Center broaden its scope and was renamed Interface and became a self-sustaining industry-funded entity under more industry-friendly arrangements. The Interface partnership with Noetic Technologies, Inc. resulted in industrial membership enhancement and created a unique portfolio of opportunities for new research venues for MRSEC scientists, while capitalizing on MRSEC discoveries. Shared Experimental Facilities play a key role in the process of integration research, education and industrial outreach and serve communities (4-year, community/junior colleges, and others) and industrial external users, for example, members of the Interface. One of the developments that have led to even stronger integration of research, education, and industrial outreach was the formation of Materials Research Facilities Network (MRFN) between USM, UCSB, UMinnesota, UMass, and U.Wisconsin. This entity provides many scientists with easy access to high-end instruments. Other ongoing activities include developments of remote instrumentation access. |
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Research and Education in Material Science
8:30 AM-11:55 AM, Monday, April 7, 2008 Hilton New Orleans Riverside -- Rosedown, Oral
Division of Chemical Education |