Materials Research Facilities Network (MRFN), a national research and education resource

CHED 1514

Anika A. Odukale, aodukale@mrl.ucsb.edu, Materials Research Laboratory, The University of California, Santa Barbara, Room 3117, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, Craig J. Hawker, hawker@mrl.ucsb.edu, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, Timothy P. Lodge, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, University of Minnesota, 489 Amundson Hall, 421 Washington Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, Thomas P. Russell, russell@mail.pse.umass.edu, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 120 Governors Drive, Amherst, MA 01003, Marek W. Urban, marek.urban@usm.edu, School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, The University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Dr., #10076, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, and Juan J. de Pablo, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706.
The MRFN is a collaborative effort established between the MRSEC facilities at the Universities of California at Santa Barbara, Minnesota, Massachusetts at Amherst, and Southern Mississippi, which is focused on increasing the visibility and usage of MRSEC centers within the materials, engineering, and greater scientific community. The MRFN goal is to function as a national network that supports and promotes the growth of the materials science field in the US and international competitiveness.

The success of the MRFN provides enhanced coordination between MRSEC's, as well as greater exposure of the benefits of the MRSEC program to the larger materials society. Additionally, the MRFN will interact with the materials community through focusing on both primarily undergraduate and minority serving institutions.

By assisting potential users, the MRFN will contribute to the research and industrial sectors of the nation through improved access to high-end instrumentation and knowledge at a modest expense.

 

Research and Education in Material Science
8:30 AM-11:35 AM, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Hilton New Orleans Riverside -- Rosedown, Oral

Division of Chemical Education

The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008