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CMR Partners
The Center for Materials Research is a
dynamic organization that has recently experienced significant growth. This
growth was spurred by the completion of the Dozoretz Research Wing in 1998, and
is being progressed with the continued support of the
Department
of Energy,
NASA,
National Science Foundation
and the
U.S. Department of Education
(Title III).
Norfolk
State University - Purdue University Birck Nanotechnology Center - Cornell
University MRSEC PREM: Partnership for Photonic Metamaterials
Principal Investigator: Mikhail A. Noginov, PREM Director
NSF funding: $2.8 M for five years
total
NSF Award: DMR-0611430, 2006
Starting date: July 1, 2006
We envision the Norfolk State University’s Center for Materials Research, which
hosts PREM, to become a world-leading institution in the areas of photonics and
nanoplasmonics and one of top five producers of African-American Ph.D. graduates
in Materials Science in the nation.
Norfolk State University- Partnership for Research and Education in Materials
The Objective of the NSU-PREM program is to enhance and promote diversity in
materials research and education by the development of a formal, long-term,
collaborative research and education partnership between Norfolk State
University (NSU), one of the nation’s largest Historically Black Colleges and
Universities, Cornell Center for Materials research (CCMR), one of Materials
Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC), as well as Birck
Nanotechnology Center (BNC) and Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN)
at Purdue University.
Center for Materials and
Devices for Information Technology Research (CMDITR)
The Center for Materials Research (CMR) at Norfolk State University (NSU) is
an Institution partner with the Materials and Devices for Information Technology
Research (MDITR) a multimillion dollar funded NSF Center.
The National Science Foundation established the Science and Technology Center
(STC) Program as one of several Executive Initiatives to enhance the nation's
economic competitiveness. The program funds interdisciplinary research and
education activities and encourages technology transfer and innovative
approaches to integrate all these activities.
Established in 1987, the NSF STC Program currently funds eleven Centers in a
variety of disciplines across the United States.
CMDITR is located at three main campuses:
The University of Washington (lead institution)
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Arizona
The MDITR-affiliated Universities are: Georgia Institute of Technology,
University of Arizona, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Cornell
University, Norfolk State University, California Institute of Technology, and
University of Central Florida.
The CMDITR provides a highly integrated, interdisciplinary,
multi-institutional research infrastructure for scientists and students in:
Chemistry, Physics, Optical Sciences, Materials Science & Engineering,
Electrical Engineering, and Applied Physics. This fruitful collaboration is
exemplified in the following, since NSU became a full CMDITR partner in 2005,
for example 3 NSU students attended the 2005 ‘FutureTech’ event and 5 NSU
students took part in the ‘HoP’ REU program in 2006. 2 NSU students have been
enrolled into the Ph.D. program at UW to start fall 2006.
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Norfolk State University is a member of the
Laser Processing Consortium (LPC), which is composed of over
twenty-five industry, university, and government partners. CMR faculty actively
participate in both fundamental and applied research studies with the
Free Electron Laser at
Jefferson Lab.
The research will focus on photochemistry and photonic materials, and is
expected to impact flat panel display and computer technologies.
NSU has a long standing partnership with
NASA Langley Research
Center in Hampton, VA. Our research spans several major NASA
interests, including materials for structural aerospace applications, crystals
for new lasers for lidar applications, and data analysis for atmospheric
studies.
A partnership with
University of Virginia's IGERT program in the
area of Science and Engineering of Laser Interactions with Matter (SELIM) has
opened up new intellectual opportunities for NSU students. Other significant
academic partners include Virginia Tech,
William & Mary. Completion of
the M.S. degree in Materials Science now allows one to transfer into Ph.D.
programs at those institutions.
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As the CMR develops new technologies of
interest for commercialization, NSU will pursue appropriate partnerships with
industry to facilitate technology transfer. Such arrangements will benefit
students of NSU and other citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia as new jobs
are created in high technology industries. Of special interest is our
involvement in the
Applied Research Center in
Newport News, VA.
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