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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.

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.

 

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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