Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

材料研究科学与工程中心

• 批准号: 0080034
• 负责人: Craig Hawker
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Barbara
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-09-01 至 2006-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0080034&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Materials; Research; Science; Engineering; Center

The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at University of California, Santa Barbara is focused on classes of material that are both chemically and structurally complex with a significant portion of the effort related to interfaces, including those between organic and inorganic materials. IRG 1, Biomaterial Microstructures, has evolved from the Complex Fluids IRG of the previous MRSEC, and carries out the enabling science for the development of biomaterial microstructure and solution aggregates that perform biological or biomimetic functions and serve as model systems for hybrid devices. IRG 2, Solution Synthesis of Inorganics at Molecular and Atomic Interfaces studies the roles of structure-directing molecules and surfaces in the hierarchical organization of inorganics synthesized from solution at low temperatures. IRG 3, Mesoscopic Macromolecular Structures, develops the principles for synthesis and processing of novel macromolecular structures that are heterogeneous on a mesoscopic scale and exploit these structures to control properties for electronic, optical and biotechnological applications. IRG 4, Strongly Non-equilibrium Phenomena in Complex Materials, applies atomic-scale microscopies and advanced scientific computing to bear on a diverse, but closely related, set of problems concerning deformation, failure, and structural reorganization of complex materials. The Center includes significant shared facilities located in a new Materials Research Laboratory building recently completed to house the Center.The educational activities include development of evaluation methods to measure the degree of success that their outreach programs are having. Outreach projects include Santa Barbara City College Materials Interns; Research Interns in Science and Engineering; Research Experience for Teachers; and UCSB Scienceline, an internet link with Santa Barbara County science teachers and students, impacting both under-represented minority and female students at the college, and pre-college levels. Last year, these programs reached 28 undergraduates (12 women; 2 under-represented minorities) and 5800 pre-college students (3000 women; 4000 under-represented minorities). This is an interdisciplinary MRSEC with 31 faculty members, 15 post-doctoral associates and 24 graduate students from programs in Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Geology, Mechanical Engineering, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry. Professor Anthony Cheetham directs the MRSEC.

圣巴巴拉的加州大学材料研究科学与工程中心专注于化学和结构复杂的材料类别，其中很大一部分工作与界面有关，包括有机和无机材料之间的界面。 IRG 1，生物材料微结构，从以前的MRSEC的复杂流体IRG发展而来，并为生物材料微结构和溶液聚集体的开发进行了使能科学，这些微结构和溶液聚集体执行生物或仿生功能，并作为混合设备的模型系统。 IRG 2，分子和原子界面上无机物的溶液合成研究了结构导向分子和表面在低温下从溶液合成的无机物的分级组织中的作用。 IRG 3，介观大分子结构，开发了在介观尺度上异质的新型大分子结构的合成和加工原理，并利用这些结构来控制电子，光学和生物技术应用的性能。 IRG 4，强非平衡现象在复杂的材料，应用原子尺度显微镜和先进的科学计算承担的不同，但密切相关的，一套问题的变形，故障，和结构重组的复杂材料。 该中心包括位于最近完成的新材料研究实验室大楼内的重要共享设施。教育活动包括开发评估方法，以衡量其推广计划的成功程度。 外展项目包括圣巴巴拉城市学院材料实习生;科学和工程研究实习生;教师研究经验;以及UCSB Scienceline，这是一个与圣巴巴拉县科学教师和学生的互联网链接，影响了学院和大学预科阶段代表性不足的少数民族学生和女生。 去年，这些方案达到28个本科生（12名妇女; 2个代表性不足的少数民族）和5800名大学预科生（3000名妇女; 4000名代表性不足的少数民族）。 这是一个跨学科的MRSEC，有31名教职员工，15名博士后助理和24名研究生，他们来自材料科学与工程，化学工程，物理，化学，电气工程，地质学，机械工程，分子，细胞和发育生物学以及分子遗传学和生物化学。 Anthony Cheetham教授指导MRSEC。