Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

哈佛大学材料研究科学与工程中心（MRSEC）是一个高度跨学科的研究中心，参与者来自七个不同的学院和部门。中心的研究范围广泛，从软材料到生物材料。哈佛MRSEC的研究分为三个跨学科研究小组（IRG）：IRG 1：微观力学，探索系统的迷人和技术上重要的机械行为，在非常短的长度尺度上影响材料的特性和宏观长度尺度上的力学。IRG 2：液滴模板材料利用微流体装置或在微米尺度上控制流体流动的装置来生产用于输送药物和其他活性成分的新结构，这些药物和其他活性成分在输送前必须对其环境进行保护。IRG 3：活性软材料解决创建软机器人所需的材料科学，软机器人是能够适应新几何形状同时仍提供功能的机器。MRSEC支持一项积极的计划，以教育和激励公众对材料科学。MRSEC为高中教师提供新颖的项目，并为来自美国各地的本科生提供研究机会。与新墨西哥大学的材料研究与教育合作项目吸引了未被充分代表的少数族裔本科生参加哈佛大学的暑期项目。作为哈佛MRSEC的象征，严谨的奖学金确保了中心优秀的学生和博士后将成为下一代科学家和工程师的领导者。MRSEC与工业界有广泛的合作，既有大型的、成熟的公司，也有受中心工作启发的初创公司。MRSEC还与一些设备制造商合作，为软材料研究建立一个增强的共享实验设施。

The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at Harvard University is a highly multidisciplinary research Center with participants from seven different schools and departments. The Center has a broad range of research activities from soft materials to biological materials. The research of the Harvard MRSEC is organized into three interdisciplinary research groups (IRGs):IRG 1: Micromechanics to explore the fascinating and technologically important mechanical behavior of systems where phenomena at very short length scales impact the materials properties and mechanics at macroscopic length scales.IRG 2: Droplet Templated Materials utilize microfluidic devices, or devices that control the flow of fluids at micron length scales, to produce new structures that are of use for delivery of drugs and other active ingredients that must be protected from their environment prior to delivery. IRG 3: Active Soft Materials addressing materials science required to create soft robotics, which are machines that can adapt to new geometries while still providing function. The MRSEC supports a vigorous program to educate and inspire the public about materials science. The MRSEC offers novel programs for high school teachers and research opportunities for undergraduates from all over the US. A collaborative Partnerships in Research and Education in Materials program with University of New Mexico attracts underrepresented minority undergraduates to a Summer Program at Harvard. The rigorous scholarship emblematic of the Harvard MRSEC ensures that the excellent students and postdoctoral fellows in the Center will become leaders of the next generation of scientists and engineers. The MRSEC has extensive collaboration with industry, both with large, established companies and with start-up firms that are inspired by the work of the Center. The MRSEC also collaborates with some equipment manufacturers to build an enhanced shared experimental facility for soft materials research.