Coalition for Research and Education Enhancement in Materials

三个亚特兰大大学中心（AUC）学校和材料研究科学与工程中心（MRSEC）在技术（GT）的格鲁吉亚学院（GT）之间的材料研究和教育（PREM）的合作伙伴关系整合了研究，教育和学生辅导，以增加攻读研究生学位的学生人数不足，并增加他们在材料科学和工程领域的整体参与。三所AUC学校是克拉克亚特兰大大学（CAU），莫尔豪斯学院（MC）和斯佩尔曼学院（SC）。MRSEC的合作伙伴是？格鲁吉亚新电子材料技术实验室？其中正在研究外延石墨烯的基本材料性质和合成。石墨烯是一种新的电子材料，有望成为硅的继任者。将外延石墨烯带到技术相关材料的水平取决于基础研究，创新和改进的方法来理解和控制这种新型材料的结构和性能。 该合作伙伴关系的主要特点包括：（1）建立AUC和GT教师，博士后助理和研究生之间的研究合作;（2）加强AUC的研究和教育基础设施;（3）在学年期间为AUC本科生提供研究机会;（4）通过合作研究计划为AUC学生提供夏季研究经验。以及（5）为高中教师开发和举办暑期研究机构。研究工作包括外延生长石墨烯的实验表征和石墨烯相关纳米器件的电子结构模拟研究。该计划的更广泛影响将是显著增强AUC的材料研究，教育和技术转让基础设施;同样重要的是对科学和工程中GT多样性计划的可能，长期，可持续，协同影响。高中生计划的目的是更好地准备和激励来自亚特兰大大都会的高中生在进入大学后主修科学或工程。由于AUC的学生群体主要是非洲裔美国人，本科生活动将建立一个准备充分和积极的本科非洲裔美国学生谁将在GT或其他研究型大学攻读材料科学与工程研究生课程的管道。

The Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) between three Atlanta University Center (AUC) schools and the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) integrates research, education, and student-mentoring in order to increase the number of underrepresented students pursuing graduate degrees and to increase their overall participation in the field of materials science and engineering. The three AUC schools are Clark Atlanta University (CAU), Morehouse College (MC), and Spelman College (SC). The partner MRSEC is ?The Georgia Tech Laboratory for New Electronic Materials? in which fundamental materials properties and synthesis of epitaxial graphene are being investigated. Graphene is a new electronic material that is poised to be the successor to silicon. Bringing epitaxial graphene to the level of a technologically relevant material depends upon fundamental research, innovation and improved methodologies to understand and control the structure and properties of this novel material. Key features of the partnership include: (1) establishing research collaboration between AUC and GT faculty, postdoctoral associates, and graduate students; (2) strengthening the research and education infrastructure of AUC; (3) providing research opportunities for AUC undergraduates during the academic year; (4) providing summer research experiences for AUC students at GT through the collaborative research program; and (5) developing and hosting summer research institutes for high school teachers.The research effort involves both experimental characterizations of epitaxially grown graphene and simulation studies of the electronic structures of graphene-related nanodevices. The broader impact of this program will be a significant enhancement of the infrastructure of AUC for materials research, education, and technology transfer; equally significant is the likely, long-term, sustainable, synergistic impact on the GT diversity programs in science and engineering. The high school students program is designed to better-prepare and motivate high school students from metro Atlanta to major in science or engineering upon entering college. Since the student population of AUC is predominantly African American, the undergraduate student activities will establish a pipeline of well-prepared and motivated undergraduate African American students who will pursue graduate studies in materials science and engineering at GT or other research universities.