CREST Phase I Center for Advanced Magnets and Semiconductors

在科学技术卓越研究中心（CREST）的支持下，该项目旨在在摩根州立大学建立一个CREST先进磁体和半导体中心。该中心将促进先进磁体和半导体的科学知识，这是一个对现代技术和国家经济非常重要的领域。该中心将通过巩固与邻近机构的合作，支持建立一个新的研究和教育中心。该中心由三个综合研究小组和一个教育和推广小组组成。中心将通过以下方案开展教育和外展活动：（1）为高中生和科学教师举办暑期培训班，（2）推出新的材料科学研究生课程，（3）组织合作材料专题讨论会和研讨会，以及（4）送学生到外部实习的新的研究经验。拟议的研究旨在解决三个新兴领域的基础和该项目旨在研究先进磁体和半导体领域的技术重要性，将由三个研究小组进行：（1）磁电材料;（2）辐射和辐射活性量子材料异质结构;（3）宽带隙半导体量子器件。该中心的成果预计将是：1）为国家技术进步创造先进磁体和半导体的新知识; 2）为材料科学中代表性不足的少数民族（URM）创建研究生课程; 3）为高中和本科URM准备STEM职业; 4）创建先进材料的研究中心，利用政府实验室和大学的邻近性;（5）在摩根州立大学建立先进磁体和半导体的竞争性研究。科学技术卓越研究中心（CREST）计划通过建立有效整合教育和研究的中心，为提高少数民族服务机构的研究能力提供支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

With support from the Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST), this project aims to launch a CREST Center for Advanced Magnets and Semiconductors at Morgan State University. The center will advance scientific knowledge in advanced magnets and semiconductors, a field of great importance to modern technologies and the nation’s economy. The center will support the establishment of a new research and education hub by consolidation of collaborations with neighboring institutions. This CREST center consists of three integrated research groups and one education and outreach group. The Center will conduct education and outreach activities through the following programs: (1) hosting summer institutes for high school students and science teachers, (2) launching new graduate programs in materials science, (3) organizing collaborative materials symposia and seminars, and (4) sending students to external internships for new research experiences.The proposed research aims to address three emerging areas of fundamental and technological importance in the field of advanced magnets and semiconductors and will be conducted by three research groups: (1) Magnetoelectric materials; (2) Radiative and radiation active quantum material heterostructures; and (3) Wide bandgap semiconductor quantum devices. The outcomes of this center are expected to be: 1) creating new knowledge in advanced magnets and semiconductors for national technology advances; 2) creating graduate programs for underrepresented minorities (URMs) in materials science; 3) preparing high school and undergraduate URMs for STEM careers; 4) creating a research hub for advanced materials leveraging the proximity to governmental laboratories and universities; (5) establishing competitive research in advanced magnets and semiconductors at Morgan State University. The Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program provides support to enhance the research capabilities of minority-serving institutions through the establishment of centers that effectively integrate education and research.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.