Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Particulate Materials

颗粒材料中心(PMC)是国家科学基金会I/UCRC的一个机构，是颗粒材料加工的跨学科研究、教育和技术转让的中心。颗粒材料加工制造是先进材料、陶瓷、化工、化妆品、电子、图像处理、选矿、制药等行业的重要组成部分。需要不断的技术发展和更好的科学理解，以提高产品质量，减少工艺成本和时间，并将制造过程中的污染降至最低。粉末形成、粉末处理和制造、粒子分散和粉末成型产品的烧结是PMC成员最感兴趣的学科。

The Particulate Materials Center (PMC), a National Science Foundation I/UCRC , is a focal point for interdisciplinary research, education, and technology transfer of particulate materials processing. Particulate materials processing and manufacture is of vital importance to the advanced materials, ceramics, chemical, cosmetic, electronics, image processing, mineral processing, and pharmaceutical industries. Continual technological developments and improved scientific understanding are required to enhance product quality, to reduce process costs and time, and to minimize pollution during manufacture. Powder formation, powder handling and fabrication, particle dispersion, and sintering of shaped products from powders are disciplines of central interest to PMC members.