NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center in Coatings at Eastern Michigan University

提议在南密西西比大学和东密歇根大学建立一个国家科学基金会涂料工业/大学合作研究中心。该中心的使命将是双重的：(i)成为一个世界领先的学术组织，开发相关的，具有竞争力的科学知识，以理解和推进聚合物涂料技术；（ii）扩大在涂料领域具有生产能力的科学家和技术人员队伍。有了这个项目，中心将直接解决阻碍涂料进步的障碍：(1)缺乏精确的聚合物合成方法，(2)需要更好地了解薄膜形成和分子水平的过程，控制机械和化学损伤的阻力，(3)需要扩展和发展对涂料降解过程的系统理解，(4)缺乏了解涂料科学和技术的科学家和技术人员。

Establishment of a National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) in Coatings at the University of Southern Mississippi and Eastern Michigan University is proposed. The Center's mission will be two-fold: (i) to be a world leading academic organization that develops relevant, pre-competitive scientific knowledge for understanding and advancing the technologies of polymeric coatings and (ii) to enlarge the cadre of scientists and technologists capable of being productive in the field of coatings.With this program the Center will directly address barriers that impede progress in coatings: (1) a shortage of precise polymer synthetic methods, (2) a need to better understand film formation and molecular level processes that control resistance to mechanical and chemical damage, (3) a need to extend and develop systematic understanding of degradation processes in coatings, and (4) a shortage of scientists and technologists who understand coatings science and technology.