MRSEC News

A remarkably simple experiment devised by scientists yields important information about the mechanical properties of thin films–nanoscopically thin layers of material that are deposited onto a metal, ceramic or semiconductor base.

An Assessment of the Impact of the NSF’s Materials Research Science & Engineering Centers Program was carried out by an independent NRC committee over a 2-year period.

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MRSEC program welcomes two new centers:

University of Washington
Yale University

National Science Foundation Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge
Entry Deadline May 31, 2006

The NSF MRSEC program is celebrating its 10th anniversary. A special function was organized at the Fall 2004 MRS Meeting the evening of Tuesday, November 30.
Dr. W. Lance Haworth, Executive Officer of the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research, gave an overview presentation of the MRSEC program using the Paul Gauguin painting (displayed in […]