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Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM)

PREM Workshop, Arlington, NSF

When: April 17-18, 2007

Where: Holiday Inn Arlington, 4610 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, 22203, (703)-243-9800

Why: The purpose of the workshop is to evaluate the strength and weakness of the PREM program, outline its future, and formulate the recommendation of the community to the NSF.

Organizing Committee:

  • Prof. Idalia Ramos (UPRH), Prof. Frank Gomez (CSULA), Prof. Mikhail Noginov (NSU)

NSF PREM Program Directors

  • Dr. Maija M. Kukla and Dr. Thomas Rieker

Agenda

April 17, 2007

  • 7:30-8:00 Breakfast and Coffee
  • 8:00-8:30 Lance Haworth, DMR Division Director, NSF
  • 8:30-8:45 Maija Kukla and organizing committee: General instructions and charge to the panel
  • 8:45-9:00 Tom Rieker and Maija Kukla, NSF PREM Program
  • 9:00-12:00 Presentations 2004 PREM Awardees
  • 9:00-9:30 Idalia Ramos, Crafting a Successful Partnership through two Cultures: The UPRH- Penn PREM, University of Puerto Rico at Humacao
  • 9:30-9:45 Discussion
  • 9:45-10:15 Oscar Suárez, PREM: Paradigm and Realization of Excellence in Materials, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez Download this presentation (.pdf)
  • 10:15-10:30 Discussion
  • 10:30-11:00 Peter Kalu, Comprehensive Integration of Research and Education in Materials Science, Florida A& M Download this presentation (.pdf)
  • 11:00-11:15 Discussion
  • 11:15-11:45 Frank Gomez, Empowering Students via Interdisciplinary Research, California State University, Los Angeles Download this presentation (.pdf)
  • 11:45-12:00 Discussion

12:00-1:00 Lunch

  • 1:00-1:30 Cora Marrett, EHR Assistant Director, NSF
  • 1:30-1:45 Split in Groups
  • 1:45-4:30 Working Groups Discussions
  • 4:30-4:45 Break
  • 4:45-6:15 Working Groups Reports & Discussions
  • 4:45 Report Group A
  • 4:55 Discussion
  • 5:15 Report Group B
  • 5:25 Discussion
  • 5:45 Report Group C
  • 5:55 Discussion
  • 6:15-6:30 Break
  • 6:30-8:30 Writing report/more discussions

April 18, 2007

  • 7:30-8:30 Breakfast and Coffee
  • 8:30-9:00 NSF Presentation and Remarks
  • 9:00- 2:45 Presentations 2006 PREM Awardees
  • 9:00-9:30 Paresh Ray, Research and Education in Organic NLO and Nanostructure Biological Materials, Jackson State University Download this presentation (.pdf)
  • 9:30-9:45 Discussion
  • 9:45-10:15 Mikhail Noginov, Nurturing a new-born PhD program in the PREM environment, Norfolk State University Download this presentation (.pdf)
  • 10:15-10:30 Discussion
  • 10:30-10:45 Break
  • 10:45-11:15 Gabriel López, UNM-Harvard PREM: Success Stories and Lessons Learned, University of New Mexico Download this presentation (.pdf)
  • 11:15-11:30 Discussion
  • 11:30-12:00 Joshua Halpern, Building a pipeline for materials careers, Howard University Download this presentation (.pdf)
  • 12:00-12:15 Discussion

12:15-1:15 Lunch

  • 1:15-1:45 Nicholas Kioussis, Multidisciplinary Research and Education in Computational Materials, California State University at Northridge Download this presentation (.pdf)
  • 1:45-2:00 Discussion
  • 2:00-2:30 Shaik Jeelani, Tuskegee-Cornell PREM-A Partnership for Research and Education in Materials Science and Engineering, Tuskegee University
  • 2:30-2:45 Discussion
  • 2:45-3:00 Break
  • 2:45-3:30 NSF PD short presentations
    • C. Bouldin (IMR/MRI)
    • G. Tessema (NAF)
    • C. Huber (IMI/MWN)
    • U. Venkateswaran (REU)
    • L. Madsen (CER)
  • 3:30-3:45 Break
  • 4:00-5:00 Draft Report of working groups and final discussions
  • Concluding Remarks, Maija Kukla, NSF

Workshop Outcome