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【简介】 The Center for Materials Science and Engineering (CMSE) at MIT is one of a nation-wide network of Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). They have been part of the MRSEC program since 1994.
In September 2002, CMSE was awarded a new grant from the NSF to continue as part of the MRSEC program. This grant will provide up to six years of funding for CMSE research and education programs as well as shared experimental facilities operations.
The Center serves the broader MIT materials community, comprising approximately 110 faculty members from 11 different departments, labs, and centers, plus visiting scientists, postdoctoral, graduate, and undergraduate students. The Center is supported by an administrative staff which includes a director, assistant director, educational programs adminstrator, financial adminstrator, facilities manager, and two administrative assistants.
CMSE has a special mission: to foster collaborative interdisciplinary research and education in the fundamental science of materials and in the engineering of materials for specific applications. CMSE not only promotes collaboration among MIT faculty trained in different disciplines, but also between MIT researchers and the researchers of other universities, industry, and government and nonprofit laboratories. Collaborative research is encouraged through several mechanisms: Interdisciplinary Research Groups (IRGs), Initiative Projects, Shared Experimental Facilities (SEFs), and Outreach Programs.
