MATERIALS RESEARCH SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CENTER (MRSEC)

Thomas F. Kuech (Director) 4631 Engineering Hall 1415 Engineering Drive Madison, WI 53706-1691 Tel: 608/262-0112 Fax: 608/265-4036 E-mail: mrsec@mrsec.wisc.edu www.mrsec.wisc.edu

• The Materials Research Science & Engineering Center (MRSEC) on Nanostructured Materials & Interfaces, composed of interdisciplinary research groups (IRG), carries out research in the detailed formation, characterization and exploitation of materials at the nanoscale. These groups represent multidisciplinary, collaborative research efforts in advanced materials science. The center also supports small "seed" projects.

• IRG1 and IRG2 are concerned with materials science associated with the fundamental mechanisms of materials integration on silicon and the role that grain boundaries and the electronic structure play in determining the critical current density of polycrystalline high-temperature superconductors respectively.

• IRG3 focuses on the formation and use of nanostructured materials as interfaces to biology.

• The MRSEC involves some of the best faculty at the university and is genuinely interdisciplinary, involving more than 35 faculty and staff members from five departments, collaborating with scientists from industry and other universities.

• The center supports a wide variety of educational opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, including summer internships for undergraduates within the center research groups.