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.

The purpose of this study was to:

1. Assess the performance and impact of the National Science Foundation's Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) program;

2. On the basis of current trends and needs in materials and condensed matter research, recommend future directions and roles for the program.

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Committee and Staff Members

Committee Membership

Matthew Tirrell, Chair, University of California at Santa Barbara
Kristi S. Anseth, University of Colorado at Boulder
Meigan Aronson, University of Michigan
David M. Ceperley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Paul M. Chaikin, New York University
Ronald C. Davidson, Princeton University
Duane Dimos, Sandia National Laboratories
Francis J. DiSalvo, Cornell University
Edith Flanigen, UOP
Thomas F. Kuech, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Bruce Margon, Space Telescope Science Institute
Andrew Millis, Columbia University
Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Harvard University
Ralph Nuzzo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Douglas D. Osheroff, Stanford University
Stuart Parkin, IBM Almaden Research Center
Diandra L. Leslie-Pelecky, University of Nebraska
Julia M. Phillips, Sandia National Laboratories
Lyle Schwartz, retired, Air Force Office of Science Research
Eli Yablonovitch, University of California at Los Angeles

Consultants

Neil E. Paton, LiquidMetal Technologies

NRC Staff

Donald C. Shapero, Director
Timothy I. Meyer, Program Officer
David B. Lang, Research Assistant

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