Next Generation Materials for Plasmonics and Organic Spintronics @ University of Utah

Vision:

Become an international leader in plasmonics and organic spintronics research and education.
Train the next generation of scientists and engineers.
Create curiosity and excitement in science and engineering among the nation's youth.
Attract the brightest students and researchers from all diverse segments of society.

Goals:

Plasmonics: Develop new plasmonic materials to enable unique capabilities across the electromagnetic spectrum.

Organic Spintronics: Develop new knowledge, materials, and devices realted to the spin degree of freedom in organic semiconductors.

Seed Program: Develop new areas of collaborative materials research at the University of Utah.

Education and Outreach: Establish a pipeline for the next generation of materials science researchers.

Diversity: Increase diversity among the materials science research community through outreach, student recruitment, faculty hiring, and mentoring programs.

e-brochure:

MRSEC_U.Utah_021412.pdf

Address

University Address

MRSEC Utah
122 S Central Campus Drive
Room 1280 MEB
Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Business Mailing Address

Attn: MRSEC Admin Asst
College of Engineering
72 Central Campus Drive, Rm 1650
Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Phone:

(801) 581-5396

Fax:

(801) 581-4816

General contact email:

anil.virkar@m.cc.utah.edu

People

MRSEC Director:

Anil V. Virkar

Director email:

anil.virkar@m.cc.utah.edu

Director tel:

(801) 581-5396

Education Director:

Debra Mascaro

Education Director email:

dmascaro@mech.utah.edu

Education Director tel:

801-581-7687

Other Contacts:

People

For contact information for administrative staff for the MRSEC, visit: MRSEC Contacts

		Steve Blair Electrical and Computer Engineering Phone: (801) 585-6157 Email: blair at ece.utah.edu

		Christoph Boehme Physics and Astronomy Phone: (801) 581-6806 Email: boehme at physics.utah.edu

		Shanti Deemyad Physics and Astronomy Phone: (801) 585-5955 Email: deemyad at physics.utah.edu

		Siva Guruswamy Metallurgical Engineering Phone: (801) 581-7217 Email: s.guruswamy at utah.edu

		Joel Harris Chemistry Phone: (801) 581-3585 Email: harrisj at chem.utah.edu

		Feng Liu Materials Science and Engineering Phone: (801) 587-7719 Email: fliu at eng.utah.edu

		John Lupton Physics and Astronomy Phone: (801)581-6408 Email: lupton at physics.utah.edu

		Debra Mascaro Mechanical Engineering Phone: (801) 581-7687 Email: dmascaro at mech.utah.edu

		Joel Miller Chemistry Phone: (801) 585-5455 Email: jsmiller at chem.utah.edu

		Ajay Nahata Electrical and Computer Engineering Phone: (801) 581-5184 Email: nahata at ece.utah.edu

		Tho Nguyen Physics and Astronomy Phone: (801) 581-6901 Email: thonguyen08 at gmail.com

		Mikhail Raikh Physics and Astronomy Phone: (801) 585-5017 Email: raikh at physics.utah.edu

		Brian Saam Professor and Associate Dean Physics, College of Science Phone: (801) 585-5832 Email: saam at physics.utah.edu

		Michael Scarpulla Electrical and Computer Engineering / Materials Science and Engineering Phone: (801) 585-1231 Email: scarpulla at eng.utah.edu

		Chelsey Short MRSEC Program Coordinator College of Engineering Phone: (801) 581-8692 Email: chelsey.short@utah.edu

		Jennifer S. Shumaker-Parry Chemistry Phone: (801) 585-1434 Email: shumaker-parry at chem.utah.edu

		Ashutosh Tiwari Materials Science and Engineering Phone: (801) 585-1666 Email: tiwari at eng.utah.edu

		Z. Valy Vardeny Physics and Astronomy Phone: (801) 581-8372 Email: val at physics.utah.edu

		Anil Virkar Professor and Chair Materials Science and Engineering Phone: (801) 581-5396 Email: anil.virkar at m.cc.utah.edu

		Clayton Williams Physics and Astronomy Phone: (801) 585-3226 Email: clayton at physics.utah.edu