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The findings and recommendations of the MRSEC's Education and Outreach activities noted in the National Academy of Sciences Report, "Looking Back, Moving Forward" reveal both areas of strength and areas that can be improved.

The Materials Research Facilities Network (MRFN), with support and encouragement from the MRSEC Program Officers at National Science Foundation, is organizing a 1.5 day workshop to bring together managers of shared multi-user facilities to discuss the efficient operation and evolution of shared facilities and to share unique solutions that individual MRSECs have developed. Attendees will be representing NSF MRSEC Centers, with a subset of attendees from the MRSEC-PREM, NNIN, and NSEC programs, as well as the National

NSF, Arlington, VA

Sheraton, Boston, MA 7:30 am MRSEC Education Directors Breakfast and Business Meeting (Beacon A) 8:00 Breakfast and Registration for All Registered Attendees (Clarendon Room)

This workshop will cover different aspects of the bottom-up design of electronic materials from assemblies of metal and semiconductor nanocrystals, drawing on existing expertise in organic and disordered conductors. These nanocrystalline solids combine unusual optical, electronic, magnetic and themla properties. Potential applications include photodetectors, LED, solar-cells, thermoelectric and printable electronics.

On behalf of the National Science Foundation (NSF), we are pleased to welcome you to the 2012 Joint Annual Meeting (JAM) of awardees funded by the Directorate for Education and Human Resource's Division of Human Resource Development. The theme for this year’s JAM is Broadening Participation Research (BPR). The following outcomes are expected as a result of this meeting:

In late October, MRSEC directors met at the National Science Foundation headquarters to discuss events, activities, and accomplishments over the past year as well as explore new avenues of research and discovery. Presentations ranged from DMR achievements to the need to strengthen scientific communication.

Preliminary Agenda for MRSEC Director's Meeting NSF Stafford I, Room 375 October 14, 2014 8:00 AM Coffee available 8:15 AM Welcoming remarks Dr. F. Fleming Crim, Asst. Director, MPS 8:30 AM Update on DMR and Upcoming Initiatives Dr. Mary E. Galvin, Director, DMR

11:30 a.m. Friday, April 7, 2017 Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Room# 103 (closest entrance is at the corner of Olden and Prospect Street). "Intellectual Property Overview" Speaker: Paul Higgins, Assistant General Counsel – Patents, Johnson & Johnson Company

Meeting Locations October 9, 10 Holiday Inn, Alexandria - Carlysle 2460 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314 Phone: (703) 960-2000 October 10 National Science Foundation Headquarters 2415 Eisenhower Ave, Alexandria, VA 22314 October 9 Holiday Inn 2.30-3 p.m. Check-in 3-3.20 p.m. Welcome & Introductions 2016-17 Co-chairs: Michelle McCombs & Kristin Dreyer