PREM Directors’ Meeting Agenda
Virginia Tech Research Center
900 N. Glebe Road, Arlington VA 22230
East/West Falls Church Room
October 26, 2011
Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM)
The objective of PREM is to enhance diversity in materials research and education by stimulating the development of formal, long-term, collaborative materials research and education partnerships between minority-serving institutions and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research (DMR) supported groups, centers, and facilities. [read more]
NSF's Strategic Goals
- People - a diverse, internationally competitive and globally-engaged workforce.
- Ideas - discovery across the frontiers of Science and Engineering, connected to learning, innovation, and service to society.
- Tools - broadly accessible, state-of-the-art S&E facilities, tools, and other infrastructure that enables discovery, learning, and innovation.
- Organizational Excellence - an agile, innovative organization that fulfills its mission through leadership in state-of-the-art business practices.
List of PREM(s)
2009 PREM Awardees
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City College of New York – University of Chicago MRSEC PREM
Principal Investigator: Jeffrey F. Morris -
Clark Atlanta University – Georgia Institute of Technology MRSEC PREM
Principal Investigator: Xiao-Qian Wang -
New Mexico Highlands University & Morehouse College – University Of Washington, University Of Arizona & Georgia Institute Of Technology – STC PREM
Principal Investigator: Tatiana Timofeeva -
University of Puerto Rico at Humacao – University of Pennsylvania MRSEC PREM
Principal Investigator: Idalia Ramos -
University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez – University of Wisconsin MRSEC & NSEC PREM
Principal Investigator: Nelson Cardona-Martínez -
University of Texas, Pan American – University of Minnesota MRSEC PREM
Principal Investigator: Karen Lozano -
University of Texas at San Antonio – Northwestern University MRSEC PREM
Principal Investigator: Dhiraj Sardar -
Xavier University of Louisiana – New York University MRSEC PREM
Principal Investigator: Lamartine Meda
2006 PREM Awardees
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California State University at Northridge – Princeton University MRSEC PREM: Multidisciplinary Research and Education in Computational Materials Science
Principal Investigator: Nicholas G. Kioussis -
Howard University – Prince George’s Community College – Johns Hopkins University MRSEC PREM
Principal Investigator: Josh Halpern -
Jackson State University – University of California Santa Barbara MRSEC
Principal Investigator: Paresh Chandra Ray -
Norfolk State University – Purdue University – Cornell University PREM: Partnership for Photonic Metamaterials
Principal Investigator: Mikhail A. Noginov -
Tuskegee University – Cornell University MRSEC PREM in Nanomaterials
Principal Investigator: Shaik Jeelani -
University of New Mexico – Harvard University MRSEC PREM: Leadership in Biomaterials
Principal Investigator: Julia Fulghum
2004 PREM Awardees
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California State University at Los Angeles – California Institute of Technology MRSEC PREM
Principal Investigator: Frank A. Gomez -
Florida Agricultural And Mechanical University – Carnegie Mellon University MRSEC PREM
Principal Investigator: Peter N. Kalu -
University of Puerto Rico at Humacao – University of Pennsylvania MRSEC PREM
Principal Investigator: Idalia Ramos -
University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez (UPRM) – University of Wisconsin-Madison MRSEC PREM – Synergistic Partnership for Research and Education on Nanostructured and Functional Materials
Principal Investigator: O. Marcelo Suárez
PREM Highlights
September 26, 2011 :: Development of self-assembled block copolymers
Self-assembled block copolymers (see the upper inset) can accommodate nanofillers in given polymeric domains resulting in an ordered spatial distribution of nanoparticles, induced by the self assembly of block copolymers and the preferential trapping on the nanofiller (see the left figure).
Ultra-thin films of block copolymers filled with various nanoparticles can be obtained from solution by spin-coating.
September 26, 2011 :: Hydrophobic Nanoporous Materials for Energy Absorption
Advanced energy absorption systems have recently been developed, in which external work is converted into stored energy by infiltrating nanoporous materials with liquid phases.
Three-dimensionally ordered mesoporous (3DOm) carbon is studied as a new nanoporous material matrix for energy storage. 3DOm materials in general have the property of highly interconnected pores and large surface areas.
3DOm carbon is synthesized by replication of 10-40 nm silica nanoparticle arrays. Phenol-formaldehyde (PF) and resorcinol-formaldehyde (RF) were used as the carbon sources to replicate silica spheres.