scholarly journals Energy Frontier Research Center, Center for Materials Science of Nuclear Fuels

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Materials Science ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Nuclear Fuels ◽  
Energy Frontier

Up Close: Northwestern University Materials Research Center

MRS Bulletin ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 36-36
Author(s):  
Stephen H. Carr
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
National Science Foundation ◽  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Advanced Materials ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Northwestern University ◽  
National Science ◽  
Materials Research ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering

The Materials Research Center at Northwestern University is an interdisciplinary center that supports theoretical and applied research on experimental advanced materials. Conceived during the post-Sputnik era, it is now in its 26th year.The Center, housed in the university's Technological Institute, was one of the first three centers funded at selected universities by the federal government in 1960. The federal government, through the National Science Foundation, now supplies $2.4 million annually toward the Center's budget, and Northwestern University supplements this amount. Approximately one third of the money is used for a central pool of essential equipment, and the other two thirds is granted to professors for direct support of their research. Large amounts of time on supercomputers are also awarded to the Materials Research Center from the National Science Foundation and other sources.The Center's role enables it to provide partial support for Northwestern University faculty working at the frontiers of materials research and to purchase expensive, sophisticated equipment. All members of the Center are Northwestern University investigators in the departments of materials science and engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, chemistry, or physics. The Materials Research Center is a major agent in fostering cross-departmental research efforts, thereby assuring that materials research at Northwestern University includes carefully chosen groups of faculty in physics, chemistry, and various engineering departments.

Research activities at the Magnesium Research Center (MRC)

Impact ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-45
Author(s):  
Donald Shih ◽  
Yoshihito Kawamura
Keyword(s):  
Intermetallic Compounds ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Metallic Elements ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Materials Science And Engineering ◽  
Chemical Behaviour ◽  
Exciting Area ◽  
Physical And Chemical

Metallurgy is part of materials science and engineering and refers to the study of the physical and chemical behaviour of metallic elements, their intermetallic compounds, and their mixtures, known as alloys. It's an exciting area, with metals, alloys and composites representing the backbone of many industries, including construction, automotive and aerospace. One important element, which has widespread uses in a number of industries due to its ability to be used in the fabrication of lightweight materials, is magnesium (Mg). It is particularly useful when alloyed with other elements and processed properly to make it lighter, stronger, and more compelling in airplane and car construction. In order for innovations to arise in this field, enhanced understanding of alloys is required, and this is something that Professors Yoshihito Kawamura and Donald Shih, researchers at the Magnesium Research Center (MRC), Kumamoto University, Japan, are focused on.

The University of North Carolina Energy Frontier Research Center: Center for Solar Fuels

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 872-874
Author(s):  
Ralph L. House ◽  
Catherine M. Heyer ◽  
Gerald J. Meyer ◽  
John M. Papanikolas ◽  
Thomas J. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Solar Fuels ◽  
Research Center ◽  
University Of North Carolina ◽  
Energy Frontier ◽  
The University

Up Close: Materials Division of NASA-Lewis Research Center

MRS Bulletin ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-88
Author(s):  
Phillip Abel
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Materials Science ◽  
Space Shuttle ◽  
Research Effort ◽  
Advanced Materials ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Microgravity Environment ◽  
Nasa Lewis Research ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Materials Research

The Materials Division in the Aerospace Technology Directorate of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)-Lewis Research Center has a distinguished history of contributions to advanced materials research and development. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, the Lewis Research Center was originally built for aircraft piston engine research during World War II as a part of NASA's predecessor, the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics. After the war, with its need for immediate engineering solutions ended, attention at Lewis turned to a variety of more fundamental research problems. As early as the 1950s, a portion of the experimental effort at Lewis sought new materials to withstand the extremely high temperatures within turbojet engines. The needs for materials to withstand ever more severe temperature/environment extremes continue, and recognition of these needs, in part, motivates the current materials research effort at NASA-Lewis. The Materials Division structure reflects the strengths as well as the diversity of research areas being investigated. Each of the eight branches making up the Materials Division is briefly sketched below.The Microgravity Materials Science Laboratory is a unique facility with the purpose of allowing industry, university, and government researchers to prepare for materials processing experiments to be done in the “microgravity” environment aboard the Space Shuttle.

scholarly journals Solar Fuels and Next Generation Photovoltaics: The UNC-CH Energy Frontier Research Center

2010 ◽  
Vol 141 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Meyer ◽  
John M. Papanikolas ◽  
Catherine M. Heyer
Keyword(s):  
Solar Fuels ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Energy Frontier
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