A $15.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation will allow researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering and College of Natural Sciences to launch a new Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. The center’s mission is to advance materials for new applications such as energy storage, information processing and medical devices. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Prof. Edward Yu will lead the new Center for Dynamics and Control of Materials, which will explore how to dynamically control the structure and properties of materials as a function of time. The grant also will fund two research groups that bring together experts from several disciplines, including physics, chemistry, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, molecular biosciences and chemical engineering. The Porous Nanoparticle Network will be led by organic chemist Eric Anslyn and chemical and materials engineer Delia Milliron. Physicists Elaine Li and Greg Fiete will lead a second group, Materials Driven by Light. In addition, Chemical Engineering Prof. Brian Korgel will lead efforts to develop education and outreach programs to increase interest in materials science among young people entering the field. Learn more here.
