Carnegie Mellon University - Materials Research and Engineering Center (MRSEC)

Dedicated to the understanding, control, and optimization of interface dominated materials properties

The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) is an interdisciplinary research and educational enterprise within Carnegie Mellon University dedicated the understanding, control and optimization of grain boundary dominated materials properties. The collaboration of researchers with complementary backgrounds, skills, and knowledge is critical to meeting the Center's technical objectives.

The Center is funded by industrial sponsors and government agencies. The National Science Foundation (NSF) established the Center in 1996 and remains its primary sponsor.

What's New?

Oct. 1 2007–March 2007: Dr. Myrjam Winning from the Max-Planck Institut fuer Eisenforschung GmbH (Germany), is visiting the MRSEC to work with Tony Rollett on 3D EBSD measurements and data analyzing.

October 22–Nov 3 2007: Dr Nathalie Bozzolo, from Université Paul Verlaine – Metz (France) , is visiting the MRSEC to work with Tony Rollett.

New REU Website: All about 2008 summer program at CMU can be found here. Application begins on December 1, 2007.

Upcoming Events

August 6–7 2007 All about MIMP seminar series, MSE department seminars, meetings, collaborator visits etc.

Past Events

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