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?

May 26 - Aug 1, 2009 Carnegie Mellon University hosts a ten-week summer REU research program to expose science and engineering undergraduates to cutting edge materials research each year.

2008-2010 Dr. Yoshihiro Arita, Senior Researcher at Nippon Steel Corporation is a visiting researcher, working on optimization of microstructure, texture and properties of electrical steels.

Professor Greg Rohrer has received the Robert B. Sosman Award, the highest recognition of scientific accomplishment given by the American Ceramic Society. This award is given in recognition of outstanding achievement in basic science of an area that results in a significant impact to the field of ceramics.

The 15th International Conference on Textured of Materials (ICOTOM) conference was held at Carnegie Mellon University in June 2008. Anthony D. Rollett served as the conference chair. See past events for more detailed information about the meeting.

O. Burak Ozdoganlar has received the Best paper of the Year award from the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of Society of Manufacturing Engineers (2007-2008) for the following paper: N. Kota and O.B. Ozdoganlar, “A Simplified Model for Orthogonal Micromachining of fcc Single-Crystal Materials,” Transactions of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME, (2008): 36, 193-200.

Two former research associates in the MRSEC have successfully acquired faculty positions in prominent universities. Dr. Shen Dillon, a former postdoctoral researcher affiliated with the MRSEC has accepted a position as Assistant Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Elon Terrell, a former postdoctoral researcher in Prof. C.F. Higgs’ group has begun a position as Assistant Professor at Columbia University.

The CMU MRSEC will be hosting an ASM Materials Camp for Teachers in the summer of 2009 in Pittsburgh. Please see the education page for further information.

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