Paradigm and Realization of Excellence in Materials

Synergistic Partnership for Research and Education on
Nanostructured and Functional Materials
Oscar Perales-Perez & Felix Roman

University of Puerto Rico –Mayagüez

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Research	Education & Outreach	The Outcomes
Functional Magnetic Nanostructures	Education in Materials Science & Engineering	Our Research Throughput
Magnetic Nanoparticle-Based Sensors	Materials Science & Engineering in Public Schools	Development of Human Resources
High Energy Processing of MgB2-Based Superconductors		Awards & Recognitions Undergraduate Students PREM Faculty Public High School Students

The Story of our PREM

•Circa March 2003: Announcement and Excitement

•Originally, three research thrust areas:

–Spintronics and nanostructured magnetic materials

–Al-B-X functional composites

–Superconductors processing

•Education and outreach activities

•Assessment

•Main UW partnership: MRSEC IRG 2 (Superconductivity), NIRT (Spintronicmaterials) and MRSEC IEG

•Award: April 1, 2004 –March 31, 2009

•$ 2.7 M ($740k+ 4·$490,000)

2007 Participating Research & Academic Units

UPRM

• Dept. of Engineering Science & Materials (formerly General Engr.)
  
• Dept. of Chemical Engineering
  
• Dept. of Physics
  

Others:

•Dept. of Chemistry

•Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

UW

The Partnership with Univ. of Wisconsin

Research:

• Connections with UW MRSEC via: C. Rinaldi(de Pablo/Nealey) on nanomagneticparticle synthesis, O. M. Suárez (Stone, Hellstrom, Voyles) on FIB of Al-B-X composites.
  
• Instrumentation: O. Perales (Voyles, MRI STEMremotely operated)
  
• Connections through FRG: O. Uwakweh (Hellstrom, Rzchowski, Larbalestierat FSU)
  
• UW Summer Undergraduate Research Experienceis extremely successful with major representation from PREM and UPRM students
  
• Others: O. M. Suárez, G. Gutiérrez, O. Perales (Sridharan, UW Nuclear Engineering)
  

•Human resource development:

• Graduate students (seminars, workshops, PhD students in MSP and ChemE)
  
• Undergraduate students (SURE)
  
• Faculty members (workshops, PhD candidate)
  
• Adjunct fellow status at UW MS&E Dept. allows for UW library resource access
  

•Outreach and education (in collaboration with Crone MRSEC-IEG):

• Implementation of demonstrations/experiments developed at UW.
  
• Guidance in teachers’training.

Co-Organization of International Conferences

	•Co-organization of Southeastern Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics(SECTAM XXIII) held on campus in May 2006. Dr. Harsh Chopra was the keynote speaker
	•Co-organization and sponsorship of the International Conference on Engineering Education ICEE 2006 held in San Juan in July 2006. Dr. Arden Bement was the first keynote speaker of the conference with more than 500 attendees.

Vision of PREM for the Next Two Years

Premise: We have created a robust platform on research, education and outreach on diverse areas related to MSE: nanomagneticmaterials, superconductors’processing, functional composites, etc.PREM is the foundation of major crosscutting efforts either existing or upcoming.

Main objectives:

The Expansion of PREM

Industrial collaborators:

• –Boeing (Everett & St. Louis)
• –ColombusSuperductors
• –KB Alloys
• –Hewlett Packard
• –Rolls Royce (Indiana)

Federal agencies (major initiatives):

–NSF:

• CRESTproposal on nanoengineeredmaterials
• MRIproposal for nanofabrication facilities
• IGERT, etc.

-DoD:

• DEPSCoRproposal on multiscalestudy from nanoto megastructures
• Infrastructure Support Programproposal for a thermomechanometrylab

•Federal laboratories:

• National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory

		UPR NanoScience and Technology Institute
	UPR - NASA URC Center for Nanoscale Materials UPR-RP			NSF - PREM Synergistic Partnership on Functional and Nanostructured Materials		Other Centers Center for Materials for Energy Storage and Production at the Nanoscale Others