2015 rm2n symposium: uw-madison and wisconsin materials institute (wmi)
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Regional Materials and Manufacturing Network
(RM2N) and UW-Madison
College Of Engineeringand
Wisconsin Materials Institute
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Madison CoE and WMI are part of RM2N because:• WMI mission is to support multiple materials activities at UW and
beyond, including the Regional Materials and Materials Network
• WMI hosted a materials workshop in December 2013 that lead to the formation of the RM2N• Attendees
57 registered attendees from a range of UW system schools, (e.g., UW-Madison, UW-Stout, UW-Platteville, UW-Milwaukee), companies and institutions (Cameca, Fisher Barton, Forest Products Laboratory).
• RecommendationsWeb Portal to search for available expertise, facilities, opportunities in the regionMethod of sharing equipment resources across the UW system
Materials Resources at CoE- Madison Campus• Materials Science and Engineering Department
• 24 Faculty, Macro to Nano materials, 40+ capstones students in 2015-2016• Expertise in computational materials science
• Research User Facilities• Materials Science Center- largest analytical microscopy facility in WI• Soft Materials Characterization Laboratory• WCAM fab—10000sq.ft. 8 bay clean room.
• Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC).
• NSF sponsored Interdisciplinary materials research, education outreach• 22 campus faculty, 40 graduate students• Advanced Materials Industrial Consortium-21 regional industry members
Unique Materials Capabilities: We can see Single Atoms!
High precision STEM measurement the off-lattice atom displacements (strains) of surface atoms in nanocatalysts in the picometer range!
ATOMS in 2-D!
MRSEC IRG1 – (Kuech, Babcock, Mawst) learning to push “extra” atoms into semiconductor materials from their natural ‘bulk’ states to realize unique and undiscovered functionality.
ATOMS in 3-D!
New Equipment CapabilitiesElemental Imaging XPS for Surface Analysis
Field Emission Cryo STEM for electron tomography!
Industry/research Outreach: • Facilities Use Agreements: Allow industry researchers to negotiate
extended instrument use for well defined projects• Advanced Materials Industrial Consortium: AMIC (MRSEC)• NCD is an Example:
Campus ContactsContact person(s) for answering questions:Jon McCarthy or Susann [email protected] [email protected]
Contact person for capstone projects:Professor Jim Clum, Materials Science and Engineering: [email protected]
Contact person for internships, coops or recruitment:John Archambault, ECS DirectorAssistant Dean for Student [email protected]
Contact person for facilities:Dr. Jerry HunterDirector of research user [email protected]
Contact person for sponsored research/IP:Deanna DietrichAssociate Dean, Research and Policy [email protected] 608/265-8030
Contact person(s) for WMI:Professor Tom [email protected] Dane [email protected]