Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers - MRSECs

Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSECs) support interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary materials research and education of the highest quality while addressing fundamental problems in science and engineering that are important to society. More information about MRSECs

There are currently 29 MRSECs funded by the National Science Foundation.  Link to information on each MRSEC

The MRSECs offer a variety of resources that may be useful in the development of curriculum modules.  A few MRSECs include some curriculum activities or reports on high school teacher projects.  Each MRSEC has a section titles "Nuggets" which describes brief abstracts on current research highlights.  Each MRSEC also has a section on "Outreach" including  "Research Experience for Teachers (RET)".  The RET section often contains examples of teacher projects or lesson plans.

MatEd has reviewed each MRSEC web site with comments on content that may be of interest in curriculum development.

• University of Alabama - Center for Materials for Information Technology
• Brown University - Center for Advanced Materials Research
• University of California at Santa Barbara - Materials Research Laboratory
• California Institute of Technology - Center for the Science and Engineering of Materials
• Carnegie Mellon University - Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
• University of Chicago - Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
• University of Colorado - Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center
• Columbia University - Center for Nanostructured Materials
• Cornell University - Cornell Center for Materials Research
• Harvard University - Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
• Johns Hopkins University - Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
• University of Maryland - Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Center for Materials Science and Engineering
• University of Massachusetts-Amherst - Materials Research Science and Engineering Center on Polymers
• University of Minnesota - Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
• University of Nebraska - Quantum and Spin Phenomena in Nanomagnetic Structures
• Northwestern University - Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
• University of Oklahoma/University of Arkansas - Center for Semiconductor Physics in Nanostructures
• University of Pennsylvania - The Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter
• Pennsylvania State University - Center for Nanoscale Science
• Princeton University - Center for Complex Materials
• University of Southern Mississippi - Center for Response-Driven Polymeric Films
• Stanford/IBM-Alm/UC-Davis - Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies
• SUNY Stony Brook: Thermal Spray - The Center for Thermal Spray Research
• SUNY at Stony Brook:  Garcia Polymer - Garcia Center  for Polymers at Engineered Interfaces
• University of Virginia - Center for Nanoscopic Materials Design
• University of Washington - Genetically Engineered Materials Science & Engineering Center
• University of Wisconsin-Madison - Materials Research Science and Engineering Center on Nanostructured Interfaces
• Yale University - Materials Research Science and Engineering Center