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?

Graduate Student Chris Hefferan won a poster presentation prize at the Argonne National Laboratory APS (Advanced Photon Source) User's Week conference May 4-8, 2008.

June-August 2008 Dr. Satyam Suwas, assistant professor from Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India is a visiting researcher working with Prof. Rollett's group on laminate metal-metal composites.

October 2008 Dr. Dominique Chatain from the CINaM-CNRS Laboratory in Marseille, France will be visiting the MRSEC.

2008-2009 Professor Heung Nam Han and Dr. Kyung Jun Ko from Seoul National University will be visiting researchers in Professor Tony Rollett’s group in the MRSEC, studying microstructural evolution and abnormal grain growth. Dr. Ko will be working with Profs. Rollett and Han on computer modeling of microstructural evolution in steels.

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

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