Transcript Harris Marcus

Overview of the Institute of Materials Science
(IMS)
February 20, 2009
Presented to
SOE Faculty Meeting
A clear definition of the mission and
commitments of IMS.
INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS
SCIENCE
U-136
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
97 N. EAGLEVILLE ROAD
STORRS, CONNECTICUT 06269-3136
HARRIS L. MARCUS
DIRECTOR
[email protected]
(860) 486-4623 PHONE
(860) 486-4745 FAX
The Institute of
Materials Science (IMS)
The Institute of
Materials Science
(IMS)
IMS was mandated by the State Legislative in 1965 to
provides exceptional opportunity for the conduct of advanced
interdisciplinary
research,
graduate
level
education
and
outreach (IMS Associates Program, etc.) in the materials sciences
“and engineering” in areas of importance to Connecticut's and our
nation's needs.
The core activity of IMS is housed in an ~ 80,000 square
feet building built in 1968 and 15,000 square feet building built in
2001 that houses extensive materials research instrumentation
(~$20M replacement value) and laboratories and ~30 resident
faculty.
What Makes IMS Research and Outreach Work ?
• Faculty (~30 doing their research primarily in IMS)
• Students (> 120 students and Postdocs)
• Staff in Major Facilities and operations (i.e. financial)
• IMS Instrumentation Facility
Laboratory Space
Research Instrumentation in that space.
Research Staff for Central Laboratories
All Instrumentation in IMS Shared by and for
all Resident IMS Researchers who support this
activity by putting all their instrumentation
under IMS and operate in IMS space.
Also available to the overall UCONN IMS
membership (~100 Faculty) (Will discuss How)
IMS Outreach With Instrumentation Capability
• IMS Associates Program ~ 30 Companies
(About 50 served in various manners in FY 08)
• Limited Service for a Fee supplied to industry
primarily Connecticut industry.
Above represents a major source of
funds to keep IMS facilities operational
and represents use of the central as well
as resident IMS Faculty laboratories.
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IMS: an Interdisciplinary
Academic Research Institute
Faculty From
Materials Science and Engineering •
Chemical Engineering•
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering•
Chemistry•
Physics•
Pharmacy
Molecular and Cell Biology•
UConn Health Center
• Represents Departments that have IMS resident faculty
that are ~ equally represented by the SOE and CLAS
MS and PhD Degrees in Materials Research in IMS
Established as the educational part of IMS early in its development.
Fully housed in IMS using all of IMS’ laboratories and
instrumentation.
1- Materials Science and Engineering Program
(Grew out of Metallurgy Dept. when IMS started, changed to
Metallurgy and Materials Engineering Dept. and then to MS&E)
2- Polymer Science Program
3- Materials Science Program
(Extends beyond IMS proper)
Representative IMS
Materials Research Areas in
Nano-materials/nanotechnology
(Heavily involved in promoting State Programs)
Energy
(Major solar energy DOE Proposal out
with 20+ Faculty, ~1/2 SOE & 1/2 CLAS)
Metals, Ceramics and Composites
Polymer Science (Including polymeric nano-materials)
Biomaterials/Environmental
(Joint with Health Center)
Drug & Sensor Design
(Large sensor Army grant with SOE, CLAS,
Pharmacy and Biology Faculty involved)
IMS RESIDENT FACULTY
CURENT SOURCES OF
EXTERNAL FUNDING FOR
INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
ON ADVANCED MATERIALS
National Science Foundation
Office of Naval Research
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Army Research Office
DARPA
Department of Energy
National Institute of Health
NASA
•••
State of Connecticut
Connecticut Industries
Foundations
National and International Industries
Coupled with National Laboratories
•••
IMS Newer Research Instrumentation
~ $20M Replacement Value Overall
• X-Ray LaboratoryThree powder diffraction systems.
Protein crystal x-ray system
• Electron Microscopy Laboratory
200KV High Resolution TEM
120KV new TEM (Provosts competitive funding)
Field Emission SEM with X-Ray
$2M Focused Ion Beam SEM Being Installed
($700K From Competitive Federal Grant)
• Multiple Wavelength Laser Raman Spectrometer
(Also applied to residual stress measurements)
• Soft Materials Clean Rooms and Device Prep Capability
• Multiple mechanical test systems
• Polymer Spectroscopic Systems-UV/VIS etc.
• Machine and Electronic Shops (CAM, and Turning Center)
• 500 (air)/50 (vacuum) Pound Casting Capability
• Thermal analysis equipment (TGA, DSC, etc.)
• AFM/STM- 3 new systems, 1 hard vacuum.
• 500 MHz Liquid and 2-300 MHz Solid State NMR
• Twin Screw Polymer Extruder
Numerous other instruments and upgrades in and coming.
<http://www.ims.uconn.edu/facilities/facilities_list.html>
Prioritization of use of IMS Laboratories
Resident IMS researchers have First Priority
whenever overload on instruments occur.
(Co PI’s have priority on specific instruments
funded in competition)
Other UCONN faculty have access to
instrumentation when the Faculty Advisor
advises IMS of need.
NOTE: At present only certain instruments have
use costs associated with them.
WHEN INSTRUMENTATION USAGE IS
PROPOSED IMS SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED
ON OSP ROUTING FORM AND SOME
INSTRUMENT TIME PUT INTO BUDGET.
IMS instrumentation usage by
non-IMS-resident UCONN Faculty
Steps required to have access to IMS instrumentation
• Faculty member usually joins IMS
• Faculty member notifies IMS of the need for
instrumentation support.
• Faculty member identifies for IMS the students/postdocs
that may need to use instrumentation and source of funding.
• Each faculty member should assign one student/postdoc
from the group to get total training for extensive usage
of any major instrument.
• User must pass IMS safety exam before using labs.
• User must be properly trained following the rules
associated with each lab/instrument.
• Scheduling is then done in lab with appropriate
prioritization if and when necessary.
Renovated 40 Year Old Gant
Building
(IMS, Math and Physics)
• Get more space for the $ by renovating.
• Design stage starting.
• Completion was scheduled by about 2011-2012 by
but current UCONN 21st Century funding may be
delayed.
• We continually strive to upgrade MS&E
instrumentation and hope to do some of it with the
upgrade of the IMS laboratories.
The Institute of
Materials Science
QUESTIONS?