The NSF announced today that UW MEM·C’s PREM awards with the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa (UHM) and the University of Central Florida (UCF) are 2 of only 11 institutions nationwide selected for six-year PREM funding in the latest round of competition, placing UW, UHM and UCF in rare and distinguished company! UHM and UCF are each the primary awardees of a six-year, $4.2M award and UW is a subawardee on each award. These PREM awards are focused on expanding participation and access to materials science-focused facilities, education, training and careers at minority-serving institutions. MEM·C is so proud of our partners and collaborators! Their hard work at leading these PREMs is a huge benefit to all of our institutions.
At UCF, the PREM award will fund the Center for Quantum Material Innovations and Educational Excellence (CQ-MIEE, DMR-2424976) and the MEM-C faculty joining that effort include Ting Cao (UW’s CQ-MIEE Director), Daniel Gamelin, Xiaosong Li, Andrea Carroll, Jiun-Haw Chu, Brandi Cossairt, Jim De Yoreo, Juan Carlos Idrobo, Alexandra Velian and Matthew Yankowitz. CQ-MIEE’s research focus will be quantum material synthesis for energy-efficient communications, novel chemicals and new medicines. Each year, MEM·C will host visiting undergraduates and graduate students from UCF to do summer research alongside our students and faculty.
At UHM, the PREM award will fund the Materials Research and Education Consortium (MRE-C, DMR-2424949) and the MEM-C faculty joining that effort include Lilo Pozzo (UW’s MRE-C Director), Daniel Gamelin, Xiaosong Li, Andrea Carroll, Brandi Cossairt, Jim De Yoreo, Dianne Xiao, Scott Dunham, Juan Carlos Idrobo, Stefan Stoll, and Alexandra Velian. Beyond just the limits of MEM-C, this PREM collaboration expands to other UW faculty including Julie Rorrer, Eleftheria Roumeli, Zach Sherman and Vincent Holmberg. MRE-C’s research focus will be clean energy and sustainability solutions for challenges facing Hawaii, including reliance on imported fuels for electricity and transportation, resource and waste management, soil erosion, and ocean contamination exacerbated by climate change. Each year, MEM·C will host visiting undergraduates and graduate students from UCF to do summer research alongside our students and faculty.
We look forward to 6 more fruitful years of PREM activities at UW!
