Tackling grand challenges in the materials science of liquids and glasses and non-equilibrium magnetism.
The Wisconsin MRSEC Advanced Materials Industrial Consortium (AMIC) facilitates industrial access to the MRSEC and UW Madison shared instrumentation facilities. The AMIC team has performed a comprehensive benchmarking study across peer institutions semiconductor nanofabrication centers that evaluates their operational models, access policies, technical capabilities, and industry engagement practices.
The Wisconsin MRSEC Advanced Materials Industrial Consortium (AMIC) seeks to provide companies with the materials, research, equipment, and talent they need. This year, the theme for the AMIC annual meeting was next-generation microelectronics. The workshop brought together nearly 150 attendees. It highlighted industrial trends and talent needs in presentations from Lockheed Martin, Intel, Eaton, Western Digital, Micron, Seagate, Polar Semiconductor, and Bolb, and MRSEC IRG 2 research relevant to magnetic data storage and quantum transduction in presentations by faculty and student posters. The event facilitated engagement between faculty, staff, students, and industry leaders, with the goals of fostering sponsored research, and opportunities for internships and employment.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) has received $18 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for interdisciplinary exploration of fundamental questions in materials science.