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What is PREM?

Building Capability in Materials Research

The Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) program fosters long-term collaborations between universities and NSF’s Division of Materials Research (DMR)-supported centers. It enhances research opportunities through faculty and student exchanges, student mentoring and professional development, educational opportunities and training in state-of-the-art experimental, theoretical and computational materials development techniques. PREM supports students, postdocs, and faculty while advancing materials research and education.

Engaging Talent

We focus on identifying, recruiting and supporting a cohort of talented individuals in materials science through targeted outreach, mentorship, professional development and research engagement.

Fostering Growth

Our outreach and partnership initiatives ensure a collaborative environment that empowers long-term growth and a broad spectrum of perspectives that strengthen our field.

Impacting our World Through Materials Science

Our members conduct interdisciplinary research and develop new knowledge and technologies that impact the fields of biomedicine, energy, nanotechnology, electronics, and sustainability.

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Dive into cutting-edge projects and collaborations pushing the boundaries of discovery.

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Develop a functional, synthetic biomembrane for the integration into a lung-on-a-chip (LoaC) platform

Technical Workshop on Electrochemistry

First Transistors Fabricated at Fort Lewis College

Building Community and Technical Skills with IMOD

Development and Characterization of Chemically Oxidized Porous Silicon Solid Propellant Microthrusters

Our Community

Meet the talented researchers and educators driving innovation in materials science

Mataz Alcoutlabi

Associate Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Vijay K. Rangari

Professor, Tuskegee University

Micahel Chini

Associate Professor, The Ohio State University

Doyle Temple

Norfolk State University

Naveen Singh

Asst. Professor (Tenure Track), New Mexico Highlands University

Ubaldo Cordova

Professor, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Joan M Redwing

Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University

Blake Johnson

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Andre Schleife

Associate Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Ufana Riaz

assistant professor, North Carolina Central University

Sarah Schreiner

University of Colorado

Mohammad Islam

Carnegie Mellon University

Phil Engen

Education & Outreach Director, University of Minnesota

Jesse Edwards

Dhananjay Kumar

Professor, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Mataz Alcoutlabi

Associate Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Vijay K. Rangari

Professor, Tuskegee University

Micahel Chini

Associate Professor, The Ohio State University

Doyle Temple

Norfolk State University

Naveen Singh

Asst. Professor (Tenure Track), New Mexico Highlands University

Ubaldo Cordova

Professor, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Joan M Redwing

Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University

Blake Johnson

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Andre Schleife

Associate Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Ufana Riaz

assistant professor, North Carolina Central University

Sarah Schreiner

University of Colorado

Mohammad Islam

Carnegie Mellon University

Phil Engen

Education & Outreach Director, University of Minnesota

Jesse Edwards

Dhananjay Kumar

Professor, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Shelly Grandell

Assistant Director of Education and Outreach, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Yoichi Miyahara

Associate Professor, Texas State University

Juhyun Lee

Kim Lewis

Associate Dean of Research, Graduate Programs, and Natural Sciences and Professor of Physics, Howard University

Preston Moore

Professor, Saint Joseph's University

Kayunta Johnson-Winters

Director, The University of Texas at Arlington

Dorina Chipara

Professor, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Parag Banerjee

Professor, University of Central Florida

Mihai Vaida

Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida

Joshua Goldberger

Kimberly Professor, The Ohio State University

Eugene W. Collins

Fisk University

Idalia Ramos

Professor, University of Puerto Rico in Humacao

Jiechao Jiang

Professor of Research, The University of Texas at Arlington

Alan T. Johnson

Rebecca W. Bushnell Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania

Ania Bleszynski Jayich

Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara