1. 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.

3. The Institute of Materials Science (IMS)

4. 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. NOTE : Not defined as a UCONN wide service facility.

5. 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)

6. 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. IMS Outreach With Instrumentation Capability

8. 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

9. 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)

10. 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)

12. IMS Newer Research Instrumentation ~ $20M Replacement Value Overall X-Ray Laboratory- Three 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

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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. Renovated 40 Year Old Gant Building (IMS, Math and Physics)

17. The Institute of Materials Science QUESTIONS?