Materials Research Society (MRS)

MRS@UD is the UD Student Chapter of the Materials Research Society. Our goal is to foster an interactive relationship between industry, students and faculty spanning all sciences and engineering disciplines. We work to provide you with exposure to researchers and expertise outside of your department and research through activities like the interdisciplinary seminar series.

Advisor: Dr. Robert Birkmire, Director, Energy Conversion, and
Professor, Materials Science & Engineering

Advisor: Dr. Robert Opila, Professor, Materials Science & Engineering

President: Danning Zhang
Vice President: Kevin Dicker
Secretary: Prathamesh Kharkar

Nontraditional NSF grant puts UD researchers on fast track to new ideas

Twenty-one teams composed of academic researchers, student entrepreneurs and business mentors were selected nationwide for 2013. Cavazos’ group earned one of two I-Corps grants awarded to UD. The other went to a team led by Elisa Schrank, a post-doctoral researcher in kinesiology and applied physiology.