Materials Research Laboratory (Materials Research)
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The Materials Research Laboratory at Brown University supports                  major multidisciplinary research efforts that require the                       sustained, cooperative effort of several faculty members; central               facilities that are important for much of the materials research                effort on campus as well as specific MRL projects; and seed                     funding for promising new research efforts.  The program involves               27 faculty members from Chemistry, Physics and four areas of                    Engineering, and also currently supports 27 graduate students and               5 postdoctoral research associates.  The MRL program also                       involves cooperative efforts with industry and government                       laboratories.                                                                                                                                                   Research in plasticity and fracture addresses problems of                       fundamental importance in the mechanical behavior of a broad                    class of materials including metals, alloys and ceramics as well                as metal-matrix and ceramic composites.  The goal of the research               on the microscopic basis of glass properties is an understanding                of how glass structure, composition, preparation and thermal                    history determine glass properties and dynamics.  Other research                addresses the atomic mechanisms by which film growth takes place                and an interface is modified.                                                                                                                                   The scientists and engineers in this MRL are very well qualified                to carry out the proposed research.  There is a strongly                        interactive area of excellence in plasticity and fracture which                 addresses technologically important problems in an innovative                   way.  There are adequate facilities for the proposed research.                                                                                                  Support for the plasticity and fracture thrust will be phased                   out over a two-year period as support for this research from the                Materials Research Groups program is phased in.  Support for an                 orderly phase-out of the remainder of the MRL is provided for                   one year so that current projects can be completed.
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