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International Collaborations |
The established strength of our international programs enabled us to compete successfully in the recent NSF IMI competition, as a consequence the International Center for Materials Research at UCSB was established in August 2004. Former MRL Director Tony Cheetham has become the Director of this new center. In addition to running its own programs, the ICMR will administer the international activities of the MRL.
Materials Research Laboratory Distinguished Visiting Professors
These distinguished visitors spend approximately one month with us each year:
- Prof. Sir Harold Kroto (Sussex)
- Prof. C.N.R. Rao (Bangalore)
- Prof. Manfred Rühle (Stuttgart)
- Prof. E.W. (Bert) Meijer (Eindhoven)
- Prof. Michele Parrinello (ETH Zurich)
Strategic International Partnerships
We have established a network of overseas laboratories with which we have
special relationships. These include:
- Weizmann Institute, Israel
- KAIST, South Korea
- CSIRO, Melbourne
- Max-Planck-Institutes in Stuttgart and Mainz
- JNCASR, Bangalore
- IMN, Nantes
- IMRE, Singapore
- ETHZ, Zurich
Executive Vice Chancellor (EVC) Fellowships
Funding is available to enable MRL graduate students and
postdoctoral researchers to visit our overseas collaborators.
International Workshops
In addition to encouraging a large number of individual collaborations with
overseas scientists, the UCSB-MRL has been proactive in fostering special
relationships with a number of international centers-of-excellence. To this
end, groups of MRL faculty (typically 8-12) have attended several 3-4 day bilateral
workshops during the last 5 years.
