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Mission

The goals of the Center for Materials and Devices for Information Technology Research (CMDITR) include:

Develop new and "disruptive" technologies based upon new organic and hybrid materials processed into devices at low cost.

Create a better-trained, diverse workforce in the area of materials and devices for information technology, and to improve the diversity of that work force.

Create new opportunities for providing interdisciplinary, hands-on education by facilitating exchange of students amongst groups with diverse research capabilities and interests.

Formulate cooperative research and development agreements, intellectual property agreements, and personnel exchanges to promote inter-university, research university/designated-minority institution, and university/industry/Federal laboratory interactions.

Develop and implement new modes of technology transfer and entrepreneurship and assess how these modes impact inventors (students, faculty, and postdoctoral fellows) and universities.

Create road maps for organic and hybrid photonics and electronics.

Design, implement, and assess new educational approaches that provide more flexible and accessible career pathways for students.

Provide ethics training at each university to all incoming members; topics will include scientific integrity, the concept of inventorship, accurate record keeping, and the requirement to share credit.

Funding Information:

National Science Foundation (NSF) No. DMR 0120967,2002-2012.
National Science Foundation (NSF) No. CHE 0851730, 2002-2011.

Reporting Structure:

Werner Stuetzle, Divisional Dean of Natural Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences

Related UW Entities:

Applied Physics Lab, College of Arts & Sciences, Department of Physics, College of Engineering,
Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering