Administration and Management

The chart below shows the management structure of the UMD-MRSEC. The MRSEC Director works in consultation with the two advisory committees and the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee (comprised of faculty from within the MRSEC) is the primary management unit of the MRSEC and meets biweekly to make operational decisions on policy and programs for the Center. Business administration and staffing/organization for educational programs is the responsibility of the Associate Director, who reports to the Director and serves as a member of the Executive Committee.

The membership of the committees are listed below:

Oversight Committee

Dr. Jacques Gansler, Vice President for Research and Dean of Graduate School
Dr. Stephen Halperin, Dean, College of Computer, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences
Dr. Nariman Farvardin, Dean, College of Engineering
Dr. Norma Allewell, Dean, College of Life Sciences
Dr. Rajarshi Roy, Distinguished University Professor and Director, IPST
Dr. Robert Briber, Chair, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Dr. Jordan Goodman, Chair, Department of Physics
Dr. Michael Doyle, Chair, Department of Chemistry
Dr. F. Joseph Schork, Chair, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Dr. Avram Bar Cohen, Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Patrick O'Shea, Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Internal Review Board

Dr. Sandra Greer, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, and Chemical Engineering
Dr. Rajarshi Roy, Distinguished University Professor, and Director of IPST
Dr. Daniel Lathrop, Professor of Physics, and Director of IREAP

External Review Board (2005-2011)

Dr. Louis Brus, Chemistry Department, Columbia University
Dr. Robert Celotta, Center for Nanoscale Science & Technology, NIST
Dr. Thomas Clinton, Seagate Research
Dr. Jack Fischer, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. A.P. Ramirez, Lucent Technologies
Dr. George Sawatzky, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia
Dr. Jerry Tersoff, IBM
Dr. David Vanderbildt, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Rutgers University

Executive Committee

Dr. Ellen D. Williams, Professor of Physics and IPST, MRSEC Director, IRG1 Leader
Ms. Donna Hammer, MRSEC Associate Director, Education Outreach, Diversity Program
Dr. Dennis Drew, Professor of Physics, IRG2 Leader
Dr. Janice Reutt-Robey, Professor of Chemistry, SEF Coordinator
Dr. Theodore L. Einstein, Professor of Physics, International Collaborations
Dr. Ichiro Takeuchi, Associate Professor of Materials Science & Eng, Industrial Outreach
Dr. Michael S. Fuhrer, Associate Professor of Physics, SEED Programs
Dr. John Cumings, Assistant Professor of Materials Science & Engineering

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under the Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers program. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.