The National Science Foundation has awarded RPI one of the first $3.5 million grants to be used in the establishment of materials science laboratories. The Combinatorial Sciences and Materials Informatics Collaboratory’s International Materials Institute will be working with other schools such as the University of Maryland and Florida International University to develop experimental and computational tools for faster discovery of new materials and processes.
The group’s possible developments include new magnetic materials capable of storing larger amounts of data than presently possible or materials able to withstand incredible temperatures, which would lead to cleaner, more efficient engines.
The CoSMIC-IMI will be using Internet2 technology to work with a consortium of 10 leading laboratories across the globe in the way the groups working to decode the human genome are collaborating.
