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Women in Materials: a Collaborative Effort between Simmons College and the Cornell Center for Materials Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Velda Goldberg ,
George G. Malliaras ,
Helene Schember ,
Michael Kaplan ,
Leonard Soltzberg ,
Richard W. Gurney  and
Patrick Johnson
Velda Goldberg
Affiliation:
goldberg@simmons.edu, Simmons College, Physics Department, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA, 02115, United States, 617-521-2702
George G. Malliaras
Affiliation:
george@msc.cornell.edu, Cornell University, Materials Science and Engineering, United States
Helene Schember
Affiliation:
helene@ccmr.cornell.edu, Cornell University, Cornell Center for Materials Research, United States
Michael Kaplan
Affiliation:
michael.kaplan@simmons.edu, Simmons College, Physics and Chemistry Departments, United States
Leonard Soltzberg
Affiliation:
lsoltzberg@simmons.edu, Simmons College, Chemistry Department, United States
Richard W. Gurney
Affiliation:
gurney@simmons.edu, Simmons College, Chemistry Department, United States
Patrick Johnson
Affiliation:
patrick.johnson@simmons.edu, Simmons College, Physics Department, United States
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Abstract

The Women in Materials (WIM) program, supported by the National Science Foundation, is a collaboration between Simmons College, a predominately undergraduate women’s college, and the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR). For the past four years, this program has provided unusual curricular and research opportunities for undergraduate women at Simmons College. This program demonstrates a successful model for enhancing undergraduate science and technology preparation through collaboration between primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) and NSF-supported Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers.

Keywords

optoelectronicoptical propertieselectronic structure
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 909: Symposium PP – Forum on Materials Science Education , 2005 , 0909-PP03-10
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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