Center for Materials Informatics
Materials informatics is an emerging interdisciplinary field that promotes data management, standards, and exchange as well as data mining and analysis as a means of accelerating scientific research. Kent State’s Center for Materials Informatics is a front runner in this field and a great resource for interested students and faculty.
The Center for Materials Informatics (CMI) at Kent State University (KSU), established in 2008, aims to be an internationally recognized center in using informatics to advance materials research and education. It will begin with a focus on soft matter (e.g., liquid crystals, polymers, and proteins), biomaterials, and nanomaterials.
The Objectives of Kent State’s Center for Materials Informatics Include:
- using a full array of modern informatics technology
- producing tools, applications, data resources, and knowledge on a multi-disciplinary scale
- supporting acceleration of development and adoption of new materials
- helping to prepare the next generation of scientists as early adopters of new approaches to conducting science
- contributing to the mission of Kent State University and the State of Ohio
News & Announcements
News & Announcements
- Laura Bartolo named member of the National Academies of Sciences BRDI Laura Bartolo, Professor and Director of the Center for Materials Informatics at Kent State University, was recently named by the National Research Council to be a member of the National Academies of Sciences Board on Research Data and Information (BRDI).
- Posted Sep. 4, 2012 - Kent State and Carnegie Mellon Receive $250,000 NSF Grant to Advance Computational Research The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a collaborative research grant to Kent State University and Carnegie Mellon University for a project to advance computational research. The $250,000 grant is part of the NSF’s Cyberinfrastructure Training, Education, Advancement, and Mentoring for Our 21st Century Workforce program (CI-TEAM).
- Posted Oct. 24, 2011 - Increasing Scarcity of Mineral Based Materials Education and Research Seminar by James D. McGuffin-Cawley, Thursday, April 21, 2011, 11:00am, KSU Samsung Auditorium Liquid Crystal & Materials Science Building
- Posted Apr. 13, 2011 - Virtual Labs Project Results in Actual Funding for Kent State Professors Two Kent State University professors received funding from the National Science Foundation for a project that helps teach core concepts of science-based disciplines, biophysics, chemistry and materials science to undergraduates through the use of interdisciplinary virtual labs.
- Posted Dec. 14, 2009 - KSU Spring 2009 Science Symposium With support from Research & Graduate Studies and in cooperation with the College of Arts & Sciences and the Science Departments and Programs, the Center for Materials Informatics hosted a science symposium on Wed, May 13, 2009.
- Posted May. 13, 2009