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Introduction	Research Programs	People & Organizations

Industrial Advisory Board \| Technology Transfer \| Faculty and Staff \| Participating Companies & Members \| Collaborating Institutions \|

Dr. Lawrence T. Drzal (at left) and Dr. Martin C. Hawley (at right) are the Co-Directors of the Center. Professor Drzal is a Faculty member in the Chemical Engineering Department and the Department of Material Science & Mechanics and is the Director of the Composite Materials and Structures Center. Professor Hawley has been a Faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Michigan State University for 33 years.

Industrial Advisory Board

The Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) is the formal forum for interaction between the University and Industry. The IAB consists of representatives from each of the industrial sponsors as well as representatives from participating institutions. As a member of the Center each company, large and small, has an IAB representative with an equal voting right on all Center activities. A list of participating companies and institutions is included in at the end of this document. The IAB interacts with Center researchers to:

Define research thrusts
Monitor technical projects
Act as conduits for information flow between researchers and companies
Review Center operation.

Technology Transfer

The Center Technology Transfer Office facilitates the communication and information flow between research investigators, the University, and member organizations and companies. The Center utilizes feedback from white papers, prospectuses, preliminary market studies, and researcher interactions for definition of potential non-core or applied opportunities. The Center evaluates the results of core projects by performing business and technical feasibility studies and market assessments. Positive results from these studies and financial interest from member companies assist with establishing non-core projects and help to transfer the technology to industry. The Center Technology Transfer Office interacts with other Michigan institutions that have targeted the composites market for transferring technology: Industrial Technology Institute (ITI), Michigan Materials and Processing Institute (MMPI), Advanced Materials Engineering Experiment Station (AMEES) as well as other Michigan Universities.

Faculty and Staff

NSF Faculty are listed here in order of their last name. To access their profiles, simply click on their names.

	Averill, Ronald
	Drzal, Lawrence T.
	Dunn, Colin M.R.
	Hawley, Martin C.
	Jayaraman, Krishnamurthy
	MuCullough, Roy
	Pinnavaia, Thomas
	Robertson, Richard E.
	Sastry, Ann Marie
	Sticklen, Jon