BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action
1441 Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (1-517) 884-2555
Fax: (1-517) 353-7248
beacon@msu.edu
Research Centers & Institutes
Center for Engineering Education Research
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Jon Sticklen
Computer Science and Engineering
1424 Engineering Building
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-353-3711
sticklen@msu.edu
To promote research applied to education in the College of Engineering and, more broadly, to promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education across the university.
Advanced Cutting Tool Technology
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Patrick Kwon
The main goal of the center is to develop the scientific methods in dealing with cutting tools, machine tools, and machining processes.
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Automotive Research Experiment Station
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Harold Schock
ARES Director and Professor
schock@egr.msu.edu
(517) 353-9328
The Automotive Research Experiment Station provides students with the distinctive opportunity to be involved in multidisciplinary research and characteristics of the nature of work within the automobile industry.
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Bio/Computational Evolution in Action CONsortium (BEACON)
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Founded with a mission of illuminating and harnessing the power of evolution in action to advance science and technology and benefit society.
Center for Microbial Ecology
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Dr. James M. Tiedje, Director
540 Plant and Soil Sciences Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1325
Phone 517-353-9021 / Fax 517-353-2917
The Center for Microbial Ecology was founded in 1989 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as one of the first eleven Science and Technology Centers in the nation. The Center has major programs in Research, Graduate Education, Industrial Outreach, and Educational Outreach designed to create new knowledge, facilitate the dissemination of knowledge to the industrial and governmental sectors, help to develop a well-trained work force knowledgeable in microbial ecology, and increase scientific literacy among K-12 students.
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Center for Nanostructured Biomimetic Interfaces
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Our mission is to develop nanostructured, biomimetic-interface architectures that express membrane-protein activities and can be used to produce high-value devices and processes.
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Center for Revolutionary Materials for Solid State Energy Conversion
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Don Morelli - EFRC Director, Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
3520 Engineering Building
East Lansing, MI 48824
The Center for Revolutionary Materials for Solid State Energy Conversion will focus on solid state conversion of thermal energy to useful electrical power, both to increase the efficiency of traditional industrial energy processes and to tap new unused sources of energy such as solar thermal.
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Composite Materials and Structures Center
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Composite Materials and Structures Center
2100 Engineering Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1226
Phone: (517) 353-5466
Fax: (517) 432-1634
Composite materials are a new class of materials that combine two or more separate components into a form suitable for structural applications. While each component retains its identity, the new composite material displays macroscopic properties superior to its parent constituents, particularly in terms of mechanical properties and economic value.
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Composite Vehicle Research Center
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Gary Cloud - www.egr.msu.edu/~cloud/
Lawrence T. Drzal - http://myprofile.cos.com/drzal
Dahsin Liu - www.egr.msu.edu/~liu/liu.pdf
Nicholas J. Gianaris - gianaris@egr.msu.edu
A center of excellence for the design and testing of composite structures for light-weight, environment-friendly, durable and safe vehicles.
Fraunhofer USA Center for Coatings and Laser Applications
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Center Director
Prof. Dr. Jes Asmussen
Phone: (1-517) 355-4620
Fax: (1-517) 432-8168
Fraunhofer Center for Coatings and Laser Applications
cclinfo@fraunhofer.org
Phone: (1-517) 432-8711
Michigan State University (MSU) and Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (FhG) formed a mutually beneficial research partnership to establish the Fraunhofer Center for Coatings and Laser Applications (CCL) in 2003, a Center of Excellence in coating and laser processing technologies.
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
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GLBRC Headquarters at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
1550 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Email: mluschen@glbrc.wisc.edu
GLBRC at Michigan State University
164 Food Safety and Toxicology Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 884-5272
Fax: (517) 884-5273
E-mail: glbrc@msu.edu
Our mission is to apply cutting-edge research to help create a new generation of sustainable bioenergy feedstocks, processing technologies and fuels.
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Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research (iCER)
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Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research
Michigan State University
1443 Biomedical & Physical Sciences Building
East Lansing, Michigan 48824
Phone: (517) 353-9309
Our mission is to coordinate and support multidisciplinary resources for computation and computational sciences. The Center's goal is to enhance MSU's national and international presence and competitive edge in disciplines and research thrusts that rely on advanced computing.
NOAA Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health
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NOAA Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health (CEGLHH)
2205 Commonwealth Blvd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
(734) 741-2283
Outreach Coordinator: sonia.joseph@noaa.gov
The Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health (CEGLHH) focuses on understanding the inter-relationships between the Great Lakes ecosystem, water quality and human health.
NSF I/UCRC for Multiphase Transport Phenomena
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National Science Foundation
Industry/University Research Center for
Multiphase Transport Phenomena
Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science
2527 Engineering Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI, 48824-1226
Phone: (517) 355-5135
Fax: (517) 432-1105
The goals of the Center are to develop and deliver new scientific knowledge that will help its members with current and future challenges related to multiphase technologies.
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