CCNY PREM

Welcome to CCNY PREM

The CCNY PREM vision is to provide highest quality research and education opportunities in materials science through a student-centered program. The excitement of the discovery process is used to encourage participation, while extensive mentoring and education in the culture of the scientific enterprise is provided to maximize participants' potential. Students of all levels ranging from high school to post doctorate benefit from the 360° professional development initiatives designed and implemented by CCNY PREM faculty. Experienced CCNY faculty design advanced coursework and curricula, novel recruitment programs, leading edge research and mentoring programs, all with the special focus of providing students with well rounded experiences in academia and industry. PREM supported students move forward equipped with the intellectual and professional resources necessary to advance to the next level in their careers.

The PREM program educates students not only in the details of a growing STEM discipline, but also seeks to promote understanding of the culture of the scientific and technological (S&T) enterprise, and of the relationship of this enterprise to the broader society. Hence, the partnership's successful involvement of students at a range of levels provides a technically well-educated and socially-aware cohort of students and young professionals able to address the complexities of advancement of S&T. Successful outreach and recruiting to high school students is facilitated by undergraduate involvement in teaching and laboratory mentorship, while doctoral students and postdocs are asked to take part in mentorship and are imbued with a sense of the issues which must be addressed to bring young researchers into the field. The goal is that these students go forward to professional positions with an awareness of the intrinsic value of diversity development, and how they may facilitate development of talented persons.

Our vision is that the CCNY PREM will establish a center of excellence in the computation of material dynamics at City College, with international recognition through the close interaction with the leading edge experimental studies at the Chicago MRSEC. This will cement an area of strength at City College and provide a foundation for the materials discipline to grow on the campus.

Stated briefly, the CCNY-Chicago PREM has two broad goals:

1. To provide research opportunities at the leading edge in material dynamics.

2. To use CCNY’s diverse and high-quality student body and research university status to drive permanent

added participation of under-represented groups in materials science and related fields.

Current News

More PREM News.............

A Physical Introduction to Suspension Dynamics - Co-authors Jeff Morris (CCNY PREM Director, Professor of Chemical Engineering) and Elizabeth Guazelli of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Understanding the behaviour of particles suspended in a fluid has many important applications across a range of fields, including engineering and geophysics. Comprising two main parts, this book begins with the well-developed theory of particles in viscous fluids, i.e. microhydrodynamics, particularly for single- and pair-body dynamics. Part II considers many-body dynamics, covering shear flows and sedimentation, bulk flow properties and collective phenomena. An interlude between the two parts provides the basic statistical techniques needed to employ the results of the first (microscopic) in the second (macroscopic). The authors introduce theoretical, mathematical concepts through concrete examples, making the material accessible to non-mathematicians. They also include some of the many open questions in the field to encourage further study. Consequently, this is an ideal introduction for students and researchers from other disciplines who are approaching suspension dynamics for the first time.

University of Chicago MRSEC Now Accepting Applications for the Summer 2012 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program

The University of Chicago Materials Research Center (MRSEC) and the Department of Physics offers qualified undergraduate students unique opportunities to experience forefront research. Up to 20 internships will be awarded to students interested in Physics or Interdisciplinary Materials Science. The ten-week program runs from June 11 through August 17, 2012, and carries a stipend of $4,500. We also provide up to $450 travel expense reimbursement and free on-campus housing. Download Application