University of Wisconsin-Madison
ADVANCED MATERIALS INDUSTRIAL CONSORTIUM
What is UWAMIC?
The Advanced Materials Industrial Consortium gives commercial partners the opportunity to collaborate with students and faculty in advanced materials research across the UW–Madison campus. The consortium facilitates interaction with university resources through a wide range of paths, including:
- Technology transfer
- Shared instrumentation
- Sponsored research
- Student internships in industry
- Visiting industrial researchers at UW–Madison
- Early industrial access to student and
postdoctoral researcher recruiting - Industrial advisory committee functions
- Consulting
UWAMIC Membership Levels and Benefits
Companies may join UWAMIC at any of three membership levels:
- Full membership
- Regional alliance membership for companies in WI, IL, IA, and MN
- Small business membership
Key member benefits include:
- Opportunities for input into research directions and planning
- Access to prospective student interns
- Invitation to an annual program review of research highlights presented by faculty, researchers, and students
- Access to shared instrumentation in university laboratories
- Collaboration by a visiting industrial fellow in residence in a UW-Madison laboratory. Details of the collaboration and residence period for hosted research may depend on the facility.
Research Programs and Facilities
Member organizations are provided access to shared UW-Madison research facilities at a discount for a time period dependent upon the membership level. Shared research facilities are available at these internationally recognized research and education centers:
- NSF Materials Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) in Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces
- NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) facilities at the NSF-sponsored Synchrotron Radiation Center (SRC) in Templated Synthesis and Assembly at the Nanoscale
- Additional MRSEC/NSEC shared facilities as appropriate to research goals
- Wisconsin Center for Applied Microelectronics (WCAM)
- Materials Science Center (MSC)
UWAMIC News
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In May, 14 striking, larger-than-life photographic prints that are both comfortingly organic and starkly abstract will enable patrons of Mother Fool's Coffeehouse in Madison to visualize a scientific world that's rarely seen outside the laboratory. "Sights Unseen: Images of the Nanoscale" is an art exhibit featuring research images captured by faculty, staff and students in the University of Wisconsin-Madison National Science Foundation-funded Materials Research Science and Engineering Center on Nanostructured Interfaces and the NSF-funded Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center. The exhibit runs throughout May, with an opening reception from 7-9 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, at the coffeehouse, 1101 Williamson St. The coffeehouse hours are 6:30 a.m.-11 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m.-11 p.m. weekends.
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Since scientists first learned to make nanowires, the tiny wires just a few millionths of a centimeter thick have taken many forms, including nanobelts, nanocoils and nanoflowers. But when UW-Madison chemistry professor Song Jin and graduate student Matthew Bierman accidentally made some pine tree shapes one day — complete with tall trunks and branches that tapered in length as they spiraled upward — they knew they'd stumbled upon something peculiar.
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In May, 14 striking, larger-than-life photographic prints that are both comfortingly organic and starkly abstract will enable patrons of Mother Fool's Coffeehouse in Madison to visualize a scientific world that's rarely seen outside the laboratory. "Sights Unseen: Images of the Nanoscale" is an art exhibit featuring research images captured by faculty, staff and students in the University of Wisconsin-Madison National Science Foundation-funded Materials Research Science and Engineering Center on Nanostructured Interfaces and the NSF-funded Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center. The exhibit runs throughout May, with an opening reception from 7-9 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, at the coffeehouse, 1101 Williamson St. The coffeehouse hours are 6:30 a.m.-11 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m.-11 p.m. weekends.
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Pioneering University of Wisconsin-Madison stem cell scientist James Thomson was elected today to the National Academy of Sciences.
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Jeanine Gelhaus, the NSEC Teacher Fellow and middle school teacher at Medford Middle School , has been selected as the Wisconsin recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). The PAEMST is the highest recognition that a kindergarten through 12th-grade mathematics or science teacher may receive for outstanding teaching in the United States.