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Responsibility for management of the Center lies with the Director, who consults regularly with an Internal Advisory Committee (IAC) composed of the IRG Coordinators and the Associate Director, who oversee the Shared Experimental Facilities. An External Advisory Board (EAB), that includes representatives from industrial, government and educational institutions, reviews the Center annually. This review coincides with the CUMIRP review to disseminate more broadly the activities of the MRSEC and enhance contact between industrial scientists and our students. The Director of the MRSEC reports annually to the Vice Provost for Research. Decisions regarding institutional support for the Center (e.g. allocation of staff positions, and matching funds) are made in consultation with the Vice Provost for Research, the Provost and the Deans of the Colleges of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and of Engineering. |
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An integral part of the polymer research program at the University of Massachusetts is the close coupling of academic research to industrial and government institutions. Over 40 companies and government agencies are tied into the polymer research effort at the University through 57 contracts. These institutions span a very large range of interests including high tech companies like Hewlett-Packard, materials suppliers such as Amoco, DuPont and Hoechst-Celanese, consumer and health oriented corporations such as Alza, Procter and Gamble and Bayer, and government organizations such as the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Environmental Technology for Waste Prevention Institute. Directed and unrestricted research support through the Center for UMass-Industry Research on Polymers (CUMIRP; $1.8M) and from corporate fellowships and unrestricted gifts ($120,000) totals approximately $1.9 million per year and accounts for nearly one-third of the research support for the faculty. |
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Administration