Mission
Our Mission
1. Conduct basic and applied research in advanced smart materials or devices for application to vehicle sub-systems and components
- Focus on active material based composites, magnetostrictive materials, ferromagnetic shape memory alloys, new elastomeric elements, and magnetorheological (MR) fluid based devices
- Achieve force and motion control performance goals including superior dynamic behavior
2. Build an unmatched base of research, engineering education, and technology transfer
- Improved automotive performance
- Unprecedented safety improvements
- Enhanced vehicle efficiency
3. Develop a generation of well-trained engineers with an experimental viewpoint to complement theoretical understanding
- Provide highly qualified researchers at the MS and PhD levels
- Advanced industrial education (short courses, web based tutorials and conceptual demonstrations)
NSF I/UCRC
More details can be found on the National Science Foundation I/UCRC web site.
