1:00 p.m.

Welcome

• M. Tirrell, Chair, MRSEC Impact Assessment Committee

1:05

Composition and Balance Discussion

• D. Shapero, Director, Board on Physics and Astronomy (BPA)

2:00

Introduction to the National Research Council (NRC)

• T.I. Meyer, BPA staff

2:30

General Discussion

3:00

General Discussion of the Study

4:30

Discussion

5:00

Perspectives from the MRSEC Directors Group

• T. Russell, University of Massachusetts; Chair, MRSEC Directors Group

5:30

Discussion

8:30 a.m.

Discussion

10:15

Break

10:45

Discussion of Assessment Strategies

Noon

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Discussions, Including Work Plan

8:30 a.m.

Welcome and Plans for the Meeting

• M. Tirrell

9:00

Initial Findings of the Management and Facilities Group

• F. DiSalvo, Cornell University

9:30

Initial Findings of the Industrial Collaboration Group

• D. Dimos, Sandia National Laboratories

10:00

Initial Findings of the Research Group

• P. Chaikin, New York University

10:30

Initial Findings of the Education and Outreach Group

• D. Leslie-Pelecky, University of Nebraska

1:00 p.m.

Single-Investigator Research Perspectives

• J. Brauman, Stanford University

1:30

Discussion

1:45

The Role of Industry in University-Based Center Research

• C. Duke, Xerox (retired) [via teleconference]

2:15

Discussion

2:30

International Collaboration in Materials Research

• A. Cheetham, University of California at Santa Barbara

3:00

Discussion

3:15

Break

3:30

Perspectives on Education and Outreach

• P. Dixon, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory [via teleconference]

4:00

Discussion

4:15

Instrumentation and Facilities

• R. Nuzzo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

5:00

Committee Discussion

8:00 a.m.

Discussions

8:30

Working Group Breakout Sessions

10:30

Break

10:45

Group Discussion

11:45

Plans for Next Meeting

1:00 p.m.

Tour of Materials Research Laboratory

• G. Fredrickson, M. Evans, University of California at Santa Barbara

8:30 a.m.

Welcome and Plans for the Meeting

• M. Tirrell

9:00

Update from Industrial Collaboration Group

• D. Dimos

9:30

Update from Research Group

• R. Nuzzo

10:00

Update from Management and Facilities Group

• F. DiSalvo

10:30

Update from Education and Outreach Group

• D. Leslie-Pelecky

11:00

Committee Discussion

Noon

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Themes Characterizing Impact of the MRSECs

• M. Tirrell

2:00

Breakout Sessions

3:30

Break

3:45

Reconvene for Group Discussion

8:00 a.m.

Discussion of Findings and Recommendations

10:30

Break

10:45

Review of Plans for Site Visits

• T.I. Meyer

11:30

Plans Going Forward

• M. Tirrell

8:30 a.m.

Welcome and Plans for the Meeting

• M. Tirrell

8:35

Review of Progress: What Have We Learned?

8:45

Mixed Breakout Sessions

11:30

Reconvene and Committee Discussion

Noon

Working Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Findings and Recommendations

3:30

Break

3:45

Continued Discussion

8:30 a.m.

Plans for the Day

• M. Tirrell

8:45

Breakout Sessions

10:00

Break

10:15

Group Discussions

11:45

Plans Going Forward

• M. Tirrell