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NSF NSDL Materials Digital Library & MSE Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Laura M. Bartolo,
Sharon C. Glotzer,
Cathy S Lowe,
Adam C. Powell,
Krishna Rajan,
Donald R. Sadoway,
James A. Warren and
Vinod K. Tewary
Laura M. Bartolo
Affiliation:
lbartolo@kent.edu, Kent State University, Materials Informatics Lab, College of Arts & Sciences, 036 Science Research Building, Kent, OH, 44242-0001, United States, 330.672.1691, 330.672.2938
Sharon C. Glotzer
Affiliation:
sglotzer@umich.edu, University of Michigan, Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Materials Science & Engineering, United States
Cathy S Lowe
Affiliation:
clowe@kent.edu, Kent State University, College of Arts & Sciences, United States
Adam C. Powell
Affiliation:
hazelsct@mit.edu, MIT, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, United States
Krishna Rajan
Affiliation:
krajan@iastate.edu, Iowa State University, Department of Materials Science & Engineering,, United States
Donald R. Sadoway
Affiliation:
dsadoway@mit.edu, MIT, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, United States
James A. Warren
Affiliation:
jwarren@nist.gov, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Materials Science & Engineering Laboratory, United States
Vinod K. Tewary
Affiliation:
tewary@boulder.nist.gov, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Materials Science & Engineering Laboratory, United States
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Abstract

The National Science Foundation created the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) in order to establish a technical, communal, and organizational framework for access to high quality resources and tools that support innovations in teaching and learning at all levels of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. As part of the NSDL, the Materials Digital Library (MatDL) Pathway focuses specifically on serving the materials science (MS) community with a target audience that includes MS undergraduate and graduate students, educators, and researchers. MatDL is a collaborative effort involving the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Kent State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Michigan, Iowa State University, and Purdue University. Our network of collaborations also includes a Nanoscience Interdisciplinary Research Team, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, and International Materials Institute. A primary goal of MatDL is to bring materials science research and education closer together. MatDL provides innovative uses of digital libraries and the web as educational media in the MS community with particular emphasis on providing: 1) tools to describe, manage, exchange, archive, and disseminate scientific data 2) workspace for open access development of modeling and simulation tools 3) services and content for virtual labs in large undergraduate introductory science courses, and 4) workspace for collaborative development of core undergraduate MS teaching resources for emerging areas. This paper will provide an overview of the NSDL MatDL Pathway, details about specific aspects of the project, as well as interactions between research and education.

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nanoscalenanostructureself-assembly

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 909: Symposium PP – Forum on Materials Science Education , 2005, 0909-PP02-01
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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