Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM)
Director
James C. Sturm
Executive Committee
Robert H. Austin, Physics
Ravindra Bhatt, Electrical Engineering
Robert J. Cava, Chemistry
Stephen Y. Chou, Electrical Engineering
Claire Gmachl, Electrical Engineering
Richard B. Miles, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Richard A. Register, Chemical Engineering
Jean E. Schwarzbauer, Molecular Biology
Winston O. Soboyejo, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
James C. Sturm, Electrical Engineering
David W. Tank, Molecular Biology, Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
Sigurd Wagner, Electrical Engineering
Sits with Committee
Joseph X. Montemarano
The Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM) is a multidisciplinary research and education center in the fields of materials science and photonics. Its mission includes graduate and undergraduate education and research that will have a long-term impact on society. Key elements of PRISM are the integration of the sciences and engineering, with work spanning from fundamental materials theory through device and system applications, and the integration of our work with that outside Princeton, including that of industry. Departments participating in PRISM include chemical engineering, chemistry, civil and environmental engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, geosciences, mechanical and aerospace engineering, molecular biology, and physics. Education is carried out formally through the undergraduate Program in Materials Science and Engineering, a graduate course curriculum, and participation in the research programs of the institute for all students.
A special focus of PRISM is the rapidly growing intersection of hard materials (such as conventional semiconductors, metals, ceramics) and soft materials (polymers, organic and biological molecules, fluids, cells), and all of the fields that fundamentally underpin this work. Work at this intersection includes organic and large-area electronics, self-organizing structures, biomedical imaging, nanostructures, microfluidics, bio-chips, quantum information materials and systems, mid-infrared optics, sensor networks, and many emerging opportunities.
Critical to our interaction both within Princeton and outside of Princeton are professionally staffed central research facilities. These include the Micro/Nano Fabrication Lab and the Imaging and Analysis Center.