ADS Foundation Donates $1 Million to the University of Minnesota Duluth’s Advanced Materials Center - Seite 2

“The value and understanding gained at UMD’s Advanced Materials Center, under the direction of Dr. Michael Pluimer, is critical to this process and to the future of the environment,” said Talley. The AMC, through research and exploration, is equipping future scientists and engineers with the skills and knowledge they need to continue to solve for this important challenge and identify more ways to repurpose plastic waste into different formats.”

The mission of the AMC is to provide leadership in interdisciplinary research, training and outreach that supports the generation and application of novel sustainable and resilient materials for the benefit of UMD students, faculty and regional industrial partners, while also conserving and protecting our natural resources for the benefit of future generations. The AMC helps support a graduate program in Applied Materials Science and Engineering that attracts students from various undergraduate disciplines in science and engineering.

"One thing that differentiates this Master’s program from other graduate programs in Materials Science is that it is applied in nature and directly connects students to the industries in which they will eventually be working,” said Pluimer. ”The program contains a semester-long research project where they work on a real-world materials-related problem with an industrial partner, and students who graduate from the program are prepared to make an immediate impact in the industry.”

About the Advanced Materials Center

Housed in the Heikkila Chemistry & Advanced Materials Science Building on the University of Minnesota Duluth campus, the mission of the Advanced Materials Center (AMC) is to provide leadership in interdisciplinary research, training and outreach that supports the generation and application of novel sustainable and resilient materials for the benefit of our students, faculty and regional industrial partners, while also conserving and protecting our natural resources for the benefit of future generations. Visit scse.d.umn.edu/research/amc.

About UMD

One of five campuses that comprise the University of Minnesota System, the University of Minnesota Duluth integrates liberal education, research, creative activity, and public engagement and prepares students to thrive as lifelong learners and globally engaged citizens. With an enrollment of nearly 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, the Duluth campus offers 87 undergraduate and post-baccalaureate degrees, and graduate programs in more than 24 different fields. See UMD’s Land Acknowledgement statement. Visit d.umn.edu.