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Research Centers & Institutes

NSM has a wide range of institutes and centers for research and teaching.

NSM Research Centers & Institutes
Center for Educational Software Development (CESD)
Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing (CHM)
Center for Geometry, Analysis, Numerics and Graphics (GANG)
Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval (CIIR)
Center for Knowledge Communications (CKC)
Center for UMass-Industry Research In Polymers (CUMIRP)
Climate Systems Research Center (CSRS)
Massachusetts Center for Renewable Science and Technology (MassCREST)
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)
Scientific Reasoning Research Institute (SRRI)
Natural History Collections and Museum

 

Affiliated Centers & Institutes
MassNanoTech
Pioneer Valley Life Science Institute
Center of Excellence in Apoptosis Research
Institute for Cellular Engineering
Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere

  • Computer Science researchers have developed and are marketing UBot 5, a robotic assistant for the elderly
  • J. Zane Barlow, Biology, and graduate student Shabnam Beheshti, Mathematics & Statistics, selected as 2008 UMass Amherst Distinguished Teachers
  • Duncan Irschick, Biology, featured in National Geographic, Science Daily for his research on rapidly evolving lizards in transplanted environments
  • Ray Bradley, Geosciences, featured in 2-part radio spot on WFCR’s Field Notes discussing effects of accelerated accumulation of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere
  • Junior Michael Krainin, honors double major in Computer Science and Mathematics, named Goldwater Scholar
  • 13 Biology undergraduates selected for 2008 Summer Research Internship Program and $3,600 stipend
  • Alfred Crosby, Polymer Science & Engineering, received 2008 Rohm & Haas New Faculty Award
  • Kevin Fu, Computer Science, 1 of 8 UMass professors to receive $30,000 President’s Office grants to develop promising technologies for commercialization
  • Oliver Brock, Computer Science, featured in Boston Globe article regarding interactive robot for Lou Gehrig’s patients
  • Kevin Fu, Computer Science, featured in national news including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal for research about security flaws in cardiac defibrillators
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