Institute for Materials Science and Nanotechnology (IMSN)
Gordon Nelson, Ph.D., Dean, College of Science and Professor of Chemistry, Acting Director
The IMSN mission is to enhance and expand materials research and outreach at Florida Tech and advance nanotechnology research and outreach by promoting joint multi-investigator research, encouraging interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary research, coordinating shared faculty infrastructure, recruiting scholars and students, coordinating presentation of materials- and nanotechnology-related activities to external governmental and non-governmental agencies, foundations and industry, and promoting collegiality and cohesiveness within the university in the area of materials and nanotechnology. The 21 institute faculty come from diverse engineering and science disciplines. Current research funding of participating faculty is approximately $4 million, including research, instrumentation and participation in multi-investigator projects