Welcome to IPRIME
IPRIME focuses on creating opportunities for professionals in industry to collaborate with students and researchers at the University of Minnesota. This exchange provides a productive environment for addressing key areas in interfacial and materials science.
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Research Programs
Coating Process Fundamentals (CPF)
Microstructured Polymers (MP)
Nanostructural Materials and Processes (NMP)
Biocatalysis and Biotechnology (BB)
Biomaterials and Pharmaceutical Materials (BPM)
Electronic Materials and Devices (EMD)
Flexible Electronics and Photovoltaics (FEP)
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NSF Report Highlights IPRIME for Industrial Collaboration
"Increase industry sabbaticals in academia.
Industry sabbaticals are encouraged through personal relationships and in some consortia (for example, the IPRIME consortium at the University of Minnesota, where over 200 industrial researchers have participated in its Industrial Fellows Program)."
What's in the News
Bates inducted into National Academy of Sciences
May 4, 2018 - Regents Professor Frank S. Bates was inducted into the prestigious National Academy of Sciences (NAS) during the National Academy of Sciences 155th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, April 28, 2018. Bates was among only 84 researchers nationwide to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2017.
Kumar named Distinguished McKnight University Professor
March 13, 2018 - Satish Kumar is among six recipients of the 2018 Distinguished McKnight University Professorship. The University-wide program seeks to honor and reward the most distinguished and highest-achieving mid-career faculty...
Efie Kokkoli, of the BPM program, Talks about DNA Nanotechnology
March 13, 2018 - Efie Kokkoli is featured in this CSE video for her breakthrough research on DNA nanotechnology.
Kumar selected as APS Outstanding Referee for 2018
Feb. 26, 2018- Professor Satish Kumar is among 147 Outstanding Referees selected by the American Physical Society (APS) for 2018 that have demonstrated exceptional work in the assessment of manuscripts published in the Physical Review journals.
Collaborative work of Macosko, Bates, and Xu wins 2017 AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize
Feb. 14, 2018 - Frank Bates, Chris Macosko, and Jun Xu of the Microstructured Polymers group have researched the development of a new additive that helps meld incompatible types of plastic together, which holds important implications for recycling
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