Welcome to PREM
What is PREM?
 PREM
is a $2.8M National Science
Foundation funded Partnership for Research
& Education in Materials between Florida Agricultural & Mechanical
University (FAMU) and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) that seeks to integrate
Research and Education in a manner that appeals to minority students,
thereby resulting in an increase of minority graduates in science and
engineering.
What are PREM’s objectives?
This program has four specific objectives, namely:
- To provide opportunities for minority students to participate in Materials
Science and Engineering (MSE) research at FAMU and CMU,
- To strengthen the quality of the MSE curriculum at FAMU,
- To strengthen the MS and Ph.D. programs in MSE at FAMU, by creating
courses and attracting new graduate students to the program, and
- To strengthen the materials research program at FAMU by creating a
set of research collaborations between FAMU and CMU.
How does it work?
- Undergrads: Undergraduate students participate in
paid research work during the academic year at the FAMU-FSU College
of Engineering. Some of these students are selected each year to participate
in the PREM Summer Research Experience at CMU. This is a paid ten-week
program which begins in late May or early June each year.
- Grads: This program provides for the mentoring of
graduate students in the field of Materials Science and Engineering.
PREM also covers graduate tuition and provides stipends over the course
of the student’s entire degree program at the FAMU-FSU College
of Engineering. The research areas covered by PREM include (magnetic)
processing and characterization of a whole range of materials.
Undergraduate and graduate students
are organized into teams, under the mentorship of a professor from both
FAMU and CMU. The students receive jointly taught Materials Science lectures
via a live Internet connection. This multi-media component also provides
regular live teleconferencing between the students and faculty at both
institutions. This provides a pool of minority students excited about
research and expands their exposure to research and graduate school.
It is anticipated that the partnership will strengthen the quality of
the FAMU materials science curriculum at both the undergraduate and graduate
levels and enhance the opportunities for minority students to participate
in materials science research at CMU. It will also enhance the materials
science research resources at both institutions through long-term collaboration,
shared equipment, and shared software.
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