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Condensed Matter and Materials Research Committee The Condensed Matter and Materials Research Committee (CMMRC) (formerly the Solid State Sciences Committee) is a standing committee responsible for advising the Board on Physics and Astronomy and the National Research Council on the fields of condensed matter science and materials research, including the physics, chemistry, and biological applications of these fields. A principal role of the CMMRC is to plan, develop programs, and oversee activities that may be initiated under its auspices. In conducting its work, the CMMRC holds discussions with researchers in academe, industry, and government laboratories; managers of the research enterprise; and policy leaders in science and technology communities. The committee also meets with representatives from federal agencies providing support for the fields noted above, with those discussions focusing on current programs, policies, trends, and issues. The CMMRC plans and develops prospectuses for studies and other activities (e.g., workshops), which are to be carried out by separately appointed ad hoc committees/panels and can result in NRC reports. Such reports may contain assessments of research areas with recommendations aimed at facilitating scientific progress in the forefront areas of research in these fields. The CMMRC also participates in decadal surveys of physics by assisting in the organization of the Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (CMMP) volume of the survey. Project Information Upcoming Meetings May 7-8, 2012
Washington, DC | November 12-13, 2012
Irvine, CA |
Past Meetings May 2-3, 2011
Keck Center
Washington, DC
Agenda -- Presentations | November 4-5, 2011
Beckman Center
Irvine, CA | April 15-16, 2010
Keck Center
Washington, DC
Agenda -- Speaker List | October 21-22, 2010
Beckman Center
Irvine, CA
Agenda -- Speaker List | April 1-2, 2009
Keck Center
Washington, DC
Agenda -- Presentations | October 14-15, 2009
Beckman Conference Center
Irvine, CA
Agenda -- Presentations | April 11-12, 2008
Keck Center
Washington, DC
Agenda -- Presentations | October 23-24, 2008
Beckman Conference Center
Irvine, CA
Agenda -- Presentations | April 19-20, 2007
Keck Center
Washington, DC
Agenda -- Presentations | October 18-19, 2007
Beckman Conference Center
Irvine, CA
Agenda -- Presentations
| April 6, 2006
Keck Center
Washington, DC
Agenda -- Presentations | October 19-20, 2006
Beckman Conference Center
Irvine, CA
Agenda -- Presentations
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Committee Members and NRC Staff
Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Chair, Northwestern University
George Crabtree, Vice-chair, Argonne National Laboratory
Paul Canfield, Ames Laboratory
Andrew Millis, Columbia University
Stuart S. P. Parkin, IBM Almaden Research Center
Daniel C. Ralph, Cornell University
Jerry Simmons, Sandia Natinal Laboratory
Mark Stiles, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Dale Van Harlingen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
David A. Weitz, Harvard University
NRC Staff Donald C. Shapero, Board Director
James Lancaster, Program Officer
Caryn Knutsen, Associate Program Officer
Teri Thorowgood, Administrative Coordinator Current Report-writing Activities The committee is discussing several projects, but there are no on-going activities at this time. Past Report-writing Activities - Research at the Intersection of Physical and Life Sciences, 2010
- Frontiers in Crystalline Matter: From Discovery to Technology, 2009
- BMAP: Biomolecular Materials and Processes, 2008
- CMMP 2010: An Assessment of and Outlook for Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2007
- An Assessment of the Impact of the NSF’s Materials Research Science & Engineering Centers Program, 2007
- Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics: The Science of the World Around Us: An Interim Report, 2006
- Midsize Facilities: Infrastructure for Materials Research, 2005
- Opportunities in High Magnetic Field Science, 2005
- Materials and Society: From Research to Manufacturing – Report from a Workshop, 2003
- Letter report on the Spallation Neutron Source, 2000
- Condensed Matter and Materials Physics: From Basic Research to Tomorrow’s Technology, 1999
- Materials in a New Era: Proceedings of the 1999 Solid State Sciences Committee Forum, 1999
- The Physics of Materials: How Science Improves Our Lives, 1997
- Biomolecular Self-Assembling Materials: Scientific and Technological Frontiers, 1996
Recent Publications
Support The Committee is pleased to acknowledge continuing support from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy. |
