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 academia, 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
• Past Meetings
• Committee Members and NRC Staff
• Current Report-writing Activities
• Past Report-writing Activities
• Recent Publications
• Support

Upcoming Meetings

Past Meetings

Committee Members and NRC Staff

Pierre Wiltzius, Chair, University of California-Santa Barbara
Susan Coppersmith, Vice Chair, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Charles Ahn, Yale University
Karin Dahmen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thomas Epps, University of Delaware
Giulia Galli, University of Chicago
Olivia A. Graeve, University of California, San Diego
Aharon Kapitulnik, Stanford University
Anthony Ku, National Institute of Clean and Low-Carbon Energy
Peter Littlewood, Argonne National Laboratory
Tom Lubensky, University of Pennsylvania
David Mandrus, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Leslie Momoda, HRL Laboratories
Karen Winey, University of Pennsylvania
Tom Witten, University of Chicago

NRC Staff

James Lancaster, Board Director
Chris Jones, Program Officer
Donald Shapero, Senior Scholar
Neeraj Gorkhaly, Associate Program Officer
Linda Walker, Program Coordinator
 

Current Report-writing Activities        

Frontiers of Materials Research - A Decadal Survey

Past Report-writing Activities

• Harvesting The Fruits of Inquiry How Materials Discoveries Improve Our Lives, 2014 
• High Magnetic Field Science and Its Application in the United States, 2013
• 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 

	Harvesting the Fruits of Inquiry How Materials Discoveries Improve Our Lives Released 2014
	High Magnetic Field Science and Its Application in the United States Released 2013
	Research at the Intersection of the Physical and Life Sciences Released 2010
	Frontiers in Crystalline Matter: From Discovery to Technology Released 2009
	Inspired by Biology: From Molecules to Materials to Machines Released 2008
	Condensed-Matter and Materials Physics: The Science of the World Around Us Released 2007

Support

The Committee is pleased to acknowledge continuing support from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy.