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| The Center's mission is to: (i) develop new and "disruptive" technologies based upon new organic and hybrid materials, processed into devices at low cost; (ii) create a better-trained, diverse workforce in the area of materials and devices for information technology, and to improve the diversity of that work force through proactive recruiting and innovative web-based cooperative learning; (iii) create new opportunities for providing interdisciplinary, hands-on education by facilitating exchange of students amongst groups with diverse research capabilities and interests; (iv) formulate cooperative research and development agreements, intellectual property agreements, and personnel exchanges to promote inter-university, research university/designated-minority institution, and university/industry/Federal laboratory interactions; (v) develop and implement new modes of technology transfer and entrepreneurship and assess how these modes impact inventors (students, faculty, and postdoctoral fellows) and universities; (vi) create road maps for organic and hybrid photonics and electronics; (vii) design, implement, and assess new educational approaches that provide more flexible and accessible career pathways for students; and (viii) provide ethics training through lectures given at each university to all incoming members; topics will include scientific integrity, the concept of inventorship, accurate record keeping, and the requirement to share credit. |
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