--- title: MIT selected to lead new NSF materials research center description: MIT will lead a new National Science Foundation Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), part of a $108 million NSF investment across six... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mit-selected-to-lead-new-nsf-materials-research-center-o8g6tsueq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: MIT selected to lead new NSF materials research center | daily.dev og:description: MIT will lead a new National Science Foundation Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), part of a $108 million NSF investment across six... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mit-selected-to-lead-new-nsf-materials-research-center-o8g6tsueq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/o8g6tsUeQ.png og:image:alt: MIT selected to lead new NSF materials research center og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # MIT selected to lead new NSF materials research center **[MIT News](https://daily.dev/sources/mit)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary MIT will lead a new National Science Foundation Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), part of a $108 million NSF investment across six centers. The MIT center is expected to receive $18 million over six years, uniting 16 research groups from nine departments across four institutions, including three collaborating universities and a teaching hospital. Research will focus on advancing X-ray detector materials for medical imaging and studying high-temperature sulfur-based molten materials to improve metal and semiconductor production. The center, directed by Associate Professor Rafael Jaramillo with Professor Caroline Ross as associate director, will also fund a shared MIT.nano lab for magnetic and extreme-condition materials testing, plus outreach programs like the DISASTER! initiative exploring historical materials failures such as the Titanic's rivets and the de Havilland Comet crashes. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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