About Us
Mission
Be a center of excellence for education and research in Surface Metrology serving WPI, and our industrial and academic partners.
Vision
- Generate useful knowledge for our partners.
- Conduct research projects in collaboration with our partners.
- Advance measurement and analysis methods in Surface Metrology.
- Make discoveries that improve the understanding of surface textures for the design of products, processes, and quality control systems.
- Develop Surface Metrology by disseminating new knowledge and by educating outstanding engineers and researchers.
Values
Clarity, quality, timeliness, innovation, discovery, creativity, and continuous improvement in education and research.
Human Resource Goals
- Provide a pleasant and intellectually stimulating environment in which to work and study.
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Support
- a Lab co-director.
- Part-time Secretary.
- 3-6 graduate students, including three, full-time PhD students.
- Undergraduate students in the summer.
- Undergraduate work studies and projects during the school year.
Funding Goals
- Four lab partners by November 2006 (>$60,000)
- Ten lab partners by November 2007 (>$200,000)
- 2008 (>$300,000) become an NSF center
Last modified: September 07, 2007 15:50:38