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CCAM is committed to making breakthrough discoveries of new complex and active materials with novel functionalities to address urgent needs for applications in advanced manufacturing and biotechnologies, provide opportunities for workforce training, and technology transfer to industry.

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CCAM is a newly established NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at the University of California, Irvine, built on UCI’s strengths in multidisciplinary science and engineering research, experiential learning, world-class facilities, and commitment to diversity. Learn More…

News and Updates

CCAM Graduate Student Received 2024 Microscopy & Microanalysis Student Scholar Award
CCAM Graduate Student Received 2024 NSF GRFP Award
CCAM Faculty Member Received WPI Presidential Medal Award
CCAM Investigator Elected to 2024 Class Fellow of Microscopy Society of America
CCAM Investigator Recognized with TMS 2024 Bruce Chalmers Award
CCAM Investigator Awarded a Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Grant
UCI MRSEC Held ESAB Meeting to Review the Center’s Progress
Former CCAM postdoc appointed assistant professor

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Research

IRG 1: Complex Concentrated Materials

Develop foundational interface science for complex concentrated metals and ceramics.

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IRG 2: Bioinspired Active Materials

Develop self-assembly strategies to study fundamental charge-matter interactions in supramolecular “living” materials.

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Seed Projects

Seed program funded by CCAM.

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Center for Complex and Active Materials
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