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The MRSEC at UW-Madison offers adaptable K-12 activities, a Research Experience for Teachers program, and promotes inclusive teaching practices for diverse learning environments.

Each July, Penn State MRSEC coordinates a science outreach event at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, engaging ~1300 visitors through interactive demonstrations and fostering mentorship among volunteers.

UCSB ScienceLine is an "Ask a Scientist" program allowing K-12 students to submit questions answered by researchers, with responses archived for educational purposes.

MEM-C collaborates with UHM and UCF in PREM programs to advance complex nanomaterials for energy-efficient technologies and sustainable solutions while enhancing education in materials science among underrepresented minorities.

MORE (Mentorship Opportunities for Research Engagement) at NU facilitates graduate student mentorship for high schoolers in STEM, promoting high-level research collaborations with local schools.

Northwestern's MWM project offers interdisciplinary, hands-on science modules for middle and high school students, enhancing materials science education and aligning with national standards, impacting over 100,000 students nationwide.

The UW MEM-C AYRA REU program provides undergraduate students with research experiences, professional development, and lab integration across two or three academic quarters, culminating in a symposium presentation.

The MRSEC at Harvard promotes scientific literacy and engineering awareness through its Holiday Lecture Series, collaborating with Princeton MRSEC to engage families in materials science topics since 2002.

The CCAM Materials REU is an eight-week program for up to 18 students, emphasizing MSE fundamentals, interdisciplinary research, advanced degree preparation, and skill-building seminars under faculty mentorship.

The transport properties of oxides underscore many of the most exciting applications of these complex materials, ranging from solid electrolytes for fuel cells, to the interplay between electrical and thermal transport in thermoelectric oxides, to their use in thermal barrier coatings and potential for first wall materials for fusion reactors as well as for long-term immobilization of radioactive waste.