Pennsylvania State University, Materials Research Lab records, 1949-1996.

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Pennsylvania State University, Materials Research Lab records, 1949-1996.

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The Materials Research Lab records consist of correspondence, reports, and internal newsletters primarily concerning the Xerox awards, the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) program, and research with Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA).

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International Research and Exchanges Board

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The Inter-University Committee on Travel Grants (IUCTG) was established in the 1950s to administer academic exchanges between the US and the Soviet Union and East Europe. For a period in its early years, the IUCTG was headquartered at Indiana University and chaired by IU professor Robert Byrnes until 1968, when it was absorbed by the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) and moved to New York. From the description of International Research and Exchanges Board records, 195...

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Pennsylvania State University. Materials Research Laboratory

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Founded in 1962 by solid state professor Rustum Roy, the Materials Research Lab was an interdisciplinary facility in Penn State's Institute for Science and Engineering. As part of the intercollege research program, affiliates of the Lab worked with physics, chemistry, earth sciences, ceramics, and metallurgy. Financially, research projects were heavily supported by industry, as material technologies are the industrial base of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The facility was unique in its focus...