NAU and ¡MIRA! celebrate Native American Heritage Month. The Native American Cultural Center and the the Office of Indigenous Student Success will be hosting events all month, join us.
¡MIRA! research in quantum materials focuses on emergent quantum behavior of traditional and novel quantum optic materials as well as materials development for quantum computing and associated cybersecurity research
Summer internships for undergraduates
¡MIRA! has joined NCI-SW (Nanotechnology Collaborative Infrastructure Southwest) a NSF funded project. Come work in our ¡MIRA! lab in nanotechnology
¡MIRA! graduate student John Castañeda's research focuses on active matter: designing self-propelled materials that mimic the coordinated movements seen in fish
Our materials range in function from new arterial grafts to the vaccine carriers
MATERIALS SCIENCE
Materials Science is a transdisciplinary field spanning medicine, physics, chemistry, to engineering. Materials Science makes an impact: from saving the environment, bringing renewable energy technologies to market, to creating new materials for medicine.
Culture meets STEM
¡MIRA! Regent's Prof. Yacaman "Maya blue paint: an ancient nanostructured material"
DIVERSITY is in our DNA
¡MIRA! faculty are diverse (50% under represented minority/50% women) and we created a center that is as equally good at creating world-class materials, as nurturing a world-class diverse workforce. We recognize our multicultural surroundings, and that resonates in our science. Come join ¡MIRA!, and bring your whole self!