Primary Recipient

BOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Amount

$305,314.00

Award Date

7/30/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

The overall purpose of this project is to improve basic scientific knowledge of how crystalline solids deform, with a focus on earth materials and the mineral quartz in particular. The ability to predict the response of crystalline solids to forces that c