THE CENTER
FOR NANOPHASE MATERIALS SCIENCES
USER GROUP
Welcome to the CNMSUG
The formation of CNMSUG was initiated in 2005 when the CNMS
management started to identify several users as the Charter
Members of the Users Executive Committee (UEC). These Charter
Members were responsible for preparing the charter of the CNMSUG,
and coordinating the election of the first UEC. Four Charter
Members were appointed in 2006 including Haiping Cheng (University
of Florida), Brian Holloway (Luna Innovations Inc.), S. Michael
Kilbey, II (Acting Chair; Clemson University), and Yoke Khin
Yap (Michigan Technological University). Under the leadership
of Michael Kilbey and Tony E. Haynes (CNMS user coordinator),
a proposed Charter was prepared by the Charter Members. The
purpose of this Charter was to establish the initial bylaws,
structure and procedures for CNMSUG.
The CNMSUG was officially founded on September 7, 2007 when
its Charter was unanimously approved by the voting users. According
to the Charter, all lead principal investigators on approved
CNMS user projects and all badged CNMS users become CNMSUG
members for three years from the initiation of their CNMS project.
The stated purpose of the CNMSUG is:
Nominations for the UEC were immediately solicited among CNMSUG
members and nominations were closed after the 2007 user meeting,
October 10-11, 2007. The CNMS users voted for their first UEC
during an online election held between December 18, 2007 and
January 7, 2008. The following candidates were elected to serve
on the 2008 CNMS User Executive Committee with terms ending
December 31, 2008.
