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The Molecular Engineering & Sciences (MolES) Institute is an interdisciplinary institute at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.

The Institute is housed in the Molecular Sciences and Engineering Building and provides dedicated space for shared instrumentation and collaboratories where new interdisciplinary teams can come together to explore and develop new approaches and ideas. Specially sited and designed to minimize vibration and electromagnetic interference, the building is also home to the Molecular Analysis Facility, which gathers sensitive characterization, nanofabrication, and surface analysis instrumentation. The building houses more than 15 faculty members, 3 research centers and 4 major instrumentation centers.

History

The Institute was founded in 2011 and integrated the faculty, staff, events, and activities of the Center for Nanotechnology (CNT) into its operations. The CNT, established by Professors Viola Vogel and Charlie Campbell through the University Initiative Fund and in operation from 1997 – 2012, was founded with the goal of catalyzing nanoscale science and technology research, educating the next generation of academic and industrial leaders, and providing cutting edge instrumentation for nanoscale fabrication and characterization to regional, national and international users. The MolES Institute continues to support this mission, bringing together faculty teams and research centers across the UW to develop solutions for major societal challenges in the areas of Clean Technology and Biotechnology and providing dedicated space for research collaboratories and shared instrumentation.

In 2013 the NanoTech Dual Titled Degree program was updated and revised to include aspects of molecular engineering, and the resulting Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering (NTME) Program was adopted by all participating departments. An independent Ph.D. program in Molecular Engineering (MolE) intended to provide breadth in its fundamental molecular description of matter and depth in its specialization toward molecular systems has been offered since Autumn 2014.

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