MATERIALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE

MATERIALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE http://mri.ait.ie/

The Materials Research Institute (MRI) of Athlone Institute of Technology is the home of polymer and materials research since 2007. Currently, the MRI consists of two industry focused research centres namely:

• Centre for Industrial Services and Design (CISD) http://www.cisd.ie/
  
• Applied Polymer Technologies (APT) http://www.aptireland.ie/
  

Enterprise Ireland Technology Gateway Centre, and four research programmes divided into the MRI’s core areas of expertise.

Our four research programmes are:

• Biomedical Materials
  
• Controlled Release
  
• Polymer Processing and Additive Manufacturing
  
• Composites and Upscaling