Materials Characterization and Processing
Transforming the modern foundry
Mission Statement
The MCP serves as the central core resource for interdisciplinary materials research and characterization at Johns Hopkins University. As an open user facility, the mission the MCP is to provide researchers with a comprehensive suite of advanced instruments capable of processing and examining materials from the macroscale down to the atomic level, supported by expert technical assistance and a collaborative, multidisciplinary research environment to drive scientific breakthroughs.
research labs supported in 2024
institutions supported
in state-of-the-art equipment
ft2 of lab, classroom, and office space
Tarunika Ramprasad, Assistant Research Scientist at the MCP
"Since I've started at the MCP, I've gotten a chance to both expand my repertoire in my field, cosmochemistry and planetary materials, and work on new things like ancient artifacts, daguerreotypes, pigments from traditional Chinese artworks. I think it's amazing that the tools at the facility let us look forward and backward in time, providing new insights into 4.56-billion-year-old objects and cutting-edge high-performance materials alike."
