In December 2003 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced a joint award to the University of Washington and Wichita State University to create a new Air Transportation Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials (JAMSCOE). This award established a center led by the UW and named the FAA Center for Advanced Materials in Transport Aircraft Structures (AMTAS). Academic members of AMTAS include the UW, Washington State University, Oregon State University, and Edmonds Community College. As lead institution of AMTAS, the UW is responsible for overall administration of AMTAS, oversight of AMTAS projects conducted by all academic members, and hosting of an annual AMTAS Conference. This proposal requests FAA funding necessary to administer AMTAS. As in all other AMTAS proposals, the FAA funding requested will be matched on a 1:1 basis from non-federal sources.