• Prof. James Adams

  Development of computational models of materials; properties of materials; applications of computational material modeling.

• Prof. Kiran Solanki

  Multi-scale modeling of metals; atomistic simulations; nano-, micro-, and macro-scale phenomena; constitutive modeling of metallic alloys; plasticity and damage behavior; crystal plasticity; fatigue and fracture; uncertainty analysis.

• Prof. Jay Oswald

  Multi-scale modeling of materials; dislocation modeling; material interfaces; material failure processes; shock propagation in polymers; fracture; dislocation-induced plasticity.

• Prof. Hanqing Jiang

  Constitutive multi-scale modeling and simulation; microscale constitutive models of metallic materials mechanics of soft materials, composite and laminate materials; carbon nanotubes and graphene; nanomechanics and nanocomposites.

• Prof. Subramaniam Rajan

  Computational mechanics; constitutive material modeling; composites; impact mechanics; finite element analysis; high-performance and parallel computations.

• Prof. Amanesh Tasooji

  Constitutive modeling and physics-based materials modeling; material deformation, life prediction, and reliability modeling methodologies (creep, fatigue, creep-fatigue-interaction, stress-corrosion-cracking).

• Prof. Stephen Krause

  Materials engineering; polymer science; materials characterization; and engineering design.

• Prof. Mary Laura Lind

  Advanced materials synthesis and characterization; environmental nanotechnology; membrane technology; synthesis and characterization of bulk metallic glasses.

• Prof. Pedro Peralta

  Mechanical properties of materials; deformation and fracture of metals and ceramics under cyclic and shock loading; fatigue and extreme loading in metals.

• Prof. Henry Sodano

  Multifunctional materials; nanocomposites; ferroelectrics; responsive materials; smart materials; adaptive structures; energy harvesting materials.

• Prof. Terry Alford

  X-ray and electron diffraction; physical materials science, structure and properties of materials; advanced materials issues in semiconductor processing; materials processing and synthesis.

• Prof. Ray Carpenter

  Metallurgy; phase transformation; interfaces in solids; nanostructure; electronic materials; high-resolution analytical electron microscopy.

• Prof. Aditi Chattopadhyay

  Smart materials and adaptive structures; structural health monitoring and damage prognosis; mechanics of composites; multi-scale analysis; multidisciplinary design optimization.

• Prof. Nikhilesh Chawla

  Mechanical behavior and modeling of advanced materials at bulk and small length scales, including Pb-free solders, metal matrix composites, biocompatible coatings, metal-ceramic nanolaminates, and powder metallurgy alloys.

• Prof. Peter Crozier

  Synthesis, characterization and evolution of nanomaterials and nanostructures; nanocharacterization of semiconductor quantum dots and wires; electron beam assisted synthesis of materials; advanced transmission electron microscopy.

• Prof. Lenore Dai

  Surface, interfacial, and colloidal science; nanorheology and microrheology; materials at the nanoscale; synthesis of novel polymer composites and “smart” materials.

• Prof. Sandwip Dey

  Chemical processing science of electroceramics and contact metals; metal oxide chemical vapor deposition.

• Prof. Rodolfo Diaz

  Engineered materials; measurement of electromagnetic properties of materials; interaction between electromagnetic waves and materials; combined computational mechanics and electromagnetics; radar absorbing materials and structures.

• Prof. Cody Friesen

  Surface material science.

• Prof. Ravi Gorur

  Materials for advanced insulators, dielectrics and electrical insulating materials; nanodielectrics; high voltage material testing techniques; computer aided design.

• Prof. Kamil Kaloush

  Pavement materials design; characterization; thermal properties; advanced testing; field performance evaluation; statistical analyses; modeling; computer applications.

• Prof. Jian Li

  Design and synthesis of advanced materials for organic semiconductor devices; structural, electrical, and optical properties; organic light emitting devices; organic photovoltaics; organic memory and organic thin film transistors.

• Prof. Barzin Mobasher

  Mechanics of composite materials; new material development and processes for manufacture, analysis, and design; transport properties of solids; fracture mechanics of composites; composites for power delivery systems.

• Prof. Narayanan Neithalath

  Material properties of cement, concrete, and composites; experimental techniques for materials characterization.

• Prof. Nathan Newman

  Thin film materials synthesis and materials characterization; semiconductor, superconductor and dielectric materials; growth, characterization and modeling of novel solid-state materials for microwave, photonic, and high-speed applications.

• Prof. Vincent Pizziconi

  Bioresponsive and biomimetic materials; nanoscale structure and properties of soft biological materials; biopolymers; bioactive ceramic thin film coatings; bioresponsive coatings.

• Prof. Greg Raupp

  Chemical reactions at surfaces, with emphasis on gas-solid interfaces; photocatalytic reactions; biocompatible smart coatings.

• Prof. Ronald Roedel

  Semiconductor materials and devices; silicon and compound semiconductor materials; modeling devices made from large bandgap materials.

• Prof. Della Roy

  Inorganic and ceramic materials synthesis, processing, and characterization; phase equilibria; chemically bonded ceramics; biomaterials synthesis; nano- and micro-structural design; durability of materials.

• Prof. Karl Sieradzki

  Nanoporous materials; electrochemistry and electrochemical energy devices; alloy corrosion; thermodynamics of surfaces and thin film processes; mechanics and physics of solids.

• Prof. Brian Skromme

  Compound semiconductor materials; wide bandgap materials for optoelectronic, high frequency, high power, and high temperature devices; optical characterization of semiconductor materials; GaN and SiC-based materials and devices.

• Prof. Nongjian Tao

  Nanostructured materials and devices; electrochemical nanofabrications; interfaces between biological molecules and solid materials.

• Prof. Trevor Thornton

  Micro- and nano-scale fabrication.

• Prof. Ampere Tseng

  Manufacturing; micro- and nano-fabrication.

• Prof. Mark van Schilfgaarde

  Electronic and magnetic materials; first-principles electronic structure methods to materials problems; self-consistent GW approximation.

• Prof. Bryan Vogt

  Nanostructure-property-processing relationships of advanced materials; polymers; thin films; microelectronics; electronically active polymers; characterization of thin films and interfaces for electronic applications; flexible electronics.

• Prof. Jieping Ye

  Informatics; data mining; machine learning.

• Prof. Hongbin Yu

  Quantum size effect in metallic and semiconducting nanostructures; surface and interface physics and chemistry; nanostructure and nano-device fabrication and characterization; transport in nanostructures.

• Prof. Yong-Hang Zhang

  Optoelectronic materials; molecular beam epitaxy; high efficiency solar cells and other optoelectronic materials, devices and their applications.

• Prof. Yi Chen

  Database management for scientific data; data storage; indexing; query processing; data model and query language design; data integration and optimization.