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Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

cement chemistry, advanced characterization methods for cementitious materials, low-carbon concrete, supplementary cementitious materials, calcined clay technology, LCA of cement-based materials

Mary Scott

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

structural materials, electronic materials, magnetic materials, optical materials, chemical and electrochemical material

Mark Asta

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

computational materials science

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

metallurgy, nanomechanics, electron microscopy, in situ TEM, electron microscopy of soft materials

Thomas M. Devine

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

corrosion resistance of materials, additive manufacturing of metals

Jie Yao

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

optical materials, nanophotonics, optoelectronics, magnetic materials, ferroelectrics

John Arnold

Dept of Chemistry

organometallic chemistry, organometallic catalysis, materials chemistry, coordination chemistry

Zakaria Al Balushi

Zakaria Al Balushi

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

electronics, magnetic and optical materials, quantum materials synthesis, optoelectronics

Alex Zettl

Dept of Physics

physics, condensed matter physics, fullerenes, condensed matter experiments, characterize novel materials with unusual electronic and magnetic ground states, low-dimensional and nanoscale structures, superconductors, giant magnetoresistance materials, nanotubes, graphene, boron nitride nanostructures, neural probes, NEMS (nanoelectromechanical systems)

Junqiao Wu holding a wafer with his reflection

Junqiao Wu

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

semiconductors, nanotechnology, energy materials, condensed matter physics and materials science

Daryl C. Chrzan

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

materials science and engineering, computational materials science, metals and metallic compounds, defects in solids, growth of nanostructures

Kristin Persson holding molecule model

Kristin Persson

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

Lithium-ion Batteries, multivalent batteries, organic electrolytes, polar materials, datamining of materials properties for energy applications

Jeffrey R. Long

Jeffrey R. Long

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Dept of Chemistry

inorganic and materials chemistry, synthesis of inorganic molecules and higher dimensional solids, precise tailoring of chemical and physical properties, gas storage, molecular separations and catalysis in porous materials, magnetic and conductive materials

Don Tilley in his office

Dept of Chemistry

inorganic, organometallic, polymer and materials chemistry, transition metal compounds, catalysis, new chemical transformations, advanced solid state materials, renewable energy, solar fuels

Kyriakos Komvopoulos

Kyriakos Komvopoulos

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

contact mechanics, fracture and fatigue of engineering materials, finite element modeling of surface contact and machining, thin-film processing and characterization, adhesion and fatigue of MEMS devices, plasma-assisted surface functionalization of biomaterials, surface patterning for cell adhesion and growth control, mechanics & tribology of magnetic recording devices, microfibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering, tribology and mechanics of artificial joints, mechanical metamaterials

Oscar Dubon

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

magnetic, optical materials, processing, properties in electronic

John W. Morris, Jr

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

structural materials, computational materials, the limits of strength, deformation mechanisms, non-destructive testing with SQUID microscopy, mechanisms of grain refinement in high strength steels, lead-free solders for microelectronics

Frances Hellman

Frances Hellman

Dept of Physics

condensed matter physics and materials science

Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

chemical biology, microbiology, natural product biosynthesis, enzyme discovery and characterization, drug discovery

Alessandra Lanzara

Dept of Physics

materials science, ultrafast science, quantum materials, sustainable materials, topological phases of matter

Carlos Bustamante

Carlos Bustamante

Dept of Chemistry

Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology

Dept of Physics

nanoscience, structural characterization of nucleo-protein assemblies, single molecule fluorescence microscopy, DNA-binding molecular motors, the scanning force microscope, prokaryotes

Robert O. Ritchie

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

structural materials, mechanical behavior in biomaterials, creep, fatigue and fracture of advanced metals, intermetallics, ceramics

J. W. Evans

Dept of Materials Science and Engineering

production of materials, particularly fluid flow, reaction kinetics, mass transport, electrochemical, electromagnetic phenomena governing processes for producing materials, metals, storing energy

Dept of Nuclear Engineering

microscopy, nanomaterials, Nuclear materials, material science, radiation damage, corrosion in liquid metals, materials development, materials under extremes, nuclear applications, ion beam microscopy, nanoscale mechanical testing

Costas Grigoropoulos

Costas P. Grigoropoulos

Dept of Mechanical Engineering

heat transfer, laser materials processing, nano-manufacturing, energy systems and technology