First name,Last name,Preferred title,Overview,Position,Department,Individual
James,Paramore,Visiting Assistant Professor,,Visiting Assistant Professor,Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n148f6398
Karl,Hartwig,Professor,"My research focuses on: (a) Development of improved materials for various applications: electrical conductors including superconductors, light weight structures, high density structures, and human implants (Mg and Ti); (b) Understanding structure-property-processing relationships in metal alloys; (c) Severe plastic deformation processing of solid and particulate materials via equal channel angular extrusion (ECAE); (d) Applied superconductivity - superconductor stabilizer materials and conductor design; and (e) Material failure analysis.",Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n163f68fe
Melissa,Grunlan,Professor,"Prof. Grunlan's research is focused on the development of polymeric biomaterials for medical devices having resistance to biological adhesion and for implantable scaffolds used in regenerative engineering. The unique properties of these biomaterials afford the opportunity to overcome barriers associated with treating various diseases and medical conditions. Specifically, her research has focused on materials for implanted glucose biosensor membranes [to extend sensor lifetime], hemodialysis catheters [to reduce clotting and infection rates], self-fitting tissue scaffolds [to heal bone defects due to injury, tumor resection or congenital birth defect] and cartilage resurfacing [as an alternative to total joint replacement].",Professor||Professor||Professor,Biomedical Engineering||Materials Science and Engineering||Chemistry,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n1bfcff20
Don,Lipkin,Professor,"My research interests span the design, synthesis and testing of structural and protective materials that must survive under extreme thermochemical environments, such as in turbine engines, fusion reactors, x-ray tubes, and hypervelocity vehicles. How do we design structures to withstand thermal loads that would ordinarily burn through or melt their base materials? How do we make structures that combine new materials with system-level functionalities for cooling, actuating, or communicating? Another passion is achieving sustainability through life-cycle thinking in our materials design. How do we make prudent use of scarce or difficult-to-refine materials through materials design, substitution, reuse,
unconventional extraction, and recycling?",Professor,Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n281991e5
Tahir,Cagin,Professor,"My research interests include: computational materials science and nanotechnology with emphasis on design; characterization and development of multifunctional nano-structured materials for device and sensor applications; fundamental studies on transport phenomena (heat, mass and momentum) at nanoscale and in confined media; thermal, mechanical, electronic and magnetic properties and phase behavior of materials; materials for thermal management, power generation and energy harvesting; and development and application of multiscale simulation methods.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n299235a8
Yu Kelvin,Xie,Assistant Professor,Dr. Kelvin Xie's research focuses on understanding and designing materials at nano- and atomic-scales using
advanced microstructural characterizations (e.g. TEM and atom probe tomography).,Assistant Professor,Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n2de76814
Paotai,Lin,Assistant Professor,"My research focuses on Mid-Infrared integrated Photonics, Biomedical sensors on a chip, Multiscale fabrication technologies, Reconfigurable materials, and
Nanophotonics & metamaterials.",Assistant Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n2f0d383b
Anup,Bandyopadhyay,Associate Research Scientist - Faculty,,Associate Research Scientist - Faculty,Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n32f48f39
Julie,Schoenung,Professor,,Professor||Professor,Mechanical Engineering||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n36199010
Emily,Pentzer,Associate Professor,,Associate Professor,Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n430ead7e
Michal,Demkowicz,Associate Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Associate Professor,Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n47f570b0
Hong,Liang,Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Affiliated faculty,Mechanical Engineering||Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n4923e41d
Homero,Castaneda,Associate Professor,,Associate Professor||Director,Materials Science and Engineering||National Corrosion and Materials Reliability Lab,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n4d1ebe08
Qing,Tu,Assistant Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Assistant Professor,Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n5baa89d3
Ramesh,Talreja,Professor,"My group conducts research on damage, fatigue and failure of composites, effects of manufacturing defects, aging aircraft, and sustainability of aerospace vehicles.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n60e8f94a
Svetlana,Sukhishvili,Professor,"My research focuses on stimuli-responsive all-polymer and polymer nanocomposite assemblies for sensing, separation and biomedical applications; structure and dynamics of polyelectrolyte assemblies; materials with controllable optical, swelling and drug-release responses; remote manipulation of material shape; smart antibacterial materials; and surface modification for controlling wettability, adhesion and adsorption.",Professor,Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n616e513c
Terry,Creasy,Associate Professor,"Hybrid multifunctional composite materials and nastic composites in passive and active applications Nastic Materials for Active, Shape Changing Composites Experimental methods in material characterization Solid and fluid mechanics aspects of processing methods Biomedical applications of materials, biological composites",Faculty Affiliate||Associate Professor||Faculty affiliate,Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n6393762c
Raymundo,Case,Professor of the Practice,My research interests include: corrosion damage distribution model for low alloy steels is CO2/H2S containing environments; pitting a stress corrosion prediction model for stainless steels and CRA's in CO2/H2S containing environments; study of the effect of H2S on the pit growth kinetics and passivity stability in corrosion resistant alloys (CRA); study liquid metal embrittlement (LME) of CRA and High strength Ti by exposure to metallic Hg; and research in corrosion mechanisms and mitigation in super critical environments.,Professor of the Practice,Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n6c6d485e
Brady,Butler,Visiting Assistant Professor,,Visiting Assistant Professor,Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n6d673615
Raymundo,Arroyave,Professor,"Dr. Arroyave obtained his BS degrees in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from the Instituto Tecnol?gico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (M?xico) in 1996. He got his MS in Materials Science and Engineering in 2000 and his PhD in Materials Science in 2004 from MIT. After a postdoc at Penn State, he joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University in 2006. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and holds courtesy appointments in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial and Systems Engineering
Dr. Arroyave's area of expertise is in the field of computational materials science, with emphasis in computational thermodynamics and kinetics of materials. He and his group use different techniques across multiple scales to predict and understand the behavior of inorganic materials (metallic alloys and ceramics). The techniques range from ab initio methods, classical molecular dynamics, computational thermodynamics as well as phase-field simulations. Dr. Arroyave's group recent focus has been on simulation and data-enabled materials discovery and design in a wide range of contexts, including Additive Manufacturing.
Dr. Arroyave has been co-author of more than 250 publications in peer-reviewed journals, 20 conference proceedings as well as close to 120 conference papers and >130 invited talks in the US and abroad. He is the recipient of several awards, including NSF CAREER Award (2010), TMS Early Career Faculty Fellow (2012, Honorable Mention), TMS Brimacombe Medal (2019), ASM Fellow (2020), Acta Materialia Silver Medal (2023). He has been named Texas A&M Presidential Impact Fellow (2017) and Texas A&M University System Chancellor EDGES Fellow (2019). He currently holds the Segers Family Dean's Excellence Professorship.
He is an Associate Editor of Materials Letters, Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation (IMMI) and the Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion. He is involved in ASM and TMS, having served as Chair of the ASM Alloy Phase Diagram Committee, Chair of the TMS Functional Materials Division as well as member of the Board of Directors of TMS. He has chaired or co-chaired more than 20 symposia and has been the lead organizer and co-organizer of several international conferences.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Professor||Professor||Faculty Affiliate,Mechanical Engineering||Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering||Industrial and Systems Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n763870af
Luke,Nyakiti,Instruction Associate Professor,I am involved in basic and applied research that focuses on engineered electronic materials that can easily be integrated into the existing silicon technology for a wide range of applications.,Associate Professor||Associate Professor||Instruction Associate Professor,Marine Engineering Technology||TEES Regional Divisions||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n889e4ddf
Hongcai,Zhou,Professor,"Research topics: Energy Storage for Transportation, Supramolecular Chemistry, Hydrogen and Methane Storage, Carbon Dioxide Capture, Clean-Energy-Related Separation, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Mesh-Adjustable Molecular Sieves, Mesoporous Materials, Biomimetic Synthesis.","Professor, Affiliated Faculty||Faculty Affiliate",Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n8c5a2ac9
Vahid,Attari,Research Assistant Professor,,Research Assistant Professor,Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n930fbd63
Hung-Jue,Sue,Professor,"To direct and conduct research on high performance functional materials for nanotechnology, biotechnology and micro-/nano-electronics packaging applications; surface damage phenomena of polymers; structure-property relationship in polymers, blends, polyolefin films, fiber-reinforced composites, adhesives and nanocomposites; strengthening & toughening of polymers; utilization of processing tools to enhance physical & mechanical properties of polymers.",Director||Faculty Affiliate||Professor,Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering||Polymer Technology Center,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/n99a23a7c
Abdoulaye,Djire,Assistant Professor,"Catalysis and photo-catalysis of hydrogen-based fuels from water and sun light
Electrocatalysis and photo-electrocatalysis of fuels and chemicals from carbon dioxide
Electrochemical and photo-electrochemical ammonia generation from water and air
High-energy and fast-charging electrochemical supercapacitors
Advanced materials and technologies for batteries and fuel cells
Low-cost and efficient two-dimensional (2D) materials by design
High-surface area and electronically conductive transition metal carbides and nitrides
State-of-the-art in-situ spectroelectrochemical techniques
Mechanistic studies at user facilities: NREL, Argonne National Lab, Oak Ridge National Lab",Assistant Professor||Assistant Professor||Assistant Professor,Energy Institute||Chemical Engineering||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na5f1d6ed
Ankit,Srivastava,Associate Professor,"My research focuses on micromechanical modeling of heterogeneous materials; microstructure-based crystal plasticity finite element modeling; phase transformations, statistical fracture modeling; quantifying constitutive behavior of materials by small scale experiments; in-situ mechanical testing; failure analysis; and microstructure design.",Associate Professor,Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/na7cf2e9d
Choongho,Yu,Associate Professor,,Associate Professor||Faculty Affiliate||Associate Professor,Mechanical Engineering||Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/naeabbad3
Mustafa,Akbulut,Associate Professor,"The Akbulut Lab is involved in research in various areas of nanotechnology, surface and interface science, with a special focus on the areas of drug delivery, biomedical interfaces, tribology, surface and intermolecular forces, colloidal stabilization, and crystallization.",Associate Professor||Faculty Affiliate||Associate Professor,Energy Institute||Chemical Engineering||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nb5e5f93d
Miladin,Radovic,Professor,"My research interests include: Processing of advanced ceramics and ceramics composites including ternary carbides and nitrides (MAX phases), Solid state ionics, inorganic polymers (Geopolymers) and their composites; High temperature materials for energy applications; Characterization and modeling of mechanical properties of ceramic and ceramic composites; and
Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy.",Associate Professor and Associate Department Head||Faculty Affiliate,Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nb7b29b58
Dimitris,Lagoudas,Professor,"My research involves the design, characterization and modeling of multifunctional material
systems at nano, micro and macro levels with micromechanics methods developed to bridge the various length scales and functionalities including mechanical, thermal, electrical, magnetic and electrochemical properties. My research team developed one of the most comprehensive thermomechanical models for shape memory alloys and their behavior as actuators for aerospace applications including morphing adaptive supersonic vehicles.",Professor||Professor,Aerospace Engineering||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nbd00cd15
Mathew,Kuttolamadom,Associate Professor,,Faculty Affiliate||Faculty Affiliate||Associate Professor||Associate Professor,Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution||Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering||Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nbd4de409
Ibrahim,Karaman,Professor and Head,,Faculty Affiliate||Professor and Head,Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nc3b0b0fe
Pavan,Kolluru,Assistant Professor,,Assistant Professor,Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nc45648f5
Kadri,Atli,Instructional Associate Professor,,Instructional Associate Professor,Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nc57f4d6f
Xiaofeng,Qian,Associate Professor,"My research focuses on: Materials Theory, Discovery, and Design for Energy Applications and Device Design Aided by HighThroughput Computing; Two-Dimensional Materials and Their Coupled Multi-Physical Properties and Novel Device Concepts; Electronic, Thermal, Ionic, and Excitonic Transport in Nanostructured Materials; First-Principles Methodology Development towards Efficient and Accurate Prediction of Ground-state and Excited-state Properties of Materials; and Multiscale Materials Modeling of Complex Physical and Chemical Processes.",Faculty Affiliate||Associate Professor||Assistant Professor,Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nd67bf9a1
Edwin,Thomas,Professor,"Thomas Research Group is focused on the development of novel polymers and polymer-based composite materials with unusual optical, mechanical, and electronic properties. The main areas of current interest include photonics, phononics, interference lithography and mechanical behavior of microtrusses, polymer physics and engineering of the mechanical and optical properties of block copolymers, liquid crystalline polymers and hybrid organic-inorganic nanocomposites.",Professor,Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ndb6a24d4
Lei,Fang,Associate Professor,"The multi-disciplinary research programs in the Fang Group will focus on the bottom-up synthesis and processing of novel organic polymer materials -- namely, ladder and coplanar polymers, as well as microporous polymer networks -- for the applications on electronics and energy conversion/storage. Our thrust will be to gain profound understanding on the structure-property relationship of these materials at both the molecular and the macroscopic levels by employing the toolboxes of synthetic chemistry and device engineering. With this knowledge, we aim to establish a series of synthetically feasible, high performing, processable organic carbon-based material systems for field effect transistors, light emitting diodes, solar cells, supercapacitors, and batteries, and to be at the forefront in the enhancement of their efficiencies.",Faculty Affiliate||Associate Professor||Associate Professor,Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering||Chemistry,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/ne3bd8752
George,Pharr,Professor,,Professor,Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf0ffc94e
Amine,Benzerga,Professor,Amine Benzerga's research focuses on the deformation and fracture of advanced materials used in transportation and power generation systems; nanomechanics; and computational mechanics of materials.,Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Director||Professor,Center for Intelligent Multifunctional Materials and Structures||Aerospace Engineering||Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf13b335b
Jaime,Grunlan,Professor,"Broadly speaking, our research is focused on polymers and nanocomposites with protective properties that rival metals and ceramics, while maintaining beneficial polymer mechanical behavior. We are particularly interested in the development of multifunctional surfaces prepared using the layer-by-layer assembly and polyelectrolyte complexation. Nearly everything we produce is water-based and sustainable polymers and nanoparticles are also important. We are very active in gas/moisture barrier for food packaging and environmentally benign flame retardant treatments for foam, fabric, wood, etc. Heat shielding for hypersonics, antimicrobial, and anti-corrosion coatings are also of interest.",Faculty Affiliate||Professor||Professor||Professor,Mechanical Engineering||Energy Institute||Materials Science and Engineering||Chemistry,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf6b135dd
Alan,Needleman,Professor,,Professor||Professor,Mechanical Engineering||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nf96717b5
Enrique,Lavernia Borrego,Professor,Synthesis and behavior of nanostructured and multi-scale materials with particular emphasis on processing fundamentals and physical behavior.,Professor||Professor,Mechanical Engineering||Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nfd1d10da
Michael,Dimitriyev,Assistant Professor,,Assistant Professor,Materials Science and Engineering,https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/nfef24661