Additive Manufacturing
| Faculty | Applications |
|---|---|
| Dwayne D. Arola Devin MacKenzie Eleftheria Roumeli Quansan Yang | Aerospace Armors Space Exploration Biocomposite materials Sustainability Electronics Energy Sensing Photonics and quantum materials Scalable solution processing of energy, electronic, optical & quantum materials |
Biomaterials & Bionanotechnology
| Faculty | Applications |
|---|---|
| Dwayne D. Arola Bruce Hinds Kannan Krishnan Devin MacKenzie Peter Pauzauskie Eleftheria Roumeli Avik Som Quansan Yang Miqin Zhang Shuai Zhang | Biocompatibility, protein & cell micropatterning Tissue engineering Photodynamic Therapy Bio-Sensors Protein immobilization Drug delivery & diagnostics Nano-, bio-technology Sustainability Biohybrid materials for environment and sustainability Membranes Kidney Dialysis |
Data Science & Computation
| Faculty | Applications |
|---|---|
| Ting Cao Devin MacKenzie Navid Zobeiry | Manufacturing Polymers AAI/ML for additive manufacturing and biosensing Quantum Materials Energy Materials |
Energy Materials
| Faculty | Applications |
|---|---|
| Jun Liu Devin MacKenzie Jihui Yang | Scalable solar cell materials and processing Energy systems and storage Energy conversion Li-ion battery materials |
Materials Characterization
| Faculty | Applications |
|---|---|
| Guozhong Cao Ting Cao Mo Chen Bruce Hinds Juan Carlos Idrobo Jun Liu Peter Pauzauskie Xiaodong Xu Quansan Yang Shuai Zhang Navid Zobeiry | High resolution & analytical electron microscopy Micro- & nanostructure determination Optical microscopy technique development X-ray, optical, Raman & electron spectroscopy X-ray & neutron scattering Scanning probe microscopy Interface & surface characterization Microwave-optical material characterization Electronic, photonic & microwave photonic characterization Magnetic, mechanical & thermal properties characterization Aerospace composites High-resolution & high-speed atomic force microscopy 3D fast force mapping |
Materials Chemistry
| Faculty | Applications |
|---|---|
| Dwayne D. Arola Guozhong Cao Ting Cao Bruce Hinds Kannan Krishnan Jun Liu Devin MacKenzie Peter Pauzauskie Avik Som Xiaodong Xu Jihui Yang Quansan Yang Miqin Zhang Shuai Zhang | Environmental effects Block-copolymers Self-assembly Interface engineering Biocrystallization Reaction kinetics & thermodynamics Interfacial dynamics & mineralization Photo and electro catalysis |
Materials Modeling
| Faculty | Applications |
|---|---|
| Lucien Brush Ting Cao Kannan Krishnan Di Xiao Jihui Yang Navid Zobeiry | Atomistic computer simulations of structures Properties of crystalline defects Computational modeling of solidifications Modeling studies of materials processing Electronic structure calculations Modeling of magnetic & mechanical properties Micro-magnetic modeling First-principles calculations Multi-scale modeling of failure Process simulation of polymer composites |
Materials Physics
| Faculty | Applications |
|---|---|
| Ting Cao Mo Chen Kannan Krishnan Di Xiao Xiaodong Xu Matthew Yankowitz Shuai Zhang | Nano-mechanics Condensed matter physics Semiconductor materials Magnetic materials Topological & electronic materials |
Quantum Materials
| Faculty | Applications |
|---|---|
| Ting Cao Mo Chen Devin MacKenzie Charles Marcus Peter Pauzauskie Di Xiao Xiaodong Xu Matthew Yankowitz | Quantum dot & photonics processing for integrated quantum optical devices First-principles calculations Theory Quantum optoelectronics Quantum electronics Quantum information science Data storage and computing |