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CORE MSE FACULTY
Mark Aindow
Professor
Executive Director for Innovation
External Engagement, and Industry Relations
Defects and Interfaces, Microstructural Development in Alloys and Thin Films & Electron Microscopy
S. Pamir Alpay
Interim Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor
Materials Modeling, Functional Materials, Metallurgy
Atomic Scale Modeling, Mesoscale Modeling, Microstructural Evolution, Mechanics of Materials, Defects, Interfaces, Materials Under Extreme Environments
Metals Processing, Manufacturing, Corrosion, Residual Stress, Phase Transformations, Structure – Property – Processing Relationships
Nanomaterials Synthesis, Characterization and Manipulation, Nanotechnology for Energy, Environmental and Biomedical Applications
Rainer Hebert
Professor
Director of Pratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Center
Associate Director of IMS
Phase Transformations, Metals & alloys, Metalic Glasses & Severe Plastic Deformation Processing
Scanning Probe Microscopy, Photovoltaics, Data Storage Dynamics, Nano-Bio-Mechanics, Functional Ceramics
Jasna Jankovic
Assistant Professor
Advanced Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques, Nanomaterials for Clean Energy Applications, Fuel Cells, Batteries, Structure-Property-Performance Correlation
Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D.
University Professor
Van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Chair Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Chief Executive Officer, Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translation in Regenerative Engineering
Regenerative Engineering, Advanced Biomaterials, Nanotechnology, Polymer Chemistry, Polymer Physicsy
Seok-Woo Lee
Associate Professor
Castleman Term Professor in Engineering Innovation
Director for Undergraduate Studies
Mechanical Behavior of Advanced Structural Materials, Dislocation Plasticity, Fracture Mechanics, Nano-Mechanics, Deformation Under Cryogenic Environment, High Strain Rate Deformation, Materials for Space Exploration, Metal Additive Manufacturing
Fiona Leek
Director Undergraduate Laboratories
Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Polymer Characterization and Failure Analysis
Radenka Maric
President | University of Connecticut
Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor
Novel Materials for High Temperature Fuel Cells
Serge M. Nakhmanson
Associate Professor
Director for Accreditation
Multiscale Modeling of Materials, Multifunctional Ferroics, Soft Materials
Volkan Ortalan
Associate Professor
Ultrafast Electron Microscopy, Aberration-corrected In-situ TEM, Heterogeneous Catalysts, Materials Under Extreme Conditions, Polymers, Low-dimensional Materials, Additive Manufacturing
George A. Rossetti Jr.
Associate Professor
Associate Department Head
Dielectric & Piezoelectric Ceramics, Ferroelectricity, Phenomenological Modeling, Electrical & Thermophysical Properties Characterization
Prabhakar Singh
UTC Endowed Chair Professor
High Temperature Materials, Oxidation and Corrosion, Electrochemistry, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Xueju "Sophie" Wang
Assistant Professor
Design and Fabrication of Flexible, Multifunctional Structures and Electronics, Mechanics of Deformation and Fracture of Materials, Energy Storage and Conversion
Yuanyuan Zhu
Assistant Professor
MSE Honors Program Director
Advanced and In-situ STEM, Deep Learning, Heterogenous Catalysis, Irradiation Effects, Functional Nanomaterials
FACULTY with AFFILIATE APPOINTMENTS
Yusuf Khan
Associate Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UConn Health Center
Tissue Engineering, Biocompatible and Biodegradable Scaffolds
Sangamesh Kumbar
Associate Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UConn Health Center
Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery Applications
Lakshmi Nair
Associate Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UConn Health Center
Regenerative Engineering, Injectable Hydrogels, Nanostructured Materials, Drug Delivery
Syam Nukavarapu
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Biomaterials, Engineered Matrices, Tissue Engineering
ADDITIONAL FACULTY in MSE GRADUATE PROGRAM (eligible as primary advisors for PhD/MS students)
Steven L. Suib
Director of IMS
Board of Trustees Professor
Department of Chemistry
Solid State Inorganic Chemistry, Zeolites and Microporous Materials, Environmental Chemistry, Plasma Chemistry and Catalysis, Semiconductors, Inorganic Photocatalysis, Batteries, Ceramics
TEACHING, RESEARCH, ADJUNCT FACULTY and SCHOLARS
Ryan M. Deacon
Adjunct Professor
Alloy Development, High Temperature Corrosion, Materials Characterization with Electrons and X-rays
Alyssa Denno
Adjunct Professor
Alloy Processing, Failure Analysis for Aerospace Applications, Material Characterization with Scanning Electron Microscopy
Daniel Goberman
Adjunct Professor
High Temperature Environmental Barrier Coatings for Aerospace Applications
Sanjeev K. Nayak
Research Scholar
First-principles Thermodynamics, Defects in Solids, Defect Induced Magnetism and Structural Transformations in Complex Oxides
Greg Ojard
Adjunct Professor
Experimental Characterization of Mechanical Properties of Advanced Materials
Sanjubala Sahoo
Research Scholar
First-principles Modeling, Physics and Chemistry of Surfaces, Catalysis and Magnetism
Stefan Schaffoener
Research Professor
Ceramics and Composites, Corrosion, High Temperature Materials Processing
Diane J. Van Scoter
Associate Professor in Residence
Management & Engineering for Manufacturing (MEM)
Process Improvement and Development of STEM Teaching Methods and Materials
EMERITUS FACULTY
Norbert D. Greene
Emeritus Professor
Eric Jordan
Emeritus Professor
Theo Z. Kattamis
Emeritus Professor