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Mark Aindow Professor Executive Director for Innovation, External Engagement, and Industry Relations |
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Defects and Interfaces, Microstructural Development in Alloys and Thin Films & Electron Microscopy | |
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S. Pamir Alpay Associate Dean for Research and Industrial Partnerships; GE Professor in Advanced Manufacturing; Executive Director, UConn IPB/Tech Park |
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Materials Modeling, Functional Materials, Metallurgy | |
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Harold D. Brody Distinguished Professor |
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Materials Processing, Alloy Casting and Solidification & Process Models | |
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Avinash M. Dongare Associate Professor United Technologies Corporation (UTC) Professor in Engineering Innovation |
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Atomic Scale Modeling, Mesoscale Modeling, Microstructural Evolution, Mechanics of Materials, Defects, Interfaces, Materials Under Extreme Environments | |
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Lesley D. Frame Assistant Professor |
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Metals Processing, Manufacturing, Corrosion, Residual Stress, Phase Transformations, Structure – Property – Processing Relationships | |
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Pu-Xian Gao Professor |
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Nanomaterials Synthesis, Characterization and Manipulation, Nanotechnology for Energy, Environmental and Biomedical Applications | |
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Rainer Hebert Associate Professor, Castleman Professor in Engineering Innovation, Director of Additive Manufacturing Innovation Center, and Associate Director of IMS |
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Phase Transformations, Metals & alloys, Metalic Glasses & Severe Plastic Deformation Processing | |
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Bryan D. Huey Department Head, Professor |
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Scanning Probe Microscopy, Photovoltaics, Data Storage Dynamics, Nano-Bio-Mechanics, Functional Ceramics | |
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Jasna Jankovic Assistant Professor |
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Advanced Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques, Nanomaterials for Clean Energy Applications, Fuel Cells, Batteries, Structure-Property-Performance Correlation | |
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Theo Z. Kattamis Professor |
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Solidification and Metals Joining, Materials Processing, Thin Coatings & Tribology | |
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Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D. University Professor and Van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Professor |
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Advanced Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Biodegradable Polymers, Nanotechnology | |
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Seok-Woo Lee Assistant Professor, Castleman Term Professor in Engineering Innovation |
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Mechanical Behavior of Materials at Multi-Length Scales, In-situ Cryogenic Nanomechanical Characterization, Computer Simulations of Dislocations, Single Crystal Growth, Laser-beam Lithography, Polymer Nanocomposites | |
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Fiona Leek Director Undergraduate Laboratories, Assistant Professor-in-Residence |
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Polymer Characterization and Failure Analysis | |
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Radenka Maric Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, CT Clean Energy Fund Professor of Sustainable Energy |
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Novel Materials for High Temperature Fuel Cells | |
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Serge M. Nakhmanson Associate Professor and Director for Undergraduate Studies |
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Multiscale Modeling of Materials, Multifunctional Ferroics, Soft Materials | |
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Volkan Ortalan Associate Professor |
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Ultrafast Electron Microscopy, Aberration-corrected In-situ TEM, Heterogeneous Catalysts, Materials Under Extreme Conditions, Polymers, Low-dimensional Materials, Additive Manufacturing | |
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George A. Rossetti Jr. Associate Department Head, Associate Professor |
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Dielectric & Piezoelectric Ceramics, Ferroelectricity, Phenomenological Modeling, Electrical & Thermophysical Properties Characterization | |
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Stefan Schaffoener Assistant Professor |
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Ceramics and composites, Corrosion, High temperature materials processing | |
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Prabhakar Singh UTC Endowed Chair Professor |
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High Temperature Materials, Oxidation and Corrosion, Electrochemistry, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells | |
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Yuanyuan Zhu Assistant Professor |
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Advanced and In-situ STEM, Deep Learning, Heterogenous Catalysis, Irradiation Effects, Functional Nanomaterials | |
Faculty with Affiliate Appointments |
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Yusuf Khan Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UConn Health Center |
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Tissue Engineering, Biocompatible and Biodegradable Scaffolds | |
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Sangamesh Kumbar Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UConn Health Center |
Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery Applications | ||
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Lakshmi Nair Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UConn Health Center |
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Regenerative Engineering, Injectable Hydrogels, Nanostructured Materials, Drug Delivery |
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Syam Nukavarapu |
Biomaterials, Engineered Matrices, Tissue Engineering |
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Additional Faculty in MSE Graduate Program |
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Menka Jain |
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Synthesis, Characterizations, and Understanding Structure-Property Relationships of Various Interesting Functional and Multifunctional Materials (i.e. Dielectric, Ferroelectric, Ferromagnetic, Multiferroic, Magnetoelectric, Thermoelectric) | |
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Liisa T. Kuhn Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering |
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Biomaterial Scaffolds for Drug Delivery and Bone Tissue Engineering | |
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Jeffrey McCutcheon Associate Professor |
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Membrane Separations, Polymer Electrospinning, Forward Osmosis/Osmotic Power | |
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Richard Parnas |
Biofuels Process Design, Biodegradable Polymers, Pervaporation Membranes, and Biomass Extraction | ||
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Steven L. Suib Director of IMS, Board of Trustees Professor, Professor of Chemistry |
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Solid State Inorganic Chemistry, Zeolites and Microporous Materials, Environmental Chemistry, Plasma Chemistry and Catalysis, Semiconductors, Inorganic Photocatalysis, Batteries, Ceramics | |
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Brian Willis Associate Professor |
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Nanotechnology, Nanofabrication, Photocatalysis, Plasmonics | |
Teaching, Research & Adjunct Faculty |
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Ryan M. Deacon |
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Alloy Development, High Temperature Corrosion, Materials Characterization with Electrons and X-rays | |
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Maurice Gell Research Professor |
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Advanced Coatings Technology Development for Enhanced Durability, Superior Thermal Barrier Coatings | |
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Daniel Goberman Adjunct Professor |
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High Temperature Environmental Barrier Coatings for Aerospace Applications | |
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Weiming Lu Adjunct Professor |
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Carbon Materials and their Applications | |
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Rajiv Naik Adjunct Professor |
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Composite Materials, Materials Design, Mechanical Properties | |
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Greg Ojard Adjunct Professor |
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Experimental Characterization of Mechanical Properties of Advanced Materials | |
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Rampi Ramprasad Research Professor |
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Rational Materials Design Using First Principles and Data-driven Methods | |
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Diane J. Van Scoter Associate Professor in Residence, MEM |
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Process Improvement and Development of STEM Teaching Methods and Materials | |
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Mei Wei Research Professor |
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Tissue Engineering, Scaffolds, Biomimetic Coatings, Ceramic-Polymer Composites, Nanomaterials, Drug Delivery | |
Emeritus Faculty |
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C. Barry Carter Emeritus Professor |
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Interfaces & Defects; Metals, Ceramics, Materials and Semiconducters; Nanomaterials; TEM, SEM and AFM. Materials for Energy Products and Storage; MSE Education | |
James M. Galligan Emeritus Professor |
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Norbert D. Greene Emeritus Professor |
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Eric Jordan United Technologies Professor of Advanced Materials Processing |
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Mechanical Behavior of Materials, High Temperature Materials, Thermal Barrier Coatings, Thermal Spray Processing and Properties, and Nano Crystalline Materials | |
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Harris L. Marcus Emeritus Professor |
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Freeform Fabrication, Mechanical Behavior, Fatigue, Nanotechnology & Photonic Crystals | |
John E. Morral Emeritus Professor |
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Donald Potter Emeritus Professor |
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Materials Characterization, AFM, SEM, TEM, XRD |