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Materials / Composites Research
Associated Faculty
Faculty members within the School of Engineering who are actively involved in cutting-edge research in materials and composites include:
| Mark Aindow | microstructural development in titanium, aluminum and other engineering alloys |
| Pamir Alpay | microstructure-properties relations to ferroic materials, phase transformation in ferroelectric, ferromagnetic and superconducting thin films |
| Ted Bergman | thermal processing of conventional and nanostructured materials |
| Hal Brody | casting and solidification, materials processing |
| James Galligan | performance of metals |
| Maurice Gell | advanced coatings, thermal barrier coatings, non-destructive testing |
| Eric Jordan | mechanical behavior of materials, high temperature materials, thermal barrier coatings, thermal spray nanocrystalline materials, micromechanics of deformation, structural behavior of ceramic coating systems |
| Harris Marcus | solid freeform fabrication, surface spectroscopy, PdO/PD catalyst alloys |
| Richard Parnas | phase transitions, polymer interfaces, composite processes |
| Ranga Pitchumani | advanced materials processing, composite materials, materials structure-property relationships, thermofluid sciences, microscale and sub-microscale processes |
| Leon Shaw | nanostructured coatings, aluminum alloys, prosthodontics |
| Montgomery Shaw | polymer rheology, phase behaviors in polymer solutions, aging of polymeric dielectrics |
| Mei Wei | production, characterization, modeling and coating of biomaterials |
| Robert Weiss | polymer blends exhibiting strong specific interactions compatibilization of liquid crystalline polymer (LCP) blends, electrically conductive polymers |
| Lei Zhu | polymer phase transitions in one-, two-, and three-dimensional nano-confined systems, structure and morphology of block co-polymer brushes at surfaces and interfaces |
Selected Research Profiles
- Improved application of coatings improves equipment performance. . .
- Method improves jet engine performance. . .
- Fractals aid in design and processing of polymer matrix composites. . .
- Understanding composite formation at the most fundamental level. . .