The future of a host of technologies, ranging from lightweight fuel-efficient low-emission vehicles and jet engines to safer and effective hypersonic and nuclear capabilities, rests on our ability to design, discover, and develop advanced structural materials with desired properties and performance metrics. This calls for revolutionary advancements in the field of structural materials using advanced processing and manufacturing techniques that can control nano and microscale features, high-resolution material characterization techniques, small-scale & in-situ testing techniques, and large-scale modeling & simulation capabilities. A team of materials science and engineering researchers employ a range of advanced tools – including high-performance research computing, a suite of additive and advanced material manufacturing techniques, state-of-the-art testing techniques, and high-resolution microscopes – to model, manipulate, characterize and visualize new advanced structural materials.
Core Faculty
Raymundo Arróyave
- Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Associate Department Head for Research, Materials Science & Engineering
- Presidential Impact Fellow
- Chancellor EDGES Fellow
- Engineering Dean’s Research Fellow
- Segers Family Dean's Excellence Professor
- Office: RDMC 216
- Phone: 979-845-5416
- Email: rarroyave@tamu.edu
Amine Benzerga
- Professor, Aerospace Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering
- General Dynamics Professor in Aerospace Engineering
- Director, Center for Intelligent Materials and Structures (CiMMS)
- Office: HRBB 520B
- Phone: 979-845-1602
- Email: benzerga@tamu.edu
Jeffrey Bullard
- Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering
- Office: DLEB 503F
- Phone: 979-458-6482
- Email: jwbullard@tamu.edu
Michael J. Demkowicz
- Director of Graduate Programs, Materials Science & Engineering
- Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Presidential Impact Fellow
- Office: RDMC 212
- Phone: 979-458-9845
- Email: demkowicz@tamu.edu
Ibrahim Karaman
- Department Head, Materials Science & Engineering
- Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Regents Professor
- Chevron Professor I
- Office: RDMC 245
- Phone: 979-862-3923
- Email: ikaraman@tamu.edu
Pavan V. Kolluru
- Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Office: RDMC 217
- Phone: 979-458-6669
- Email: pavan.kolluru@tamu.edu
Alan Needleman
- Professor, Materials Science & Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
- University Distinguished Professor
- Royce E. Wisenbaker '39 Chair II
- Permanent Member, Hagler Institute for Advanced Study
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Office: RDMC 226
- Phone: 979-862-2021
- Email: needle@tamu.edu
George M. Pharr IV
- Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- University Distinguished Professor
- Erle Nye ’59 Chair I
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Office: RDMC 244
- Phone: 979-458-3182
- Email: pharr@tamu.edu
Xiaofeng Qian
- Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- AZZ Inc. Fellow
- Affiliated Faculty, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Office: RDMC 224
- Phone: 979-458-9843
- Email: feng@tamu.edu
Miladin Radovic
- Associate Department Head
- Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Director, Materials Characterization Facility
- Office: RDMC 213
- Phone: 979-845-5114
- Email: mradovic@tamu.edu
Ankit Srivastava
- Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Office: RDMC 211
- Phone: 979-458-9841
- Email: ankit.sri@tamu.edu
Kelvin Xie
- Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Eugene Webb Faculty Fellow
- Office: RDMC 247
- Phone: 979-458-3184
- Email: kelvin_xie@tamu.edu
