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Scalable and affordable synthesis and processing of materials are fundamental for their facile implementation. Our faculty is at the forefront of the synthesis and processing of a wide range of materials that can bring new technologies to fruition. Research topics range from high-entropy and shape memory alloys, damage, heat and oxidation tolerant ceramics to self-healing and damage tolerant polymers and novel 2D materials.

Core Faculty

Sarbajit Banerjee

  • Senior Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
Sarbajit Banerjee

Jeffrey Bullard

  • Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering
Jeffrey Bullard

Ibrahim Karaman

  • Department Head, Materials Science & Engineering
  • Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
  • Regents Professor
  • Chevron Professor I
Ibrahim Karaman

Yuxuan "Cosmi" Lin

  • Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Affiliated Faculty, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Yuxuan "Cosmi" Lin

Emily Pentzer

  • Affiliated Faculty, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering
  • Associate Dean for Research, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Professor, Department of Chemistry
  • Presidential Impact Fellow, Texas A&M University
Emily Pentzer

Miladin Radovic

  • Associate Department Head
  • Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
  • Director, Materials Characterization Facility
Miladin Radovic

Hung-Jue Sue

  • Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
  • Meinhard H. Kotzebu ‘14 Professor
  • Director, Polymer Technology Consortia
Hung-Jue Sue

Svetlana A. Sukhishvili

  • Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
  • Director, Soft Matter Facility
Svetlana A. Sukhishvili

Edwin L. "Ned" Thomas

  • Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
  • Erle Nye ’59 Chair II
  • Permanent Member, Hagler Institute for Advanced Study
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
Edwin L. "Ned" Thomas