
Mohsen Asle Zaeem
Department Head and Cook Eversole Endowed Professor
Research Expertise:
Computational Materials Science; Computational Mechanics; Process–structure–property relationships; High-performance alloys and ceramics
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Yanfei Gao
Professor & Associate Department Head
Research Expertise:
Mechanics of materials; Failures at extreme conditions; Advanced manufacturing and joining
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Hahn Choo
Professor & Associate Department Head
Research Expertise:
Metallurgy; Physical and mechanical behavior of structural alloys; Neutron and x-ray diffraction and imaging; Alloy processing and manufacturing
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Mahshid Ahmadi
Associate Professor
Research Expertise:
Automated/Robotic Experimentation; Machine Learning and Large Language Models; Energy and Electronic Materials; High Throughput Synthesis
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Gerd Duscher
Professor
Research Expertise:
Interfaces and Defects in Materials; Electron microscopy; Machine Learning; Materials Synthesis
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Takeshi Egami
UT-ORNL Distinguished Scientist/Professor
Research Expertise:
Physics of disorder; Glass, liquids, strongly disordered crystals; Neutron/X-ray scattering; Simulation and theory
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Dustin Gilbert
Associate Professor
Research Expertise:
Nanomaterials/Nanotechnology; Magnetism, spin and magnetic phenomena; Neutron/X-ray scattering; and Thin films, heterostructures
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Sergei V. Kalinin
Weston Fulton Professor
Research Expertise:
Machine Learning for Experimental Sciences; Atomic by Atomic Fabrication; Scanning Probe Microscopy; and Materials discoveryÂ
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David J. Keffer
Professor
Research Expertise:
Computational Materials Science; Sustainable Materials; Materials for Energy; and Multiscale Materials Modeling
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Veerle Keppens
Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
Research Expertise:
High entropy oxides and Resonant ultrasound spectroscopy
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Kevin M. Kit
Associate Professor & Director–Cook Grand Challenge Honors Program
Research Expertise:
Mechanical Behavior of Polymers and Polymer Composites; Polymer Processing; Electrospinning; and Biosource Materials
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Eric Lass
Assistant Professor
Research Expertise:
Phase Transformations; Computational Thermodynamics & Kinetics; Integrated Computational Materials Design (ICME); and Materials Processing/Manufacturing
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Peter K. Liaw
John Fisher Professor, Ivan Racheff Chair of Excellence
National Alumni Association Distinguished Service Professor
Research Expertise:
Metallugy; Advanced Materials (e.g. high entropy alloys) Fatigue/fracture; Mechanical Behavior
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David Mandrus
Professor & Jerry and Key Henry Endowed Professor
Research Expertise:
Quantum Materials Growth and Discovery; Magnetic Materials; Topological Materials; and Magnetotransport
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Katharine Page
Professor
Research Expertise:
Functional Oxides; Neutron/X-ray Scattering; Solid State and Solution Synthesis; and Refractory ceramics, catalysts, cathodes
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Philip D. Rack
Professor, Leonard G. Penland Chair & Director-Center For Materials Processing
Research Expertise:
Nanofabrication; Thin film combinatorial high-throughput synthesis; Materials for extreme environments; and Electronic, optical, and magnetic materials
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Claudia J. Rawn
Professor
Research Expertise:
Oxide compounds; X-ray Diffraction; Neutron Diffraction; and Phase Diagrams
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Yishu Wang
Assistant Professor
Research Expertise:
Quantum Materials; Neutron/X-ray Scattering; and Magnetism, Spin, and Magnetic Phenomena
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Haixuan Xu
Professor
Research Expertise:
Computational Materials Science; Machine Learning; Metallugy, Structrual Alloys; and Defects in Materials
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Weinan Xu
Assistant Professor
Research Expertise:
Polymers; Composites; Advanced Manufacturing; and Nanomaterials
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Mariya Zhuravleva
Associate Professor
Research Expertise:
Crystal Growth (Oxides, Halides); Scintillators; Optical Materials; Semiconductors for Radiation Detection
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