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\"Mohsen<\/div>\n
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Mohsen Asle Zaeem<\/h3>\n

Department Head and Cook Eversole Endowed Professor<\/p>\n

Research Expertise:<\/b>
\nComputational Materials Science; Computational Mechanics; Process\u2013structure\u2013property relationships; High-performance alloys and ceramics<\/p>\n

Email:<\/b>
\nmzaeem@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Yanfei Gao<\/h3>\n

Professor & Associate Department Head<\/p>\n

Research Expertise:<\/b>
\nMechanics of materials; Failures at extreme conditions; Advanced manufacturing and joining<\/p>\n

Email:<\/b>
\nygao7@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Hahn<\/div>\n
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Hahn Choo<\/h3>\n

Professor & Associate Department Head<\/p>\n

Research Expertise:<\/b>
\nMetallurgy; Physical and mechanical behavior of structural alloys; Neutron and x-ray diffraction and imaging; Alloy processing and manufacturing<\/p>\n

Email:<\/b>
\nhchoo@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Mahshid<\/div>\n
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Mahshid Ahmadi<\/h3>\n

Associate Professor<\/p>\n

Research Expertise:<\/b>
\nAutomated\/Robotic Experimentation; Machine Learning and Large Language Models; Energy and Electronic Materials; High Throughput Synthesis<\/p>\n

Email:<\/b>
\nmahmadi3@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Gerd<\/div>\n
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Gerd Duscher<\/h3>\n

Professor<\/p>\n

Research Expertise:<\/b>
\nInterfaces and Defects in Materials; Electron microscopy; Machine Learning; Materials Synthesis<\/p>\n

Email:<\/b>
\ngduscher@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Takeshi<\/div>\n
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Takeshi Egami<\/h3>\n

UT-ORNL Distinguished Scientist\/Professor<\/p>\n

Research Expertise:<\/b>
\nPhysics of disorder; Glass, liquids, strongly disordered crystals; Neutron\/X-ray scattering; Simulation and theory<\/p>\n

Email:<\/b>
\negami@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Dustin<\/div>\n
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Dustin Gilbert<\/h3>\n

Associate Professor<\/p>\n

Research Expertise:<\/b>
\nNanomaterials\/Nanotechnology; Magnetism, spin and magnetic phenomena; Neutron\/X-ray scattering; and Thin films, heterostructures<\/p>\n

Email:<\/b>
\ndagilbert@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dustin Gilmer<\/h3>\n

Assistant Professor<\/p>\n

Email:<\/b>
\ndgilmer@utk.edu<\/a>
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\"Sergei<\/div>\n
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Sergei V. Kalinin<\/h3>\n

Weston Fulton Professor<\/p>\n

Research Expertise:<\/b>
\nMachine Learning for Experimental Sciences; Atomic by Atomic Fabrication; Scanning Probe Microscopy; and Materials discovery<\/p>\n

Email:<\/b>
\nsergei2@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"David<\/div>\n
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David J. Keffer<\/h3>\n

Professor<\/p>\n

Research Expertise:<\/b>
\nComputational Materials Science; Sustainable Materials; Materials for Energy; and Multiscale Materials Modeling<\/p>\n

Email:<\/b>
\ndkeffer@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Veerle<\/div>\n
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Veerle Keppens<\/h3>\n

Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs<\/p>\n

Research Expertise:<\/b>
\nHigh entropy oxides and Resonant ultrasound spectroscopy<\/p>\n

Email:<\/b>
\nvkeppens@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Kevin<\/div>\n
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Kevin M. Kit<\/h3>\n

Associate Professor & Director\u2013Cook Grand Challenge Honors Program<\/p>\n

Research Expertise:<\/b>
\nMechanical Behavior of Polymers and Polymer Composites; Polymer Processing; Electrospinning; and Biosource Materials<\/p>\n

Email:<\/b>
\nkkit@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Eric<\/div>\n
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Eric Lass<\/h3>\n

Assistant Professor<\/p>\n

Research Expertise:<\/b>
\nPhase Transformations; Computational Thermodynamics & Kinetics; Integrated Computational Materials Design (ICME); and Materials Processing\/Manufacturing<\/p>\n

Email:<\/b>
\nelass@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Peter<\/div>\n
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Peter K. Liaw<\/h3>\n

John Fisher Professor, Ivan Racheff Chair of Excellence
\nNational Alumni Association Distinguished Service Professor<\/p>\n

Research Expertise:<\/b>
\nMetallugy; Advanced Materials (e.g. high entropy alloys) Fatigue\/fracture; Mechanical Behavior<\/p>\n

Email:<\/b>
\npliaw@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"David<\/div>\n
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David Mandrus<\/h3>\n

Professor & Jerry and Key Henry Endowed Professor<\/p>\n

Research Expertise:<\/b>
\nQuantum Materials Growth and Discovery; Magnetic Materials; Topological Materials; and Magnetotransport<\/p>\n

Email:<\/b>
\ndmandrus@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Katharine<\/div>\n
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Katharine Page<\/h3>\n

Professor<\/p>\n

Research Expertise:<\/b>
\nFunctional Oxides; Neutron\/X-ray Scattering; Solid State and Solution Synthesis; and Refractory ceramics, catalysts, cathodes<\/p>\n

Email:<\/b>
\nkpage10@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Philip<\/div>\n
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Philip D. Rack<\/h3>\n

Professor, Leonard G. Penland Chair & Director-Center For Materials Processing<\/p>\n

Research Expertise:<\/b>
\nNanofabrication; Thin film combinatorial high-throughput synthesis; Materials for extreme environments; and Electronic, optical, and magnetic materials<\/p>\n

Email:<\/b>
\nprack@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Claudia<\/div>\n
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Claudia J. Rawn<\/h3>\n

Professor<\/p>\n

Research Expertise:<\/b>
\nOxide compounds; X-ray Diffraction; Neutron Diffraction; and Phase Diagrams<\/p>\n

Email:<\/b>
\ncrawn@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Yishu<\/div>\n
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Yishu Wang<\/h3>\n

Assistant Professor<\/p>\n

Research Expertise:<\/b>
\nQuantum Materials; Neutron\/X-ray Scattering; and Magnetism, Spin, and Magnetic Phenomena<\/p>\n

Email:<\/b>
\nwangyishu@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Haixuan Xu<\/h3>\n

Professor<\/p>\n

Research Expertise:<\/b>
\nComputational Materials Science; Machine Learning; Metallugy, Structrual Alloys; and Defects in Materials<\/p>\n

Email:<\/b>
\nxhx@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Weinan<\/div>\n
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Weinan Xu<\/h3>\n

Assistant Professor<\/p>\n

Research Expertise:<\/b>
\nPolymers; Composites; Advanced Manufacturing; and Nanomaterials<\/p>\n

Email:<\/b>
\nwxu@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Mariya<\/div>\n
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Mariya Zhuravleva<\/h3>\n

Associate Professor<\/p>\n

Research Expertise:<\/b>
\nCrystal Growth (Oxides, Halides); Scintillators; Optical Materials; Semiconductors for Radiation Detection<\/p>\n

Email:<\/b>
\nmzhuravl@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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