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AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Name e-mail Telephone Office
Benzerga, Amine benzerga@aero.tamu.edu (979) 845-1602 HRBB 736C
Boyd, James

jboyd@aero.tamu.edu

(979) 458-0419 HRBB 741C
Jin, Yongmei jin@aero.tamu.edu (979) 862-2427 HRBB 743B
Kinra, Vikram kinra@aero.tamu.edu (979) 845-1667 HRBB 739
Lagoudas, Dimitris d-lagoudas@tamu.edu (979) 845-1604 HRBB 736A
Ounaies, Zoubeida zounaies@tamu.edu (979) 458-1330 HRBB 741A
Talreja, Ramesh talreja@aero.tamu.edu (979) 458-3256 HRBB 736B
Whitcomb, John jdw@tamu.edu Kuo, Yue(979) 845-4006 HRBB 724

BIOLOGY

Holzenburg, Andreas holzen@mic.tamu.edu (979) 845-1164 BSWB 119C

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Grunlan, Melissa mgrunlan@tamu.edu (979) 845-2406 336A ZEC
McShane, Michael mcshane@bme.tamu.edu (979) 845-7941 335K ZEC
Miessner, Kenith kmissner@tamu.edu (979) 458-0180 335O ZEC

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Balbuena, Perla

balbuena@tamu.edu

(979) 845-3375 240 BRWN
Bevan, Michael

mabevan@tamu.edu

(979) 847-8766 201 BRWN
Cagin, Tahir

cagin@che.tamu.edu

(979) 862-1449 241 BRWN
Cheng, Zhengdong

cheng@chemail.tamu.edu

(979) 845-3413 202 BRWN
Kuo, Yue

yuekuo@tamu.edu

(979) 845-9807 235 BRWN
Seminario, Jorge

seminario@tamu.edu

(979) 845-3301 239 BRWN
Silas, James

james.silas@chemail.tamu.edu

(979) 862-1615 237 BRWN

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Lytton, Robert

r-lytton@civil.tamu.edu

(979) 845-9964 CE/TTI 503-A
Trejo, David

trejo@civil.tamu.edu

(979) 845-2416 CE/TTI 808-N/P

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Hemmer, Philip

prhemmer@ece.tamu.edu

845-8932 216H ZEC
Kameoka, Jun

kameoka@ece.tamu.edu

845-7564 312E ZEC
Wang, Haiyan

wangh@ece.tamu.edu

845-5082 723 BRWN

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING

Shao, Lin

lshao@tamu.edu

979/845-4107 131D ZEC
McDeavitt, Sean

mcdeavitt@ne.tamu.edu

979/862-1745 122 ZEC

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Andrews, Malcolm

mandrews@tamu.edu

979-847-8843 316 ENPH
Arroyave, Raymundo

rarroyave@tamu.edu

979-845-5416 119 ENPH
Creasy, Terry

tcreasy@tamu.edu

979-458-0118 309 ENPH
Griffin, Richard

rbgriffin@tamu.edu

979-845-9779 311 ENPH
Grunlan, Jaime

jgrunlan@tamu.edu

979-845-3027

218 ENPH

Guo, Bing

bguo@tamu.edu

979-845-8450 313 ENPH
Hartwig, Karl

thartwig@tamu.edu

979-845-1585 319 ENPH
Karaman, Ibrahim

ikaraman@tamu.edu

979-862-3923 322 ENPH
Liang, Hong

hliang@tamu.edu

979-862-2623 323 ENPH
Morgan, Roger

rjmorgan@tamu.edu

979-845-1292 216 ENPH
Radovic, Miladin

mradovic@tamu.edu

979-845-5114 127 ENPH
Schwartz, Cris

cschwartz@tamu.edu

979-845-9591 207 ENPH
Sue, Hung-Jue

hjsue@tamu.edu

979-845-5024 215 ENPH
Zhang,Xinghang

zhangx@tamu.edu

979-845-2143 326 ENPH

PHYSICS

Agnolet, Glenn

agnolet@physics.tamu.edu

979-845-2836 ENPH 424
Allen Roland

allen@physics.tamu.edu

979-845-4341 ENPH 519
Naugle, Donald G.

naugle@physics.tamu.edu

979-845-4429 ENPH 425
Ross, Joseph

ross@physics.tamu.edu

979-845-3842 ENPH 422
Saslow, Wayne

saslow@physics.tamu.edu

979-845-4841 ENPH 521
Schuessler, Hans

schuessler@physics.tamu.edu

979-845-5455 ENPH 407
Scully, Marlan

scully@physics.tamu.edu

979-862-2333 ENPH 405
Sinova, Jairo

sinova@physics.tamu.edu

979-845-4179 ENPH 525
Teizer, Winfried

teizer@physics.tamu.edu

979-845-7730 ENPH 410


TAMU Materials Science & Engineering
Faculty Research Interests


Amine Benzerga

Ductile fracture and brittle-ductile transition; computational dislocation dynamics; nonlocal elasticity and plasticity; micromechanics of defects in solids

James G. Boyd Micro electromechanical systems; smart structures, sensors, and actuators; modeling and experimentation of non-linear microstructural evolution

Yongmei Jin Materials Modeling and Computer Simulation, Microstructure Evolution in Multiferroic Materials, Microstructure-Mechanism-Property Relationships, Solid State Phase Transformations  
Vikram K. Kinra Solid mechanics, wave propagation, damping, ultrasonic NDE, experimental methods

Dimitris C. Lagoudas
Lab
Micromechanics of composite materials, damage mechanics, active materials and structure. Director of Texas Institute for Intelligent Bio-Nano Materials and Structures for Aerospace Vehicles (TiiMS)

Zoubeida Ounaies  Smart materials, electroactive polymers and composites; carbon nanotube-based polymer composites; Experimental characterization of the constitutive behavior of ferroelectric materials including PZT and PVDF. Experimental investigation of the hysteretic behavior of ferroeletric materials; Actuations and sensing for aerospace applications; Transducers processing and characterization for biomedical applications

 

John Slattery  

Ramesh Talreja Damage, Fatigue and Failure of Composites, Effects of Manufacturing Defects, Aging Aircraft, Sustainability of Aerospace Vehicles  
John D. Whitcomb Composites and fracture mechanics, solid mechanics, computational methods

BIOLOGY

Andreas Holzenburg Microscopy and imaging.

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Melissa Grunlan Biomaterials, biopolyers for medical devices and drug delivery systems.

Michael McShane Micro/nano biomedical devices, miniature analytical tools (biosensors) for medical research and clinical applications.  
Kenith Meissner Biomaterials, Biophotonics (optics), Imaging, Nano/ micro

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Perla Balbuena Catalysis, quantum and classical molecular simulations; thermodynamic and transport properties of materials.
Michael A. Bevan Multi-body & multi-dimensional interfacial colloidal interactions; Colloidal self assembly on chemically & physically patterned substrates; Colloidal directed assembly using applied fields; Phase behavior of polymer coated colloids; Direct measurement of single protein interactions
Tahir Cagin Computational materials science and nanotechnology; functional and active materials for devices and sensors; surface and interface properties of materials; nano-mechanics,nano-tribology; process modelling for nanostructured materials; energy, mass and momentum bal nanoscale; development and application of multiscale simulation methods for metals, alloys, polymers, biopolymers, dendrimers, and composites
Zhengdong Cheng Complex fluids: colloids, polymers, biomaterials, cell encapsulation, biologically inspired physics, fabrication of photonic crystals.
Yue Kuo Thin film nano and microelectronics materials, processes, and devices; thin film transistors (TFTs); advanced VLSI tchnology; plasma processing; biochips
Jorge Seminario Molecular electronics; nanoelectronics; nanobiotronics; spintronics; sensing; electrocatalysis; process control
James Silas Biomaterials

James Batteas Nanoscale materials and devices, nanotribology, biological surfaces and interfacs, development of custom-engineered surfaces and interfaces through a fundamental understanding of the underlying chemistry and physics of the system.

Kim R. Dunbar  Synthesis and characterization of transition metal compounds and molecule-based materials with unusual physical properties. Nucleic acid binding of metal complexes in synthetic and structural inorganic chemistry with a focus on problems at the interface of materials and biological chemistry. The combined use of various spectroscopies, X-ray crystallography, magnetometry, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, mass spectrometry and electrochemistry reflect the breadth of problems under investigation. Our aim is to define important synthetic challenges and tackle their solution with an arsenal of physical, chemical and spectroscopic data.

John P. Fackler, Jr  Cu, Ag, Au and related metal chemistry.

Francois P. Gabbaï  Polyfunctional Lewis acids in supramolecular sciences and catalysis. 

Timothy R. Hughbanks  Inorganic solid state and cluster chemistry, metal chalcogenide chemistry, reduces zirconium halide clusters.

CIVIL ENGINEERING
Robert L. Lytton Expansive clay theory and design; soil mechanics; soil-structure interaction; soil dynamics; continuum mechanics; fracture mechanics; pavement analysis, design, and management; non-destructive testing

David Trejo Construction materials development, microstructural design of steels for improved corrosion resistance, mechanisms of corrosion in reinforced concrete structures, mechanisms of degradation in concrete, performance of cementitious/concrete materials

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING




Phillip Hemmer
Solid materials for quantum optics, Materials and techniques for resonant nonlinear optics, phase-conjugate-based turbulence aberration and compensation, spectral holeburning materials and techniques for ultra-dense memories and high temperature operation, quantum computing in solid materials, quantum communication and teleportation in trapped atoms, holographic optical memory materials, smart pixels devices, optical correlators, photorefractive applications, atomic clocks, laser trapping and cooling

Jun Kameoka Bio-nanotechnology, with goal to manipulate the single molecule; bio-nano machining, nanosensors and molecular manipulation, micro and nanofluidics, bio-nano hybrid devices for medical applications

Haiyan Wang Thin film processing by pulsed laser deposition and solution-based processes; thin film characterization; structure property correlations

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING

Lin Shao Radiation effects in nuclear and electronic materials; ion beam technology for fabriation and characterization of materials.

Sean McDeavitt Nuclear fuel cycle, including materials and chemical processing, advanced fuels and materials, and waste immobilization.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Malcolm J. Andrews Computational fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer, multi-phase flow and mixing, Rayleigh-Taylor instability, heat exchangers, nanoscale magnetic storage

Raymundo Arroyave Computational thermodynamics and kinetics of materials; integration of atomic-scale materials simulations; prediction of thermo-mechanical properties of materials through atomic-scale methods. thin film thermodynamics.

Terry S. Creasy Biomedical applications of materials; rapid manufacturing of composite materials for cost reduction; experimental methods in material characterization and processing; solid and fluid mechanics aspects of processing methods; material science issues in material behavior and application; machine augmented composites for advanced structures

K. Ted Hartwig Pure aluminum, applied superconductivity, deformation processing and electrical resistivity measurements

Ibrahim Karaman Processing-microstructure-mechanical property relationships in metallic materials (nanomaterials, shape memory alloys, bulk amorphous metals, high-strength steels); micro-mechanical constitutive modeling; twinning and martensitic phase transformation in metallic materials.

Roger J. Morgan Polymeric materials,  electron beam cured composite cryogenic fuel containment structures, protocol and fast test methodology for insertion of new materials based on synergistic multi-mode damage growth knowledge matrices, structure- processing- property relations of polyimides and their carbon fiber composites, development of light weight multifunctional fabrics based on single bicomponent fibers and nanostructures that include dendrimers and carbon flakes, spheres and fibrils

Miladin Radovic Ceramics; high-temperature materials for energy applications; characterization and modeling of mechanical properties of ceramic and metallic materials, resonant ultrasound spectroscopy.

Hung-Jue Sue Molecular design of thermoset network for structural and electronic applications, micromechanical modeling of failure process in multi-phase polymeric systems, food packaging materials for combat ration applications, equal channel angular extrusion process for morphology control of polymers, structure-property relationship in polyolefins films and blends, low temperature impact fracture behavior of multi-phase thermoplastic blends

Richard Griffin Aqueous corrosion and the effect of grain size on corrosion rates of severely deformed materials; prediction of pipeline lifetimes; project based learning and the ability of students to improve their understanding and design abilities.

Jaime Grunlan Research interests: Layer-by-layer assembly of polyelectrolytes and other charged species to create functional thin films for drug delivery, electrochronic, optical, and flame retardant applications; Synthesis of film forming inverse polymer emulsions for segregated networks of solvent-soluble nanotubes (e.g. SWNT) or nanowires (e.g. CdS); Segregated network polymer composites with very low percolation to combine excellent transport (mass, thermal, and/or electrical) with optical transparency; High-throughput screening methodologies for development of polymers and composites with unique mass, thermal, or electrical transport; Polymer composites for barrier/separations.

Bing Guo Research intrests: Aerosol formation in combustion; Flame aerosol synthesis of nano- and micro-materials; Health effects of aerosols; Functional nano- micro-sized particles  
Hong “Helen” Liang Research interests: Innovative processes to generate nano-coatings, and mechanisms of tribochemical interactions on metal and oxide surfaces. Investigation focusing on new phenomena and non-equilibrium surfaces, including surface forces and wear at atomic-to-centimeter scales, new surface bonds, non-equilibrium crystal structures, non-stoichiometric products, and kinetics of growth. Surface characterization via atomic force microscopy (AFM) and many other high-resolution spectroscopic techniques; Development of nanofabrication processes using simple mechanical manipulation in designed chemical environments. Nanomachining, assembly, nanosensors, and development of MEMS and NEMS; tribological testing related to artificial hip and knee joints, including study of tribological performance of implant materials, and synthesis new class of biomaterials combining live cells and conventional biocompatible materials.  
Cris Schwartz Artificial Joints, Modeling of Soft Tissues, Protection of Skin from Shear Injuries, Active Biomaterials, Biotribology, Polymers, Tribological Composites
Tissue Engineering, Life-Cycle Engineering Design,Design Education, Manufacturing of Biomedical Devices
 
Zhang,Xinghang Research intrest: Radiation induced defects in metallic nanolayers and bulk nanostructured metals. Layer- and twin-interface tailored strengthening and deformation mechanisms in thin films. Magnetic shape memory alloy thin films for sensor or actuator applications. Nanostructured materials for energy storage applications. Multifunctional coatings (tribological and corrosion resistant coatings). Bulk nanostructured metallic materials synthesized by severe plastic deformation

   

Glenn Agnolet  Experimental low-temperature physics with an emphasis on the study of the solid-liquid interface in4 He and the properties of quantum films

Roland E. Allen  High energy physics, cosmology and astrophysics, condensed matter physics, computational physics, and related areas in chemistry, biology, and engineering

Donald G. Naugle  Applied Physics, high energy experimental

Joseph H. Ross Jr.  Applied physics, condensed matter experimental

Wayne M. Saslow  Electrical properties of voltaic cells for slow steady processes; electrical manifestations of chemical reactions and biological growth; electrical properties of small systems (e.g., quantum dots, buckyballs, thin wires, nanotubes); electrical screening at semiconductor surfaces; magnetism in thin films; random magnetic systems (spin glasses, disordered ferromagnets, and re-entrant spin glasses); superfluidity in 3He and 4He; transport processes at low temperatures

Hans Schuessler   Research interests: Laser spectroscopy: on-line spectroscopy of short-lived isotopes, measurement of nuclear moments, spins and charge distributions, cross-sections for spin dependent atomic collisions, ion storage spectroscopy and laser cooling, low energy ion and atom collisions, highly charged ion spectroscopy and Wigner crystals.

Marlan O. Scully  Applied physics and quantum optics.

Jairo Sinova  Research interests: Semiconductor nano-spintronics and strongly correlated systems in reduced dimensionalities.

Winfried Teizer Applied physics and condensed matter experimentation. The NanoLab in the Physics Department of Texas A&M University is working on various projects in the general areas of molecular nanomagnets, spintronics, nanophysics and highly correlated systems. The goal is to further the understanding of physical properties at the size or temperature scale where quantum mechanics governs the dominant processes. A particular emphasis is currently on those properties that are driven by spin processes