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Alphabetical List of Faculty
Abelson, John R. Professor, Ph.D. Materials Science, Stanford, 1987
plasma-assisted deposition of thin films for electronic applications; the physics and chemistry of film growth; fabrication of photovoltaic cells and thin film transistors for macro-electronics
Allen, Leslie H. Associate Professor, Ph.D. Materials Science, Cornell, 1990
thin-film physics, microelectronic processes and interfaces, micrometallurgy, photovoltaic devices, crystal growth
Averback, Robert S. Hamer Professor, Ph.D. Physics, Michigan State, 1972
ion beam modifications of materials, ion beam analysis, radiation damage, nanophase material
Bellon, Pascal Associate Professor, Ph.D. Materials Science, University of
Paris-6, 1989
far from equilibrium materials, simulations and modeling of materials processing (energetic beams, plastic deformation), electron microscopy
Braun, Paul V. Associate Professor, Ph.D. Materials Science, UIUC, 1998
materials chemistry, polymers, biomaterials, organic and inorganic self-assembly, electronic materials and photonics
Cahill, David G. Willett Professor, Ph.D. Physics, Cornell, 1989
epitaxial crystal growth, nanoscale thermal transport, scanning probe microscopy, ion and laser beam processing, thermal management, thermoelectrics, ultrafast laser metrology
Cheng, Jianjun Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Materials Science, UC-Santa Barbara, 2001
biomaterials (biopolymers, nanostructured biomaterials, biomimetic materials, hydrogel), self-assembly, living polymerization, drug and gene delivery, tissue engineering, bioimaging
Economy, James Founder Professor, Ph.D. Chemistry, U. Maryland, 1954
synthesis and characterization of advanced composites thermosets and high surface area adsorption systems
Ehrlich, Gert Research Faculty, Materials Science and Engineering
Geil, Phillip H. Professor and Associate Head, Ph.D. Physics, Wisconsin, 1956
processing-morphology-property relationships in polymers, blends and composites
Granick, Steve Founder Professor, Ph.D. Chemistry, Wisconsin, 1982
polymers and biopolymers, nanorheology/tribology, surface spectroscopies
Greene, Joseph E. Willett Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Johnson, Duane D. Professor, Ph.D. Physics, U. Cincinnati, 1985
theory and computational materials science; understand and predict properties and phase behavior in materials; develop simulation and computational methods
Kriven, Waltraud M. Professor, Ph.D. Solid State Chemistry, U. Adelaide, 1976
phase transformations in oxide ceramics, processing-microstructure-property relations in structural ceramics and composites, synthesis of oxide fibers, bioceramics, electron microscopy
Lewis, Jennifer A. Thurnauer Professor, Sc.D. Ceramics, MIT, 1991
colloidal processing, phase behavior of colloid-colloid and colloid-polymer systems, self- assembly of functional materials
Luijten, Erik Associate Professor, Ph.D. Physics, Delft University of Technology, 1997
theoretical and computational statistical mechanics and thermodynamics of materials; phase behavior of complex fluids (polymers, ionic liquids, colloidal systems); development of computational methods
Payne, David A. Professor, Ph.D. Solid State Science, Penn State, 1973
electrical ceramics, ferroelectric thin layers, sol-gel, materials chemistry, crystal growth, superconductors, giant magnetoresistivity, high-pressure
Robertson, Ian M. Willett Professor and Head, Ph.D. Metallurgy, Oxford, 1982
radiation effects in materials, micromechanics and micromechanisms of fracture in aggressive and non-aggressive environments, electron microscopy
Rockett, Angus Professor and Associate Head, Ph.D. Metallurgy, UIUC, 1986
IV, III-V, and chalcogenide semiconductors, theory of crystal growth, defects in semiconductors, contact metallurgies, solid phase reaction kinetics, surface science
Rogers, John A. Lee J. Flory-Founder Chair, Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, MIT, 1995
electroactive polymers, plastic electronics, microfluidics, elastomers, soft lithography
Schweizer, Kenneth S. Morris Professor, Ph.D. Physics, UIUC, 1981
statistical mechanical theories of structure, thermodynamics, phase transitions, and dynamical phenomena in macromolecular solutions, melts and alloys
Shang, Jian Ku Associate Professor, Ph.D. Materials Science, UC - Berkeley, 1989
solid interfaces, composite materials, adhesion, structural ceramics, layered materials
Shim, Moonsub Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Chemistry, U. of Chicago, 2001
nanoscale materials, chemistry and physics of low-dimensional systems, nanomaterial/biomolecule interfaces and hybrid structures, semiconductor nanocrystals, carbon nanotubes
Sottos, Nancy R. Willett Professor, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Delaware, 1991
mechanics of complex heterogeneous materials (advanced composites, thin-film devices, smart materials); meso-scale characterization; autonomic materials systems
Trinkle, Dallas Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Physics, Ohio State University, 2003
atomistic modeling of mechanical behavior of materials, defects, and defect interactions; development of computational coupling techniques to extend applicability of electronic-structure methods
Weaver, John H. Willett Professor, Ph.D. Physics, Iowa State - Ames Laboratory, 1972
nanostructured materials; surface and interface phenomena for metals, semiconductors, superconductors, and insulators; ordered and disordered solids; clusters and fullerene-based systems
Wiltzius, Pierre Professor, Director of the Beckman Institute, Ph.D. Physics,
E.T.H. Zurich, 1981
colloidal self-assembly, photonic materials, novel approaches to processing at sub-micron length scales, liquid crystals, polymers, biopolymers, biomimetics, aggregation phenomena, pattern formation, phase behavior in soft condensed matter systems
Wong, Gerard C. L. Associate Professor, Ph.D. Physics, UC - Berkeley, 1994
biopolymers, biomolecular materials, biological and biomimetic self-assembly, gene therapy, synchrotron x-ray probes
Zuo, Jian-Min Associate Professor, Ph.D. Physics, Arizona State, 1989
thin-film growth and nanomaterials synthesis and characterization; transmission electron microscopy and diffraction; phase transitions and structure of ceramics; chemical bonding and structure-property relationship; X-ray and electron crystallography.