Our department of 25 faculty, 374 undergraduates, and 167 graduate students welcomes you. Established in 1867, we have a long tradition of excellence in teaching, research, and service.
MatSE Faculty
Abelson, John R. Professor, Ph.D. Materials Science, Stanford, 1987
chemical vapor deposition of dielectric and metallic films using novel precursor molecules; chalcogenide phase change memory materials; physics and chemistry of thin film growth; nanostructure and electronic properties of amorphous semiconductors
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 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. Racheff 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 and Head, Ph.D. Physics, Cornell, 1989
thermal energy conversion and control, nanoscale thermal transport, ultrafast science, water purification, thermal management
Cheng, Jianjun Associate 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
Dillon, Shen Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Materials Science, Lehigh University, 2007
interface science, ceramic structure-property relations, electron microscopy, electrochemical intercalation for Li-ion batteries
Economy, James Emeritus Professor, Ph.D. Chemistry, U. Maryland, 1954
synthesis and characterization of advanced composites thermosets and high surface area adsorption systems
Ferguson, Andrew Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Chemical & Biological Engineering, Princeton, 2010
biomolecular simulation, self-assembly, machine learning and dimensionality reduction, accelerated sampling, viral fitness landscapes, high-performance computing
Freund, L. B. Adjunct Professor, Ph.D. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Northwestern, 1967
Granick, Steve Founder Professor, Ph.D. Chemistry, Wisconsin, 1982
polymers and biopolymers, nanorheology/tribology, surface spectroscopies
Johnson, Duane D. Adjunct Professor, Ph.D. Physics, U. Cincinnati, 1985
Kilian, Kristopher A. Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Chemistry, U. New South Wales, 2007
biomaterials, surface chemistry, micro- and nano- patterning, nanostructured materials, stem cell biology, tissue engineering
Kriven, Waltraud M. Professor, Ph.D. Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, U. Adelaide, 1976
phase transformations in oxide ceramics, processing-microstructure-property relations in structural ceramics and composites, in situ high temperature synchrotron diffraction, electron microscopy, geopolymers, synthesis of oxide fibers, bioceramics
Leal, Cecilia Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, University of Lund, 2006
soft condensed matter, biomaterials, complex fluids, biomimetic materials, X-ray scattering, drug and gene delivery, lipid-nucleic acid constructs
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
Martin, Lane W. Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Materials Science, UC-Berkeley, 2008
epitaxial growth of complex oxide thin film heterostructures/nanostructures; pulsed laser deposition and molecular beam epitaxy; characterization of multiferroic and functional materials for energy, logic, memory, and sensing applications
Readey, Dennis Adjunct Professor, Sc.D. Ceramics, MIT, 1962
Robertson, Ian M. Willett Professor, 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, 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 in Engineering Innovation, 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 theory of soft materials including polymers, colloids, liquid crystals, nanoparticles, rubber networks, glasses and gels
Shang, Jian Ku Associate Professor, Ph.D. Materials Science, UC - Berkeley, 1989
solid interfaces, composite materials, adhesion, structural ceramics, layered materials
Shim, Moonsub Associate 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
Zuo, Jian-Min 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.
