Materials Science & Engineering
Research Overview
Research in Materials Science and Engineering is focused on materials processing, mechanical properties and alloy development. Experimental research studies benefit from very well equipped laboratories with some unique capabilities. Modeling and simulation of materials processing and alloy thermodynamics forms a second thrust of activities. Many of the research programs are sponsored by the Thermal Processing Technology Center, which undertakes research to support the needs of the materials processing and manufacturing industries. The center performs high quality basic and applied research in thermal processing technology of interest to the primary metals and manufacturing industry. Multi-disciplinary research teams are used to provide innovative, crosscutting technological solutions to industrial materials processing problems.
Materials Science & Engineering Faculty
John Kallend - Professor of Materials Engineering; Associate Dean, Armour College of Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Materials Science
Sheldon Mostovoy - Associate Professor of Materials Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Metallurgy
- Mechanical Properties of Materials
- Fatigue and Fracture
Philip Nash- Professor of Materials Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Physical Metallurgy of Ni-, Ti- and Al-Base Alloys
- Experimental Determination and Theoretical Calculation of Phase Equilibria (using Thermocalc)
- Electron Microscopy
- Phase Transformations
- Powder Materials Technology
- Metastable Equilibria
- Intermetallics
- Materials Processing
- Metal Matrix Composites
- Magnetic Materials
- Nanocrystalline Materials
Aleksandar Ostrogorsky- Professor of Materials & Aerospace Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Heat and Mass Transfer Phenomena occurring in Materials Processing
- Directional Solidification/Single Crystal Growth focusing on Semiconductor Alloys
- Wide Band Gap Materials for Gamma Ray Detectors (Semiconductors and Scintillators)
- Diffusion
- Growth of Carbon Nanotubes
Sammy Tin- Associate Professor of Materials Engineering
Areas of Expertise
- Solidification
- Thermo-mechanical Processing
- Mechanical Behavior
- Corrosion and Microstructural Characterization of Ni-base Superalloys and other High Performance Structural Materials Systems