Advanced Materials

The discovery of new materials is critical for solving contemporary societal challenges, such as improving energy generation and storage, enhancing human health, and cleaning the environment. Developing these materials necessitates a deep understanding of their physical properties, which are governed by chemistry, structure, and processing history. Our department explores the intricate relationships between the structure, processing, and performance of a wide range of materials, including polymers, biomaterials, nanocomposites, superconductors, and quantum materials. Guided by the fundamental laws of thermodynamics and condensed matter physics, transport phenomena, and chemical kinetics, we harness these materials as a platform to advance the frontier of next-generation technologies.

Focus Areas

Additive manufacturing, biomaterials, complex fluids and colloids, electrochemical materials, nanocomposites, polymers, superconductors and semiconductors, quantum materials

Faculty

Rufina Alamo, Jamel Ali, Natalie Arnett, Hoyong Chung, Tristan Drisoll, Jingjiao Guan, Daniel Hallinan Jr., Eric Kalu, Yan Li, Leonardo Liu, Hadi Mohammadigoushki, Joshua Mysona, Subramanian Ramakrishnan, Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy, Ralm Ricarte and Theo Siegrist