Ronald Adrian
Regents’ Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering
Research Interests
Turbulence, experimental fluid mechanics, laser diagnostics laser instrumentation micro detonation.
Ronald Adrian
Regents’ Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering
Research Interests
Turbulence, experimental fluid mechanics, laser diagnostics laser instrumentation micro detonation.
Ralph Chamberlin
Associate Professor
Department of Physics
Research Interests
Theory of small-system thermodynamics, especially using computer simulations to study the local thermal and dynamic properties inside complex materials.
Candace Chan
Associate Professor
Materials science and engineering
Research Interests
Lithium-ion batteries and electrochemical capacitors; electrochemical energy storage, solar-to-fuel photoelectrochemistry, nanomaterial synthesis.
Peter Crozier
Professor
Graduate program chair, materials science and engineering
Research Interests
Seeing materials with Electrons: Synthesis, characterization and evolution of nanomaterials and nanostructures related to energy and the environment; strong emphasis on advanced electron microscopy imaging and spectroscopy. Catalytic materials, electroceramics. photocatalysis.
Heather Emady
Associate Professor
Chemical engineering
Research Interests
Particulate process and product design, particle technology, granulation, granular flow, granular heat transfer, particle characterization, multiscale modeling
David K. Ferry
Regents’ Professor Emeritus
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
Research Interests
Quantum effects in submicron semiconductor devices and nanostructures, general development of quantum transport in open systems
Matthew Green
Associate Professor
Chemical engineering
Research Interests
Ion-containing block copolymers; membrane-based separations; water purification and desalination; membrane-based carbon capture; stimuli-responsive nanocomposites; amphiphilic solution assemblies
Julianne Holloway
Assistant Professor
Chemical engineering
Research Interests
Research group integrates biomaterial design with innovative manufacturing to control and direct stem cell behavior for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications.
Zachary Holman
Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
Research Interests
Fabrication, characterization, and modeling of silicon, CdTe, perovskite, and silicon-based tandem solar cells; plasma synthesis and characterization of functional optical and electronic nanomaterials; vacuum deposition of thin films, including nanoparticulate films, and their use in solar, semiconductor, and glass applications.
Yang Jiao
Associate Professor
Materials science and engineering
Research Interests
Computational materials design; microstructure and effective properties of heterogeneous materials; multifunctional composites design and modeling; granular materials; biomaterials.
Kailong Jin
Assistant Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests
3D printing polymer nanocomposites, nanostructured polymer films, covalent organic frameworks (nanoporous polymers), and sustainable polymers for improved chemical circularity.
Shane Johnson
Research Scientist
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
Research Interests
Epitaxial growth of compound semiconductor materials and devices, Optoelectronic properties of semiconductors, Semiconductor device physic, III-V bismide materials for optoelectronic device applications.
Mary Laura Lind
Associate professor
Graduate program chair, chemical engineering
Research Interests
Advance membrane materials – formation, structure, property, performance – for applications in water purification, energy production, and energy storage.
Christopher Muhich
Assistant Professor
Chemical engineering
Research Interests
Computational Chemistry (quantum simulations), metal oxide redox reactions, renewable/sustainable fuel generation and energy storage, materials design for environmental catalysis and remediation processes.
Narayanan Neithalath
Professor
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
Research Interests
Infrastructural materials and carbon-efficient manufacturing approaches, specifically for cement and concrete, Microstructure-property-processing relationships and modeling in cementitious and inorganic polymer binder systems, digital manufacturing (3D printing) of concrete, sustainability in infrastructure.
Nathan Newman
Lamonte H. Lawrence Professor in Solid State Science
Materials science and engineering
Research Interests
Semiconductor, superconductor and dielectric materials, thin film materials synthesis, materials characterization, electronic structure.
William T. Petuskey
Professor
School of Molecular Sciences
Director, ASU’s Advanced Materials Initiative
Research Interests
Synthesis and physical chemistry of materials; multi-scaled manipulation for advanced property and function development; optical, electrical and magnetic ceramic materials; new methodologies for solving materials research problems
Jagannathan Rajagopalan
Associate Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering
Research Interests
Novel synthesis and characterization of metallic and metallic alloy films with tailored nanostructures for structural and functional applications; Mechanical behavior and deformation mechanisms of nanocrystalline metals and alloys; In-situ TEM tensile testing of thin films using MEMS; Microstructural evolution in immiscible, co-deposited alloys.
Peter Rez
Professor
Department of Physics
Research Interests
Radiation interaction with matter as applied to electron microscopy and spectroscopy, diagnostic imaging, radiation oncology. Biomineralization, both normal and pathological. Energy Policy.
Arunima K. Singh
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
Research Interests
Computational study of two-dimensional materials for nano-electronic and solar-energy conversion; high-throughput materials discovery through atomistic simulations; fundamental properties of materials’ interfaces; density functional theory simulations