Structural Materials: Mechanical behavior and microstructure of materials

Narayanan Neithalath

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.

Pedro Peralta

Pedro Peralta

Pedro Peralta
Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
Mechanics of materials, fatigue and fracture of metallic alloys, dynamic and shock loading of metallic and intermetallic materials with emphasis on effects of anisotropy and grain boundaries on mechanical behavior and failure.

Jagannathan Rajagopalan

Jagannathan Rajagopalan

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.

Kiran Solanki

Kiran Solanki

Kiran Solanki
Professor
Aerospace and mechanical engineering

Research Interests
His research interest is focused on characterizing and quantifying process-structure property relationships across multiple length scales, with emphases that span from fundamental physics to the manufacturing of advanced multifunctional materials for extreme applications including radiation, high rate, fatigue, and creep

Feng Yan

Feng Yan 
Associate Professor
Materials science and engineering

Research Interests
Thin film and nanomaterials for solar energy harvesting and conversion; low-dimensional semiconducting chalcogenides and Metal Thioseleno Phosphates; thin film ferroelectrics and multiferroics, scanning probe microscopy for nanoscale characterization, photomechanical response of the semiconductor materials; photoelectrochemical and photocatalysts; biomass materials for nanofibrous composites.

Sui Yang

Sui Yang 
Assistant Professor
Materials science and engineering

Research Interests
Artificial materials across the scales, placing an emphasis in architecting light-matter interactions that expand or break the traditional technological boundaries.