Department of Materials Science and Engineering
http://engineering.tamu.edu/materials
Head: I. Karaman
Director, Graduate Program: M. Demkowicz
Materials Science and Engineering (MSEN) at Texas A&M University is jointly operated by the College of Engineering and College of Arts and Sciences. The Department works collaboratively with several universities nationally and internationally as well as with institutions including several NASA Research Centers, Army Research Laboratory, Air Force Research Laboratory, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, and many of the Department of Energy National Laboratories, in addition to dozens of fortune 500 companies.
Graduate Study in the MSEN department provides the fundamental knowledge, practical skills, and professional experience necessary to enter a successful career involving advanced materials. Many of today's most pressing scientific problems stem from the limitations of materials currently available, and this department is at the forefront of new knowledge and discovery. Materials science and engineering involves the characterization of the physical and chemical properties of solid materials—metals and alloys, ceramics, magnetic materials, polymers, optical materials, semiconductors, superconductors, and composites—for the purpose of using, changing, or enhancing inherent properties to create or improve end products.
The Department provides educational and research opportunities in several areas of interest associated with Materials Science and Engineering such as Adaptive Functional Materials, Advanced Structural Materials, Computational Materials Science Design and Materials Informatics, Electrochemistry and Corrosion Science Engineering, Infrastructure Materials, Materials for Extreme Environments, Materials Synthesis and Processing, Polymers, Soft Matter and Composites, Small Scale Characterization Techniques, and Quantum Materials.
Modern facilities and equipment are available to enhance study and instruction in Materials Science and Engineering. These facilities include the following: Corrosion and Materials Reliability Laboratory, Microstructural Engineering of Structural and Active Materials (MESAM), Mass Spectroscopy Application and Collaboration Facility, Materials Characterization Facility (MCF), Interdisciplinary Soft Matter Facility (SoMF), Center for Infrastructure Renewal (CIR), Center for Research Excellence on Dynamically Deformed Solids (CREDDS), Materials Development and Characterization Center, Microscopy and Imaging Center (MIC), Nuclear Science Center, and Polymer Technology Consortium (PTC).
Degree Programs
The Department offers graduate studies leading to the degrees of: Master of Engineering (non-thesis), Master of Science (thesis and non-thesis), and Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering. This multidisciplinary department includes faculty members from several disciplines, including aerospace engineering, biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, chemistry, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, nuclear engineering and physics.
Certificate Programs
Two certificate programs are offered to enable individuals the opportunity to gain specific knowledge and skill-sets: Corrosion Science and Engineering, and Materials, Informatics and Design. All departmental certificates are stand-alone programs, enrollment in a degree program is not required. Certificates may be awarded upon completion of requirements.
Contact
For more information on obtaining any of the degrees and/or certificates, please contact the graduate advising office at msen-advising@tamu.edu.
Abdel-Wahab, Ahmed, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2003
Aguilar-Mendoza, Guillermo, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of California - Santa Barbara, 1999
Ahmed, Karim, Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Purdue University, 2015
Akbulut, Mustafa, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of California at Santa Barbara, 2007
Alge, Daniel L, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Purdue University, 2010
Arroyave, Raymundo, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Massachusetts Inst of Technology, 2004
Asadi, Amir, Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Manitoba, 2013
Atli, Kadri, Instructional Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2011
Attari, Vahid, Research Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2019
Balbuena, Perla B, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, The University of Texas at Austin, 1996
Banerjee, Sarbajit, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2004
Batteas, James D, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of California at Berkeley, 1995
Bazzi, Hassan, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, McGill University, 2003
Benzerga, Amine A, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Mines De Paris, 2000
Bullard, Jeffrey, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of California at Berkeley, 1993
Butler, Brady, Visiting Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Johns Hopkins University, 2017
Cagin, Tahir, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Clemson University, 1988
Case, Raymundo P, Professor of the Practice
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, 2002
Castaneda-Lopez, Homero, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Penn State University, 2001
Cooper, Marcia, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, California Institute of Technology, 2004
Creasy, Terry S, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Delaware, 1997
Demkowicz, Michal J, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005
Dimitriyev, Michael, Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017
Djire, Abdoulaye, Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Michigan, 2016
Elabd, Yossef A, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Johns Hopkins University, 2001
Elwany, Alaa Mohamed, Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009
Erdemir, Ali, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1986
Fang, Lei, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Northwestern University, 2010
Gaharwar, Akhilesh K, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Purdue University, 2011
Gao, Wei, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Texas, 2014
PHD, University of Texas at Austin, 2014
Grasley, Zachary C, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, 2006
Green, Micah, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007
Grunlan, Jaime C, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Minnesota, 2001
Grunlan, Melissa A, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Southern California, 2004
Guo, Bing, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Tsinghua University, China, 1998
Harris, Harlan R, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Texas Tech University, 2003
Hartl, Darren, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2009
Hemmer, Philip R, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Massachusetts Inst of Technology, 1984
Hipwell, M Cynthia, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of California at Berkeley, 1996
Hsiao, Kai-Wen, Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2017
Hwang, Wonmuk, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Boston University, 2001
Jeong, Hae-Kwon, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Minnesota, 2004
Kameoka, Jun, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Cornell University, 2002
Karaman, Ibrahim, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000
Katehi-Tseregounis, Linda, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of California, 1984
Kolluru, Pavan, Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014
Krishnamoorthy, Aravind, Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016
Kuo, Yue, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Columbia University, 1980
Kuttolamadom, Mathew A, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Clemson University, 2012
Lagoudas, Dimitris C, University Distinguished Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Lehigh University, 1986
Lavernia Borrego, Enrique, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986
Le Graverend, Jean-Briac B, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Ecole Nationale de Mécanique et d’Aérotechnique, France, 2013
Liang, Hong, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1992
Lin, Paotai, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Northwestern University, 2009
Lin, Yuxuan Cosmi, Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019
Lipkin, Don, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1996
Lutkenhaus, Jodie, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007
Mansoor, Bilal, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Michigan, 2010
McDeavitt, Sean M, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Purdue University, 1992
McShane II, Michael J, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1999
Michaudel, Quentin, Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, The Scripps Research Institute, 2015
Naraghi, Mohammad, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2009
Naugle, Donald G, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Texas A&M University, 1965
Needleman, Alan, University Distinguished Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Harvard University, 1971
Nyakiti, Luke O, Instructional Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Texas Tech University, 2008
Paramore, James, Visiting Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Utah, 2015
Patterson, Albert, Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021
Pentzer, Emily, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Northwestern University, 2010
Pharr IV, George M, University Distinguished Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Stanford University, 1979
Pharr, George, Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Harvard University, 2014
Qian, Xiaofeng, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008
Qiu, Jingjing, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Florida State University, 2008
Radovic, Miladin, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Drexel University, 2001
Raiman, Stephen, Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Michigan, 2016
Reddy, Junuthula, Distinguished Professor and Regents Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Alabama at Huntsville, 1974
Ross Jr, Joseph H, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1986
Sagapuram, Dinakar, Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Purdue University, 2013
Schoenung, Julie, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987
Seminario, Jorge M, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1987
Shamberger, Patrick J, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Washington, 2010
Shao, Lin, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Houston, 2001
Sheldon, Matthew T, Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of California at Berkeley, 2010
Srivastava, Ankit, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of North Texas, 2013
Su, Hung-Jue, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1988
Sukhishvili, Svetlana A, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1989
Talreja, Ramesh R, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, The Technical University of Denmark, 1974
Tamamis, Phanourios, Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Cyprus, 2010
Teizer, Winfried, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, 1998
Thomas, Edwin L, University Distinguished Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Cornell University, 1974
Tu, Qing, Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Duke University, 2017
Vaddiraju, Sreeram, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Louisville, 2006
Wang, Jyhwen, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Northwestern University, 1991
Wang, Qingsheng, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2010
Wang, Shiren, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Florida State University, 2006
Ware, Taylor, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Texas at Dallas, 2013
Whitcomb, John D, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Virginia Tech, 1988
Wilkerson, Justin, Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Johns Hopkins University, 2014
Williams, Richard, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of California at Berkeley, 1978
Wong, Zi Jing, Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of California at Berkeley, 2015
Wooley, Karen L, University Distinguished Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Cornell University, 1993
Wu, Wenhao, Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Chicago, 1992
Xie, Yu Xuan, Assistant Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, University of Sydney, 2013
Yu, Choongho, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, The University of Texas at Austin, 2004
Zhou, Hongcai J, Professor
Materials Science & Engr
PHD, Texas A&M University, 2000