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Materials Engineering Faculty

Clyde Briant, Sc.D., Columbia University 

Professor

Clyde_Briant@brown.edu
Physical metallurgy, materials processing, refractory metals, high strain-rate deformation.

Eric Chason, Ph.D., Harvard University 

Professor

Eric_Chason_PhD@Brown.EDU
Thin film evolution, in situ diagnostics, computer simulation.

Sharvan Kumar, Ph.D., Drexel University 

Professor

Sharvan_Kumar@Brown.EDU
Composites, intermetallics, physical metallurgy, materials processing, high temperature mechanical behavior

David Paine, Ph.D., Stanford University 

Professor

David_Paine@brown.edu
Synthesis and characterization of electronic materials, ultra-high pressure methods, rapid thermal CVD, electron microscopy, X-ray diffractometry, optical and electrical characterization. 

G. Tayhas Palmore, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Professor

Tayhas_Palmore@Brown.EDU
Molecular crystals, biological fuel cells, biomaterials

Janet Rankin, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Professor

Janet_Rankin@Brown.EDU
Transmission elextron microscopy, sintering studies, ceramic oxides.

Brian Sheldon, Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Professor

Brian_Sheldon@brown.edu
Synthesis and processing of advanced ceramics and diamond films, oxidation of high-temperature materials. 

Anubhav Tripathi, Ph.D., City University of New York

Assistant Professor of Engineering

Anubhav_Tripathi@brown.edu
Understanding complex biomaterials using microfluidics, proteomics, high throughput screening, rheology of complex fluids and lab on a chip applications

Thomas Webster, Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Associate Professor of Engineering

Thomas_Webster@brown.edu
Tissue engineering, nanophase materials, nanotechnology, implants, cell and protein interactions, biomaterials.