Materials engineering FACULTY
The Division of Engineering is composed of a single faculty, organized into four groups. By virtue of the core program, a number of faculty members from various groups contribute in some fashion or other to the Materials Science Program. However, the following faculty members in particular contribute to the Program by virtue of their experience, expertise and professional interests:
Briant, Clyde L., Sc.D., Columbia University
Physical metallurgy, materials processing, refractory metals, high strain-rate deformation.
Chason, Eric, Ph.D., Harvard University
Thin film evolution, in situ diagnostics, computer simulation.
Kumar, K. S., Ph.D., Drexel University
Composites, intermetallics, physical metallurgy, materials processing, high temperature mechanical behavior.
Paine, David C., Ph.D., Stanford University
Synthesis and characterization of electronic materials, ultra-high pressure methods, rapid thermal CVD, electron microscopy, X-ray diffractometry, optical and electrical characterization.
Palmore, G. Tayhas R., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Molecular crystals, biological fuel cells, biomaterials.
Rankin, Janet, Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Transmission elextron microscopy, sintering studies, ceramic oxides.
Sheldon, Brian W., Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Synthesis and processing of advanced ceramics and diamond films, oxidation of high-temperature materials.
Webster, Thomas J., Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Tissue engineering, nanophase materials, nanotechnology, implants, cell and protein interactions, biomaterials.
More information on these areas on the research page for materials.
