Materials Science and Engineering

Postal address
United States

James Hansell Adair, PhD
Person: Academic
19842024
Nasim Alem
- Materials Science and Engineering - Professor
- Materials Research Institute (MRI)
Person: Academic
20052025
Allison Michelle Beese
- Materials Science and Engineering - Professor
Person: Academic
20092025
Andrew Belmonte
- Mathematics - Professor
- Materials Science and Engineering - Professor
- Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Center for Mathematical Biology - Director
- Center for Cellular Dynamics
Person: Academic
19882023
Long-qing Chen
- Materials Science and Engineering - Hamer Professor
Person: Academic
19872025
Ralph H. Colby
- Materials Science and Engineering - Professor
Person: Academic
19862025
Tarasankar Debroy
- Materials Science and Engineering - Professor
Person: Academic
1972 …2026
Nutifafa Yao Doumon
- Materials Science and Engineering - Assistant Professor and Virginia S. & Philip L. Walker Jr. Faculty Fellow
- Institute of Energy and the Environment (IEE)
Person: Academic
20162025
Carlos Gonzalez Lopez
- Materials Science and Engineering - Assistant Professor
Person: Academic
20112025
Venkatraman Gopalan
- Materials Science and Engineering - Professor
- Materials Research Institute (MRI)
Person: Academic
19922025

575531 Citations
287 h-index
8212 Article
671 Conference contribution
342 Conference article
266 Review article
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A review of deep learning in metal additive manufacturing: Impact on process, structure, and properties
Du, Y., Mukherjee, T., Li, R., Hou, Z., Dutta, S., Arnold, C. B., Elwany, A., Kung, S., Tang, J. & DebRoy, T., Mar 2026, In: Progress in Materials Science. 157, 101587.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Design and 800 °C operation of an ohmic contact to AlGaN/GaN heterostructures
Chiu, C. W., Visvkarma, A. K., Banner, N. S., Xiong, Y., Liu, B., Mouck, D. R., Lyle, L. A. M., Chu, R. & Mohney, S. E., Mar 1 2026, In: Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. 203, 110263.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Multivalency in Zr₆Nb₂O₁₇
Spurling, R. J., Sivak, J. T., Sinnott, S. B. & Maria, J. P., Jan 15 2026, In: Scripta Materialia. 271, 117014.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Phase evolution and mechanical properties in Li₂O–Al₂O₃–SiO₂ glass-ceramics: Influence of heat treatment parameters
Guan, B., Liu, S., Liu, J., Zheng, X., Shan, X., Ji, Y., Qin, Z., Zhu, J., Zheng, Q., Wang, L., Mauro, J. C. & Ding, L., Jan 2026, In: Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 109, 1, e70364.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2D Indium Oxide at the Epitaxial Graphene/SIC Interface: Synthesis, Structure, Properties, and Devices
Turker, F., Xu, B., Dong, C., Labella, M., Nayir, N., Sheremetyeva, N., Trdinich, Z. J., Zhang, D., Adabasi, G., Pourbahari, B., Lu, L. S., Auker, W. E., Wang, K., Baykara, M., Meunier, V., Bassim, N., van Duin, A. C. T., Crespi, V. H. & Robinson, J. A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Advanced Materials.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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3D in situ observations of stress redistribution in Ti-6Al-4V within rogue grain neighborhoods during monotonic and cyclic loading
Peterson, K. M., Harr, M., Pilchak, A., Lee Semiatin, S., Levkulich, N., Ruff, J. & Pagan, D. C., Jan 2025, In: International Journal of Fatigue. 190, 108630.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Scopus citations
3D misfit potentials dependent deformation behaviors with respect to different dislocation core structures of fcc metals
Li, H., Du, J., Shang, S. L., Liu, Z. K. & Liu, F., Jun 2025, In: Physical Review Materials. 9, 6, 063604.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ab-initio CALPHAD modeling of NaNH₂BH₃ for solid-state H₂ storage applications
Amaral, R., Liu, N., Poudel, B., Li, W. & Liu, Z. K., Sep 9 2025, In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 166, 150807.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A bio-lattice deep learning framework for modeling discrete biological materials
Kumar, M., Upadhyay, N., Barai, S., Reinhart, W. F. & Peco, C., Apr 2025, In: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 164, 106900.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations
Achieving accurate entropy and melting point by ab initio molecular dynamics and zentropy theory: Application to fluoride and chloride molten salts
Shang, S., Hew, N. L. E., Gong, R., Cockrell, C., Bingham, P. A., Guo, X., Li, J., Hong, Q. J. & Liu, Z. K., Nov 15 2025, In: Journal of Molecular Liquids. 438, 128651.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Collaborative Research: DMREF: NSF-DFG: Atoms-to-Device Closed-Loop Predictive Design of Electro-Optic Materials for Quantum Photonic Circuits
Gopalan, V. (PI) & Chen, L.-Q. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
10/1/25 → 9/30/29
Project: Research project
NSF-SNSF: Probing Atomic-Scale Quantum Light Sources in Two-Dimensional Semiconductor/Metal Hybrid Platforms (SPARK)
Robinson, J. A. (PI)
National Science Foundation
9/15/25 → 8/31/29
Project: Research project
Modular injectable hydrogel designs based on mixed-shell polymeric micelles with thermosensitive patchy domains
Hasegawa, U. (PI)
National Science Foundation
4/15/25 → 3/31/28
Project: Research project
Defect-Modified Ferroelectric Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Based Tetrapolymers
Wang, Q. (PI) & Zhang, Q. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
9/1/24 → 8/31/27
Project: Research project
Layered Chalcogenide Multiferroics for Quantum Technology Applications
Alem, N. (PI), Mao, Z. Z. (CoPI) & Xie, W. (CoPI)
Basic Energy Sciences
9/1/24 → 8/31/27
Project: Research project
Collaborative Research: In-plane Epitaxial Two-Dimensional Chalcogenide Quantum Dots for Tunable Quantum Photonics
Redwing, J. M. (PI)
National Science Foundation
9/1/24 → 8/31/27
Project: Research project
Center for 3-Dimensional Ferroelectric Microelectronics Manufacturing (3DFEM2)
Trolier-McKinstry, S. E. (PI)
Basic Energy Sciences
8/1/24 → 7/31/28
Project: Research project
PFI-TT: Developing a Multi-purpose Container for Large-Scale Production of 2D Materials
Cesarano, J. (PI), Robinson, J. A. (CoPI) & Robinson, J. A. (CoPI)
National Science Foundation
8/1/24 → 7/31/26
Project: Research project
Collaborative Research: CDS&E: Inverse Design of Sequence-Defined Macromolecules using Generative Deep Learning
Reinhart, W. (PI)
National Science Foundation
6/1/24 → 5/31/27
Project: Research project
Collaborative Research: Embedding Material-Informed History through Fractional Calculus State Variable Formulation
Pagan, D. (PI)
National Science Foundation
6/1/24 → 5/31/27
Project: Research project

Outstanding Collaborative Research Team
Adair, J. H. (Recipient), Amin, S. (Recipient), Claxton, D. (Recipient), Desai, D. (Recipient), Hengst, J. (Recipient), Liao, J. (Recipient), Paulson, R. (Recipient), Sharma, A. (Recipient), Stanley, B. (Recipient), Wang, H.-G. (Recipient), Yun, J. (Recipient) & Zhu, J. (Recipient), 2015
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James Hansell Adair, PhD

Nasim Alem

Allison Michelle Beese

Andrew Belmonte

Long-qing Chen

Ralph H. Colby

Tarasankar Debroy

Nutifafa Yao Doumon

Carlos Gonzalez Lopez

Venkatraman Gopalan

A review of deep learning in metal additive manufacturing: Impact on process, structure, and properties

Design and 800 °C operation of an ohmic contact to AlGaN/GaN heterostructures

Multivalency in Zr₆Nb₂O₁₇

Phase evolution and mechanical properties in Li₂O–Al₂O₃–SiO₂ glass-ceramics: Influence of heat treatment parameters

2D Indium Oxide at the Epitaxial Graphene/SIC Interface: Synthesis, Structure, Properties, and Devices

3D in situ observations of stress redistribution in Ti-6Al-4V within rogue grain neighborhoods during monotonic and cyclic loading

3D misfit potentials dependent deformation behaviors with respect to different dislocation core structures of fcc metals

Ab-initio CALPHAD modeling of NaNH₂BH₃ for solid-state H₂ storage applications

A bio-lattice deep learning framework for modeling discrete biological materials

Achieving accurate entropy and melting point by ab initio molecular dynamics and zentropy theory: Application to fluoride and chloride molten salts

Collaborative Research: DMREF: NSF-DFG: Atoms-to-Device Closed-Loop Predictive Design of Electro-Optic Materials for Quantum Photonic Circuits

NSF-SNSF: Probing Atomic-Scale Quantum Light Sources in Two-Dimensional Semiconductor/Metal Hybrid Platforms (SPARK)

Modular injectable hydrogel designs based on mixed-shell polymeric micelles with thermosensitive patchy domains

Defect-Modified Ferroelectric Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Based Tetrapolymers

Layered Chalcogenide Multiferroics for Quantum Technology Applications

Collaborative Research: In-plane Epitaxial Two-Dimensional Chalcogenide Quantum Dots for Tunable Quantum Photonics

Center for 3-Dimensional Ferroelectric Microelectronics Manufacturing (3DFEM2)

PFI-TT: Developing a Multi-purpose Container for Large-Scale Production of 2D Materials

Collaborative Research: CDS&E: Inverse Design of Sequence-Defined Macromolecules using Generative Deep Learning

Collaborative Research: Embedding Material-Informed History through Fractional Calculus State Variable Formulation

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