Faculty

Efstathios “Stathis” I. Meletis, Professor and Chair
Surface engineering, plasma processes, nanomaterials, biomaterials, corrosion

Pranesh Aswath, Professor and Graduate Advisor
Ceramics, titanium composites, bioactive materials, tribology, civil structures

Wen S. Chan, Professor
Smart structures and materials, fatigue and fracture analysis, composites, solid mechanics
   


Ronald Elsenbaumer, Professor and Vice President for Research
Electrically conductive polymers, enhanced lubricants & coatings

Roger D. Goolsby, Professor
Fracture and fatigue of metal matrix composites, thermoplastics, polymer composites

Yaowu Hao, Assistant Professor
Magnetic nanostructures, micro/nano fabrication, nanobiotechnology

Michael Jin, Assistant Professor
Photovoltaics, CIGS & organic solar cells, conjugated polymers, DNA electronics

Choong-Un Kim, Associate Professor
Thin-film metallurgy, phase transformation, reliability physics of microelectronics

Seong Jin Koh, Assistant Professor
Nano-electronic devices, sensors for molecular level detection, surface science

Research Faculty

Jiechao C. Jiang, Ph.D.

Post Doctoral Associates
WoongHo Bang, Ph.D.
Shaoxin You
, Ph.D.

Staff

Jennifer Standlee, Administrative Assistant
Lidia Cuauhtli, Administrative Assistant

Affiliated Faculty

In addition to the MSE core faculty, a number of professors from other departments in the College of Engineering and the College of Science at UTA participate in the Materials Science and Engineering Program. They collaborate in research projects with the faculty and mentor Materials Science and Engineering students.


Frank Lu
, Aerospace Engineering

Ali Abolmaali, Civil Engineering

Zeynep Celik Butler, Jung-Chih Chiao, Wiley Kirk, Frank Lewis, Dan Popa,  Harry Stephanou, Meng Tao, Michael Vasilev, Weidong Zhou, Electrical Engineering

Bumsoo Han, Haiying Huang, Seiichi Nomura, Panos Shiakolas, Kamesh Subbarao, Mechanical Engineering

Krishnan Rajeshwar, Dmitry Rudkevich, Richard Timmons, Chemistry

Truman Black, Wei Chen, Ali R. Koymen, J. Ping Liu, Alex Weiss, Physics