The department has the highest Ph.D. student to faculty ratio and one of the highest research expenditures to faculty ratios at UTA. The department has high levels of research funding from NSF, DOE, ONR, NASA, DOD and other federal, industrial and state sources in the areas of micro/nano electronic devices, self-assembled nanomaterials, multifunctional, nanocomposite thin films, bio/nanomagnets, optoelectronics, solar cells and materials for clean energy, advanced lubricants, and coatings. Below are descriptions of some of our research labs.
Research focuses on integrating man-made and natural micro/nanoscale materials, processes, and systems for engineering innovation. We work on research projects at the intersection of physical sciences and engineering and life sciences and biomedicine at the micro/nanoscale.
The Biomaterials Laboratory is focused on developing both soft and hard bioactive biomaterials for applications ranging from drug delivery, tissue engineering, structural and orthopedic applications.
The Center for Advanced Construction Materials, CACM, of the University of Texas at Arlington is a state-of-the-art interdisciplinary, materials science, civil engineering and mechanics Center, for developing and testing innovative and engineered, smart materials for the infrastructure. The multidisciplinary researchers of CACM advance the knowledge to design, characterize and implement the use of smart and innovative materials, addressing the societal needs of infrastructure materials of the new concepts of construction based on the benefits of the properties at the nanoscale to build structures at the macroscale.
Center for Advanced Construction MaterialsThe Characterization Center for Materials and Biology provides state-of-the-art instrumentation for use by faculty, students and other researchers to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and strengthen research activity.
Characterization Center for Materials and BiologyResearch includes reliability assessment of Cu/low-k interconnects for future technology nodes, controlled grain growth of Cu interconnects, and design and development of quantum-dot embedded nanocomposite particles for bioimaging.
MCL focuses on research on the low-temperature chemical synthesis and control of material composition, structure, and properties through experimental investigations at the atomic scale to mesoscale. Our aim is to elucidate the origins of material properties through the precise synthesis of materials and direct observations of chemical dynamics. Primary applications include civil infrastructure and biomaterials.
Materials Chemistry LaboratoryResearch focuses on modeling materials microstructures and evolutions and understanding their relations to materials properties based on mesoscale computational methods (such as phase-field modeling). Current materials of interest include nanostructures, functional oxide thin films and energy-related materials.
Research involves the fabrication, characterization and applications of novel metal nanostructures, including hollow Au nanoparticles, bimetallic core-shell nanoparticles, silver nanodendrites, Au nanovoid arrays and magnetic nanorods and nanotubes.
Research includes development of high-performance, low-phosphorous engine oils, development of high-performance universal greases, and development of conformal large area fluorinated hydrocarbon coatings.
The Shimadzu Institute Nanotechnology Research Center is the pre-eminent, university-based nanotechnology research, development and teaching facility in North Texas. It features a class-10 clean room and instrumentation.
Research includes basic and applied processing-structure-property relationships with emphasis on advanced materials, nanotechnology and small-scale materials. Current research includes materials genome for high-temperature oxidationresistant coatings, multifunctional nanocomposite films, epitaxial oxide and composition gradient nanostructures, nanotribology, ultra-low-friction solid films, surface science and engineering, and electrolytic plasma processing.
Dr. Efstathios "Stathis" Meletis
Department Chair
817-272-2559
meletis@uta.edu