Research Capacity Catalog

Since the early days of the Industrial Revolution, when steel was the material of choice for engineering applications, a wide variety of high-strength metals, alloys, ceramics, polymers, and composites have been developed for structural applications in engineering. Today, advanced structural materials are still at the forefront of materials research, and many faculty, graduate students and [...]

Who We Are Currently, our faculty are actively leading research into both traditional chemical and energy industries as well as new areas of application and innovation, such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, advanced materials, and sustainable energy. The vision of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department is to be a center of inspired learning that nurtures innovation, [...]

The principal goal of materials science is to understand, and predict, just what properties will result from the combination of particular types of atoms into bulk matter. Condensed matter research at UT draws on the strength of renowned experimentalists and theorists to solve these puzzles. Experimental Group The experimental group includes Pengcheng Dai, Norman Mannella, [...]

Research efforts in electronic, optical and magnetic materials focus on an interdisciplinary investigation of multi-functional materials for renewable energy, and sensing and optical communication applications. Ongoing activities include materials synthesis and processing, device fabrication, property characterization and theoretical modeling. Research facilities consist of unique in-house developed experimental systems for integrated electronic, optical and magnetic measurements, [...]