Institute for Advanced Materials & Manufacturing

Institute for advanced materials & manufacturing

Bringing together 160 faculty to create the scale and multidisciplinary ecosystem essential to advance the frontiers of fundamental scientific understanding and technological innovation

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Collaboration Across Disciplines

Partnering with academia, industry, and government organizations with efforts spanning the disciplines of chemistry, computer science, engineering, physics, design, architecture, agriculture, and artificial intelligence

Putting Ideas To Work

Accelerating the translation of fundamental research into new processes, products, and services in applications of advanced energy, national security, advanced computing and communications, and transportation

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Training the next generation

Integrating academics and cutting-edge experimentation to prepare a diverse workforce for the industries of tomorrow

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Areas Of Excellence

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Advanced Manufacturing

Advanced Materials

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Post-Doctoral Researcher Amine Benkechkache and student Lance Drouet conduct research in a class 100 clean room at the Mirco-Processing Research Facility housed within UTÂ’s new Institute for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing located at Cherokee Farm on April 05, 2022. Photo by Steven Bridges/University of Tennessee

Materials for Extreme Environments

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William Henkin, wearing a VW shirt, works with tensile testing of glass fiber reinforced polymeric (GFRP) composites in a lab inside the Science & Engineering Building SERF 104 105 on December 02, 2022. Photo by Steven Bridges/University of Tennessee.

Polymer Science

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Adrian Del Maestro discusses formulas with a student on his office window int he IAMM building on April 01, 2022. Photo by Steven Bridges/University of Tennessee

Quantum Sciences

World-Class Faculty

Faculty at the institute are leaders in their fields, pushing fundamental research, and offering innovative insights to industries worldwide.

Meet Our Faculty
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