Institute for Advanced Materials & Manufacturing

advanced materials & manufacturing

Advancing our understanding of materials and facilitating the translation of new knowledge into solutions, products, and services that benefit our global society

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Preparing future generations

Training innovators and entrepreneurs for the universities and industries of the future

Putting Ideas To Work

Collaborating across disciplines to advance fundamental and translational research

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Powering the economy

Place-based innovation and partnerships for economic and community growth

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Research Areas

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Advanced Manufacturing

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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 UT’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 Extremes

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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 Materials

World-Class Faculty

Faculty are leaders in their fields, advancing our fundamental understanding of matter and designing and engineering solutions for industry and other partners.

Meet Our Faculty

The university is recruiting faculty who share a passion for working together to tackle grand challenges facing Tennessee and beyond as part of its Cluster Hire Initiatives. Visit the Cluster Hire Initiatives website to learn more.

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UT Research

Discover the people, projects and ideas driving research and innovation across the University of Tennessee.

Research at UT

Centers of Excellence

Through a number of centers of excellence, IAMM unites faculty, staff, and students with external collaborators to drive forward cutting-edge research and enriching educational experiences.

View IAMM’s CEnters of Excellence
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IAMM News

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    Leading Researchers Join UT To Expand Impact and Innovation

    UT is raising the bar in research excellence with the addition of eight exceptional researchers, three of whom are tackling pressing challenges related to advanced materials. Two new UT-ORNL Governor’s Chairs focus on circular biomaterials and quantum materials and devices, respectively. Another new professor focuses on multiscale modeling of materials and structures under extreme conditions.

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  • A researcher wearing safety goggles adjusts laboratory equipment in the Tickle College of Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

    UT and Eastman Extend Research Partnership Through 2032

    UT has signed a new six-year master research agreement with Eastman that will deepen a decade-long collaboration and accelerate the development of innovative technologies in multiple fields. The agreement will support sponsored research, service agreements and a range of university-industry initiatives.

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  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Weston Fulton Professor Sergei Kalinin, wearing a light purple shirt, standing outside with a building in the background

    UT Secures $20M NSF Grant To Pioneer Breakthroughs in Automated Materials Discovery

    UT has won $20 million from the NSF to establish ATHENA (Advanced Testbed for High-throughput Experimentation in Nano- and Atomic Science), one of twenty US research hubs that will form a national network of AI-powered laboratories to accelerate scientific discovery. 

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