Institute for Advanced Materials & Manufacturing
High-entropy alloys, small-scale mechanical behavior of crystalline and amorphous materials, refractory and precious metals for space power applications, mechanical behavior at extremes of temperature and strain rate, environmental effects on microstructure and mechanical properties
Correlated electrons, electron transport in nanostructures, diluted magnetic semiconductors
Polymer melts, blends and nanocomposites, association of biomolecules in membrane environments, reaction-diffusion phenomena in patterning applications, development of novel algorithms for multiscale modeling, computational characterization of materials coupled to scattering experiments
Biomolecular engineering applications in immune function, viral membrane fusion proteins, molecular switching and cell adhesion proteins, protein immobilizing and modifying enzymes
Strongly correlated electronic systems, high Tc superconductors, manganites and other transition metal oxides, supercomputers
Soft matter, glass transition and polymer dynamics, polymers with dynamic bonds as new recyclable materials, materials for clean energy technologies, membranes for fuel cells and flow batteries, membranes for gas separation, CO2 capture and water desalination, dynamics and macroscopic properties of multicomponent polymeric materials, dynamics and functions of proteins and other biological macromolecules.
