Faculty mentors
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is committed to fostering a community of inclusive excellence that promotes everybody's potential without bias. These faculty members are part of our Diversity & Inclusion initiative and welcome students to contact them for support and guidance as you develop into the best engineers possible.
Professor Sheikh Akbar
Focus areas
- Ceramic material
- Electronic materials
- Energy applications
Materials Science and Engineering
Focus areas
-
General MSE
- Metallurgy
- Welding and joining
- Processing/manufacturing
Professor Jon Brown
Materials Science and Engineering
Focus areas
- General MSE
- Polymeric materials
- Computational/modeling of materials
Professor Carolin Fink
Focus areas
- Metallurgy
- Welding and joining
- Processing/manufacturing
- Computational/Modeling of materials
- Energy applications
Professor Perena Gouma
Focus areas
- Biomaterials
- Ceramic material
- Composite materials
- Processing/Manufacturing
Focus areas
- Electronic materials
- Energy applications
Focus areas
- Metallurgy
- Corrosion/Degradation
Professor Pat Morris
Materials Science and Engineering
Focus areas:
- General MSE
- Ceramic material
- Electronic materials
- Processing/manufacturing
- Energy applications
Focus areas:
- Electronic materials
- Energy applications
Focus areas
- Metallurgy
- Computational modeling of materials
Lincoln Electric Professor Boyd Panton
Welding Engineering
Focus areas
- Welding and joining
- Processing/manufacturing
Focus areas
- Biomaterials
- Polymeric materials
Professor Antonio Ramirez
Director, Ma2JIC
Focus areas
- Welding and joining
- Processing/manufacturing
- Computational/modeling of materials
Focus areas
- Electronic materials
- Energy applications
- Superconductors