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07 08 09 10 11Faculty 40 43 41 55 57BSDegrees 23 37 29 43 59MSDegrees 8 12 23 12 30PhDDegrees 34 27 29 34 52ExternalFunding($M) 21 26 25 43 30JournalPapers 628 796 606 705 766Presentations 417 637 364 463 686Patents 81 67 31 52 74U.S.N&WRRankingsUndergraduate 9 9 7 9 9Graduate 9 8 8 8 8FI

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Bio-Enabled Materials

Computational Materials Design

Nanomaterials and Nanoengineering

STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS

Buildingcomponentsanddevicesofmolecu-lardimensionssuchassynthesisofnanowires,nanobelts, and nanocoils for the assembly ofnanomachines.

A new paradigm formanufacturing andharnessingthelivingcelltomanufacturenano-machinesfordrugdeliverytospecificbodysitesforcancertreatment;insitudiagnosis;chemicaland bio-sensing; production of paper, fiber,catalysts,photoniccircuitsandscaffoldsfortheselfassemblyoflargescaledevices.

The use of advanced intensively parallelcomputerstodesignnewmaterialswithpropertiesneverbeforeseen.

� HaskellBeckhamwashonoredbyAuburnUniversitybybeingnamedthe2011OutstandingAlumnusbyAuburn’sSchoolofPolymer&FiberEngineer-ing.� MeilinLiuwashighlightedintheGTResearchHorizonmagazinefordevel-opmentofaselfcleaningelectrodewhichallowsfuelcellstoopperateoncoalgas.Dr.LiuwaselevatedtoaFellowofAmericanCeramicSociety(ACerS).� SundaresanJayaramanwasappoint-edastheKolonTermProfessor.Asapioneerofthesyntheticfiberindustryinthe20thcentury,KolonGlotech,a

StudentProfile

Bachelor’s 295Master’s 24Doctoral 184

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InterdIscIplInary collaboratIons...The GT Materials Council, comprised of nearly 200 facultymembersservesasaforumforcooperativeeducationandre-searchdevelopment. Over70undergraduateand80graduatecoursesareregularlyofferedprovidingbroadprospectivesandtheintroductionoftoolsfromvariousdisciplines.Theseminarseries is a forum for exchange with external distinguishedresearchers.TheCouncilfacilitatestheeducationofnewad-vancesinmaterialdesignandservesasavehicletotestanddevelopnewideasforcollaborativemultidisciplinaryteaming.

Formoreinformationvisitwww.matecouncil.gatech.edu.

Degree ProgramsBS:MaterialsScience&Engineeringwithaconcentrationin

Polymer&FiberMaterials,Structural&FunctionalMaterialsorBiomaterials

BS/MS:MaterialsScience&Engineering(5Year)MS:Bioengineering*MS:MaterialsScience&EngineeringMS:PaperScience&Engineering*MS:Polymer,Textile&FiberEngineeringMS:withaMajorinMaterialsScience&EngineeringPhD:withaMajorinBioengineering*PhD:withaMajorinMaterialsScience&EngineeringPhD:withaMajorinPolymer,Textile&FiberEngineeringPhD:withaMajorinPaperScience&Engineering*PhD:JointGT-PKUwithaMajorInMaterialsScience&

Engineeing*denotesinterdisciplinaryprograms

memberoftheKolonGroup,continuestobeattheforefrontoftechnologydevelopmentinmaterialsandtextiles.� ValeriaMilamwasawardedtenureandpro-motedtoAssociateProfessor.� Z.L.WangwashighlightedintheGTResearchHorizonmagazineforcreationofanewlogicdevicebasedonPiezoelectricEffect.Research-ershavedevelopedanewclassofelectroniclogicdeviceinwhichcurrentisswitchedbyanelectricfieldgeneratedbytheapplicationofmechanicalstraintozincoxidenanowires.Dr.WangwasnamedHightowerChairinMaterialsScienceandEngineering.� AstronautSandyMagnus,PhDMSE,GeorgiaTech,1996,isamissionspecialistonthefinalSpaceShuttleMissionAtlantisthatlaunchedintospaceJuly2011.

RecentlyrevisedUndergraduateCur-riculumallowsa choice of concen-trations in structural and functionalmaterials,polymerandfibermaterials,orbio-materials.

U.S.NewsandWorldReportrankedthe MSE undergraduate program6th and ranked the graduateprogram8thamongUSuniversities.

The Chronicle of Higher EducationrankedGTMSEas#1inthenation!MSE students are among the bestinthenationandhavevirtuallythehighestSATscoresatGeorgiaTech!

More than 120 fellowships andscholarshipsareawardedtoMSEstudentsannually.

Startingsalariesof 2011 MSE gradua t e s B.S.>$60K

M.S.>$70K Ph.D.>$96K

AtGeorgiaTech MSEfocuseson thede-velopmentofnewmaterialsforthenextgen-eration of engineering applications. It viewsbiomaterials, nanomaterials, ceramics, metals,polymers, electronicmaterials and compositesfromafundamentalpointofview,emphasiz-ingtherelationshipsbetweentheatomic-andmicro-structureaswellastheproperties,pro-cessingandperformanceofthematerial.

MSE at Georgia Tech is the larg-est and strongest program in the Unit-ed States with 57 faculty and over $30Million in annual research expenditures.

Polymers andMacromolecules

BiologicallyEnabled andBioinspiredMaterials

NanomaterialsandNanoengineered

DevicesComputationalDesign,Modeling, andSimulations

Functionalelectronic andOptical Materials

PRINCIPAL RESEARCH AREASPRINCIPAL RESEARCH AREAS

PolymersandMacromolecules• Degradablepolymersforencapsulationandtreatment

ofaneurysms• Identificationanddesignofmineralformingproteins• Nanotomicropatterningofpolymericmaterials

usingirrationalselfassembly• PolymericmaterialsforquantumcomputingBio-enabledandBio-inspiredMaterials• Bio-enabledinorganic-organicnanocomposites-

BIONICCenter• Peptide/protein-induced,room-temperatureformation

ofoptical,sensor,andelectronicmaterials• Robustandversatilebio-enabledantimicrobial

nanocompositecoatings• Diffusionofanti-malarialsinpolyolefinbednetting• Protectivemasksforbirdinfluenza• Bonescaffoldsandcartilagedesignforimplants• Smarttriggeredhydrogelsforreconstructivesurgery• AdvancedbiochipsforbioelectronicsComputationalDesign,Modeling,&Simulations• Theuseofadvancedintensivelyparallelcomputers

todesignnewmaterialswithpropertiesneverbeforeseen

• Cementitiousmaterialswithtailoredproperties• Failure-resistantceramicsandalloys• Multifunctionalenergeticstructuralmaterials• Multi-scalefirst-principlesmodelingofpolymer

membranesinfuelcellsMulti-ScaleStructural&ChemicalCharacterization• Insitucharacterizationoffuelcellprocesses• Nano-structureanalysisviaX-raydiffractionline

profilemodeling• Developmentofrapidscatteringmeasurementsforin

situcharacterization• Insitumeasurementofatomicandelectronic

structure• Quantitativeanalysisoffracturesurfacesand

3Dmicrostructureprediction

FibersandComposites• Carbonnanotubesassupercapicitors• Nanogeneratorforconvertingmechanicalenergyinto

electricity• Fiberbased,concealedandconformablesolarcells• Superstrongnano-carbonfibers• SupersonicairjetassistedfiberspinningFunctionalElectronicandOpticalMaterials• Shapememoryinsoftmaterialsprocessing• Wearablesensornetworksforpersonalizedmobile

informationprocessing• Lotuseffectforsurfacesuper-hydrophobiccoatingfor

energyandelectronicpackagingapplications• Graphenesyntheses,characterizationsandapplications• Advancedphotonicandphosphormaterials• Nextgenerationelectronicpackaging• Flexibleelectronicsanddisplays• HighintensityMOCVDlightemittingdiodes• Nextgenerationfuelcells• Si-basedanodesforhighenergyLi-ionbatteriesNanomaterials&NanoengineeredDevices• Buildingcomponentsanddevicesofmolecular

dimensionssuchassynthesisofnanowires,nanobelts,andnanocoilsfortheassemblyofnanomachines

• Anewparadigmformanufacturingandharnessingthelivingcelltomanufacturenanomachinesfordrugdeliverytospecificbodysitesforcancertreatment;insitudiagnosis,chemicalandbio-sensing;productionofpaperfiber,catalysts,photoniccircuitsandscaffoldsfortheselfassemblyoflargescaledevices

• Nano-piezotronicsforfunctionalnanodevices• Biochemicalmechanismofsilicananopatternformation

indiatoms• Polymericandnanostructuredmaterialsinelectronics

andphotonicsEnergyStorageandHarvestingMaterial• Carbonnanotubesassupercapicitors• Nanogeneratorforconvertingmechanicalenergyinto

electricity• Fiberbased,concealedandconformablesolarcells• Nextgenerationfuelcells• Si-basedanodesforhighenergyLi-ionbatteriesAdvancedStructuralMaterials• Ultra-strongnano-clay-cellulosefilms• AnewgenerationofarmorbasedonfullydenseB4C• Ultra-highmeltingmaterialsforsolid-fueledrockets• Stresscorrosioncrackingofpipelinesteelsinfuel

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