• Over90graduatestudents(>70full-timePhDstudents)

• Over$2.5Millioninresearchexpendituresin2011

• Severalmultiple>$1millionawardsfromDepartmentofEnergy,a$7.3milliondollarMultidisciplinaryUniversityResearchInitiative(MURI)awardfromtheOfficeofNavalResearch,GraduateAssistanceinAreasofNationalNeed(GAANN)awardfromtheDepartmentofEducation.

• Over90ISIpublicationsin2011

• LocalindustryincludesUnitedTechnologiesCorporations(Pratt&Whitney,Sikorsky,Otis,HamiltonSunstrand,UTCPower),ElectricBoat(adivisionofGeneralDynamics),Praxair,GeneralElectric,FuelCellEnergy,Pfizer,etc.

Materials Science & Engineering Program97 North Eagleville RoadUnit 3136Storrs, CT 06269-3136 Phone: 860.486.4620Fax: 860.486.4745www.MSE.engr.uconn.edu

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TheUniversityofConnecticutstandsamongthetop20publicinstitutionsinthenation.Itiscurrentlyundergoingastate-funded$2.3billioninfrastructureimprovementplanthatincludesanewstate-of-the-artengineeringbuildingthatwillhouselaboratoriesfortransformationalresearchandeducationinstrategicareassuchasenergy,informatics,nanotechnology,biotechnology,securityandsustainableengineering.

Thestudentdiversitycontinuestoincrease,asdoesthenumberofhonorsstudents,valedictorians,andsalutatorianswhoconsistentlymakeUConntheirtopchoice.

UConnismidwaybetweenNewYorkCityandBostonforeasyvisits.• Boston:75minutes• NewYorkCity:150minutes• BradleyInternationalAirport:40minutes

About UConn

Materials Science & Engineering Program

at a Glance

StorrsHartford

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Research

BiomaterialsCeramicandpolymer-ceramiccompositematerialsfororthopedicanddentalimplants,bonerepair,deliveryofboneregenerativedrugsandcoatingsfortitanium-basedimplants.SomestudentsmayworkattheUConnHealthCenter;othersintheInterdisciplinaryMaterialsScienceandEngineering.

Electronic MaterialsFerroelectricmaterialsandthinfilmdevices,dielectricandpiezoelectricceramics,high-energydensitycapacitors,gatedielectrics,conductingoxidesandphotoniccrystals.

Nanostructured MaterialsNanolithography,nanofabrication,andnano-manipulationofmaterials,hightemporalresolutionscanningprobemicroscopymeasurementsofmaterialspropertiesatthenanoscale,assemblyoflowdimensionalnanostructuredmaterialsincludingquantumdots,nanowiresandothernovelstructures,studiesofdefects,interfacesandrelatednanoscalephenomenainmetals,ceramicsandsemiconductorsusinganalyticalandhigh-resolutionelectronmicroscopytechniques.

Materials Theory & ModelingFirst-principlesstudiesofmetals,semiconductors,insulatorsandcompositematerials,constitutivemodelingofcoupledinteractionsingradedthinfilmandmultilayerferroicheterostructures,thermodynamictheoryoftransformationalphenomenaandmicrostructureevolutioninferroelectricmaterials.

Materials in Energy & the Environment DesignanddevelopmentofmaterialsandsystemsforsolidoxideandPEMfuelcell,photovoltaic,hydrogenstorage,andenergytransductionapplications.

Facilities

Materials Synthesis & Processing Particlegrowthbysoftchemicalandsolutioncrystallizationmethods,thinfilmgrowthbymetal-organicdecompositionandpulsedlaserdeposition,solidfreeformfabricationandjoiningofceramics,deformationprocessingofamorphousmetalalloys,metalalloycastingandsolidificationprocesses,ionimplantation,laserprocessingofmetalsandceramics.

Structural MaterialsStructure-property-processingrelationsinconventionalmetalalloysandsuperalloys,bulkmetallicglasses,thermalbarriercoatingsandradomes.

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TheInstituteofMaterialsScience(IMS)isa95,000sq.ft.advancedresearchfacilitythatmaintainsstate-of-the-artequipmentandinstrumentationsupportingafullrangeofmaterialsresearchactivities,includingsynthesisandprocessing,characterization,propertymeasurements,andcomputation.

TheCenterforCleanEnergyEngineering(C2E2)isaSchoolofEngineeringfacilitydedicatedtoresearch,development,anddemonstrationofsustainableenergysystems.

TheBoothEngineeringCenterforAdvancedTechnology(BECAT)isacentralizedcomputingresearchanddevelopmentfacility.

S. Pamir Alpay, MSE Program Director Ph.D., University of Maryland (1999) Ferroic Materials, Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Phase Transformations, Conducting Oxides & Thin Film Deposits

Mark AindowPh.D., University of Liverpool (1989)Defects and Interfaces, Microstructural Development in Alloys and Thin Films & Electron Microscopy

Harold D. BrodyAlpha Sigma Mu Chapter AdvisorSc.D, MIT (1964)Materials Processing, Alloy Casting and Solidification & Process Models

C. Barry CarterD. Phil., Oxford University (1976)Sc.D, Cambridge University (2005) Interfaces & Defects; Nanomaterials; TEM, SEM and AFM

Puxian Gao, Chair of Graduate ProgramPh.D., Georgia Tech (2005)Nanomaterials Synthesis, Characterization and Manipulation, Nanotechnology for Energy, Environmental & Biomedical Applications

Rainer HebertMaterials Advantage Chapter AdvisorPh.D., U of Wisconsin-Madison (2003)Phase Transformations, Metals & Alloys, Metalic Glasses & Severe Plastic

Bryan HueyMRS Student Chapter AdvisorPh.D., Univ. of Pennsylvania (1999)Scanning Probe Microscopy, Nanoscience, Electronic Materials, Textures & Ceramics

Theodoulos Z. KattamisScD., MIT (1965)Solidification and Metals Joining, Materials Processing, Thin Coatings & Tribology

Harris L. Marcus, Director IMSPh.D., Northwestern University (1966)Freeform Fabrication, Mechanical Behavior, Fatigue, Nanotechnology & Photonic Crystals

Radenka MaricPh.D. University of Kyoto (1996)Novel Materials for Fuel Cells & Batteries, Processing Materials, Aerosole & Flame Synthesis

Ramamurthy RamprasadPh.D., U of Illinois (1997)Materials Modeling & Computation, Nanomaterials, Thin Films & Interfaces

Mei Wei Chair of Undergraduate ProgramPh.D., U of New South Wales (1998)Biomaterials, Ceramics, Coatings & Composites

George A. Rossetti Jr.Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State U (1993)Electroceramic Materials, Crystal Chemistry and Physics & Ceramic Processing Science

Prabhakar SinghDirector, C2E2Ph.D., University of Sheffield (1978)High Temperature Materials, Oxidation and Corrosion, Electrochemistry, Fuel Cells

Additional Faculty in Material Science & Engineering Graduate Program

Material Science & Engineering Program Faculty

Eric H. Jordan Mechanical EngineeringPh.D., U of Wisconsin-Madison (1978)

Yusuf Khan, UConn Health CenterDepartment of Orthopaedic SurgeryPh.D., Drexel University (2005)

Liisa T. Kuhn UConn Health CenterCenter for BiomaterialsPh.D., U of California (1992), SB

Sangamesh Kumbar UConn Health CenterDepartment of Orthopaedic SurgeryPh.D., Karnatak University (2003)

Jeff McCutcheon Chemical EngineeringPh.D., Yale University (2007)

Syam Nukavarapu UConn Health CenterDepartment of Orthopaedic SurgeryPh.D., Indian Institute of Science (2003)

Richard Parnas Chemical EngineeringPh.D., U of California, LA (1990)

Brian Willis Chemical EngineeringPh.D., MIT (1999)

A. Jon Goldberg Director, Center for Biomaterials, UConn Health CenterPh.D., University of Michigan

Hanchen Huang Mechanical EngineeringPh.D., U of California, LA (1995)

Menka Jain Department of PhysicsPh.D., University of Puerto Rico (2004)

Lakshmi Nair UConn Health CenterDepartment of Orthopaedic SurgeryPh.D., SCTIMST (1999)

Trent Molter, C2E2Ph.D., UConn (2008)

Avinash M. DongarePh.D., University of Virginia (2008)Atomistic, Meso-Scale & Multi-Scale Modeling, Multiphase Bulk Material, Inter-faces, and Surfaces across Multiple Scales

TheInstituteofMaterialsScience(IMS)isa95,000sq.ft.advancedresearchfacilitythatmaintainsstate-of-the-artequipmentandinstrumentationsupportingafullrangeofmaterialsresearchactivities,includingsynthesisandprocessing,characterization,propertymeasurements,andcomputation.

TheCenterforCleanEnergyEngineering(C2E2)isaSchoolofEngineeringfacilitydedicatedtoresearch,developmentanddemonstrationofsustainableenergysystems.

TheBoothEngineeringCenterforAdvancedTechnology(BECAT)isacentralizedcomputingresearchanddevelopmentfacility. 092012-HB