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Materials Science and Engineering [M.Eng. administered by College of Engineering]

Field Description

The focus of current advanced materials research at Cornell includes ceramics, complex fluids, metals, polymers and semiconductors in the form of thin films and in the bulk. Electrical, magnetic, mechanical, optical, and structural properties are investigated. Some special topics of interest are composites, inorganic-organic hybrids, nanocomposites, organic optoelectronics, and, in relation to the structure of materials, the investigation of grain boundaries, surfaces and structural defects. Also studied are materials synthesis and processing and solid state reactions in model systems. Many faculty are involved in electronic packaging. Numerous interactions exist with other fields at Cornell.

A strong catalyst for materials research activities at Cornell has been provided by the Cornell Center for Materials Research (formerly: Materials Science Center), which provides substantial financial assistance to graduate students and maintains central research facilities.

Contact Information

Website: https://www.mse.cornell.edu/mse/programs
Email: mse-admissions@cornell.edu
Phone: 607-254-5554

210 Bard Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853

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Materials Science and Engineering

Concentrations by Subject

Materials Science and Engineering

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Faculty

Alireza Abbaspourrad

Campus: Ithaca - (Minor Member)
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: structural emulsions and encapsulation technologies, surface chemistry, food chemistry, ingredient technology

Nicholas Lawrence Abbott

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: colloidal and interfacial phenomena

Christopher Alabi

Campus: Ithaca - (Minor Member)
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: Drug discovery and targeted drug delivery, polymeric materials, programmable molecules and materials.

Lynden A Archer

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials science
Research Interests: Electrochemical materials & Interphases

C. Thomas Avedisian

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering
Research Interests: heat transfer; fluid mechanics; combustion

Shefford P Baker

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: mechanical properties in small dimensions; micro- and nanomechanics; thin films and patterned structures; nanoindentation; microstructure and defects in materials

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: development and implementation processes for the recombinant production of therapeutic proteins; use of nanoscale materials; design and creation of novel biosensors; creation of hands-on science for young students

Nicole Ann Benedek

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials science
Research Interests: theoretical and computational materials science

Lawrence Bonassar

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: biomaterials, materials design

Joel Donald Brock

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: time-resolved X-ray scattering of kinetic processes; in situ synchrotron X-ray scattering studies of thin-film growth; development of ultra-high-flux synchrotron radiation beamlines for real-time structural dynamics studies of materials

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: Research in my lab focuses on synthesis and transport properties of topological and 2D nanomaterials and their phase transformations in order to understand the structure-electronic property relationships of quantum nanomaterials.

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials science
Research Interests: Biological Physics, Experimental Condensed Matter Physics

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: microstructure-property relationships in healthy and pathologic bone tissue; disease- and treatment-induced changes in the properties of bone mineral and collagen; connections between fundamental properties and clinical impact

Julia Dshemuchadse

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: principles of stability and crystal structures, complex structures

Eric Robert Dufresne

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: Biologically-inspired and biologically-enabled materials design. Materials of life.

Amal El-Ghazaly

Campus: Ithaca - (Minor Member)
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: thin-film magnetic and magnetoelectric heterostructures for voltage-tunable devices, large-deformation magnetic elastomers for haptic devices, sensor design

James R Engstrom

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: Atomic and molecular layer processing for applications in the microelectronic, biomedical, and energy-related sciences. Atomic layer deposition and area-selective deposition. Gas-surface dynamics via molecular beam scattering. In-situ monitoring and control of thin film processes.

Lara A. Estroff

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials science
Research Interests: bio-inspired crystal growth; biomineralization; crystal growth in hydrogels; crystal polymorph control; self-assembled monolayers

Craig J. Fennie

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: Materials Physics (Theory), Symmetry, Computation

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: Quantum information science and spintronics

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: Earth and planetary materials chemical and structural properties, high temperature diffusion and thermodynamics, critical minerals, melt and glasses properties. Mass spectrometry and Raman and IR spectroscopy.

Emmanuel P Giannelis

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: Nanomaterials for energy conversion and storage

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: optoelectronic properties; nanocrystalline semiconductors; solar energy conversion; electromechanical energy storage

Mostafa Hassani

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: materials under extreme conditions, small scale mechanics, impact, deformation and damage mechanisms, metal additive manufacturing, solid phase processing, surface engineering

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: materials synthesis and processing, semiconductor physics and devices, nanotechnology, biomedical imaging and instrumentation, and sensors and actuators

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: electronic materials and devices

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: (a) Biomaterials for medical devices, implants and cell therapeutics; (b) Drug delivery for immunotherapy for the treatment and prevention of cancer, autoimmune disorders, and infections

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: characterization of electronic materials; nanoscale magnetic resonance imaging; scanning probe microscopy

Matthew Peter Miller

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering
Research Interests: processing and properties of engineering materials, primarily alloys; integrated characterization experiments and mechanical tests with multiscale numerical simulations to better understand structure/property relationships and to develop all performance prediction methodologies

Campus: Ithaca - (Minor Member)
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: metal additive manufacturing, Material Design

David A. Muller

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: impact of electronic structural changes on small-length scales and how they affect macroscopic properties of materials; how interfaces affect transport properties; role of electronic structure in controlling cohesion of interfaces; first detection/real-space characterization of individual atoms and how clusters vary inside crystals

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: We are a synthesis focused group working on developing oxide and nitride materials for next generation electronic, optoelectronic, and quantum technologies

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: sustainable construction materials for subsurface and above ground infrastructure applications.

Christopher Kemper Ober

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: polymer synthesis - polymer brushes, anti-fouling polymers and the biology-materials interface; environmentally friendly polymers, PFAS free materials: Polymers for microelectronics - advanced lithography and photoresists, adhesives polymer characterization - real-time x-ray scattering

Richard D. Robinson

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: Chiral nanomaterials with strong circular dichroism and novel optical phenomena; Magic-sized cluster synthesis, characterization, and hierarchical assembly; Structure–property relationships in nanoscale materials; Synchrotron-based X-ray and advanced spectroscopic techniques; Scalable colloidal synthesis of complex multicomponent nanomaterials; High-entropy nanomaterials and complex oxides for energy and; photonic applications; Advanced alternative nanoparticle energy devices; Energy applications of nanoscale materials

Darrell G. Schlom

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: heteroepitaxial growth and characterization of oxide thin films, especially ferroelectric and multiferroic oxides on semiconductors for increased functionality or as potential replacements for silicon oxide as the gate dielectric in MOSFETs

Robert Shepherd

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science

Meredith Silberstein

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: Non-equilibrium dynamics in quantum materials and energy systems

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: Electrochemical energy conversion; Surface science; Heterogeneous catalysis; Solid-liquid interfaces; Growth, dissolution, and corrosion of materials

Michael Olgar Thompson

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: Laser processing of materials for ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor dopant activation and autonomous exploration of phase formation; non-equilibrium growth and metastable phases.

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: thermal materials, heat transfer, materials science, condensed matter physics, nanoengineering

Christopher (Kit) Cutler Umbach

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering
Research Interests: surface characterization of thin films and glasses using x-ray scattering and scanned probe microscopy; nanopatterning of surfaces

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: -development of nanofibers via electrospinning and functional fiber/textile materials -understanding the fiber formation of materials -develop functional fibrous materials

Robert Bruce van Dover

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: Development and use of AI-enabled high throughput synthesis/evaluation experimental strategies

Krystyn J Van Vliet

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: Materials Science and Engineering and Biomedical Engineering

James C. Weaver

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: investigating structure-function relationships in hierarchically ordered biological composites and the advanced fabrication of their synthetic analogues.

Ulrich Bernd Wiesner

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials science
Research Interests: polymer science; block copolymers; nanoparticles; self-assembly; organic-inorganic hybrids; nano-composites; soft-matter enabled quantum materials; asymmetric ultrafiltration membranes; nanomedicine; energy storage and conversion

Huili (Grace) Xing

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: electronic materials and devices

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: Materials Science and Engineering

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: The Yang group focuses on developing operando electrochemical liquid-cell scanning transmission electron microscopy (EC-STEM) and correlative synchrotron based X-ray methods to probe electrochemical dynamics of energy materials at solid-liquid interfaces across multiple spatiotemporal scales

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: Condensed matter physics, nanotechnology, and quantum science

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: Develop computational methods to characterize engineered living materials and nanoscale phenomena for biomedicine, sustainable manufacturing, and advanced energy storage.

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: Optoelectronic materials and devices and plasmonic biosensors

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials engineering; materials science
Research Interests: Our group works at the interface of molecular simulation, machine-learning, statistical mechanics, and quantum mechanics towards the design of novel electrolytes and materials for energy and sustainability.

Campus: Ithaca
Concentrations: Materials Science and Engineering: materials science
Research Interests: Materials Science

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