Emeriti Faculty Directory

  • Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Adjunct Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Teaching Interests

  • Electron microscopy
  • Materials characterization
  • Thermodynamics and kinetics
  • Electronic materials
  • Senior design

Research Interests

  • Lithium ion batteries, ceramic battery materials
  • Surface and interface dynamics
  • Thin films and nanostructures
  • Thermodynamics
  • Magnetic materials
  • Diffusional instabilities and applications of electron microscopy
  • Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering

Teaching Interests

  • Materials science
  • Corrosion
  • Electronic materials
  • Senior design

Research Interests

  • Environmental effects on mechanical properties
  • Corrosion
  • Machinability of alloys
  • Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering

Research Interests

  • Materials Processing
  • Microwave
  • Hydrogen Storage Material
  • Energy
  • Recycling
  • Extractive Metallurgy
  • Environmental Engineering
Jean Kampe

Jean Kampe

  • Professor Emerita, Materials Science and Engineering

Teaching Interests

  • Metal casting
  • Crystallography

Research Interests

  • Recrystallization
  • Morphological stability
  • Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering

Teaching Interests

  • Thermodynamics
  • Kinetics
  • Phase transformations
  • Computational materials science

Research Interests

  • Computational materials science (especially in solid-state phase transformations)
  • Theoretical and simulation studies of crystalline defects
  • Structural changes, and kinetics
  • Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Professor Emeritus, Physics

Teaching Interests

  • Electronic and Photonic Materials
  • Diffraction (Physics and Applications)
  • Experimental Design

Research Interests

  • Heteroepitaxial growth on compliant substrates
  • Fabrication, characterization, and properties of nanoscale layered structures
  • Integration of dissimilar materials through wafer bonding
  • The relationship between structural, optical, and electronic properties of heterostructures
  • Quantitative x-ray diffraction analysis
  • Materials Science curriculum development at all educational levels
  • The relationship between information and atoms
  • Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering

Teaching Interests

  • Materials science
  • Materials characterization
  • Mechanical behavior of materials
  • Ceramics

Research Interests

  • Fracture of brittle materials
  • High temperature deformation
  • Solidification of ceramics
  • Plasma spray processing
  • Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering

Teaching Interests

  • Metal casting and solidification
  • Materials selection
  • Materials science
  • Material and energy utilization in industrial societies
  • Senior design

Research Interests

  • Austempering and ausforming of cast irons
  • Structure-property relations in cast and heat treated alloys
  • Environmental concerns in the metal casting industry
  • Professor Emeritus and Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Teaching Interests

  • Materials Characterization
  • Cementitious Materials
  • Concrete & Concrete-Making Materials

Research Interests

  • Materials Characterization
  • Cementitious Materials
  • Concrete & Concrete-Making Materials
  • Concrete Durability
  • Secondary & Recycled Materials
  • Professor Emeritus and Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Teaching Interests

  • Accreditation issues
  • Corrosion and environmental effects
  • Mechanical behavior of materials
  • Senior design

Research Interests

  • Auger electron spectroscopy/microscopy
  • Corrosion and environmental effects
  • Fracture and failure of materials
  • Interfacial segregation and fracture
  • Intermetallic compounds
  • Materials joining
  • Process and synthesis of alloys