Research Professors Directory
Anjana Asthana
Research Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Links of Interest
Research Interests
- Nanoscale Materials for energy application and data storage
- Graphene for nanoelectronics
- Materials characterization by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffraction
- Insitu electrical and mechanical property measurement of nanoscale materials in TEM
- Giant magentoresistance materials, Superconducting materials, Intermetallic thin films
Jong K. Lee
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
Bowen Li
Research Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests
- Material processing
- Mineral processing
- Material characterization
- Ceramic process
- Applied mineralogy
- Antimicrobial behavior of materials
- Chemical analysis
Stephen Mashl
Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests
- Processing of Particulate Materials
- Powder Metallurgy Processing
- Metals Heat Treating
- Process modeling – Process simulation
- Surface Engineering
- Structure-Process-Property Relationships
Donald E. Mikkola
Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Professor Emeritus, Materials Science and Engineering
Teaching Interests
- Materials science
- Materials characterization
- X-ray diffraction
- Senior design
Research Interests
- Structure-property-processing relationships
- Deformation and strengthening mechanisms
- Intermetallics
- Shape memory alloys
- Composites
- Materials characterization with diffraction and microscopy
Zhiwei Peng
Research Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
- Heat transfer in microwave heating
- Dielectric characterization of materials
- Non-thermal microwave effects
- Ironmaking and steelmaking
- Computational electromagnetics
- Microwave absorbing materials
