Adjunct Faculty Directory
Paul L. Bergstrom
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Affiliated Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Micro-electromechanical systems
- Micromachining materials and process technologies
- Inertial pressure
- Nanoscaled technologies enabling banoelectronic devices
- Technologies for the monolithic integration of sensors and actuators with electronics
Debra D. Charlesworth
Assistant Dean, Graduate School
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Specialties
- Review of theses and dissertations
- Presents and organizes professional development seminars
- Manages Graduate School website
- Processes withdrawals
- Manages new student orientation
- Coordinates NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Megan C. Frost
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Adjunct Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests
- Nitric oxide releasing polymers
- Implantable sensors
- Biological response to polymeric materials
John A. Jaszczak
Professor, Physics
Affiliated Professor: Materials Science and Engineering, and Cognitive and Learning Sciences
Adjunct Curator, A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum
Links of Interest
Teaching Interests
- Nanotechnology Education
Research Interests
- Theoretical condensed matter physics
- Theory and modeling of single-electron transport devices
- Modeling and simulation of properties of interfaces and interface materials
- Atomistic computational physics of surface phases and surface dynamics
- Crystal growth
- Mineralogy of natural graphite
Edward A Laitila
Senior Research Engineer/Scientist II
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Links of Interest
Teaching Interests
- Focus on X-ray diffraction techniques
Research Interests
- X-ray diffraction theory and applications
- Mechanical alloying
- Intermetallic materials
- Physical metallurgy
- Nanoscale materials
- Materials characterization
- Powder metallurgy
Gregory M. Odegard
Richard and Elizabeth Henes Professor of Computational Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering–Engineering Mechanics
Associate Chair and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Adjunct Professor, Materials Science and Engineering and ASME Faculty Advisor
Links of Interest
Areas of Expertise
- Mechanics of Materials
- Materials Science
Research Interests
- Computational Mechanics
- Computational Materials Science
- Computational Chemistry
John E. Pilling
Adjunct Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Teaching Interests
- Mechanical behavior of materials
- Composite materials
- Materials characterization
- Kinetics
- Senior design
Research Interests
- High temperature deformation and fracture
- Superplasticity
- Simulation of microstructural development during phase transformations
- Design of composite materials
Reza Shahbazian-Yassar
Adjunct Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Adjunct Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Links of Interest
Research Interests
- Nanotechnology for Electrochemical Energy Storage (Batteries and Supercapacitors)
- Nanogenerators and Piezotronic Sciences
- Nanoscale Degradation of Fuel Cell Materials
- Nanoscale Properties of Low Dimensional Materials for Thermoelectrics and Nanoelectronics
- Mechanics of Bio and Nano Materials and Composites
- In-Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy
Yoke Khin Yap
Professor, Physics
Director, Engineering Physics Ph.D. Program
Adjunct Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Links of Interest
Teaching Interests
- Solid-State Physics
- Optics
- Nanoscale Science and Engineering (Nanotechnology)
- Electromagnetism
Research Interests
- Controlled synthesis of 0D, 1D, and 2D nanomaterials (Nanotubes, Nanowires, layered Materials, Quantum Dots, etc..).
- Exploration of new functional nanomaterials, heterojunctions, nano-hybrids, and nano-systems.
- Creative use of nanomaterials and nano-systems in advanced electronics, quantum switching, energy harvesting, and chemical and biomedical applications.