Research Areas
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- Polymer Interfacial Mechanics
 - Dynamic Mechanical Behavior of Materials
 - Microstructural Design of Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Batteries
 - Micromechanical Deformation & Characterization of Materials
 - Predictive modeling of materials
 - Structure-Property Relationships of Soft Materials and Complex Fluids
 - Multifunctional Self-Assembled Vertically Aligned Nanocomposite and Bi-Based Layered Supercell Thin Films
 - Polymer and Surface Science in the - Youngblood Group
 - Nanometal group
 - Batteries by Design
 - Microstructural Control in Microelectronics
 - Microstructural Development in Metal-Ceramic Systems Containing a Liquid Phase
 - Texture and Anisotropy in Ceramics
 - Diffusion in Multicomponent, Multiphase Systems
 - High Temperature Materials
 - Prediction of Transport Phenomena and Microstructural Development During Solidification and Other Materials Processes
 - Polymer and Surface Chemistry of Biomaterials and Nanomaterials
 - Hydrothermal Processing of Ceramic Powders and Thin Films
 - FRG: Domain Orientation and Anisotropy in Poled Piezoelectrics
 - Ceramics Materials
 - Investigation of Bactericidal Polymers by Bioluminescent Reporter Pathogen Detection
 - Oil-Repellent Hydrophilic Surfaces for Self-Cleaning Anti-Fog Applications
 - Polymer Surface Modification using Aminopropyltriethoxysilane
 - Biocompatibility of Novel Bactericidal Polymers
 - Bi3Te3 Nanowire Array/Epoxy Composites for Thermoelectric Power Generators
 
- Applied Intelligent Systems
 - BioElectrics and ElectroPhysics (BEEP)
 - 
				Center for Materials Under Extreme Environment
				
- Fusion Technology
 - Materials under Intense Particle Beams Irradiation
 - Laser and Discharge Produced Plasmas
 - Ultrashort Laser-Matter Interactions
 - Cold Atmospheric Plasmas for Medical and Biological Applications
 - Modeling of Materials Evolution in Extreme Environment
 - Ion Channel Protein and Blood Flow in Heart Simulation
 
 - Fuel Cycle and Waste Management
 - Hydrogen and Fuel Cell
 - Nuclear Materials
 - Nuclear Systems Simulation
 - Reactor Physics
 - Thermal Hydraulics and Reactor Safety