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George M. Pharr	Department Head, McKamey Professor Ph.D., P.E., Stanford: Mechanical Behavior, Nanoindentation, Thin Films	Roberto S. Benson	Associate Dept. Head, Professor Ph.D., Florida State: Biopolymers, Polymer Degradation, Composites
Gajanan Bhat	Professor Ph.D. Georgia Tech: Acrylic and Carbon Fibers, Recycled Plastics, Nonwoven materials	Hahn Choo	Associate Professor Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology: Physical/Mechanical Behavior of Structural Materials, Neutron Scattering
Narendra B. Dahotre	Professor Ph.D., Michigan State: Ceramic Processing, Laser Materials Processing, Structure/Property Relationships	Gerd Duscher	Associate Professor Ph.D., Max-Planck Institute: Interface Science, Structure-Physical Property Relationship, Analytical Transmission Electron Microscopy, Ab Initio Density Functional Theory
Takeshi Egami	Professor UT/ORNL Distinguished Scientist, Ph.D., Pennsylvania: Materials Physics, Neutron and X-Ray Diffraction, Electronic Ceramics	Yanfei Gao	Assistant Professor Ph.D., Princeton University Mechanical Behavior; Nano- and Micro-Mechanics; Surface Self-Assembly; Computational Materials Science.
Easo George	Professor Ph.D., Pennsylvania: Mechanical Behavior, Physical Metallurgy, Intermetallics, In-Situ Composites	Wei He	Assistant Professor Ph.D., Connecticut: Synthesis and Patterning of Polymers for Biomedical Application
Bin Hu	Associate Professor Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Sciences: Electronic and Optical Polymeric Materials and Devices	David C. Joy	Professor Ph.D., Oxford (UK): Electron Microscopy, Electron-Solid Interactions, Device Metrology
Ramki Kalyanaraman	Associate Professor Ph.D., North Carolina State University, Raleigh: Thin Film Growth and Characterization, Nanocomposites for Optical, Magnetic and Electronic Applications	Veerle Keppens	Associate Professor Ph.D., Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium): Elastic Constants of Novel Materials, Lattice Dynamics, Tunneling States in Amorphous Materials
Kevin M. Kit	Associate Professor Ph.D., Delaware: Polymer Blends, Agricultural Materials	Peter K. Liaw	Professor Racheff Chair of Excellence, Ph.D., Northwestern: Mechanical Behavior, Composite Materials, Life Prediction and Extension
Carl D. Lundin	Professor Ph.D., Rensselaer: Welding, Joining, Non-Equilibrium Metallurgy	Carl J. McHargue	Professor Ph.D., Kentucky:Physical Metallurgy, Ion Implantation in Ceramics, Nanoscience/Technology
Thomas T. Meek	Associate Professor Ph.D., Ohio State: Processing and Electronic Properties of Ceramics	Charles L. Melcher	Research Professor Ph.D. Washington University, St. Louis.: Inorganic Scintillators and their Applications.
James Morris	Associate Professor Ph.D.: Cornell University: Senior Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory	T. G. Nieh	Professor Ph.D., Stanford: Superplasticity, Intermetallic Compounds, Bulk Metallic Glasses
Philip D. Rack	Associate Professor Ph.D., Florida: Electronic and Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Thin Film Processing and Characterization	Claudia J. Rawn	Assistant Professor Ph.D., Arizona: Ceramic Processing, X-Ray Diffraction, Neutron Scattering
Michael L. Simpson	Professor Ph.D., Tennessee: Electronic Materials, Nanostructured Materials, Nanofabrication, Biomaterials	Joseph E. Spruiell	Professor Emeritus Ph.D., Tennessee: Polymer Processing, Modeling, Structure Development, Fiber Science, Nonisothermal Crystallization, Structure/Property Relations
Larry C. Wadsworth	Professor Emeritus Ph.D., North Carolina State: Nonwoven Materials, Process-Structure-Property Studies in Melt Blowing and Spunbonding and Composites Technologies	Shanfeng Wang	Assistant Professor Ph.D., Akron: Polymer Physics and Rheology, Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering.

Adjunct Faculty

Theodore M. Besmann, Associate Professor
Everett Bloom, Professor
Craig Blue, Assistant Professor
Lynn Boatner, Professor
Michael P. Brady, Associate Professor
Roy Broughton, Professor
Domenic A. Canonico, Professor
Ashok Choudury, Assistant Professor
Billie, J. Collier, Professor
Qiangyou Han, Professor
Joseph A. Horton, Jr., Professor
Cam Hubbard, Professor
Gene E. Ice, Professor
James, Klett, Assistant Professor
Jimmy W. Mays, Professor
Chaitanya Narula, Assistant Professor
Warren Oliver, Professor
Felix Paulauskas, Professor
Timothy R. Rials, Professor
Michael L. Santella, Professor
Piotr Szupryczynski, Assistant Professor
Terry N. Tiegs, Assistant Professor
Xun-Li Wang, Associate Professor
Thomas R. Watkins, Assistant Professor

Research Faculty

Paul Becher, Professor
Wojtek Dmoski, Associate Professor
Cang Fan, Assistant Professor
Guojiang Fan, Assistant Professors
Jason D. Fowlkes, Assistant Professor
Wenhui Jiang, Assistant Professor
Jar-Shyong Lin, Professor
Yukinori Yamamoto, Assistant Professor

Staff

Mechanical Facilities Group
Doug E. Fielden Technical Supervisor III	Larry Smith Technical Specialist III	Danny Hackworth Technical Specialist III
Technical Support Group
Stephen A. Stiner Technical Supervisor III	Gregory L. Jones Senior Technical Specialist I	Brad Snyder Senior Technical Specialist I

Accounting Office
Carolyn S. Nelson MSE Business Manager	David Stansberry Accounting Specialist II
Materials Science Admin Support
Sandra P. Maples Admin Specialist I	Carla Lawrence Admin Support Assistant III