Metals make up critical parts of essentially all modern technologies. See the faculty who are forging the path of metallurgy research:

Iver Anderson

Iver Anderson

Adjunct Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Ames Laboratory

Research Expertise

  • Metal powder synthesis
  • Rapid solidification
  • Alloy design
Peter Collins

Peter Collins

Stanley Chair (Professorship) in Interdisciplinary Engineering Al and Julie Renken Professor, Courtesy

Research Expertise

  • Advanced Manufacturing Processing
  • Materials Characterization: electron, optical, photon, spectroscopies
  • Metallurgy
Alan Constant

Alan Constant

Teaching Professor Materials Science and Engineering

Research Expertise

  • Electronic properties
  • Vacuum Science
  • Microfabrication
Jun Cui

Jun Cui

Professor Materials Science and Engineering

Research Expertise

  • Magnetic materials
  • Shape memory alloy and elastocaloric materials
  • Combinatorial materials science
Tim Cullinan

Tim Cullinan

Professor Materials Science and Engineering

Research Expertise

  • Optical & Electron Microscopy
  • X-ray Diffraction
  • Nonequilibrium Materials

Yang Du

Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Research Expertise

  • Additive manufacturing
  • Welding
  • Modeling and machine learning
David Eisenmann

David Eisenmann

Associate Teaching Professor [M S E] Associate Teaching Professor

Research Expertise

  • Nondestructive Evaluation
  • Failure Analysis
  • Materials Characterization
Eric Faierson

Research Expertise

  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Materials Characterization
  • Materials for Extreme Environments

Duane Johnson

Distinguished Professor [M S E] Anson Marston Distinguished Professor of Engineering (2021-current) F. Wendell Miller Professor of Energy Sciences (2010-2020)

Research Expertise

  • Materials Design & Discovery
  • Model & Simluations
  • Algorithms for Materials Prediction

Richard Lesar

Lynn Gleason Professor of Interdisciplinary Engineering Materials Science and Engineering

Research Expertise

  • Computational Materials Science
  • Mechanics
  • Solidification Processing

Ralph Napolitano

Professor Associate Chair Materials Science and Engineering

Research Expertise

  • Alloy Solifdification
  • Thermodynamics and Phase Transformations
  • Modeling and Simulation

Sid Pathak

Assistant Professor Materials Science and Engineering

Research Expertise

  • Nanomechanics under extreme conditions
  • Multilayered Composites
  • Mechanics of Biomaterials

Adam Schwartz

Professor Materials Science and Engineering Director, U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory

Research Expertise

  • Critical Materials
  • Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
  • Phase Transformations and Phase Stability

Shraddha Vachhani

Adjunct Assistant Professor Materials Science and Engineering

Research Expertise

  • Nanomechanics
  • Mechanical Behavior in Extreme Environments
  • Structure Processing Property Relationships

Lin Zhou

Associate Professor [M S E]

Research Expertise

  • Quantum Materials
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Electron Microscopy