College of Engineering
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Research Focus Area: Polymers

Polymers are a unique and versatile material in everything from toys to medical equipment. See the faculty and their innovating polymer research:

Headshot Photo of Boyce Chang

Boyce Chang

Assistant Professor [M S E] Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Research Expertise

  • Directed Self-Assembly
  • Nanofabrication
  • Surfaces and Interfaces
Chris Cornelius

Chris Cornelius

Department Chair [M S E]

Research Expertise

  • Polymer physics
  • Transport phenomena
  • Charged-polymers, sol-gel, and separations
Shan Jiang

Shan Jiang

Associate Professor Materials Science and Engineering

Research Expertise

  • Biomedical Devices
  • Advanced Materials, Additive Manufacturing
  • Soft Matter, Surface and Interface

Patrick Johnson

Professor [M S E] Professor

Research Expertise

  • Graphene Materials Development
  • Machine Learning Approaches for Materials Discovery and Manufacturing
  • Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Biosensors

Alina Kirillova

Assistant Professor [M S E] Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Research Expertise

  • Soft Matter & Polymer-Based Materials
  • Polymers for Biomedical Applications & Biomaterials
  • Additive Manufacturing of Polymers & Bioprinting

Sid Pathak

Assistant Professor Materials Science and Engineering

Research Expertise

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