materials science engineering research programs
Faculty research in materials sciences has many thrusts, spanning a wide range of cutting-edge and cross-disciplinary topics from nanostructures, to energy to sustainability.
Microscopy (TEM and scanning probes)
- Bennett, Peter
- Carpenter, Ray
- Drucker, Jeffery
- McCartney, Martha
- Ponce, Fernando
- Rez, Peter
- Sharma, Renu
- Smith, David
- Dey, Sandwip Kumar
- Drucker, Jeffery
- Jabbour, Ghassan E
- Kouvetakis, John
- Krause, Stephen
- Li, Jian
- Mahajan, Subhash
- Newman, Nathan
- Petuskey, William
- Ponce, Fernando
- Tsong, Ignatius
- Bennett, Peter
- Drucker, Jeffery
- Goodnick, Stephen
- Jabbour, Ghassan E
- Kozicki, Michael
- Tao, Nongjian
- Thornton, Trevor
Labs and Facilities
The Center for Solid State Science, originally established in 1974, provides a wide range of laboratory facilities for materials synthesis, processing and analysis. This type of research advances fundamental knowledge of matter, and is considered vital for the advancement of materials and processes that are essential for modern technology. The Center provides a valuable resource for high technology industry, faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students, and local school districts.
With more than 70 ASU faculty members affiliated with the Center from related departments and colleges, the Center for Solid State Science demonstrates cross-disciplinary research at its highest level, cutting across traditional fields and emphasizing and encouraging problem solving using skills from a wide range of disciplines.
Laboratory facilities include:
- John M. Cowley Center for High Resolution Electron Microscopy
- Goldwater Materials Science Laboratory
- Materials Facility
- Materials Science Electron Microscopy Laboratory
- Ion Beam Facility
- Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
- Optical Microscopy Laboratory
- Goldwater Materials Visualization Facility
- Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer Facilities
- Surface Probe Lab
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