AMRI Faculty
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Faculty of AMRI
John Wiley, Ph.D.
Director of AMRI & President's Research Professor Northwestern
Inorganic, Materials Chemistry
Leszek Malkinski, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics & Materials Science Polish Academy of Sciences
Condensed matter physics: Thin film technology, Micro-Origami, Magnetic and microwave materials, Solar cells, Multiferroic and multifunctional composites, Spintronics and Biomagnetism
Viktor Poltavets
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
504-280-4418
Solid State Chemistry, Rechargeable Batteries, & Catalysis
Steven Rick
University Research Professor
Department of Chemistry
UC Berkeley
504-280-1119
Theoretical and computational approaches to the study of liquid water, interfaces, aqueous solutions, proteins, and ion transport through various materials.
Paul Schilling, Ph.D.
Professor of Engineering
Chair of Mechanical Engineering Department Louisiana State University
Phase development in metastable binary alloys; Characterization of automobile exhaust particulates; Materials problems related to microfabrication techniques based on x-ray lithography; NDE of composite materials; Development of Al-Sc-X alloys
Damon Smith
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
504-280-6167
Nanomaterials, Nanotechnology, Fabrications
Leonard Spinu, Ph.D.
University Research Professor of Physics & Materials Science
University of Paris XI
Magnetic nanoparticles, radio frequency and microwave properties of materials.
See Dr. Spinu's research group website
Matthew Tarr, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research
University Director of Undergraduate Research
Georgia Tech.
Analytical, biochemistry, materials chemistry
Weilie Zhou, Ph.D.
Professor of Materials Science
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Synthesis of semiconductor nanowires for chemical sensor, biological sensor and photovoltaic applications. Nanomaterials characterization using electron microscopy.
See Dr. Zhou's research group website
Association Faculty of AMRI
Paul Herrington, Ph.D.
Professor of Engineering
Louisiana State University
Fatigue failure of composite joints, Stress concentrations in laminated plates, Reliability of laminated structures
See Dr. Herrington's faculty page
David Hui, Ph.D.
Professor of Engineering
Director of Composite Materials Research Laboratory
University of Toronto
Buckling and vibration of laminated plates and shells, impact behavior of laminated imperfect flat of cylindrical panels under axial impact, constitutive equations for engineering materials (including floating ice plates)
See Dr. Hui's faculty page
Melody Verges, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Engineering
Tulane University
Nondestructive evaluation of structures; Design of solder grid array (SGA) packages; Fatigue of SGA packages
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Professor Emeritus
Charles O'Connor, Ph.D.
Professor-Emeritus
University of Illinois
Inorganic Chemistry, Material Science and Nanotechnology