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Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty
Wudneh "Woody" Admassu, Ph.D.
Professor
D. Eric Aston, Ph.D.
Department Chair
McClure Hall 403B
208-885-6953
Campus: Moscow
Courses: Introduction to Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, Separation Processes I, Projects, Microcosms & Nanotechnology, Applications of Nanomaterials in Biomolecular Engineering, Scanning Probe Microscopy, Surface Instrumentation, Interfacial Science, Chemical Engineering Labs I/II
Matthew Bernards, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Buchanan 302
208-885-2150
Campus: Moscow
Courses: Computations in Chemical Engineering, ChE 453 Process Analysis and Design I and II
Areas of Expertise: Biology-Material Interfacial Interactions, Polyampholyte Polymers, Bone Tissue Engineering, Beta-Votaic Microbatteries
Indrajit Charit, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
McClure Hall 405D
208-885-5964
Campus: Moscow
Courses: Physical Metallurgy, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Radiation Effects on Materials, Fundamentals of Nuclear Materials, Microstructures and Defects
Areas of Expertise: Processing-Microstructure-Property Correlations, Nuclear Materials, Structural Materials, High Temperature Mechanical Behavior of Materials (Creep, Superplasticity, Creep-Fatigue), Spark Plasma Sintering, Friction Stir Welding/Processing, High Temperature Ceramics, Light Metals
Samrat Choudhury, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
McClure Hall 303C
208-885-7085
Campus: Moscow
Courses: Electronic Materials
Areas of Expertise: Structure-property relationship in materials, Multi-scale modeling of materials, Materials informatics, Nuclear materials, Energy materials, Multi-functional materials
David Drown, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Gautam Kumar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
McClure Hall 401D
208-885-1587
Campus: Moscow
Courses: Process Analysis and Control, Digital Process Control
Areas of Expertise: Optimal control theory, Stochastic model predictive control, Stochastic systems, Computational neuroscience, Neural Engineering, Computational Psychiatry, Brain Medicine
James Moberly, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Buchanan 311
208-885-7705
Campus: Moscow
Areas of Expertise: Interactions between heavy metals and microorganisms, Effect of metal speciation on toxicity and bioavailability in bacteria
Batric Pesic, Ph.D.
Professor
McClure Hall 407B
208-885-6569
Campus: Moscow
Areas of Expertise: Nanomaterials, Extractive Metallurgy, Bio-Corrosion and Remediation
Krishnan Raja, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
McClure Hall 407A
208-885-1693
Campus: Moscow
Courses: Ceramic Materials, Instrumental Analysis, Metallic Materials, Nuclear Degradation Mechanisms, Nuclear Component Inspection
Areas of Expertise: Energy Conversion Materials, Energy Storage Materials, Nuclear Materials, Electrochemical Synthesis of Nanomaterials
Mark Roll, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
McClure Hall 407C
208-885-6196
Campus: Moscow
Courses: Elements of Materials Science, Introduction to Materials Thermodynamics, Fundamentals of Polymeric Materials
Focus Areas: Materials Chemistry, Macromolecular Clusters, Quartz Crystal Microbalance, Polymers and Composites
Soumya Srivastava, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Buchanan 310
208-885-7652
Campus: Moscow
Areas of Expertise: microfluidics, bio-separations, designing lab-on-a-chip system for medical diagnostic applications using dielectrophoresis, modeling and simulations, educational research
Vivek Utgikar, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor, Associate Dean for Research and Economic Development
John Wiencek, Ph.D.
Provost and Executive Vice President
Haiyan Zhao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Center for Advanced Energy Studies 257
208-533-8123
Campus: Idaho Falls
Areas of Expertise: In situ / operando study over heterogeneous catalysts, Oxidative dehydrogenation reaction for shale gas, hydrodeoxygenation/deoxygenation of biofuels, Advanced characterization techniques