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Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty
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
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
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
