- Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Phone: 979-458-5699
- Email: kaka.ma@tamu.edu
- Office: 302H
Educational Background
- Ph.D, Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Davis - 2010
- B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China - 2006
Research Interests
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- Powder based synthesis and processing of metals and ceramics
- Additive manufacturing (laser directed energy deposition)
- Field assisted sintering technology (FAST)
- Materials for energy conversion (thermionic and thermoelectric)
- Materials for harsh environments (e.g., ultrahigh temperature, hypersonic)
- Sustainability in materials engineering
Certifications & Memberships
- Member of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS)
- Member of America Makes
Awards & Honors
- TMS Light Metals/Extraction & Processing Subject Award – Recycling, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society - 2020
Selected Publications
- L. Fisher and K. Ma. “Thermal stability and electrical conductivity of cubic perovskite strontium vanadate SrVO3-δ fabricated by pressureless spark plasma sintering”. (2025) Ceramics International, Vol 51, p 28049-28057
- E. J. Lavernia, K. Ma, J.M. Schoenung, et al, Book: “Metallic Powders for Additive Manufacturing: Science and Applications: Metallic Powders for Additive Manufacturing”. (2024). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Print ISBN:9781119908111 |Online ISBN:9781119908142 |DOI:10.1002/9781119908142
- A. D. Preston and K. Ma. “Mechanism of thermal gradients in spark plasma sintering of titanium and the resultant graded microstructure: A novel strategy of incorporating master sintering curve into finite element modeling”. (2022) Journal of Materials Processing Technology 310, p117779
- A.D. Preston and K. Ma. “Insight into the effects of pore size and distribution on mechanical properties of austenite stainless steels”. (2022) Journal of Materials Science 56 (30), p17278-17295
- X. Tang, G.B. Thompson, K. Ma, C.R. Weinberger. “The role of entropy and enthalpy in high entropy carbides”. (2022) Computational Materials Science 210, p111474
- J. M. Meyers, A. Morin, J. Schindler, B. Stunkel, D. Fletcher, L. Fisher, K. Ma. “Electron Transpiration Cooling Platform for an Inductively Coupled Plasma Facility”. AIAA AVIATION Forum, 2022-3578
- X. Tang, A.E. Kuehster, B.A. DeBoer, A.D. Preston, K. Ma. (2021) “Enhanced thermionic emission of mayenite electride composites in an Ar glow discharge plasma”. Ceramics International 47 (12), p16614-16631
- K. Ma*, Y. Zheng, S.D. Dasari, D. Zhang, H.L. Fraser, R. Banerjee. (2021) Precipitation in Nanostructured Alloys: a Brief Review. MRS Bulletin, 46 (3), 250-257. * Invited paper.