• Director of Undergraduate Programs, Materials Science & Engineering
  • Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
  • AZZ Inc. Fellow
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Patrick Shamberger

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington - 2010
  • M.S., Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii - 2004.
  • B.S.E., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University - 2002.

Research Interests

    • Phase transformations
    • Nucleation phenomena
    • Phase change materials and composites
    • Transient thermal systems
    • Dynamical materials
    • Neuromorphic materials (see research website)
    • Thermal energy storage and management applications (see research website)
    • Caloric effect materials (see research website)

Awards & Honors

  • College of Engineering Excellence Faculty Award, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University – 2023
  • Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research: Metals and Metallic Nanostructures (DMR:MMN) – 2019
  • Montague-Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar, Texas A&M University – 2018
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, Texas A&M University College of Engineering – 2018
  • New Materials Educator Award, Materials Division, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) – 2017
  • Emerging Investigator Award, Materials Research Express, Institute of Physics (IOP) – 2016
  • Open Education Champion Award, Texas A&M University Student Government Association – 2016

Selected Publications

  • D. Ibbotson*, S. Ahmed*, P.J. Shamberger, Mutability of Nucleation Particles in Reactive Salt Hydrate Phase Change Materials, J. Phys Chem. C, 128, 17282-17290 (2024). doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c03913
  • T.D. Brown, A. Zhang, F. Nitta, E.D. Grant, J. Chong*, J. Zhu, S. Radhakrishnan, M. Islam, E.J. Fuller, A.A. Talin, P.J. Shamberger, E. Pop, R.S. Williams, S. Kumar, Axon-like Active Transmission, Nature, 633, 804-810 (2024). doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-07921-z
  • S. Chakravarty*, W. Hinz*, D. Antao, P.J. Shamberger. Overcoming Thermal Energy Storage Density Limits by Liquid Water Recharge in Zeolite-Polymer Composites, Matter, 7(10), 3608-2624 (2024). doi: 10.1016/j.matt.2024.06.038
  • C. Somodi*, K. McCormick, D. Tabor, E. Pentzer, P.J. Shamberger, Kinetics of the Plastic Crystal Transition in Neopentyl Glycol, J. Appl. Phys., 135, 145101 (2024). doi: 10.1063/5.0192791
  • R. Gurrola*, J.M. Cain, S. Oh, T.D. Brown, F. Jardalix, R.M. Schoell, D.R. Yadav, J. Dong, C. Smyth, M. Pharr, S. Kumar, K. Xie, K. Hattar, A.A. Talin, T.-M. Lu, P.J. Shamberger, Selective modulation of electronic transport in VO2 induced by 10 keV helium ion irradiation, J. Appl. Phys., 135, 125109 (2024). doi: 10.1063/5.0189562
  • J.C. Lago*, W. Cho, D. Salas, Y. Zhang*, I. Karaman, P.J. Shamberger. Insensitivity of nucleation rate to order-disorder interfaces in reversible thermoelastic martensitic transformations, Phys. Rev. Mater., 8, 014411 (2024). doi: 10.1103/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.8.014411
  • K. Rajagopalan, S. Haney, P.J. Shamberger, S.A. Sukhishvili. Hybrid Polymer Salogels for Reversible Entrapment of Salt-Hydrate-Based Thermal Energy Storage Materials, ACS Appl. Engineer. Mater., 2(3), 553-562 (2024). doi: 10.1021/acsaenm.3c00522
  • S. Ahmed*, D. Ibbotson*, C. Somodi*, P.J. Shamberger. Zinc Nitrate Hexahydrate Pseudobinary Eutectics for Near-Room Temperature Thermal Energy Storage, ACS Appl. Engineer. Mater., 2(3), 530-541 (2024). doi: 10.1021/acsaenm.3c00444
  • Y. Zhang*, D. Zhao, J.C. Lago*, K. Xie, P.J. Shamberger. Substrate Effects in Hysteresis of Microscale Ni-Mn-Sn Heusler Alloy Films, Appl. Phys. Lett., 123(7), 072405 (2023). doi: 10.1063/5.0159129
  • A. Bradicich*, T.D. Brown, R. Ganguli, R.S. Williams, P.J. Shamberger. Spontaneous symmetry breaking from nonlinear electrical transport, Adv. Electron. Mater., 2300265 (2023). doi: 10.1002/aelm.202300265
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