• Professor, Materials Science & Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
  • Wofford Cain Chair III
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • University Distinguished Professor
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Julie Schoenung

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Materials Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 1987
  • M.S., Materials Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 1985
  • B.S. (Honors), Ceramic Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign - 1983

Research Interests

    • Synthesis and characterization of advanced materials, including high entropy ceramics
    • Additive manufacturing of functionally integrated materials
    • Advanced characterization using in-situ microscopy
    • Promoting a circular economy through the application of alternative feedstock materials
    • Materials selection and decision-making enabled by system analysis and artificial intelligence (AI)
    • Chemical hazard assessment, life cycle assessment, and alternatives analysis to inform the sustainable development of materials

Awards & Honors

  • Member, National Academy of Engineering (NAE) - 2022
  • Faulty Excellence in Mentoring Postdoctoral Scholars Award, TAMU - 2025
  • Distinguished Merit Award, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign (UIUC), Department of Materials Science & Engineering Alumni Association - 2025
  • Distinguished Lectureship in Materials and Society, TMS and ASM International - 2024
  • Gold Medal Award, ASM International - 2023
  • Fellow, Materials Research Society (MRS) - 2023
  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - 2022
  • Fellow, National Academy of lnventors (NAI) - 2021
  • Fellow, TMS (The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society) - 2021
  • Edward DeMille Campbell Memorial Lectureship, ASM International - 2018
  • Fellow, American Ceramic Society - 2018
  • Hollomon Award for Materials & Society, Acta Materialia, Inc. - 2016
  • Fellow, Alpha Sigma Mu - 2016
  • Fellow, ASM International - 2012

Selected Publications

  • E.J. Lavernia, K. Ma, J.M. Schoenung, J.F. Shackelford, B. Zheng, “Metallic Powders for Additive Manufacturing: Science and Applications,” John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, (2024), ISBN: 9781119908111
  • A.D. Dupuy, X. Wang, J.M. Schoenung, “Entropic Phase Transformation in Nanocrystalline High Entropy Oxides,” Materials Research Letters, Vol. 7, Issue No. 2, pp. 60-67, (2019).
  • A.D. Dupuy, J.M. Schoenung, “Morphological Evolution in Nanostructured Secondary Phases in Entropy Stabilized Oxides,” Materials Characterization, Vol. 193, Article No. 112301, (2022).
  • J.M. Schoenung, O.A. Ogunseitan, L.G. Heine, “Sustainability-Informed Materials Selection, Design, Discovery, and Development,” MRS Bulletin, Vol. 50, pp. 1225-1242, (2025).
  • J.M. Schoenung, O.A. Ogunseitan, H. He, “Human Health and Ecotoxicity Considerations in Metallic Alloy Design,” Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy, Vol. 11, pp. 3495-3510, (2025).
  • S. Shata, J.M. Schoenung, “Sustainability Cost of Defect Engineering in Color Centers for Quantum Communications,” Nature Communications, (2026).
  • K. Ma, H. Wen, T. Hu, T.D. Topping, D. Isheim, D. Seidman, E.J. Lavernia, J.M. Schoenung, “Mechanical Behavior and Strengthening Mechanisms in Ultrafine Grain Precipitation Hardened Aluminum Alloy,” Acta Materialia, Vol. 62, pp. 141-155, (2014).
  • L. Huang, L. Jiang, T.D. Topping, C. Dai, X. Wang, R. Carpenter, C. Haines, J.M. Schoenung, “In Situ Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Tungsten Alloys with High Compressive Strength and High Strain-to-Failure,” Acta Materialia, Vol. 122, pp. 19-31, (2017).
  • U.S. Bertoli, A.J. Wolder, M.J. Matthews, J-P.R. Deplanque, J.M. Schoenung, “On the Limitations of Volumetric Energy Density as a Design Parameter for Selective Laser Melting,” Materials & Design, Vol. 113, pp. 331-340, (2017).
  • S. Mehalic, O.A. Ogunseitan, J.M. Schoenung, “Non-Additive Criteria Assessment in Sustainability Evaluation of High Entropy Alloys: A Toxicity-Weighted Framework,” Advanced Engineering Materials, Article No. e71208, (2026).
  • D.A. Eisenberg, M. Yu, C.W. Lam, O.A. Ogunseitan, J.M. Schoenung, “Comparative Alternative Materials Assessment to Screen Toxicity Hazards in the Life Cycle of CIGS Thin Film Photovoltaics,” Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol. 260, pp. 534-542, (2013).
  • L. Huang, C. Bonifacio, D. Song, K. van Benthem, A.K. Mukherjee, J.M. Schoenung, “Investigation into the Microstructure Evolution Caused by Nanoscratch-Induced Room Temperature Deformation in M-Plane Sapphire,” Acta Materialia, Vol. 59, Issue No. 13, pp. 5181-5193, (2011).
  • X. Wang, J. Cortez, A.D. Dupuy, J.M. Schoenung, W.J. Bowman, “High Entropy Oxide (Co,Cu,Mg,Ni,Zn)O Exhibits Grain Size Dependent Room Temperature Deformation,” Materials Research Letters, Vol. 11, Issue No. 3, pp. 196-204, (2023).
  • S.A. El-Azab, J.E. Norman, L. Gomez, A.D. Dupuy, J.M. Schoenung, “Dislocation-Mediated Room-Temperature Mechanical Behavior of Multiphase Entropy Stabilized Oxides,” Acta Materialia, Vol. 281, Article No. 120428, (2024).
  • A.D. Dupuy, J.M. Schoenung, “Low-Temperature Superplastic Forming of High-Entropy Oxides,” Advanced Engineering Materials, Vol. 28, Issue No. 1, Article No. e202500769, (2025).
  • J.E. Norman, A.D. Dupuy, J.M. Schoenung, “Phase Evolution and Microstructure Development to Engineer Electrical Behavior in Aliovalent Doped (CoCuMgNiZn)O,” Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Vol. 46, Issue No. 16, Article No. 118694, (2026).
  • X. Wang, J.E. Norman, B. Zheng, B.E. MacDonald, E.J. Lavernia, J.M. Schoenung, “Micro-Mechanical Behavior of a Single Grain with Atomic-Level Variations in Composition via Additive Manufacturing,” Materials Research Letters, Vol. 13, Issue No. 4, pp. 301-310, (2025).
  • K.L. Terrassa, J.C. Haley, B.E. MacDonald, J.M. Schoenung, “Reuse of Powder Feedstock for Directed Energy Deposition,” Powder Technology, Vol. 338, pp. 819-829, (2018).
  • J. Yu, B.Q. Han, Z. Lee, B. Ahn, S.R. Nutt, J.M. Schoenung, “A Tri-Modal Aluminum Based Composite with Super-High Strength,” Scripta Materialia, Vol. 53, Issue No. 5, pp. 481-486, (2005).
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