Corrosion is a dangerous and extremely costly problem. Because of it, buildings and bridges can collapse, oil pipelines break, chemical plants leak, and bathrooms flood. It affects all classes of materials and is a key concern in virtually all technologies. MSEN faculty work on all aspects of corrosion science and engineering. Specific topics include the physicochemical basis of corrosion and kinetics; passivity; localized corrosion; corrosion protection including surface treatments and coatings; anode behavior; high-temperature corrosion and oxidation; methods for the study of corrosion including spectroscopy and electrochemical techniques and scanning probe microscopies; numerical simulations, computational chemistry, and mathematical modeling as applied to corrosion.
Core Faculty
Tahir Cagin
- Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Office: RDMC 218
- Phone: 979-862-2416
- Email: tcagin@tamu.edu
Homero Castaneda
- Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Director, National Corrosion and Materials Reliability Center
- Office: RDMC 300D
- Phone: 979-458-9844
- Email: hcastaneda@tamu.edu
Michael J. Demkowicz
- Director of Graduate Programs, Materials Science & Engineering
- Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Presidential Impact Fellow
- Office: RDMC 212
- Phone: 979-458-9845
- Email: demkowicz@tamu.edu
Ankit Srivastava
- Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Office: RDMC 211
- Phone: 979-458-9841
- Email: ankit.sri@tamu.edu
