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
![Tahir Cagin](../../../chemical/_files/_images/_profile-images/Cagin1.jpg)
Homero Castaneda
- Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Director, National Corrosion and Materials Reliability Center
- Office: RDMC 300D
- Phone: 979-458-9844
- Email: hcastaneda@tamu.edu
![Homero Castaneda](../../_files/_images/_profile-images/MSEN-Homero-Castaneda-profile-14November2019.jpg)
Michael J. Demkowicz
- Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Director of Graduate Programs, Materials Science & Engineering
- Presidential Impact Fellow
- Office: RDMC 212
- Phone: 979-458-9845
- Email: demkowicz@tamu.edu
![Michael J. Demkowicz](../../_files/_images/_profile-images/MSEN-profile-Michael-Demkowicz-11November2021.jpg)
Ankit Srivastava
- Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Office: RDMC 211
- Phone: 979-458-9841
- Email: ankit.sri@tamu.edu
![Ankit Srivastava](../../_files/_images/_profile-images/002-srivastava.jpeg)