Extreme conditions push materials to their limits. Examples of extreme conditions include temperatures near melting, mechanical and thermal shock loadings, high energy particle irradiation, exposure to reactive chemicals and gases, or deformation to extreme strains. Developing materials that survive under such conditions and perform to desired specifications is a grand challenge. It is also a key enabler of future technologies, such as hypersonic flight, blast-resistant infrastructure, commercial fusion reactors, sustainable waste processing, and environmentally friendly production. MSEN faculty are at the forefront of science and engineering in materials under extreme conditions.
Core Faculty
Raymundo Arróyave
- Associate Department Head for Research, Materials Science & Engineering
- Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Chevron Professor II
- Presidential Impact Fellow
- Chancellor EDGES Fellow
- Engineering Dean’s Research Fellow
- Affiliated Faculty, Industrial & Systems Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
- Office: RDMC 226
- Phone: 979-845-5416
- Email: rarroyave@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
- Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Presidential Impact Fellow
- Chancellor EDGES Fellow
- Office: RDMC 212
- Phone: 979-458-9845
- Email: demkowicz@tamu.edu
Ibrahim Karaman
- Department Head, Materials Science & Engineering
- Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Regents Professor
- Chevron Professor I
- Office: RDMC 245
- Phone: 979-862-3923
- Email: ikaraman@tamu.edu
Don M. Lipkin
- Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Office: RDMC 201C
- Phone: 979-458-6872
- Email: lipkin@tamu.edu
Kaka Ma
- Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Office: 302H
- Phone: 979-458-5699
- Email: kaka.ma@tamu.edu
Bilal Mansoor
- Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Office: RDMC 201B
- Phone: 979-458-6887
- Email: bilal.mansoor@tamu.edu
George M. Pharr IV
- Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Erle Nye ’59 Chair I
- University Distinguished Professor
- Office: RDMC 244
- Phone: 979-458-3182
- Email: pharr@tamu.edu
Miladin Radovic
- Associate Department Head
- Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Director, Materials Characterization Facility
- Office: RDMC 302F
- Phone: 979-845-5114
- Email: mradovic@tamu.edu
Julie M. Schoenung
- Professor, Materials Science & Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
- Wofford Cain Chair III
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
- Office: RDMC 301B (MSEN), MEOB 403 (MEEN)
- Phone: 979-458-8634 (MSEN), 979-458-7810 (MEEN)
- Email: schoenung@tamu.edu
Patrick Shamberger
- Director of Undergraduate Programs, Materials Science & Engineering
- Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- AZZ Inc. Fellow
- Office: RDMC 227
- Phone: 979-458-1086
- Email: patrick.shamberger@tamu.edu
Hung-Jue Sue
- Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
- Meinhard H. Kotzebu ‘14 Professor
- Director, Polymer Technology Consortia
- Office: RDMC 220
- Phone: 979-845-5024
- Email: hjsue@tamu.edu
