Materials research here spans four connected efforts: nuclear and energetic materials qualified for extreme environments, electrochemical materials for storage and conversion, electronic and optical materials, and the discovery and characterization methods that accelerate all three. The work is anchored by the MU Materials Science and Engineering Institute and by MURR’s irradiation and characterization capabilities.
Nuclear and energetic materials
Braden Goddard
Associate Professor; Director, Nuclear Engineering Program
Nuclear security and nonproliferation, safeguards, radiation detection and material accountancy for advanced reactors
John Gahl
Professor; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; University of Missouri Research Reactor
Nuclear plasma and beam science; materials science
Scott Thompson
Barton Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Metals additive manufacturing and irradiation effects on materials, using accelerated radiation damage testing at MURR
Travis Sippel
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Energetic materials
John Brockman
Associate Professor, Chemistry; University of Missouri Research Reactor
Radio-analytical chemistry
Energy storage
Matthias Young
Jerry L. Jost Endowed Chair in Chemical Engineering; Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry
Thin film coatings and materials electrochemistry; atomic and molecular layer deposition applied to electrode materials
Yangchuan (Chad) Xing
Cramer W. LaPierre Professor; Professor, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Electrocatalysis and particle technology; lithium-ion battery materials and fuel cell catalysts
Carlos Wexler
Professor and Chair, Physics and Astronomy; Co-Director, MU Materials Science and Engineering Institute
Hydrogen and methane storage in nanoporous materials
Carlos Wexler
Professor and Chair, Physics and Astronomy; Co-Director, MU Materials Science and Engineering Institute
Hydrogen and methane storage in nanoporous materials
Yingchao Yang
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Carbon architectures for energy storage and capture; two-dimensional high-entropy materials
Jaewon Lee
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Photonics, thermoelectrics and energy storage
Electronic and optical materials
Guang Bian
Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Quantum electronic materials
Suchi Guha
Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Photovoltaics and organic semiconductors
Andrew Meng
Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Crystal growth, optoelectronic devices, electron microscopy and electrochemistry
Autonomous discovery and characterization
Bart Prorok
Professor and Chair, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Materials characterization, nanoindentation, MEMS and additive manufacturing
Matt Maschmann
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Co-Director, MU Materials Science and Engineering Institute
Nanoscale materials and autonomous systems for discovering synthesis mechanisms
Gavin King
Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Ice lithography and nanopatterned materials