OVERVIEW OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING RESEARCH IN THE WVU MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Dr. John Kuhlman, Dr. Terence Musho, Dr. Ed Sabolsky, Dr. Kostas Sierros, and Dr. Nick Wu, MAE Department, West Virginia University
December 17, 2015, 2:00 pm, NIA, Rm 101
Abstract
Over that past ten to fifteen years, a strong Materials Science and Engineering (MS&E) faculty has been recruited into the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) Department at West Virginia University (WVU. This talk will give and overview of the research capabilities and ongoing research projects undertaken by this group of twelve tenure-track MS&E faculty within the WVU MAE Department. In addition, a brief overview of the WVU MAE Department, and its research productivity and graduate programs will be given.
The major Materials Science & Engineering areas of research expertise in the MAE Department include:
1.) Advanced composite materials (3 faculty),
2.) Nanomaterials and nanodevices (3 faculty),
3.) Thin films and barrier coatings (2 faculty),
4.) Fuel cells, batteries, supercapacitors, and solar cells (6 faculty),
5.) Metals and high-temperatures materials (2 faculty),
6.) Characterization of materials (2 faculty), and
7.) Computational and multi-scale modeling of materials (4 faculty).
Summaries of current and recent activity in each of these areas will be given in the presentation.
Bios:
John M. Kuhlman
Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, West Virginia University
304-293-3180
john.kuhlman@mail.wvu.edu
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 1975
Terence Musho
Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, West Virginia University
304-293-3256
Terence.Musho@mail.wvu.edu
http://www2.statler.wvu.edu/~terence.musho/index.htm
Ph.D., Materials Science, Vanderbilt University, 2012
Kostas Sierros
Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, West Virginia University
304-293-4314
kostas.sierros@mail.wvu.edu
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK, 2006
Ed Sabolsky
Associate Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, West Virginia University
304-293-3272
ed.sabolsky@mail.wvu.edu
http://www.cemr.wvu.edu/~sabolsky
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2001
Nick Wu
Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, West Virginia University
304-293-3326
nick.wu@mail.wvu.edu
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, China, 1997