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07 08 09 10 11Faculty 40 43 41 55 57BSDegrees 23 37 29 43 59MSDegrees 8 12 23 12 30PhDDegrees 34 27 29 34 52ExternalFunding($M) 21 26 25 43 30JournalPapers 628 796 606 705 766Presentations 417 637 364 463 686Patents 81 67 31 52 74U.S.N&WRRankingsUndergraduate 9 9 7 9 9Graduate 9 8 8 8 8FI
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Bio-Enabled Materials
Computational Materials Design
Nanomaterials and Nanoengineering
STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS
Buildingcomponentsanddevicesofmolecu-lardimensionssuchassynthesisofnanowires,nanobelts, and nanocoils for the assembly ofnanomachines.
A new paradigm formanufacturing andharnessingthelivingcelltomanufacturenano-machinesfordrugdeliverytospecificbodysitesforcancertreatment;insitudiagnosis;chemicaland bio-sensing; production of paper, fiber,catalysts,photoniccircuitsandscaffoldsfortheselfassemblyoflargescaledevices.
The use of advanced intensively parallelcomputerstodesignnewmaterialswithpropertiesneverbeforeseen.
� HaskellBeckhamwashonoredbyAuburnUniversitybybeingnamedthe2011OutstandingAlumnusbyAuburn’sSchoolofPolymer&FiberEngineer-ing.� MeilinLiuwashighlightedintheGTResearchHorizonmagazinefordevel-opmentofaselfcleaningelectrodewhichallowsfuelcellstoopperateoncoalgas.Dr.LiuwaselevatedtoaFellowofAmericanCeramicSociety(ACerS).� SundaresanJayaramanwasappoint-edastheKolonTermProfessor.Asapioneerofthesyntheticfiberindustryinthe20thcentury,KolonGlotech,a
StudentProfile
Bachelor’s 295Master’s 24Doctoral 184
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InterdIscIplInary collaboratIons...The GT Materials Council, comprised of nearly 200 facultymembersservesasaforumforcooperativeeducationandre-searchdevelopment. Over70undergraduateand80graduatecoursesareregularlyofferedprovidingbroadprospectivesandtheintroductionoftoolsfromvariousdisciplines.Theseminarseries is a forum for exchange with external distinguishedresearchers.TheCouncilfacilitatestheeducationofnewad-vancesinmaterialdesignandservesasavehicletotestanddevelopnewideasforcollaborativemultidisciplinaryteaming.
Formoreinformationvisitwww.matecouncil.gatech.edu.
Degree ProgramsBS:MaterialsScience&Engineeringwithaconcentrationin
Polymer&FiberMaterials,Structural&FunctionalMaterialsorBiomaterials
BS/MS:MaterialsScience&Engineering(5Year)MS:Bioengineering*MS:MaterialsScience&EngineeringMS:PaperScience&Engineering*MS:Polymer,Textile&FiberEngineeringMS:withaMajorinMaterialsScience&EngineeringPhD:withaMajorinBioengineering*PhD:withaMajorinMaterialsScience&EngineeringPhD:withaMajorinPolymer,Textile&FiberEngineeringPhD:withaMajorinPaperScience&Engineering*PhD:JointGT-PKUwithaMajorInMaterialsScience&
Engineeing*denotesinterdisciplinaryprograms
memberoftheKolonGroup,continuestobeattheforefrontoftechnologydevelopmentinmaterialsandtextiles.� ValeriaMilamwasawardedtenureandpro-motedtoAssociateProfessor.� Z.L.WangwashighlightedintheGTResearchHorizonmagazineforcreationofanewlogicdevicebasedonPiezoelectricEffect.Research-ershavedevelopedanewclassofelectroniclogicdeviceinwhichcurrentisswitchedbyanelectricfieldgeneratedbytheapplicationofmechanicalstraintozincoxidenanowires.Dr.WangwasnamedHightowerChairinMaterialsScienceandEngineering.� AstronautSandyMagnus,PhDMSE,GeorgiaTech,1996,isamissionspecialistonthefinalSpaceShuttleMissionAtlantisthatlaunchedintospaceJuly2011.
RecentlyrevisedUndergraduateCur-riculumallowsa choice of concen-trations in structural and functionalmaterials,polymerandfibermaterials,orbio-materials.
U.S.NewsandWorldReportrankedthe MSE undergraduate program6th and ranked the graduateprogram8thamongUSuniversities.
The Chronicle of Higher EducationrankedGTMSEas#1inthenation!MSE students are among the bestinthenationandhavevirtuallythehighestSATscoresatGeorgiaTech!
More than 120 fellowships andscholarshipsareawardedtoMSEstudentsannually.
Startingsalariesof 2011 MSE gradua t e s B.S.>$60K
M.S.>$70K Ph.D.>$96K
AtGeorgiaTech MSEfocuseson thede-velopmentofnewmaterialsforthenextgen-eration of engineering applications. It viewsbiomaterials, nanomaterials, ceramics, metals,polymers, electronicmaterials and compositesfromafundamentalpointofview,emphasiz-ingtherelationshipsbetweentheatomic-andmicro-structureaswellastheproperties,pro-cessingandperformanceofthematerial.
MSE at Georgia Tech is the larg-est and strongest program in the Unit-ed States with 57 faculty and over $30Million in annual research expenditures.
Polymers andMacromolecules
BiologicallyEnabled andBioinspiredMaterials
NanomaterialsandNanoengineered
DevicesComputationalDesign,Modeling, andSimulations
Functionalelectronic andOptical Materials
PRINCIPAL RESEARCH AREASPRINCIPAL RESEARCH AREAS
PolymersandMacromolecules• Degradablepolymersforencapsulationandtreatment
ofaneurysms• Identificationanddesignofmineralformingproteins• Nanotomicropatterningofpolymericmaterials
usingirrationalselfassembly• PolymericmaterialsforquantumcomputingBio-enabledandBio-inspiredMaterials• Bio-enabledinorganic-organicnanocomposites-
BIONICCenter• Peptide/protein-induced,room-temperatureformation
ofoptical,sensor,andelectronicmaterials• Robustandversatilebio-enabledantimicrobial
nanocompositecoatings• Diffusionofanti-malarialsinpolyolefinbednetting• Protectivemasksforbirdinfluenza• Bonescaffoldsandcartilagedesignforimplants• Smarttriggeredhydrogelsforreconstructivesurgery• AdvancedbiochipsforbioelectronicsComputationalDesign,Modeling,&Simulations• Theuseofadvancedintensivelyparallelcomputers
todesignnewmaterialswithpropertiesneverbeforeseen
• Cementitiousmaterialswithtailoredproperties• Failure-resistantceramicsandalloys• Multifunctionalenergeticstructuralmaterials• Multi-scalefirst-principlesmodelingofpolymer
membranesinfuelcellsMulti-ScaleStructural&ChemicalCharacterization• Insitucharacterizationoffuelcellprocesses• Nano-structureanalysisviaX-raydiffractionline
profilemodeling• Developmentofrapidscatteringmeasurementsforin
situcharacterization• Insitumeasurementofatomicandelectronic
structure• Quantitativeanalysisoffracturesurfacesand
3Dmicrostructureprediction
FibersandComposites• Carbonnanotubesassupercapicitors• Nanogeneratorforconvertingmechanicalenergyinto
electricity• Fiberbased,concealedandconformablesolarcells• Superstrongnano-carbonfibers• SupersonicairjetassistedfiberspinningFunctionalElectronicandOpticalMaterials• Shapememoryinsoftmaterialsprocessing• Wearablesensornetworksforpersonalizedmobile
informationprocessing• Lotuseffectforsurfacesuper-hydrophobiccoatingfor
energyandelectronicpackagingapplications• Graphenesyntheses,characterizationsandapplications• Advancedphotonicandphosphormaterials• Nextgenerationelectronicpackaging• Flexibleelectronicsanddisplays• HighintensityMOCVDlightemittingdiodes• Nextgenerationfuelcells• Si-basedanodesforhighenergyLi-ionbatteriesNanomaterials&NanoengineeredDevices• Buildingcomponentsanddevicesofmolecular
dimensionssuchassynthesisofnanowires,nanobelts,andnanocoilsfortheassemblyofnanomachines
• Anewparadigmformanufacturingandharnessingthelivingcelltomanufacturenanomachinesfordrugdeliverytospecificbodysitesforcancertreatment;insitudiagnosis,chemicalandbio-sensing;productionofpaperfiber,catalysts,photoniccircuitsandscaffoldsfortheselfassemblyoflargescaledevices
• Nano-piezotronicsforfunctionalnanodevices• Biochemicalmechanismofsilicananopatternformation
indiatoms• Polymericandnanostructuredmaterialsinelectronics
andphotonicsEnergyStorageandHarvestingMaterial• Carbonnanotubesassupercapicitors• Nanogeneratorforconvertingmechanicalenergyinto
electricity• Fiberbased,concealedandconformablesolarcells• Nextgenerationfuelcells• Si-basedanodesforhighenergyLi-ionbatteriesAdvancedStructuralMaterials• Ultra-strongnano-clay-cellulosefilms• AnewgenerationofarmorbasedonfullydenseB4C• Ultra-highmeltingmaterialsforsolid-fueledrockets• Stresscorrosioncrackingofpipelinesteelsinfuel
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Anselm C. Griffin, Professor and Chair
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