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The School of Materials Science and Engineering draws on the research and teaching expertise of faculty from across the College of Engineering and Science, but its core faculty focus on ceramics, polymers, photonics, and textiles.

To learn more about our Faculty and their research, please click on the pictures to go to a brief biography. If you have any questions pertaining to research, you may contact faculty members at the phone number or email address provided.

Click here to view current Faculty Positions.

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Current Faculty

John M. Ballato, Ceramic Engineering
(864) 656-1035, jballat@clemson.edu
Research Interest: Optical
Vincent Blouin, Joint Appointment
(864) 656-5352, vblouin@clemson.edu
Research Interest: Materials applications in Architecture, corrosion, numerical modeling

Denis A. Brosnan, Ceramic Engineering
(864) 656-0603, bdenis@clemson.edu

Research Interest: Tile and Brick

Philip J. Brown, Polymer & Textiles
(864) 656-6072, pjb@clemson.edu
Research Interest: Fiber Based Devices & Formation

Christine W. Cole, Textiles & Apparel
(864) 656-8454, cwjrv@clemson.edu
Research Interest: Fabrics

Michael S. Ellison, Polymer Fibers
(864) 656-5956, ellisom@clemson.edu
Research Interest: Biomimesis
Stephen H. Foulger, Materials Science
(864) 656-6407, foulger@clemson.edu
Research Interest: Assemblies of Colloidal Particles
Esin Gulari, Dean of CoES
(864) 656-3202, egulari@clemson.edu

Marian (Molly) Kennedy, Materials Science
(864) 656-5349, mskenne@clemson.edu
Research Interest: Film Adhesion, Mechanical Properties of Thin Films, Flexible Electronics

Konstantin Kornev, Polymer Fibers
(864) 656-6541, kkornev@clemson.edu
Research Interest: Nanofluidics
Gary C. Lickfield, Polymer Fibers
(864) 656-5964, lgary@clemson.edu
Research Interest: Online Characterization During Melt Spinning
Jian Luo, Materials Science
(864) 656-5961, jianluo@clemson.edu
Research Interest: Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanostructured Films
Igor Luzinov, Polymer Science
(864) 656-5958, luzinov@clemson.edu
Research Interest: Surface & Interfacial Polymer Layers & Films
O. Thompson Mefford, Materials Science
(864) 656-4307, mefford@clemson.edu
Research Interest: Magnetic Nanoparticles
Henry J. Rack, Metallurgy
(864) 656-5636, rackh@clemson.edu
Research Interest: Advanced Metallics & Composites

Kathleen Richardson, Ceramic Engineering
(864) 656-0549, richar3@clemson.edu
Research Interest: Oxide & Non-oxide Optical Glasses & Glass Ceramics

Eric C. Skaar, Ceramic Engineering
(864) 656-5351, ecskr@clemson.edu
Research Interest: Materials Processing


Research Faculty

JoAn Hudson, Electron Microscopy
(864) 656-7535
joanh@clemson.edu
John P. Sanders, National Brick Research CT
(864) 656-0604
jpsand@clemson.edu
  Steven Serkiz, Environmental Engr & Earth Science
(864) 656-3276
serkiz@clemson.edu



Courtesy Joint Appointment

Dennis Smith, Chemistry
(864) 656-1160
dwsmith@clemson.edu

 

Keith Green, School of Architecture
(864) 656-3887
kegreen@clemson.edu
Research Interest:
Intelligent Materials and Systems for Architecture

Julie Trenor, Engineering and Science Education
(864) 656-4321
jtrenor@clemson.edu

 

Emeritus Faculty

Richard J. Aspland, Color Chemistry
(864) 654-2204, aj@clemson.edu

Research Interest: Color

  Hassan M. Behery
  Dennis R. Dinger

Michael J. Drews, Director,
Clemson Conservation Center
(843) 744-2974, ext. 11, dmichae@clemson.edu
Research Interest: Super & Sub-Critical Fluids

  Clifford C. Fain
Bhuvenesh C. Goswami
(864) 656-7880, gbhuven@clemson.edu
Research Interest: Yarns & Fabrics
  C. J. Hubbard
  Henry G. Lefort
  O. Frank Hunter
  David H. Leigh, III
  J. Porter, (864) 656-7880
  Douglas V. Rippy
Clarence D. Rogers
(864) 656-5962, cdrtex@clemson.edu
   
Theodore D. Taylor
(864) 656-5352, tdtyl@clemson.edu
Edward A. Vaughn
(864) 656-5965, vedward@clemson.edu
Research Interest: Dry Laid Nonwovens



Adjunct Faculty

Ulrich Fotheringham ulrich.fotheringham@schott.com

Hua Bao
(864)656-1023
bao@clemson.edu

Terry C. Lowe
tlowe@lanl.gov
Yaw S. Obeng ysoa1@aol.com

David K. Peeler
david.peeler@srnl.doe.gov

Sergei L. Pyshkin spyshkin@yahoo.com
Ruslan Z. Valiev rzvaliev@mail.rb.ru
Tommy Edwards thomase@clemson.edu
Suzanne Huerth huerths@clemson.edu
Donald Lupo
dlupo@clemson.edu
Michael Meador mmeador@clemson.edu

David Witter
(864)656-4679
dwitter@clemson.edu

 

 

 

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