Research

Research Areas

Additive Manufacturing
Faculty	Applications
Dwayne D. Arola Devin MacKenzie Eleftheria Roumeli Quansan Yang	Aerospace Armors Space Exploration Biocomposite materials Sustainability Electronics Energy Sensing Photonics and quantum materials Scalable solution processing of energy, electronic, optical & quantum materials

Biomaterials & Bionanotechnology
Faculty	Applications
Dwayne D. Arola Bruce Hinds Kannan Krishnan Devin MacKenzie Peter Pauzauskie Eleftheria Roumeli Avik Som Quansan Yang Miqin Zhang Shuai Zhang	Biocompatibility, protein & cell micropatterning Tissue engineering Photodynamic Therapy Bio-Sensors Protein immobilization Drug delivery & diagnostics Nano-, bio-technology Sustainability Biohybrid materials for environment and sustainability Membranes Kidney Dialysis

Data Science & Computation
Faculty	Applications
Ting Cao Devin MacKenzie Navid Zobeiry	Manufacturing Polymers AAI/ML for additive manufacturing and biosensing Quantum Materials Energy Materials

Energy Materials
Faculty	Applications
Jun Liu Devin MacKenzie Jihui Yang	Scalable solar cell materials and processing Energy systems and storage Energy conversion Li-ion battery materials

Materials Characterization
Faculty	Applications
Guozhong Cao Ting Cao Mo Chen Bruce Hinds Juan Carlos Idrobo Jun Liu Peter Pauzauskie Xiaodong Xu Quansan Yang Shuai Zhang Navid Zobeiry	High resolution & analytical electron microscopy Micro- & nanostructure determination Optical microscopy technique development X-ray, optical, Raman & electron spectroscopy X-ray & neutron scattering Scanning probe microscopy Interface & surface characterization Microwave-optical material characterization Electronic, photonic & microwave photonic characterization Magnetic, mechanical & thermal properties characterization Aerospace composites High-resolution & high-speed atomic force microscopy 3D fast force mapping

Materials Chemistry
Faculty	Applications
Dwayne D. Arola Guozhong Cao Ting Cao Bruce Hinds Kannan Krishnan Jun Liu Devin MacKenzie Peter Pauzauskie Avik Som Xiaodong Xu Jihui Yang Quansan Yang Miqin Zhang Shuai Zhang	Environmental effects Block-copolymers Self-assembly Interface engineering Biocrystallization Reaction kinetics & thermodynamics Interfacial dynamics & mineralization Photo and electro catalysis

Materials Modeling
Faculty	Applications
Lucien Brush Ting Cao Kannan Krishnan Di Xiao Jihui Yang Navid Zobeiry	Atomistic computer simulations of structures Properties of crystalline defects Computational modeling of solidifications Modeling studies of materials processing Electronic structure calculations Modeling of magnetic & mechanical properties Micro-magnetic modeling First-principles calculations Multi-scale modeling of failure Process simulation of polymer composites

Materials Physics
Faculty	Applications
Ting Cao Mo Chen Kannan Krishnan Di Xiao Xiaodong Xu Matthew Yankowitz Shuai Zhang	Nano-mechanics Condensed matter physics Semiconductor materials Magnetic materials Topological & electronic materials

Quantum Materials
Faculty	Applications
Ting Cao Mo Chen Devin MacKenzie Charles Marcus Peter Pauzauskie Di Xiao Xiaodong Xu Matthew Yankowitz	Quantum dot & photonics processing for integrated quantum optical devices First-principles calculations Theory Quantum optoelectronics Quantum electronics Quantum information science Data storage and computing

WA Clean Energy Testbeds open to all researchers

The testbeds are a state-of-the-art, open-access facility providing equipment and instrumentation for device fabrication, testing and characterization. Students, postdocs, staff scientists, and non-University researchers can design, develop, and manufacture solar, battery, and other clean energy technologies in a laboratory located just off campus by University Village.

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