Materials Science and Engineering Experts
The System-wide Materials Science and Engineering Experts Directory offers a consolidated view of faculty expertise across the Texas A&M University System. It is intended as a practical resource to help partners and collaborators identify relevant researchers and areas of focus within materials science and engineering.
Systemwide Materials Science and Engineering Infrastructure
Materials Science and Engineering Centers
Through the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), the System operates several core centers focused on materials and manufacturing:
- Center of Innovation in Mechanics for Design and Manufacturing (CiMDM)
- Institute for Manufacturing Systems (IMS)
- Focus: manufacturing systems broadly—product and process design, operations, supply chain, lifecycle management, and smart factories. A natural hub for digital/Industry 4.0 collaborations.
- National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing (NCTM)
- Focus: biopharmaceutical manufacturing and workforce development for pharmaceutical and biologics production
Core Facilities for Materials R&D
These are open, shared user facilities that support researchers from across The Texas A&M System and beyond:
- AggieFab Nanofabrication Facility (Aggie Fab)
- Materials Characterization Facility (MCF)
- Multi-user facility for electron/ion/optical microscopy and surface/interfacial analysis; supported by the VPR, TEES, and the College of Engineering; serves TAMU and external users.
- Materials Development and Characterization Center (MDC2)
- User facility with spark plasma sintering, XRD, arc melting, laser 3D printing, thermal and mechanical testing; explicitly serves other Texas A&M System members as well as national labs and industry.
- Soft Matter Facility (SoMF)
- The only Texas user facility dedicated to state-of-the-art characterization of multifunctional soft materials (molecular, nano, thin films, thermomechanical).
- Polymer Technology Consortia (PTC)
- Industry-funded consortia supporting polymer R&D across multiple engineering departments.
- National Corrosion and Materials Reliability Lab (NCMRL)
- Focus on corrosion and materials reliability for energy, defense, automotive, healthcare, and infrastructure, bridging fundamental science to applied technology.
Texas A&M RELLIS Campus & Center for Infrastructure Renewal (CIR)
- The RELLIS Campus is a 3,200-acre applied research hub for the System, with strong emphasis on advanced manufacturing and large-scale infrastructure.
- Within RELLIS, the Center for Infrastructure Renewal (CIR) houses:
- The Advanced Infrastructure Materials and Manufacturing Lab (AIMM), and
- A large High-Bay Structural and Materials Testing Lab, supporting new infrastructure materials, advanced manufacturing, and large-scale structural testing.