UIUC’s MatSE PhD positions scholars at the forefront of materials innovation. Doctoral researchers grow single-layer semiconductors in an ultrahigh-vacuum MBE cluster, probe battery solid–electrolyte interfaces with in-situ cryo-TEM, and train graph-neural networks that predict polymer glass-transition temperatures before a beaker is lifted. Cross-appointments with the Materials Research Laboratory, the Grainger College of Engineering cleanrooms, and national-lab beamlines ensure findings leap from fundamental physics to scalable devices powering the energy transition and human-health breakthroughs.
Operando synchrotron XRD of sodium–metal anodes during plating-stripping cycles
Inverse-designed photonic crystal for mid-IR thermal camouflage
High-entropy alloy corrosion mapping in supercritical CO₂ power loops
Machine-learning pipeline predicting perovskite solar stability in humid air
Self-healing hydrogels with dynamic covalent boronate cross-links for soft robots
Cold-spray additive repair of turbine blades characterized by EBSD
Lattice thermal-conductivity tunability via nanopore patterning in SiGe
Green synthesis of MXene nanoenzymes for water-pollutant degradation
Atomistic simulation of hydrogen-induced embrittlement in pipeline steels
Policy brief on critical-mineral circularity for Li-ion batteries
Grant proposal for carbon-negative cement using agricultural silica ash
White paper on ethical and sustainable rare-earth extraction alternatives
3-D bioprinted bioactive glass scaffolds for craniofacial repair
Data-driven phase-diagram construction for solid-state electrolytes
Public-science VR exhibit visualizing crystal defects in 3-D
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