**William Bailey, Materials Science and Engineering**
Nanoscale magnetic films and heterostructures, materials issues in spin-polarized transport, materials engineering of magnetic dynamics
**Katayun Barmak, Materials Science and Engineering**
Processing and structure (crystal structure and microstructure) relationships to electrical and magnetic properties of metal films; developing transmission electron microscopy automated orientation imaging techniques that can be applied to the study of nanostructured materials; use of differential scanning calorimetry for the study solid state reactions and phase transformations in thin films.
**Siu-Wai Chan, Materials Science and Engineering**
Metal oxides, crystal-size-related structural changes and properties in nanoparticles, thin films, grain boundaries and interfaces as well as their corresponding electrical properties
**James Im, Materials Science and Engineering**
Laser-induced crystallization of thin films, phase transformations & nucleation in condensed systems
**I. Cevdet Noyan, Materials Science and Engineering**
Characterization and modeling of mechanical and micromechanical deformation; residual stress analysis and nondestructive testing; x-ray and neutron diffraction, microdiffraction analysis