Materials Science PI Funding Information Flight-Based Research Iowa Professor Christoph Beckermann University of Iowa Iowa City, IA "Dendritic Alloy Solidification Experiment (DASE)" Professor Rohit Trivedi Iowa State University Ames, IA "Dynamical Selection of Three-Dimensional Interfacial Patterns in Directional Solidification" Massachusetts Professor Merton C. Flemings Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA "The Role of Convection and Growth Competition on Phase Selection in Microgravity" Missouri Dr. Kenneth F. Kelton Washington University, St. Louis St. Louis, MO "Studies of Nucleation and Growth, Specific Heat and Viscosity of Undercooled Melts of Quasicrystals and Polytetrahedral-Phase- Forming Alloys" Ohio Professor Prabir Dutta The Ohio State University Columbus, OH "Fundamental Studies of Crystal Growth of Microporous Materials" Ground-Based Research Alabama Dr. Ching-Hua Su NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL "Structural Fluctuations and Thermophysical Properties of Molten II-VI Compounds" Dr. Konstantin Mazuruk NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL "Effects of Traveling Magnetic Field on Dynamics of Solidification" Dr. Donald C. Gillies NASA Marshall Space Flight Center MSFC, AL "Use of Computed Tomography for Characterizing Materials Grown Terrestrially and in Microgravity" Dr. Edwin C. Ethridge Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL "Mechanism for the Crystallization Studies of ZBLAN" Professor Jimmy W. Mays University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL "Controlled Synthesis of Nanoparticles using Block Copolymers: Nanoreaction in Microgravity Conditions" Arizona Professor Kenneth A. Jackson University of Arizona Tucson, AZ "Growth of Rod Eutectics" California Dr. Satwindar S. Sadhal University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA "Non-Intrusive Measurement of Thermophysical Properties of Liquids by Electrostatic-Acoustic Hybrid Levitation" Professor John F. Brady California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA "Dispersion Microstructure and Rheology in Ceramics Processing" Professor George M. Homsy Stanford University Stanford, CA "Solid State Electrochemical Oxygen Conversion for Martian and Lunar Environments: Materials Development, Reactor Concepts, and Chemical Conversion Cycles" Dr. Allen K. MacKnight AlliedSignal Inc. Torrance, CA "Advanced Materials Growth in Microgravity: Carbon Nanotubes, Semiconductors and Advanced Nanocomposites" Dr. Won-Kyu Rhim California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA "Measurements of Thermophysical Properties of Molten Silicon and Germanium" Professor Paul D. Ronney University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA "Extinction and Instability Mechanisms of Polymerization Fronts" Dr. Tony W. Armstrong Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) San Diego, CA "Development of a Monte Carlo Radiation Transport Code System for HEDS" Dr. Cary J. Zeitlin Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA "Measurement of Charged Particle Interactions in Spacecraft and Planetary Habitat Shielding Materials" Dr. Jack Miller Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA "Radiation Transport Properties of Potential In-Situ-Developed Regolith-Epoxy Materials for Martian Habitats" Colorado Dr. Larry W. Mason Lockheed Martin Astronautics Denver, CO "C0(2) Acquisition Membrane (CAM)" Florida Professor Reza Abbaschian University of Florida Gainesville, FL "Morphological Stability of Faceted Interfaces" Professor Timothy J. Anderson University of Florida Gainesville, FL "An Electrochemical Method to Visualize Flow in Liquid Metals" Professor Daniel R. Talham University of Florida Gainesville, FL "The Features of Self-Assembling Organic Bilayers Important to the Formation of Anisotropic Inorganic Materials in Low -gravity Conditions" Illinois Dr. Jonathan A. Dantzig University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL "Phase Field Modeling of Microstructure Development in Microgravity" Dr. Jens Alkemper Northwestern University Evanston, IL "The Evolution of Dendrite Morphology during Isothermal Coarsening" Dr. Shankar Krishnan Containerless Research, Inc. Evanston, IL "Structure-Property Correlations of Phase Transitions in Group IV and III-V Liquids" Dr. John S. Walker University of Illinois, Urbana Urbana, IL "Models to Optimize the Benefits of Rotating Magnetic Fields for Semiconductor Crystal Growth in Space" Dr. Richard Weber Containerless Research, Inc. Evanston, IL "Process-Property-Structure Relationships in Complex Oxide Melts" Indiana Dr. David R. Johnson Purdue University West Lafayette, IN "Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Growth Morphologies of Peritectic Reactions" Kansas Professor Mark D. Hollingsworth Kansas State University Manhattan, KS "Crystal Growth of New Families of Ferroelastic Materials" Professor Kenneth J. Klabunde Kansas State University Manhattan, KS "Nanocrystal Superlattices: Synthesis and Properties" Massachusetts Professor Alain S. Karma Northeastern University Boston, MA "Phase-field Simulations of Dendritic Growth at Low Undercooling: Confronting Theory and Experiment" Professor Michael Cima Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA "Forces During Manufacture and Assembly of Microscale Discrete Electronic Components" Professor Michael Tsapatsis University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA "Thin Film Molecular Sieve Synthesis: Processing-Microstructure Relationships and the Effect of Gravity on Microstructure" Professor Donald R. Sadoway Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA "From Oxygen Generation to Metal Production: In Situ Resource Utilization by Molten Oxide Electrolysis" Professor Frans A. Spaepen Harvard University Cambridge, MA "Glass Formation, Nucleation and Diffusion in Metallic Melts" Professor George Benedek Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA "Kinetic Evolution of Stable and Metastable States in Protein Solutions" Dr. Thomas P. Russell University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA "Capillary Wavelengths at Interfaces: The Role of Gravity and Electric Field Enhancement" Dr. David L. Kaplan Tufts University Medford, MA "Hierarchical Assembly of Collagen" Maryland Dr. Geoffrey B. McFadden National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, MD "Convective and Morphological Instabilities During Crystal Growth" Dr. Richard H. Maurer The Johns Hopkins University Laurel, MD "Development of a Neutron Spectrometer to Assess Biological Radiation Damage Behind Spacecraft Materials" Michigan Professor Andre Benard Michigan State University East Lansing, MI "Investigation of Solidification Processes with Convection Using Meshless Methods and Quantitative Experimental Verification" Minnesota Professor Jeffrey J. Derby University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN "First Principles Calculations of Molten II-VI Compounds and Their Solidification Behavior" Missouri Professor Nancy Ma University of Missouri, Rolla Rolla, MO "Models of Mass Transport during Microgravity Crystal Growth of Alloyed Semiconductors in a Magnetic Field" Mississippi Dr. Joe B. Whitehead University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS "Phase Separation and Self-Assembly of Liquid Crystals and Polymer Dispersions: A Ground-Based Feasibility Study for Microgravity" New Jersey Dr. Edward L. Dreizin New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ "High Temperature Phases and Phase Equilibria in Reactive Molten Metal-Based Systems" New York Professor Martin E. Glicksman Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY "Follow-on Research Activities for the Rensselaer Isothermal Dendritic Growth Experiment" Professor Nicholas J. Zabaras Cornell University Ithaca, NY "On the Control of the Effects of Gravity on the Solidification Microstructures using Optimally Designed Thermal Boundary Fluxes and Electromagnetic Fields" Dr. David J. Larson State University of New York, Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY "Defects Numerically Decreased (DENUDE)" Dr. William R. Wilcox Clarkson University Potsdam, NY "Residual Gas Effects on Detached Solidification in Microgravity" Professor Miriam H. Rafailovich State University of New York, Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY "Microgravity Processing of Polymer Thin Films" Professor Albert J. Sievers Cornell University Ithaca, NY "Influence of Homogeneity and Fragility on the Dynamical Properties of Glassy Networks" North Carolina Professor Nikolaus Dietz North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC "Optical Characterization of Gas Phase, Gas Phase Chemistry, and Surface Chemistry during High Pressure Vapor Phase Deposition Processes under Laminar and Turbulent Flow Conditions" Ohio Dr. Iwan Alexander Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH "Vibrations and g-Jitter: Transport Disturbances due to Residual Acceleration During Low Gravity Directional Solidification Experiments" Dr. Padetha Tin NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH "Interfacial Energy Determination of Succinonitrile and Succinonitrile-Acetone Alloy Using Surface Light Scattering Spectrometer" Pennsylvania Professor Robert F. Sekerka Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA "Lattice Boltzmann Computations of Binary Diffusion in Liquids Under Stochastic Microgravity" Professor Gregory S. Rohrer Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA "Shape Evolution of Small Ceramic Materials" Dr. Daniel A. Hammer University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA "Polymosomes: Tough Giant Vesicles from Block Copolymers" Tennessee Professor Robert J. Bayuzick Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN "Investigation of the Relationship Between Undercooling and Solidification Velocity" Professor Kenneth Debelak Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN "Recovery of Minerals in Martian Soils via Supercritical Fluid Extraction" Texas Professor Lawrence S. Pinsky University of Houston Houston, TX "Development of a Space Radiation Monte-Carlo Simulation Based Upon The FLUKA and ROOT Codes" Utah Dr. Jules Magda University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT "Novel Microstructures for Polymer-Liquid Crystal Composite Materials" Washington Dr. Ben Q. Li Washington State University Pullman, WA "Study of Magnetic Field Effects on Convection and Solidification in Normal and Microgravity" Wisconsin Professor John H. Perepezko University of Wisconsin, Madison Madison, WI "Analysis of Containerless Solidification Microstructures in Undercooled Melts and Composite Systems"