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Materials play a major role in augmenting concerns about security in the homeland and on the battle field. From X-ray machines and metal detectors to safety glasses, and advanced composites for airframes or soft and hard armor for protection of personnel and vehicles to structural barricades for buildings, material scientists are constantly researching and developing new materials for these applications. This is a major area of research being pursued by MSE faculty. It involves advancing the fundamental understanding of the materials response under extreme conditions of high stress, strain, and strain rate; learning lessons from nature to design materials for various types of diagnostic devices, sensors, and protection systems; fabrication of soft and hard light-weight armor materials; as well as developing batteries and other powering sources for various portable devices.  

The faculty listed below, have identified their primary research in the area of Security as the grand challenge being addressed in their work.

Faisal Alamgir
Associate Professor
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Blair Brettmann
Assistant Professor
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Wenshan Cai
Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena
Assistant Professor
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Hamid Garmestani
Professor
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Lauren Garten
Lauren Garten
Assistant Professor - Starting Fall 2021
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Rosario Gerhardt
Goizueta Foundation Faculty Chair, Professor
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Karl Jacob
Professor
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Sundaresan Jayaraman
Kolon Professor
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Satish Kumar
Satish Kumar
Professor
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Mark Losego
Associate Professor
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Matthew McDowell
Assistant Professor
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Rampi Ramprasad
Michael E. Tennenbaum Family Chair , Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Energy Sustainability
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John Reynolds
Professor, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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Robert Speyer
Professor
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Mohan Srinivasarao
Professor
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Natalie Stingelin
Professor
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Naresh Thadhani
Professor & Chair
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Vladimir Tsukruk
Regents' Professor
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Eric Vogel
Executive Director Institute for Materials (IMat)
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Zhong Lin Wang
Hightower Chair in MSE, Regents' Professor, Adjunct Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry, Adjunct Professor ECE
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Youjiang Wang
Professor
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Gleb Yushin - 2018
Gleb Yushin
Professor
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