Research Opportunities Highlights
His work focused on developing plasmonic materials for energy upconversion by coupling visible light and voltage bias, significantly advancing the field of plasmon-assisted electrochemistry.
Focuses on exploring optically active impurities or defect-centers within low-dimensional solid-state structures, including two-dimensional materials and quantum-dot (QD) heterostructures in semiconductors.
Research in soft materials/polymers including ferroelectric and hydrogen storage materials, as well as organic thin fims.
Materials research is using first principles density functional theory calculations, to predict material properties.
Tentative Two Year Course Plans
First Year Interdisciplinary Materials Investigation Concentration
| Course Name | Course Number | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry Foundations for Material Science | CHEM 4800 | 3 |
| or Mathematical Methods of Physics | PHYS 3100 | |
| Material Structure | MSCI 6110 | 3 |
| First Year Materials Science Seminar | MSCI 6000 | 1 |
| Course Name | Course Number | Units | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Instrumentation and Experimentation in Materials Science | MSCI 6500 | 2 | |
| Material/Solid State Properties* | MSCI 6120 | 3 | |
| or Thermodynamics of Materials** | MSCI 6130 | ||
| Approved Elective of Choice |
Second Year Materials Investigation Concentration
| Course Name | Course Number | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Second Year Materials Science Seminar | MSCI 6050 | 1 |
| Graduate Research in Materials Science | MSCI 6952 | 2 |
| Approved Elective of Choice |
| Course Name | Course Number | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Graduate Thesis | MSCI 6973 | 3 |
| Material/Solid State Properties* | MSCI 6120 | 3 |
| or Thermodynamics of Materials** | MSCI 6130 | |
| Graduate Research in Materials Science | MSCI 6953 | 2 |
First Year Entrepreneurial Concentration
| Course Name | Course Number | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry Foundations for Material Science | CHEM 4800 | 3 |
| or Mathematical Methods of Physics | PHYS 3100 | |
| Material Structure | MSCI 6110 | 3 |
| First Year Materials Science Seminar | MSCI 6000 | 1 |
| Course Name | Course Number | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Instrumentation and Experimentation in Materials Science | MSCI 6500 | 2 |
| Material/Solid State Properties* | MSCI 6120 | 3 |
| or Thermodynamics of Materials** | MSCI 6130 | |
| Entrepreneurship and New Ventures | ENTR 6210 | 3 |
Second Year Entrepreneurial Concentration
| Course Name | Course Number | Units |
| Second Year Materials Science Seminar | MSCI 6050 | 1 |
| Commercializing Entrepreneurial Innovation | ENTR 5410 | 3 |
| Exploring Entrepreneurial Opportunities | ENTR 6230 | 3 |
| Course Name | Course Number | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Materials Entrepreneurial MS Project | MSCI 6965 | 5 |
| Material/Solid State Properties* | MSCI 6120 | 3 |
| or Thermodynamics of Materials** | MSCI 6130 |
Required total: 30 units.
* Offered odd years spring semester starting 2025
**Offered even years spring semester starting 2026