The Materials Science and Engineering Department leads interdisciplinary research in sustainable materials and manufacturing, materials for advancing human health, and advanced characterization using machine learning. Information on current MSE research openings for graduate students is shown below.
Materials for Advanced Technologies and Sustainability (MATS) is hiring!
Our research team is actively researching new synthesis approaches to grow single crystal nitrides for use in optoelectronic and electronic devices. The materials of current interest include (ultra-)wide bandgap semiconductors, such as boron nitride (BN) and aluminum gallium nitride (AlGaN) alloys, along with narrow band gap semiconductors including high-indium content indium gallium nitride (InGaN). We are achieving this by developing new synthesis tools for both bulk single crystal growth for substrate development and new thin film approaches, including developing a high-pressure metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) tool capable of growing at pressures up to 100 atm. We are a diverse, excited, and energetic group looking to grow in the area of MOCVD and bulk growth of (ultra-)wide band gap material synthesis and characterization.
To Apply:
Contact team leader Prof. Siddha Pimputkar (siddha@lehigh.edu) with your CV and a short statement as to how pursuing a graduate degree in this group is supported by your past activities and ambitions and empowers you to succeed at your future career ambitions.
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Nanoceramics Thermochemistry lab is hiring!
We are hiring one graduate student to work on the fundemental understanding of nanomaterials stability. Using zirconia as a model system, the student will learn to become an experineced in the area of synthesis, characterization, and control of doped oxides. Calorimetry, in-situ Tem, XRD, FTIR, and mechnaical tests are among the techniques the student will develop in our lab.
To Apply:
Contact team leader Prof. Ricardo Castro (rhrcastro@lehigh.edu) with your CV and a short statement as to how pursuing a graduate degree in this group is supported by your past activities and ambitions and empowers you to succeed at your future career ambitions.
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