Professor Tahir Cagin

Professor, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
Faculty Chair, Materials Science and Engineering

Research Page

Telephone: (979) 862-1449
Fax Number: (979) 845-6446
E-mail: cagin@che.tamu.edu

Mailing Address...
241 Jack E. Brown Engineering Building
3122 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3122

Education

Ph.D., Clemson University, 1988
M.S., Middle East Technical University, 1983
B.S., Middle East Technical University, 1981

Awards & Honors

1999 Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology (Theory)

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry, University of Houston, 1988-89
Research Scientist, Systran Corp. & WPAFB, 1989-90
Sr. Manager & Director, Molecular Simulation Inc., 1991-95
Director, Materials and Process Simulation Center, Caltech, 1995-2004

Research Interests

Computational Materials Science and Nanotechnology;
Functional and Active Materials for Devices and Sensors;
Surface and interface properties of materials;
Nano-mechanics,nano-tribology;
Process modelling for nanostructured materials;
Energy, mass and momentum transport at nanoscale;
Development and application of multiscale simulation methods for metals, alloys, polymers, biopolymers, dendrimers, and composites

Teaching

CHEN 604: Process Analysis
CHEN 320: Numerical Methods
CHEN/MSEN 689:Computational Materials Science and Engineering