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Leadership

The Materials Science and Engineering doctoral program is governed by three committees: the Executive Committee, the Steering Committee, and the Academic Committee.

Executive Committee

Responsibilities: Strategic planning, vision, and graduate fellowship selection.

1. 

   Peter Burns

   Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences

2. 

   Ruilan Guo

   Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

3. 

   Boldizsar Janko

   Physics and Astronomy

4. 

   Masaru Kuno

   Co-Chair

   Chemistry and Biochemistry

5. 

   Glen Niebur

   Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

6. 

   Alan Seabaugh

   Chair

   Electrical Engineering

Steering Committee

Responsibilities: Building community, doctoral thesis approval, raising visibility, and attracting top students.

1. 

   Kyle Doudrick

   Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences

2. 

   Anthony Hoffman

   Co-Chair

   Electrical Engineering

3. 

   Dafei Jin

   Physics and Astronomy

4. 

   Prashant Kamat

   Chemistry and Biochemistry

5. 

   Casey O'Brien

   Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

6. 

   William Phillip

   Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

7. 

   Ryan Roeder

   Chair

   Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Academic Committee

Responsibilities: Refine the interdisciplinary curriculum to promote Notre Dame materials research.

1. 

   Badih Assaf

   Physics and Astronomy

2. 

   Patrick Brewick

   Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences

3. 

   Christopher Hinkle

   Electrical Engineering

4. 

   Adam Jaffe

   Chemistry and Biochemistry

5. 

   Paul McGinn

   Chair

   Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

6. 

   Svetlana Neretina

   Co-Chair

   Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering