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The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Calendars EVENT CALENDAR ACADEMIC CALENDAR ACADEMIC TIMETABLE KEY DATES Maps Interactive PDF versions A-Z A-E F-J K-O P-T U-Z People Finder CAMPUS DIRECTORY CHANCELLOR PROVOST VICE CHANCELLORS ACADEMIC DEANS E-mail TMAIL VOLMAIL LISTSERV ABOUT Logins MYUTK ONLINE@UT IRIS WEB ACCOUNTS PASSWORDS Libraries UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES AGRICULTURE & VET MED LAW MEDICAL MUSIC SOCIAL WORK SPACE INSTITUTE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Home Seminars About Analytical Instrument Facilities Electron Microscopy » TEM: Libra 200 FIB: Auriga VG 501 Microscope HB 501UX STEM -- Sample Preparation Personnel Fees Events Map Software Diffraction Facility » Rates Training Personnel Software Documents MBE APS SIMS MPMS/PPMS MPRF » AJA Magnetron Sputtering System Karl Suss Contact Printer Plasmatherm PECVD Unaxis RIE General Equipment Personnel Fees User Information Ion Beam Materials Laboratory Research Areas Functional Materials and Devices Structural Materials Soft and Hybrid Materials Laboratories Staff Research Affiliates Graduate Students -- Partners Forms Joint Institute for Advanced Materials The modern field of materials science evolved from a humble beginning, nearly three million years ago, when humans first fashioned rough implements of stone, wood, and bone. In the millennia since, an ever-accelerating process of discovery has advanced the field of materials science from its modest origins to the modern emergence of highly specialized substances born from our deepening understanding of material properties at the level of molecules and atoms. Equipped with sophisticated imaging technologies that allow construction and synthesis on the minute scale of the nanometer, today’s materials scientists are at work devising increasingly smaller tools and devices, faster micro processors, stronger and lighter materials, and more-efficient and less-polluting energy systems. The results of this research have influenced nearly every aspect of our lives, from the clothes we wear to the cars we drive, from the sporting goods we use to the technologies that enable space exploration, from our computers and other digital devices to the materials used to build our homes and roadways. All have benefitted directly and substantially from the work of materials scientists. JIAM Research Areas JIAM Research Affiliates focus their efforts on three broad classes of materials: Advanced Structural Materials Soft and Hybrid Materials Functional Materials and Devices Within each of these material classes, there three cross-cutting research themes: Advanced Materials Characterization Materials for Energy Applications Theory, Simulation and Modeling See construction photos of the JIAM building -- A Welcome from JIAM’s Director These are exciting times for materials scientists at the UT-ORNL Joint Institute for Advanced Materials. JIAM’s new 140,000-square-foot research facility represents one of the world’s premier centers for advanced materials research. JIAM’s research staff—which comprises physicists, chemists, computer scientists, microscopists, and engineers, among others—provides a broad, multidisciplinary platform and positions JIAM to address an extensive range of challenges confronting today’s materials scientists. We at JIAM recognize the important contributions today’s students will make to our nation’s future research enterprise, and current and future students will find ample opportunities at our institute to work under capable mentors, to hone research skills, and, ultimately, to define career paths. If you would like to learn more about JIAM, our staff, our projects, and our tools and technologies—many of which are available to outside users—I invite you to contact me. Veerle Keppens, Director Joint Institute for Advanced Materials Email: vkeppens@utk.edu The University of Tennessee JIAM Contribute to a big idea. Give to JIAM. CONTACT US Joint Institute for Advanced Materials Phone: 865-974-7415 Email: jiaminfo@utk.edu The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Big Orange. Big Ideas. Knoxville, Tennessee 37996 | 865-974-1000 The flagship campus of the University of Tennessee System...