Dr. Enrique Lavernia joined Texas A&M University in November 2023. He is a joint faculty member of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the J. Mike Walker ’66 Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Recognized as a National Academy of Engineering member, Lavernia came to Texas A&M from the University of California, Irvine.
Lavernia earned master’s and doctoral degrees in materials engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a bachelor’s degree in solid mechanics from Brown University.
While at the University of California (UC), Lavernia served in several impactful positions, including dean of the College of Engineering at UC Davis and provost and executive vice chancellor at UC Irvine.
His research interests include:
- Synthesis and behavior of nanostructured and multi-scale materials with a particular emphasis on processing fundamentals and mechanical/physical behavior
- Novel deformation phenomena in face-centered cubic and hexagonal close-packed metals
- Powder synthesis and processing of materials
- Synthesis and behavior of structural materials, including high entropy metals
- High temperature-high pressure atomization processes
- Mathematical modeling of advanced materials and processes
- Additive manufacturing of metallic structures using laser-based systems