We are a multidisciplinary team of electrical engineers, material scientists, mechanical engineers, physicists, and chemists. We study how processing using electromagnetic (EM) fields can disrupt the traditional “equilibrium” structure and consequently, the behavior or properties of materials. No available model can describe the interaction mechanisms between the field and the material. Experiments so far have failed to distinguish if the structural changes are a result of the EM field or thermal gradients that emerge during processing.
Our multidisciplinary research group explores these questions using a combination of experimental, computational, and data analytics tools. We apply the resulting knowledge to advance technology development in our thrust areas related to manufacturing, energy, and sensing.
We have extensive experience in the synthesis of inorganic (ceramic) and organic (polymeric) thin films using solution based sol-gel/microwave-assisted synthesis and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) polymerization. We carry out microscopic, spectroscopic and analytical characterization of thin films, as well micro/nano-fabrication processes for building and testing of devices
Latest News
Article about Prof. Jayan’s Minecraft based learning approach published on CMU homepage.
Prof. Jayan wins Army Research Office (ARO) Young Investigator Award 2017
JLab receives funding from Department of Energy (DOE) for ElectroCat Project led by CMU Prof. Shawn Litster. Press article
Congratulations to Phil Smith for winning a Center for Machine Learning & Health (CMLH) Fellowship in Digital Health!
Prof. Jayan wins The Incline Magazine’s Who’s Next:Technology Award – 18 People Transforming Pittsburgh 2017. Press article
Address
B. Reeja Jayan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Materials Science & Engineering (courtesy)
Chemical Engineering
address:
Carnegie Mellon University
412 Scaife Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
phone: (412)268-4343
email: breejaATcmuDOTedu
Frivolous Fridays
- JLAB organizes the first Minecraft & Manufacturing (M&M) Workshop for School Students.
- Undergraduate seniors from Prof. Jayan’s course “materials and their processing for mechanical engineers” presented their Minecraft projects to middle school students
- JLAB members participate in 2016 Summer Engineering Experience for Girls (SEE) Camp @CMU
- ENERGY FROM EVERYDAY THINGS
- JLab trip to Gelfand Center’s Fall 2015 Saturday Series read more
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