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In our materials research program, we interact with and share the resources of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), and several university-based national centers of expertise, including the International Center for Aggregates Research, the South Central Superpave Center, and the Center for Asphalt Materials and Chemistry. These centers offer the opportunity to provide funding for outstanding students and to demonstrate the application of engineering principles and research on a field scale.
TTI provides the faculty, researchers, and graduate students of the materials area of the department access to its expertise and resources, and state-of-the-art research tools. The research facilities include the state-of-the art equipment for mechanical testing, nondestructive evaluation, and microstructure characterization techniques such as optical imaging systems, X-ray computed tomography, and scanning electron microscopes.
