- Ceramics, graphite, and high temperature materials
- Synthesis of powders and novel structures
- Modeling and measurement of thermodynamics and kinetics
- Materials processing and structure-property relations
- Nuclear fuels and materials
- Corrosion and materials durability
- Failure analysis, brittle fracture and failure
- Novel methods of joining
- Environmentally friendly coatings
- Carbon dioxide sequestration
- Ion transport membranes
