Cemal Cem Tasan

Professor Cemal Cem Tasan is the POSCO Associate Professor of Metallurgy and Director of the Materials Research Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), within the School of Engineering's Department of Materials Science and Engineering. His research bridges physical metallurgy, solid mechanics, and in-situ microscopy to design damage-resistant alloys. He earned his BS and MS from Middle East Technical University (Turkey) and a PhD from Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands), followed by postdoctoral and group leadership roles at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung (Germany). He joined MIT's faculty in 2016 and was granted tenure in 2022.

Research Focus: Tasan's group develops novel in-situ characterization tools to study microstructural mechanisms in metallic materials, including hydrogen embrittlement, deformation, and phase transformations. Key areas include alloy design for enhanced damage resistance, microstructure-property relationships, and sustainable materials processing.

Advising & Leadership: As Director of the Materials Research Laboratory, he oversees interdisciplinary research initiatives. No formal advisees are listed in the provided text, but his work involves collaborative teams across academia and industry.

Labs/Teams: Tasan Group (MIT), Materials Research Laboratory (MIT).