Kadri Can Atli

Kadri Can Atli serves as an Instructional Associate Professor and Assistant Undergraduate Program Director in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at Texas A&M University, with office location RDMC 228 and contact email catli@tamu.edu.

His research focuses on advanced metallic materials, specializing in Shape Memory Alloys (particularly NiTi-based systems and high-temperature variants) and Additive Manufacturing techniques including laser powder bed fusion and directed energy deposition. His work spans alloy design, microstructural engineering, and thermomechanical characterization for applications in thermal energy storage, actuation systems, and structural components. He integrates experimental methods with computational approaches such as Bayesian optimization and artificial intelligence to optimize material performance and discover novel alloys.

Analysis of his recent publications reveals a dominant trend in leveraging additive manufacturing for creating defect-free and functionally graded shape memory alloys, with significant emphasis on NiTiHf systems for high-temperature applications. His work increasingly incorporates data-driven methodologies for alloy design while addressing critical challenges in phase transformation control, thermal hysteresis reduction, and cyclic stability for energy and aerospace systems.