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Welcome to the Taheri-Andani Research Group, Multiscale Manufacturing and Mechanics of Materials (M4) Lab!

We are recruiting. Multiple funded master's, Ph.D. and postdoctoral positions are open in metal additive manufacturing, in-situ monitoring, and AI/ML for materials.
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Research highlights
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Electron-beam powder bed fusion: preheat and melt scanning of a single layer.
Additive Friction Stir Deposition (AFSD)
Tungsten fusion materials manufactured by electron-beam powder bed fusion. Next-generation fusion materials: dense, crack-free tungsten by electron-beam powder bed fusion. Six-axis wire-arc DED cell depositing a conical thin-wall structure. Robotic additive manufacturing: the future of agile, large-scale metal production. EBSD orientation map of the A&M logo site-specifically written in grain structure. Design and print: tailor microstructures to deliver the properties a part needs. DARPA SURGE research program. Sense, monitor, and qualify on the fly—toward autonomous materials innovation.
News
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Autonomous Robotic Metallurgist materials innovation platform
August 2026
Texas A&M to build the first national self-driving laboratory for metals
NSF ARM-MIP
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America Makes PADAM 2.0
July 2026
M4 Lab leads electron beam powder bed fusion on two America Makes PADAM 2.0 teams
America Makes
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DARPA SURGE
May 2025
Structures Uniquely Resolved to Guarantee Endurance (SURGE)
DARPA
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Toan Truong receives Los Alamos National Laboratory Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Texas A&M Engineering
September 2026
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Aaron Puente receives the U.S. Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship U.S. Department of Energy
September 2026
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Nathan Raber receives a Chancellor Fellowship Texas A&M University
May 2026
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Hugh Ta receives the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program award National Science Foundation
May 2026
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NSF funds mechanism-driven control of electron beam powder bed fusion NSF
August 2026
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M4 Lab joins Auburn-led team selected under America Makes DELTA QUAL 2.0 America Makes
August 2026
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ONR DURIP award brings a blue-laser directed energy deposition system to Texas A&M ONR DURIP
2025
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DARPA PRIME: real-time intelligence for metallic endurance DARPA
2025
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AFOSR Center for Scientific Machine Learning for Material Sciences AFOSR
2024
Sponsors
DARPA Air Force Office of Scientific Research Air Force Research Laboratory America Makes U.S. Department of Energy National Science Foundation Office of Naval Research National Aeronautics and Space Administration Los Alamos National Laboratory

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