Research Interests

Bryan Huey is an expert in the development and application of advanced variations of Atomic Force Microscopy for studying piezoelectrics, ferroelectrics, dielectrics, photovoltaics, MEMS, pharmaceutical agents, and biological cells and tissue. This includes simultaneous AFM and 3-D fluorescence, high speed AFM, and a recent focus advancing Tomographic AFM for truly nanovolumetric property mapping.

Huey’s career includes degrees from Stanford and then the University of Pennsylvania, a postdoctoral position at Oxford, 2 years at NIST (Ceramics), and 21 years rising through the faculty ranks to MSE Department Head at the University of Connecticut. He joined the Purdue School of Materials in the Fall of 2025.

He previously chaired the nationwide association of MSE department heads (UMC), and the 1200 person Basic Science Division of the American Ceramic Society. He was also an overall meeting co-organizer for the 7000 attendee 2019 MRS Fall Meeting, 2025 PacRim conference, and prior EMA and US-Japan Dielectrics conferences. Huey is a fellow in the American Ceramic Society, and the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, and is a member of the MRS Strategic Agility Council.