Amanda Krause
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Amanda R. Krause is an assistant professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University. Before joining CMU, she was an assistant professor of MSE at the University of Florida. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Virginia Tech, and her Ph.D. in Materials Science from Brown University. Before joining University of Florida in 2019, she was a lecturer and post-doctoral research associate at Lehigh University. Her research focus is engineering grain boundaries and interfaces for improving the mechanical performance, degradation response, and thermal properties of ceramics used in extreme environments. She is a recipient of the NSF CAREER award (2022).
Education
Ph.D. Materials Science, Brown University
M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia Tech
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia Tech
Affiliations
Media mentions
CMU Engineering
Krause and Abbott receive NSF CAREER Awards
CMU College of Engineering’s Krause and Abbott receive NSF CAREER Awards for their research in materials science and biomedical engineering.
Krause and Wang named Wimmer Faculty Fellows
CEE’s Jerry Wang and MSE’s Mandie Krause have been named Wimmer Faculty Fellows at the Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and Educational Innovation.
Materials Science and Engineering
Krause leans into creativity with ceramics
Assistant Professor Mandie Krause is a ceramicist passionate about merging engineering and art. She joined CMU this fall.