{"id":5,"date":"2017-03-13T11:27:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T15:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1408.mse.ncsu.edu\/jones\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T11:49:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:49:29","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mse.ncsu.edu\/jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Jones Research Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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The Jones Research Lab, under the direction of Jacob Jones, Kobe Steel Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, focuses on uncovering how materials behave and evolve during processing by using advanced in situ<\/em> X-ray and neutron scattering techniques. These real-time methods enable a deeper understanding of structure\u2013property relationships, leading to more informed materials design and enhanced performance across a wide range of applications.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n

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National Science Honor<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\n Recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest U.S. honor for early-career researchers\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n\n\n

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Functional and Ferroelectric Materials<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Advancing the understanding and design of functional materials, including ferroelectrics and piezoelectrics, for next-generation sensors, actuators, and transducers<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Diffraction and Scattering Methods<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Developing and applying advanced X-ray and neutron scattering techniques to probe the structure and behavior of materials at multiple length scales<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Materials for Energy and Sustainability<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Engineering materials with enhanced properties for clean energy technologies, sustainable manufacturing and high-impact applications in extreme environments<\/p>\n\t \t \n

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Jacob Jones, Principal Investigator<\/h2>\n

Jacob Jones, Kobe Steel Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, is a nationally recognized expert in materials characterization. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from Purdue University and completed an NSF-funded postdoctoral fellowship at the University of New South Wales in Australia. Before joining NC State in 2013, he was a faculty member at the University of Florida.

Jones currently serves as Director and Principal Investigator of both the Science and Technologies for Phosphorus Sustainability (STEPS) Center and the Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network (RTNN).<\/p>\n \n

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Research Focus: Real-Time Characterization of Functional Materials<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n