Amanda Giroux, Hetal Patel, and Leopoldo Valencia Jr. attended 2016 MS&T meeting at Utah. Amanda gave a poster presentation about her summer research on Superplasticity of ThCr2Si2-structured intermetallic compounds (This work was supported by NSF-REU program). Hetal participated in Mug Cup Drop contest. Leo participated in Geodome contest.

Leo is currently working on the development of Cu-based nanostructured alloys with enhanced strength and ductility with Jack Morley. Hetal is currently working on the measurement of temperature-dependent theoretical strength of metal using spherical nanoindentation. Amanda studied “Superplasticity of ThCr2Si2-structured intermetallic compounds” during the last summer.

Amanda met Chef Gordon Ramsay!!! Awesome!!!

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John Sypek won the first place in the poster competition of the SES (Society of Engineering Science) 2016 – 53^rd Annual Technical Meeting at University of Maryland, College Park, MD. The SES meeting is one of the biggest ‘Mechanics’ conferences in USA.

John Sypek gave a poster presentation entitled “Superelasticity and one-dimensional cryogenic shape memory effects of novel intermetallic compound CaFe₂As₂ at small length scales,” on October 4^th. Many Congratulations!

 

Keith, John, and Seok-Woo attended the SES 2016 (Society of Engineering Science) – 53rd annual technical meeting at University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Keith Dusoe presented a talk entitled “Ultra-high elastic strain energy storage in AlO_x-infiltrated SU-8 photoresist nanopillars,” on October 3^rd, and a talk and poster presentation entitled “In-situ compression of solution-grown crystalline superelastic materials: ThCr₂Si₂-structured novel intermetallic compounds,” on October 4^th.

John Sypek presented a talk and poster presentation entitled “Superelasticity and one-dimensional cryogenic shape memory effects of novel intermetallic compound CaFe₂As₂ at small length scales,” on October 3^rd and 4^th, respectively.