Lee group rocks TMS 2026 at San Diego, CA! Well done, everyone!

Graduate Students

• Zachary Arenella: Effects of Grain Size on Plasticity Mechanisms of Nanocrystalline MgAl₂O₄ Spinel under Nanoindentation: Hall-Petch vs. Inverse Hall-Petch. (Poster)
• Kyle Wade: Finite-Size Scaling and Scale-Invariant Strain Hardening Exponent in Micropillar Plasticity (Oral)

Undergraduate Students

• Wyeth Haddock: Structure and Mechanical Behavior of Novel Ternary CuBased Intermetallic Compounds (Poster)
• Reid Morrow: Nanoindentation Study of Laser-Glazed Supersaturated AlCo Alloys (Poster)

 

Wyeth won the award in Big East Research Contest! He presented his undergraduate research on the development of unique Cu-Dy-Y ternary intermetallic compounds with enhanced strength and ductility. This news was highlighted in UConn Today! Many Congratulations!

UConn the Top Dog in Big East Research Contest

Shuyang published the co-author paper at Journal of Membrane Science!

Chinthani Liyanage , Ngoc Vy , Sean McDermott , Jared Fee , Shuyang Xiao , Muhammed Gultekin , Rumesha Anthoni Perergae , Ali Bazzi , Seok-Woo Lee , Steven Suib, Douglas Adamson, “Polyamide membrane with embedded graphene-based RC circuit,” Journal of Membrane Science (2026) [PDF] [web]

 

Zhongyuan published the paper at Scripta Materialia!

Zhongyuan Li, Alexander J. Horvath, Sarshad Rommel, Shuyang Xiao, Gyuho Song, Mark Aindow, Seok-Woo Lee, “Tensile behavior of micron-sized niobium single crystals: the effect of sample dimension, low temperature, and dislocation density,” Scripta Materialia 277, 117248 (2026) [PDF] [web]

 

Zhongyuan published the paper at Materials & Design! Many congratulations!

Zhongyuan Li, Nikhil Tiwale, Wonil Lee, Chang-Yong Nam, Seok-Woo Lee, “Achieving the ultrahigh modulus of resilience from interpenetrating-network ceramic-polymer nanocomposites,” Materials & Design 263, 115517 (2026) [PDF] [web]

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