Kiera participated in the virtual Frontiers 2020!

The title of her poster is “Effects of Alloying on Dislocation Nucleation in [001] SrNi2P2“. Kiera used spherical indentation and investigated the dislocation nucleation stress for differently alloyed SrNi2P2. She discovered that a large atomic inclusion (Rh) can induce a residual shear stress that lowers a dislocation nucleation stress. So, alloying has been known to make the motion of dislocation difficult, but it could the nucleation of dislocation easy!

Her online poster presentation is available at this Portfolium link. You must log-in with your UConn ID (or google/Facebook) to see her presentation.

Frontiers in Undergraduate Research exhibitions provide opportunities for UConn’s talented undergraduate researchers to share their work with the university community. Consistent with the University’s steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Frontiers 2020 has moved online.

Previously, Amanda Giroux (2018, currently at Electric Boat) and Hetal Patel (2019, currently at UC Berkeley) attended this event from our group. Kiera Burns is the third one (2020)! I am very proud of the excellence of our UConn undergraduate students!

UConn MSE department gives the outstanding leadership award to a graduate student annually. This year, Jessica is selected. Many congratulations!!!

This is the second one from our research group! (after Gyuho!).

Jessica has made a great contribution to MSE department as well as our local society. Her great leadership is highlighted in MSE webpage. It is a great article!

MSE Graduate Student Reaches Out to Help High Schoolers Transition to College

Gyuho just passed his PhD defense! Many congratulations!

This was the FIRST virtual PhD defense in our MSE department (due to the COVID-19!!).

Regardless of various complications of online-format, Gyuho gave an amazing presentation and received very pleasant feedbacks. Great job, Gyuho!

Seok-Woo’s research and teaching is highlighted at the MSE Department News.

MSE Professor’s Research is More Than What Meets the Eye

Shuyang participated in UConn SoE poster presentation on 03/11/2020. The presentation title was “Mechanical behavior of uniaxial compression of SrNi2P2“.

This work discussed his recent experimental results on the ultrahigh superplastic strain and fatigue resistance in SrNi2P2 intermetallic compounds. SrNi2P2 shows 18% of elastic strain and survives over 10,000 cycles of superelastic deformation! Double lattice collapse is the main mechanism of superplasticity. This is certainly a new discovery!

Lee group attended 2020 TMS meeting at San Diego (Feb. 23-27)!

Five presentations was given in 2020 TMS meeting.

• Gyuho Song: Ductile-to-brittle transition of micron-sized niobium at cryogenic temperatures (Symposium: Mechanical Behavior at the Nanoscale V, 8:30am, 2/26 (Wed.))
• Tyler Flanagan (1): The effects of defects on the mechanical properties of Au microparticles (Symposium: Advanced Characterization Techniques for Quantifying and Modeling Deformation, 11:30am, 2/27 (Thurs.))
• Tyler Flanagan (2): The effects of supersonic impacts on the micromechanical properties of Al6061 cold spray deposits (Symposium: Mechanical Behavior at the Nanoscale V, 2pm, 2/25 (Tue.))
• Jessica Maita: Role of grain boundaries in plasticity and fracture of nanocrystalline MgAl₂O₄ (Symposium: Mechanical Behavior at the Nanoscale V, 10:20am, (Mon.))
• Shuyang Xiao: Effects of microstructures on superelasticity of CaFe₂As₂ single crystal (Symposium: Mechanical Behavior at the Nanoscale V, 4pm, 2/26 (Wed.))

Zhongyuan passed his qualifying exam. Congratulations! It is the time to do research! 🙂

UConn MRS Chapter had a great annual night event at Boston (during MRS)! Thank you so much for Jessica (president)’s great support!

See you next year!

Tyler receives the UConn Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship! Many Congratulations!

The information of the doctoral dissertation fellowship is available at the link below.

https://grad.uconn.edu/financing/fellowships/dissertation/