Seok-Woo receives the teaching excellence letter for his MSE4004 lecture in 2017 Fall semester.

Seok-Woo receives 2018 Scholarship Facilitation Funds from UConn Office of vice president research.

Hetal has worked as an undergraduate researcher in our laboratory since her freshmen year. She has studied mechanical behaviors of various metals and intermetallic compounds using nanoindentation. She finally receives UConn University Scholar Award for her proposal entitled “Cryogenic Dislocation Nucleation Study on Body-Centered Cubic Metals by Using Spherical Nanoindentation.” This is a great honor for her as well as our MSE department! I believe there has been no University Scholar in our department before (Only 30 students are selected each year in the entire UConn undergraduate students). We are very proud of your great achievement! Hetal will work in our laboratory for three semesters as University Scholar! The list of 2018 UScholar is available here.

 

UConn University Scholar

The University Scholar Program is one of the most prestigious programs for undergraduates at the University of Connecticut. Available to students from all of the University’s schools and colleges, the University Scholar Program allows students to design and pursue an in-depth research or creative project and to craft an individualized plan of study that supports their intellectual interests during their final three semesters. Each student is mentored by an advisory committee of three faculty.

No more than 30 University Scholars are selected each year. Admission is based on an application submitted during the first semester of a student’s junior year. Applications are reviewed by an interdisciplinary faculty committee that looks for innovative projects and academically rigorous course selection. Graduation as a University Scholar recognizes a student’s exceptional engagement in research and/or creative endeavors.

University Scholars have created toys to help autistic children learn, produced advances in stem cell research, invented processes for running campus buses on cooking oil, written travel and mystery novels, and much more.

Seok-Woo receives MSE Teaching Excellence of the year!

This award recognizes outstanding teaching according to undergraduate MSE student surveys.

 

Keith’s recent publication in Nano Letters is featured at Brookhaven National Laboratory News.

Also, this work is featured at Brookhaven National Laboratory Main Webpage! (on 12/12/2017) (See below).

Congratulations!

Gyuho received the 2018 GE fellowship for his work on superelastic superconductor CaKFe4As4!!! The second GE fellowship after Keith’s one!

Many congratulations!!!

All of our group members attended 2017 MRS Meeting at Boston. The list of presentation is the following.

Keith Dusoe: “Micromechanical characterization of novel ThCr2Si2-type intermetallic compounds – Fundamental Understanding of Superelasticity by Experiments and Computer Simulations” (poster presentation)

John Sypek: “Superelasticity and micaceous plasticity of the novel intermetallic compound CaFe2As2 at small length scales” (Gold Medal of 2017 MRS GSA) (oral presentation)

Gyuho Song: “Molecular dynamics study on temperature-dependent screw dislocation behavior in bcc metal nano-pillars” (poster presentation)

Tyler Flanagan: “Strength limit of solid-state dewetted gold microparticles and controlling their strength via modification in microstructure and surface structure” (oral presentation)

Keara Frawley: “A nanoindentation study of deformation and fracture behaviors of superelastic intermetallic compound CaFe2As2” (poster presentation)

Jessica Maita: Jessica just joined our group! I hope she gave a presentation of her amorphous boron work in 2018 Gordon Research Conference!

 

    

    

 

John Sypek received the Gold Medal in 2017 MRS Graduate Student Award Competition!

Many Congratulations! This is one of the highest honor for PhD student in the field of Materials Science and Engineering!

“MRS Graduate Student Awards are intended to honor and encourage graduate students whose academic achievements and current materials research display a high level of excellence and distinction. MRS seeks to recognize students of exceptional ability who show promise for significant future achievement in materials research.”

John’s award winning is also available in the 2017 MRS Fall Meeting News [link].

John’s award recipient is also highlighted at UConn Innovation News.

The detailed information about this award is available here.

 

Seok-Woo gave a presentation at Sigma Xi Monie A. Ferst award symposium on 11/16/2017 in honor of William D. Nix, who was his PhD advisor.

About Monie A. Ferst Award

The award is given annually to an educator in engineering or science who has made “notable contributions to the motivation and encouragement of research through education.” Its purpose is to “recognize significant contributions to scientific research by an educator in engineering or science.”

More information is available here.

 

Prof. William D. Nix (left)

Amanda and Hetal’s undergraduate research at our laboratory is highlighted at the MSE webpage!

I am very proud of their excellent contributions!

https://www.mse.engr.uconn.edu/two-mse-undergraduate-students-push-the-boundaries-of-science-for-space-exploration.php