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Corinne Wells

Assistant Professor of Practice for Materials Science and Engineering
  • Director of Virginia Tech Foundry Institute for Researach and Education (VT-FIRE)
  • Director of Kroehling Advanced Materials Foundry
Portrait of Corinne Wells Director of VT-FIRE and KAMF
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Location:

445 Old Turner St.
Holden Hall Room 272
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Contact:

corinne1@vt.edu

Education:

  • B.S. Materials Science and Engineering-Virginia Tech, 2020
  • M.S. Materials Science and Engineering-Virginia Tech, 2022
  • Ph.D. Deakin University at the Institute for Frontier Materials (AUS), 2027*

Research Interests

  • Metal Casting and Simulation
  • Alloy and Processing Design for Metalcasting
  • Mechanical Testing and High Temperature Deformation
  • Metal Casting, Heat Treatment, and Forming of Non-Ferrous Alloys

Honors and Awards

  • 2021 ASTRO American Student Fellowship
  • 2021 and 2022 Dr. Gary Clevinger Sr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship
  • 2023 Deakin University Postgraduate Research Scholarship

Societies

  • Foundry Education Foundation Key Professor
  • American Foundry Society (Piedmont Chapter)
  • Association of Iron and Steel Technologies
  • Investment Casting Institute
  • American Society of Materials