Spring 2018 Schedule
3:00–5:00p.m. McBryde Hall 113
Refreshments at 3:00 p.m. Presentations start at 3:30 p.m.
January 19 Prof. Gary Was, Sustainable Energy, Environmental and Earth Systems Engineering, NERS MSE, University of Michigan
Irradiation Assisted Stress Corrosion Cracking of Light Water Reactor Core Components
January 26 Prof. Yaodong Yang, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Photocatalysis: New Duty of Ferroelectricity Materials
February 2 Prof. Martin Thuo, Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Non-Traditional Synthons for Rapid and Efficient Polymer Synthesis
February 9 Prof. William Fahrenholz, Materials Science and Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri
Ultra-High Temperature Mechanical and Thermal Properties of ZrB2 Ceramics
February 16 Xiao Tang, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
February 16 Jay Tuggle, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
Advanced Characterization of Materials for Superconducting Radiofrequency Accelerator Cavities
February 23 Prof. Noppadon Sathitsuksanoh, Advanced Renewable Materials Lab, Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
Renewable Fuels and Chemicals from Plant Biomass: Are We There Yet?
March 2 Prof. Elizabeth Dickey, Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
Point Defects Dynamics in Electroceramic Materials
March 9 No seminar (Spring Break)
March 16 Nathan Beets, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
Deformation Mechanisms and Scaling Relations in the Mechanical Response of Nanoporous Gold
March 16 Jee Yun Kim, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
Bayesian Calibration for Mesoscale Materials Design
March 23 David Anderegg, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
March 23 Kelly Bessette, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
Stresses in the Adhesive Bond in Servomotor Applications
March 23 Ryo Yamada, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
March 30 Peter Loomis, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
Characterizing the Effect of Pore Size and Frequency on Microwave Drying
March 30 Nizar Zahed, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
Controllable Morphology of Multi-Scale Porous Titanium Dioxide
March 30 David Hicks, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
Aligned Continuous Cylindrical Pores Derived from Electrospun Polymer Fibers in Titanium Diboride
April 6 Nicholas Chartrain, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
April 6 Zahra Gallagher, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
Synthesizing a Heparin Mimic Derived From Cellulose Nanocrystals
April 6 Michael Kidd, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
Improving Al-Ga Sacrificial Anodes via Simulation and Verification of Alloy Segregation
April 13 Son-Nam Nguyen, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
Zirconia-Ceria Superelastic Ceramics for Energy Dissipation
April 13 Michael Prezioso, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
Embedding and Testing of Fiber Optic Sensors in Sintered Ceramics
April 13 Mackenzie Jones, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
Deformation Mechanisms and Energy Absorption of TWIP Steel Cellular Structures
April 20 Daniel Eynisfeld, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
Strain Rate Effects on Ceria-Zirconia Shape Memory Ceramic
April 20 Ellen Cesewski, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
3D Printed Acoustofluidic Devices for Droplet- and Microfluidic-based Cell Separation Applications
April 20 Jonathan Angle, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech
Fabrication of Titanium Metal Matix Composites (TiMMC's) via Attrition Millings
April 20 Wyatt Survey, Graduate Student, MSE, Virginia Tech