MSGC Awardees in MSE for 2013

MSGC
MSGC

Michigan Tech faculty, staff members, and students received awards tallying $ 96,635 in funding through the Michigan Space Grant Consortium (MSGC), sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Undergraduates in MSE receiving $2,500 research fellowships include:

Jacob Braykovich (MSE): “Optimizing processing techniques for high ductility magnesium alloys”

Zachary Morgan (MSE): “Computational Study of Improved Damping Capabilities in Metal Matrix Composites with Functionally Active Ferroelectric Reinforcement”

Evan Schaefer (MSE): “Antimicrobial polymeric composites with clay-copper hybrid filler”

Matthew Tianen (MSE): “Corrosion of bioabsorbable materials”

Bradley Villeneuve (MSE): “Antimicrobial copper-vermiculite filler”

Michael Warhus (MSE): “A predictive study of magnesium alloy bioabsorbable stents by computer modeling”

Read more at Tech Today.

MSE Graduate Seminar for April 16, 2013

MSE SEMINAR
Tuesday, April 16 2013
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Room 610, M&M Building
Graduate Student Presentations

Ternary Diffusion Interactions in Dilute Aluminum Scandium Zirconium Alloys
Marcel Kerkove
Graduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering Dept.
Michigan Technological University

Graded Band Gap InxGa1-xN Nanowire Array for p-i-n Junction Solar Cells
Chenlong Zhang
Graduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering Dept.
Michigan Technological University

Abstracts for April 16, 2013

Drelich Invited to Serve on Surface Forces Conference

Surface Forces 2014
Surface Forces 2014

Prof. Jaroslaw Drelich has been invited to serve on the International Scientific Committee of the XVth International Conference on Surface Forces that will take place in Verbilki, Russia on May 12-17, 2014. The meeting will cover a broad range of colloid and surface science with emphasis on the fundamentals of surface forces, and is recognized as the most important meeting for scientists who study colloidal forces. This series of meetings was initiated in 1960 by famous Russian scientist academician Prof. B.V. Derjaguin.

MSE Graduate Seminar for April 9, 2013

MSE SEMINAR
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Room 610, M&M Building
Graduate Student Presentations

In-situ Lithiation/Delithiation Studies on Transitional Metal Oxides (TMOs) Using an Aberration-corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope
YiFei Yuan
Graduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering Dept.
Michigan Technological University

In-Situ Mechanistic Analyses of Electrode Materials for Sodium Ion Batteries
Jacob Kolar
Graduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering Dept.
Michigan Technological University

Abstracts April 9, 2013

Pearce Named Scientist of the Week for 3D Printing Methods

Joshua PearceJoshua Pearce (MSE/ECE) was named scientist of the week by Laboratory Equipment Magazine, and his group’s work in open-source 3-D printable optics was covered by Engineering & Technology Magazine, Photonics and the Chronicle of Higher Education among others.

From Tech Today.

Students Chenlong Zhang (MSE) and Rodrigo Faria (ECE) coauthored an article with Joshua Pearce (MSE/ECE) titled “Open-Source 3D-Printable Optics Equipment” in PLoS ONE.

From Tech Today.

Michigan Radio, a National Public Radio affiliate, aired a story about the 3-D printer research being done by Associate Professor Joshua Pearce (ECE). See Michigan Radio for the full article.

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Engineering.com published an article about Associate Professor Joshua Pearce’s (ECE) research on 3-D printing. See Engineering.com.

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Joshua Pearce (MSE/ECE) and his group’s work in open hardware was covered in Materials Today and Laser Focus World. Visit Materialstoday.com andLaserfocusworld.com for the articles.

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Joshua Pearce (MSE/ECE) was interviewed about 3-D printing on Health, Wealth & Wisdom 1470AM WMGG. http://seniorvoiceamerica.com/2013/04/14/are-you-going-napstered-and-what-exactly-printing .

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SURF Awards 2013

SURF will Fund 26 Students

This summer, the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) will fund 26 students from across the University with funds from the Vice President for Research, the Honors Institute, the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, the Earth Planetary and Space Sciences Institute, and the Department of Physics. The total funding for the program this year is $85,800.

From Tech Today.

SURF award recipient in MSE includes:

Matthew Tianen
Advisor: Jaroslaw Drelich
Development of Zn-based Alloys for Bioabsorbable Stents

Waltek Summer Job

Waltek Inc., an investment casting company in Ramsey, MN (outside Minneapolis) is looking for a summer intern to work with our sales engineer. Work would include new part processing, improving existing parts, and analysis of customer profitability. If you know any students who might be interested please have them send a copy of their resume to David Hilden at dhilden@waltekinc.com with “Waltek Summer Internship” in the subject line.

MSE Seminar: Graduate Student Presentations

MSE SEMINAR
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Room 610, M&M Building
Graduate Student Presentations

In-situ Lithiation/Delithiation Studies on Transitional Metal Oxides (TMOs) Using an Aberration-corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope
YiFei Yuan
Graduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering Dept.
Michigan Technological University

Evaluating the Strengthening Effects of Increasing Supersaturation in Al-Sc-Zr Alloys
Kyle Deane
Graduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering Dept.
Michigan Technological University

In-Situ Mechanistic Analyses of Electrode Materials for Sodium Ion Batteries
Jacob Kolar
Graduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering Dept.
Michigan Technological University

Increasing Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency In Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Photovoltaic Devices With Plasmonic Perfect Meta- Absorbers
Jephias Gwamuri
Graduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering Dept.
Michigan Technological University

Abstracts April 2, 2013