News
January
- – Review article published in *Journal of Materials Research and Technology* on hot deformation in medium entropy alloys.
- – Article in *Materials & Design* on friction-extruded copper-graphene composites published.
- – Mechanisms of creep resistance in AFA alloys reported in *Acta Materialia*.
February
March
- – LAMaRC participated in TMS 2024; Dr. Gwalani chaired the Phase Transformations and Microstructural Evolution Symposium.
- – Special Issue editing for *JOM* on metal processing and phase transformations began.
April
May
- – DOE project on bulk ultra-conductors and composite rotors awarded.
June
- – Paper published in *Nature Communications* on oxide growth mechanisms in high entropy alloys.
July
- – Article accepted in *Journal of Materials Chemistry A* on defect-engineered NiMn oxide electrocatalysts.
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August
- – Dual publication in *JOM* on multifunctional materials by solid-state non-equilibrium processing.
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September
- – Paper accepted in *Journal of Materials Science* on Aluminum/SmCo₅ magnetic composites.
- – Invited to speak at IIT Tirupati (scheduled for September 2025).
October
- – Ongoing collaboration with ORNL under NDA agreement.
November
- – Organized metal-processing symposia for Fall TMS Meeting.
December
- – Lab concluded the year with a celebration and research showcase by students.
December
Prof. Gwalani received the Young Achievers Award 2023 from his alma mater, NIT Jaipur, India.
Additional capabilities added to the Nanomechanical suite!
November
Prof Gwalani took the MSE 440/540 class on another field trip to Kymera International.
October
Enjoyed our first field trip with the class of MSE440/540 to Protolabs!
Second field trip to the Hallman Foundry in North Carolina!
September
The United States Department of Defense has awarded an $8.5 million grant to support the establishment of a cutting-edge center focused on designing materials with extreme properties.
Prof. Gwalani was invited for a talk at iCANX on “Deformation-Induced Modification of Phase Transformation Pathways in Metallic Systems”
August
The state-of-the-art Pico indenter PI-89 has been installed and tested for nanoindentation!
July
Group picnic at Lake Johnson Park!
June
Our group hosted the summer camp for high school students!
May
Installed our latest and most awaited piece of equipment: the friction stir machine!
Prof. Gwalani Received the Young Investigator Award 2023 from Materials MDPI
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/materials/awards/1899
April
Seminar on the basics of APT and its widespread applications by CAMECA!
March
Prof. Gwalani and his grad student (Michael Lastovich) had a great one-day trip to Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL)!
February
Prof. Gwalani and a grad student (Farhan Ishrak) visited Enabled Engineering located in Blacksburg, VA to explore future collaboration opportunities in applying deformation processing techniques for alloy development.
January
Prof. Gwalani will be talking on “Deformation-Induced Modification of Phase Transformation Pathways in Metallic Systems” at the Metallurgical and Materials Science Department of Colorado School of Mines on Jan 26
A special issue on “Microstructural Design, Properties and Biomedical Applications of Alloys” goes live.
Farhan joined the group as a graduate research assistant fellow.
December
Research on Phase Stability and Kinetics of Topotactic Dual Ca2+–Na+ Ion Electrochemistry in NaSICON NaV2 (PO4) 3 is published in Chemistry of Materials which is led by Prof. Linda Nazar’s group.
November
The first paper in the series of development of micro-shear testing and analysis capabilities is submitted – Shear Localization in single-phase Cu and Cu/Nb Nanolaminates using Micromechanical Framework.
October
Research on “Temperature-dependent formation of gradient structures with anomalous hardening in an Al-Si alloy” is accepted in Materials Science and Engineering A
Research on “Circumventing Strength-Ductility Paradox in High Entropy Alloys through Deformation Processing” is accepted in the Journal of Alloys and Compounds
September
Welcomed Kai, Charles, and Aidan in the group joining as undergrad researchers.
August
- Dr. Gwalani formally joined NC State!
- Prof. Gwalani taught Mechanical Properties of Structural Materials in Fall of 2022
- Michael joined the group as a graduate research assistant fellow.