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2024

  • Review article published in the Journal of Materials Research and Technology on hot deformation in medium entropy alloys.
  • Article in Materials & Design on friction-extruded copper-graphene composites published.
  • 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.
  • DOE project on bulk ultra-conductors and composite rotors awarded.
  • Paper published in Nature Communications on oxide growth mechanisms in high entropy alloys.
  • Article accepted in Journal of Materials Chemistry A on defect-engineered NiMn oxide electrocatalysts.
  • Dual publication in JOM on multifunctional materials by solid-state non-equilibrium processing.
  • Paper accepted in Journal of Materials Science on Aluminum/SmCo₅ magnetic composites.
  • Invited to speak at IIT Tirupati (scheduled for September 2025).
  • Ongoing collaboration with ORNL under an NDA agreement.
  • Organized metal-processing symposia for the Fall TMS Meeting.
  • The lab concluded the year with a celebration and research showcase by students.

2023

  • Bharat received the Young Achievers Award 2023 from his alma mater, NIT Jaipur, India.
  • Additional capabilities added to the Nanomechanical suite!
  • Bharat took the MSE 440/540 class on another field trip to Kymera International.
  • Enjoyed our first field trip with the class of MSE440/540 to Protolabs!
  • Second field trip to the Hallman Foundry in North Carolina!
  • 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.
  • Bharat was invited for a talk at iCANX on “Deformation-Induced Modification of Phase Transformation Pathways in Metallic Systems.”
  • The state-of-the-art Pico indenter PI-89 has been installed and tested for nanoindentation!
  • Group picnic at Lake Johnson Park!
  • Our group hosted the summer camp for high school students!
  • Installed our latest and most-awaited piece of equipment: the friction stir machine!
  • Bharat received the Young Investigator Award 2023 from Materials MDPI
  • Seminar on the basics of APT and its widespread applications by CAMECA!
  • Bharat and his grad student (Michael Lastovich) had a one-day trip to Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL)
  • Bharat 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.
  • Bharat 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

2022

2022