Congratulations to Adam! His talk on the ULTERA Database for High Entropy Alloys was selected as Best Oral Presentation at MRS Spring 2022 SF09 Symposium (High Entropy Materials Ⅱ - From Fundamentals to Potential Applications).
Rushi Passes Her Comprehensive Exam
On May 12th, Rushi Gong successfully passed her comprehensive examination and is now on the straight path towards her Ph.D. Congratulations!
Cross phenomena and their coefficients beyond Onsager theorem
Our “Theory of cross phenomena and their coefficients beyond Onsager theorem” was recently featured in a news article by Penn State, where Dr. Liu discusses how a better understanding of cross-phenomena will enable new, improved materials in everyday applications. The news can be found here with the full Materials Research Letters available here.
Zentropy
Our Zentropy theory was recently featured in Penn State News, available here, where Dr. Liu presents a more general-audience perspective on what Zentropy Theory is and how it may impact the discovery of materials and other fields. The full theory was published earlier this year in the Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion and is available here.
The list of news and blog posts related to Zentropy can be found here.
Congratulations to James Saal (PhD 2010)
James will be the PI of a team at Citrine Informatics, which was selected to receive $3.1M as part of the ARPA-E ONWARDS program for the data-driven development of safe, efficient nuclear waste storage materials to usher in the next generation of nuclear reactors for clean power generation.
Read the full news here
Hui Passes Her Comprehensive Exam
This afternoon, Hui Sun successfully passed her comprehensive examination and is now on the straight path towards her Ph.D. Congratulations!
Cole Passes His Comprehensive Exam
This afternoon, Cole Britt successfully passed his comprehensive examination and is now on the straight path towards his Ph.D. Congratulations!
John Passes His Comprehensive Exam
This afternoon, John successfully passed his comprehensive examination and is now on the straight path towards his PhD. Congratulations!
Jorge Defends His Ph.D.
Congratulations to Jorge Paz Soldan Palma on defending his Ph.D. thesis last Friday (12/10/21).
Dr. Liu Named TMS Fellow
Dr. Liu has been named a fellow of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), the society's highest honor. TMS fellows are recognized as leading authorities and outstanding contributors to the practice of metallurgy, materials science, and technology, and for outstanding service to society.
Read the full story at Penn State News here
Congratulations to Mingqing (RF 2019-20) on his Lecture position at JUST
Congratulations to Dr. Mingqing Liao (Research Fellow 2019-2020) for starting as a Lecture at Jiangsu University of Science and Technology (JUST), Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China. You can find more information following the link http://mypage.just.edu.cn/clkxgc/lmq_en/list.htm
PSU Research News Story on Our HEA Generative Modeling
Our work on generative modeling of High Entropy Alloys (HEAs) was featured in Penn State Research News. In the article you can read here, Dr. Liu and Dr. Reinhart give an overview on how machine learning changes the way we discover new elemental compositions for ULtrahigh TEmperature Alloys (ULTERA) under ARPA-E ULTIMATE program. For technical details see 10.20517/jmi.2021.05
IBM Supports Our Computational Thermodynamics Workshop
This summer, IBM Academic Initiative has supported our computational thermodynamics workshop (see pycalphad&ESPEI) by providing us with a powerful cloud-based infrastructure. Compared to our previous, offline, in-person delivery, we were able to effortlessly accommodate many more participants and eliminate problems with software installation on personal computers.
See the full story of this Penn State & IBM collaboration: Modeling software for Materials 4.0
Congratulations to Cassie (PhD'17)
Congratulations to Cassie Frueh (PhD in 2017) on two major achievements! First and foremost, she just had her second daughter Sylvie on the 6th of September. Secondly, she was also recently promoted to manager of the computational analysts at Almatis as well as the manager of their innovation process.
Dr. Liu’s Talk on Entropy at the AFLOW Seminar Series
where the term “zentropy” was suggested by Josiah Roberts during the discussion at 1:00:00
Dr. Liu’s Talk on Entropy at the AFLOW Seminar Series
Congratulations to Brandon for Defending His PhD Thesis
Congratulations to Brandon for successfully defending his PhD thesis this afternoon and becoming our #30 PhD graduate. In the near future, Brandon will be joining Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to continue doing great science there.
Congratulations to Greta on Her Son!
Congratulations to Greta (Postdoc ’15) and Oscar for their first son August Bedoya Lindwall born on July 31.
Congratulations to Chelsey on her ASM Bronze Medal Award
Congratulations to our alumnus Chelsey Z. Hargather (PhD 2012), currently an assistant professor at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Chelsey will receive a Bronze Medal Award from AMS “for technical contributions to materials science and engineering through dissemination of her scientific work and graduating students; and for developing herself and her students professionally through her service to ASM.”
Read more about her and other awardees here.
Richard's CALPHAD Young Leader Award
Richard Otis (PhD 2016) received the 2021 CALPHAD Young Leader Award. Congratulations, Richard!
Congratulations to Laura on her Child
Congratulations to Laura Jean Lucca Weidman (BS, 2010) and Nick for their second child, Nicholas James Weidman, Jr., born on Sunday, 6/6, 2021! Wish their family of four all the best!