Our most recent paper was recently published in Chemistry of Materials. Students Pralav Shetty and Runyu Zhang (Braun group) collaborated to develop scalable, economic and thermally stable inverse opal structures through aluminization of electrodeposited Ni. This work is closely related to our efforts to modify the surface chemistry of structural alloys in the oil and […]
Author: jakrogst@illinois.edu
CAREER Award featured in ACerS Ceramics Bulletin (Jan/Feb)
Read more about our NSF Ceramics CAREER award in the most recent issue of the American Ceramics Society Ceramic Bulletin . Our CAREER award focuses on enhancing toughness in electroceramics through an intrinsic twinning mechanism.
New paper on nanotwinned Ni-Mo-W alloys
A new paper from Prof. Krogstad and co-authors at Johns Hopkins University was published today in Acta Materialia: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2017.10.065. This work complements another recent paper in Science Advances.
Incoming students interested in SMEE
We are excited to welcome the incoming MatSE graduate class! Students interested in the SMEE research team, particularly our work on carbonaceous build up on structural alloys or metallic thin films, are encouraged to contact Prof. Krogstad.
Defects in nanocrystalline metals play a big role in unprecedented strength
In a recent publication, authors Gidong Sim (JHU) and Prof. Jessica Krogstad reported a novel metallic alloy that could be a game changer for next generation microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) based on its exceptional strength and thermal stability. The high density of nanotwins lead to unique interactions between dislocations and other strengthening mechanisms (grain boundary strengthening, solution […]
Prof. Krogstad speaks at MRS
Are you at MRS this week? Stop by and see Prof. Krogstad talk about nanotwinned metallic alloys on Thursday (4/20) morning: 8:30-9:00, 106C PCC. Couldn’t make it? You can find a recording of the talk here!
AJA system online
We spent the day today calibrating our new AJA magnetron sputtering system. Here were are conditioning a new Cr target.
Congratulations to Pralav
Pralav was recently awarded a fellowship from FMC. The FMC fellowship provides 1 year of support for masters or doctoral students doing research related to the oil and gas industry. Congratulations, Pralav!
Congratulations, Nathan!
Congratulations to Nathan on successfully passing both his qualifying exams!
Congratulations, Megan!
Megan Emigh successfully passed her preliminary exam today! Her dissertation proposal was entitled: “Influence of a nanotwinned, nanocrystalline microstructure on aging of a Ni-25Mo-8Cr superalloy.” You can find more details about this project here.