Research Projects
Current Projects
MURI: Planetary- and Geologically-Inspired Discovery of Refractory Materials (2023-2028)
with Elizabeth Opila (UVA), Patrick Hopkins (UVA), Alexandra Navrotsky (ASU), Hongwu Xu (ASU), Qi-Jun Hong (ASU)
Army Research Office
CAREER: A Novel Computational Thermodynamics Framework with Intrinsic Chemical Short-Range Order (2021-2026)
DMREF/Collaborative Research: Low Cost, High Strength and Ductile Mg Alloys (2020-2024)
Development of Industrial Scale Rare Earth Master Alloys from Their Native Oxides for Magnet Production (2021-2024)
with Chris Li (UVA)
DOE/EERE/AMO Critical Materials Program
ARPA-E: High Entropy Rare-earth Oxide (HERO) Coatings for Refractory Alloys (Phase I: 2021-2023)
with Elizabeth Opila (UVA), Patrick Hopkins (UVA), Prasanna Balachandran (UVA), Jonathan Laurer (CCAM), Carolina Tallon (VT), Robert Golden (Rolls-Royce)
DOE ARPA-E ULTIMATE PROGRAM
Concluded Projects
Design of UHTC for Oxidation Resistance (2019-2023)
with Elizabeth Opila (UVA)
Office of Naval Research
Prediction of Solidification Morphology and Solute Redistribution of Refractory Metals Produced by Additive Manufacturing (2022-2023)
with Sean Agnew (UVA)
Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) Innovation Award
Development of Integrated Process and Microstructural Models for Laser-Based Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing (2019-2020)
with Rich Martukanitz, Leonid Zhigilei, and Chris Li
Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CCAM) Innovation Award