The members of the ADD Lab would like to send our peers, collaborators, past members and friends warm wishes for the holiday season and new year. Thanks to Dan and Ann Thoma for hosting a …
Year: 2019
Graduate Research Assistant Passes Qualifying Exams
Congratulations to Graduate Research Assistant Michael Niezgoda who recently passed his qualifying exams! Michael’s creativity and expertise have proven to be a crucial part of ongoing research in the lab. Congratulations, Michael!
Lab Member Accepts New Position
Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Kaila Bertsch accepted a new position as a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Materials Science Division at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. There, Kaila will work on additive manufacturing, hydrogen effects on materials, and …
New Postdoc Joins Lab
The Lab welcomes postdoctoral research associate Celal Kursun. Celal earned two PhDs from Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University in 2015 (Materials Science and Engineering) and 2017 (Physics). Celal will research bulk amorphous glasses. Welcome, Celal!
New Postdoc Joins Lab
Phalgun Nelaturu will join the Alloy Design and Development Lab as a postdoc working on a DOE-funded project to research 3D printed alloys for molten salt technologies in renewable energy applications. Phalgun obtained his PhD …
New Undergraduate Research Assistant Joins Lab
The Lab is excited to welcome Baily Syring, an undergraduate student in the Materials Science and Engineering department. Baily will work as a research assistant to support metal alloy synthesis and processing, material characterization, and …
New Undergraduate Research Assistant Joins Lab
The Lab is excited to welcome Undergraduate Research Assistant Tory Wendlandt! Tory will work on the examination of structure-property relationships in additively-manufactured parts. Tory is currently pursuing his Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering …
Lab Member Accepts New Position
The Lab congratulations Dr. Gabriel Meric de Bellefon who recently accepted a new position with Kairos Power. Gabriel worked in the Lab for over a year on metal additive manufacturing and will continue his research …
TMS 2019 Conference
Three of our group members participated in the TMS 2019 Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Gabriel Meric De Bellefon gave two presentations. One was titled “Directed Energy Deposition Fabrication of Mo-coated 316SS Components for Molten …
New Graduate Student Joins Lab
Ankur Agrawal will pursue his PhD under Dan Thoma in the Alloy Design and Development Lab. Ankur received his MS from University of Pittsburgh in 2018, and will research the microstructural evolution and phase stability …