Year: 2020

Congratulations to Ankur Agrawal for passing his qualifying exams! Ankur is in the Materials Science and Engineering department and he is currently working on studying microstructural evolution and phase stability during phase transformations. Ankur has been with the lab since 2019, and his contributions to the lab are greatly appreciated. Congrats, Ankur!

Congratulations to Janine Erickson who recently passed her preliminary exam! Janine is a Materials Science and Engineering student who joined the lab in August of 2017. She currently works on high-throughput synthesis and characterization of Mg-based metallic glasses using directed energy deposition additive manufacturing. Her dedication and hard work is extremely valuable to the lab. …

Congratulations to ADD Lab Graduate Research Assistant, Ankur Agrawal, who received an MS&E Turnbull award! The award was for his paper titled “High-throughput experimentation for microstructural design in additively manufactured 316L stainless steel.” Ankur has been with the lab since 2019, and we are proud to see the recognition of his hard work!

We are excited to welcome three new members to the ADD lab. Zahabul Islam is a postdoctoral research associate who will be working on design and characterization of advanced materials produced by additive manufacturing. Maximilian Brown is a graduate research assistant studying design of materials and additive manufacturing processes for engineering applications. Nick Krienke is …

Congratulations to Marcus Jackson who passed his preliminary exam in Mechanical Engineering! His skills and dedication have proven to be a crucial part of the ongoing research in the lab. Congrats, Marcus!

The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded more than $45.3 million through its Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) to support university-led nuclear energy research and development projects, including a total of $4.8 million awarded for projects led by University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers. Paul Wilson UW–Madison is the lead institution for six of the 57 research …

The ADD Lab congratulates Graduate Research Assistant Buzz Rankouhi on passing his preliminary exams! Buzz is a PhD candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and his continued commitment and expertise have been extremely important in ongoing research. Congratulations, Buzz!

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Manthra Venkatakrishnan recently graduated from UW–Madison! Manthra earned her Bachelors of Science degree in Materials Science and Engineering. Soon, she will be starting a full time job at the Kimberly-Clark Corporation. During her time with the lab, she worked on a project to develop a procedure that would deposit an even polymer …

Several of our graduate students and research associates participated in the 149th annual TMS Conference in San Diego, California in February 2020. To learn more about the TMS 2020 Conference, click here. Kaila Bertsch presented “Origin of Dislocation Structures in Additively Manufactured Austenitic Stainless Steel” Phalgun Nelaturu presented “A High-throughput Alloy Development Strategy for Corrosion …

Congratulations to Undergraduate Research Assistant Bailey Kuehl on her recent graduation from UW–Madison! Bailey graduated in December 2019 with her Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science & Engineering, with an emphasis in Biomaterials. Bailey also obtained a certificate in International Engineering (Spanish). Bailey worked as an Undergraduate Research Assistant in the Alloy Design and Development lab …