Congratulations to the following students for new awards!

• John Bussey, DOE-NE University Nuclear Leadership Program (UNLP) Scholarship, 2024-5
• John Bussey, DOE-NE Innovations in Nuclear Energy Research and Development Student Competition (INSC), 2024
• Josie Soles, outstanding Sophomore MSE student
• Audra Totten, outstanding Junior MSE student
• Raine Antonio, outstanding Senior MSE student

It’s sad how long it’s been since I last posted here.  Blame it on the MME Director job.  Anyway..

Congrats to Audra, Nathan, John, and Raine for their excellent posters at the 2024 WSU Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (SURCA).

Welcome to Dr. Malin Chris Dixon Wilkins as a new Post-doc. Chris comes most recently from University of Sheffield, UK.

Also welcome to Aya Azeddioui, master’s intern from the University of Montpellier, France.

Congratulations to Audra Tollen and Halen Walker, outstanding MSE students.

Also John Bussey whose winning SURCA poster was shown at the WSU Engineering College Convocation.

Congratulations to the students that showed posters at our 2023 Showcase for Undergraduate research.

MSE Students Brooke Downing, Raine Antonio, and John Bussey representing our group with excellent posters.

John was honored with the Crimson Award at the showcase. Congratulations all!

Interesting observations comparing silica to water.

Be like glass

Congrats to Jessica who was selected to receive the 2022 Alfred R. Cooper Young Scholars Award from the Glass and Optical Materials Division of the American Ceramic Society. This award was presented for the undergraduate glass research entitled “Lithium-Iron Silicate Glasses as Simulants of High-Iron Nuclear Waste Glass.”

Congratulations to our new group of PhDs from this year!

1. Dave Bollinger “Materials Synthesis and Characterization for Waste Valorization and Nuclear Waste Containment” June 2022
2. Natalie Smith-Gray “Analysis of Simulated Nuclear Waste Glass on Sulfur Solubility and Refractory Corrosion” June 2022
3. Jani Jesenovec “Doping and Alloying of Monoclinic β-Ga₂O₃ Grown by Czochralski and Vertical Gradient Freeze” July 2022

Brooke Downing has been named the WSU College of Engineering and Architecture (VCEA) outstanding Junior for this academic year.  Congratulations for recognition of your achievements!

Interesting..

Video: ‘Glass Ships in Bottles’ exhibition explores the unusual history of UK scientific glassblowers