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

Congratulations to Matthew Athon and Steven Luksic, two Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists who successfully defended their PhDs in Materials Science and Engineering at Washington State University this month.

Dr. Athon’s thesis was: “Fundamental Studies on the Morphology and Effects of Uranium Carbide Particles During Casting in Uranium and U-10Mo Metal”

Dr. Luksic’s thesis was: “X-Ray Computed Tomography and Modeling of Glass Melts”

Congratulations again!

Congratulations to our 3 group undergrads researchers who presented at WSU’s in-person showcase!

-John Bussey: “Correlating Non-Synchrotron X-ray Techniques for Multiscale Imaging of Mo-containing Glasses”

-Brooke Downing: “Alloy Incorporation and Surface Defects in β-Ga₂O₃ Single Crystals”

-Julia Esakoff: “Characterization and Synthesis of Egyptian Blue Frit”