Natalie Smith-Gray receives R.G. Post Graduate Scholarship
john.mccloyCongratulations to Natalie for receipt of one of the 2021 Roy G. Post scholarships for her work in the safe management of nuclear waste. Congratulations Natalie! You can see her recent paper here:
Smith-Gray, N.J., Sargin, I., Beckman, S., McCloy, J. Machine learning to predict refractory corrosion during nuclear waste vitrification. MRS Advances (2021). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43580-021-00031-2
Jessica and John receive outstanding Materials Science & Engineering undergraduate student awards
john.mccloyCongratulations to Jessica Erickson (outstanding MSE senior) and John Bussey (outstanding MSE junior)! Their hard work and dedication has paid off and they have been recognized by the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering committee for their efforts in academics and service to the university. Great job!
Cool new paper on Bronze Age ceramic molds
john.mccloyGlassblowing TV show
john.mccloyDr. Stone-Weiss joins NOME
john.mccloyWelcome to Nick Stone-Weiss who joined the NOME group to work with us on glass and ceramics.
WSU student team selected for NASA “Big Idea”
john.mccloyCongratulations to the WSU student team for being selected for the NASA Big Idea contest.
The team from WSU’s HYPER hydrogen research lab will be working with NOME and others to study the effect of leidenfrost to clean space suits. They will be using ash collected in Pullman from the Mt. St. Helens eruption as a lunar regolith simulant.
Congratulations team! This story was picked up by WSU today also.
An article including video was also recently published in the Spokane Spokesman-Review.
Ashes to Glass
john.mccloySam Karcher receives nuclear science award
john.mccloyCongratulations to Sam Karcher whose paper was selected for award by the Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D program.
Sam’s story was featured in the WSU Daily Evergreen this week.
Congratulations Sam!
Glass walled restrooms?
john.mccloyWow.. at least you can tell if you’re 6′ away from the next person.