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TMS 2021

Matt delivered a talk on twinnability in FCC materials at the TMS 2021 virtual meeting. This work included contributions from Ritesh and Junaid. Looking forward to a couple more contributions coming out from…

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SES 2020

Matt delivered an invited talk at the virtual meeting of the Society of Engineering Science (SES). Although this was a new format, the conference was well-attended with great discussions!

Qualifying lunch

Ritesh and Junaid Qualify

Congratulations to Ritesh and Junaid for successfully passing their qualifying exams. Well done!

International Journal of Plasticity

Competing mechanisms of deformation twinning paper published!

Proud to report our article on the competition between thickening and nucleation of deformation twins has been published in the International Journal of Plasticity. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749641919308216?via=ihub

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New paper in Nanoscale

Our new paper on the toughening effects of polymers in 2D materials has been published in Nanoscale. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2019/nr/c9nr01453e

UIC

Senior Design Expo Award Winners

Congratulations to Ningmu, Qiuyuan, Jeremy, Ivan, and Luke for taking home the top prize in the structural engineering category at the 2019 Senior Design and Expo!

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TMS 2019

Matt delivered 2 talks at TMS 2019 in San Antonio. The conference was an excellent opportunity to catch-up with old colleagues, make new connections, and hear some really great talks!