Acta Student Awards
The Acta Journals: Acta Materialia, Scripta Materialia, Acta Biomaterialia and Materialia, are pleased to announce the 2024 Acta Student Awards. Up to sixteen awards of $2,000, four for each of the four journals, are awarded annually.
Details for the Awards:
- The Acta Student Award is limited to candidates whose work was reported in one of the Acta Journals, and who were bona fide students at the time the work was performed.
- The candidate for the award must have made the major contribution to the work reported.
- Any student author of a paper that was accepted, and appeared online in ScienceDirect during January 1 – December 31, 2024, is eligible for an award. Review articles do not qualify. Past winners of this award are not eligible to apply. Papers co-authored by editors of the Journal in which the paper appeared will not be considered.
- The application process involves two steps:
- for the first step the eligible student submits his or her paper for consideration, along with a cover letter that highlights the importance of the work and a copy of the publication. Alternatively, with the student’s knowledge and permission, the student’s advisor may submit these same documents as a nomination.
- for the second step, the decision committee will create a short list, and those students will be asked to furnish an up-to-date CV and two letters of support.
- for the first step the eligible student submits his or her paper for consideration, along with a cover letter that highlights the importance of the work and a copy of the publication. Alternatively, with the student’s knowledge and permission, the student’s advisor may submit these same documents as a nomination.
Applications/nominations for a student award, based on manuscripts that meet the qualifications listed in items 1-3 above, must be submitted before February 28th, 2025. All application materials must be submitted through the portal link provided: Click here to visit the nomination page
Evaluation and Awards
- Nominations will be evaluated by a committee of editors from the editorial board of the respective journal.
- Candidates will be notified of the Committee’s decisions by May 31st, and a public announcement of the awards will appear in the next available issue of each Acta Journal. In addition, a suitable presentation format will be arranged.
Questions regarding the student awards process may be directed to: [email protected].
Acta Student Award Recipients
Mr. Cafer Acemi
Mr. Cafer Acemi, Texas A&M University, USA. Advisor: Dr. Ibrahim Karaman. “Multi-objective, multi-constraint high-throughput design, synthesis, and characterization of tungsten-containing refractory multi-principal element alloys,” Acta Materialia Volume 281, December 2024, 120379
Mr. Dhruv Anjaria
Mr. Dhruv Anjaria, Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA. Advisor: JC Stinville. “Plastic deformation delocalization at cryogenic temperatures in a nickel-based superalloy,” Acta Materialia Volume 276, September 2024, 120106.
Mr. Philip Aster
Mr. Philip Aster, Christian Doppler Laboratory for Advanced Aluminum Alloys, Chair of Nonferrous Metallurgy, Montanuniversitat Leoben, Austria. Advisor: Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Stefan Pogatscher. “Unraveling the potential of Cu addition and cluster hardening in Al-Mg-Si alloys,” Materialia Volume 36, August 2024, 102188.
Ms. Grace Cai
Ms. Grace Cai, University of Michigan, USA. Advisor: Allen P. Liu. “Matrix confinement modulates 3D spheroid sorting and burst-like collective migration,” Acta Biomaterialia Volume 179, April 2024, Pages 192-206.
Mr. Paul Chao
Mr. Paul Chao, University of Michigan, USA. Advisor: Dr. Ashwin Shahani. “From irregular to regular eutectic growth in the Al-Al3Ni system: In situ observations during directional solidification,” Acta Materialia Volume 280, November 2024, 120314.
Ms. Nuri Choi
Ms. Nuri Choi, Institute of Materials Physics, University of Münster, Germany & Nano Materials Research Division, Korea Institute of Materials Science, South Korea. Advisors: Prof. Dr. Sergiy V. Divinski, Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wilde. “Grain boundary diffusion in additively manufactured CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloys: Impact of non-equilibrium state, temperature and relaxation,” Materialia Volume 38, December 2024, 102228.
Mr. Marshall Frye
Mr. Marshall Frye, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA. Advisor: Prof. Lauren Garten. “Enhancing the conductivity and crystallinity of (111) platinum films via a two-temperature deposition and substrate annealing,” Scripta Materialia Volume 256, February 2025, 116442.
Ms. Paula Milena Giraldo-Osorno
Ms. Paula Milena Giraldo-Osorno, Department of Biomaterials, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Advisor: Dr. Anders Palmquist. “Macrophagetoosteocyte communication: Impact in a 3D in vitro implantassociated infection model,”
Acta Biomaterialia Volume 186, September 2024, Pages 141155.
Mr. Zhaolin Hua
Mr. Zhaolin Hua, Xiangtan University, China. Advisors: Dechuang Zhang & Cuie Wen. “Spinodal Zr–Nb alloys with ultrahigh elastic admissible strain and low magnetic susceptibility for orthopedic applications” Acta Biomaterialia Volume 184, August 2024, Pages 444-460, and “Medium-entropy Zr–Nb–Ti alloys with low magnetic susceptibility, high yield strength, and low elastic modulus through spinodal decomposition for bone-implant applications,” Acta Biomaterialia Volume 190, November 2024, Pages 623–641.
Mr. Maximilian Kern
Mr. Maximilian Kern, Technical University of Leoben, Austria. Advisor: Christian Bernhard. “In situ study and assessment of the phosphorus-induced solute drag effect on the grain boundary mobility of austenite,” Acta Materialia Volume 269, May 2024, 119826.
Ms. Laura A. Milton
Ms. Laura A. Milton, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Advisor: Professor Yi-Chin Toh. “Liver click dECM hydrogels for engineering hepatic microenvironments,” Acta Biomaterialia Volume 185, September 2024, Pages 144-160.
Mr. Selvamurugan Palaniappan
Mr. Selvamurugan Palaniappan, University of North Texas, USA. Advisor: Prof Narendra B Dahotre. “Thermokinetics driven microstructure and phase evolution in laser-based additive manufacturing of Ti-25wt.%Nb and its performance in physiological solution,” Materialia Volume 37, September 2024, 102190.
Mr. Reza Rashidi
Mr. Reza Rashidi, Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing (BAM) & Technical University of Munich, Germany. Advisor: Prof. Robert Maass. “Annealing-dependent elastic microstructure in a Zr-based metallic glass,” Scripta Materialia Volume 255, January 2025, 116380.
Ms. Ankita Roy
Ms. Ankita Roy, University of North Texas, USA. Advisor: Prof Rajiv Mishra. “Columnar-to-equiaxed transition in laser fusion additive manufacturing,” Scripta Materialia Volume 259, April 2025, 116565.
Ms. Maral Sarebanzadeh
Ms. Maral Sarebanzadeh, IMDEA Materials Institute & Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain. Advisors: Prof. Javier Llorca & Dr. Alberto Orozco Caballero. “Twin nucleation at grain boundaries in Mg analyzed through in situ electron backscatter diffraction and high-resolution digital image correlation,” Acta Materialia Volume 285, February 2025, 120678.
Mr. Namito Yamanaka
Mr. Namito Yamanaka, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Center for the Possible Futures, High-Performance Simulation Research Center (HPSRC), Japan. Advisor: Tomohiro Takaki. “Multi-phase-field lattice Boltzmann modeling and simulations of semi-solid simple shear deformation,” Materialia Volume 38, December 2024, 102295.
Mr. Shuai Zhao
Mr. Shuai Zhao, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China. Advisor: Prof. Renbo Song. “Synergistic control of plastic instability behavior by multi-heterogeneous austenite morphologies and stacking fault networks in 3Mn steel,” Scripta Materialia Volume 247, July 2024, 116112.
Mr. Pedro Paulo Paixao Oliveira Borges
Mr. Pedro Paulo Paixao Oliveira Borges, University of California, Berkeley, USA. Advisor: Prof. Mark Asta. Local lattice distortions and the structural instabilities in bcc Nb-Ta-Ti-Hf high-entropy alloys: An ab initio computational study, Acta Materialia Volume 262, 1 January 2024, 119415.
Mrs. Antje Dollmann
Mrs. Antje Dollmann, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. Advisor: Christian Greiner. Temporal sequence of deformation twinning in CoCrNi under tribological load, Scripta Materialia Volume 229, May 2023, 115378.
Mr. Chunfeng Du
Mr. Chunfeng Du, Jilin University, China. Advisors: Prof. Hui-Yuan Wang and Prof. Yipeng Gao. Deformation-induced grain rotation and grain boundary formation achieved through dislocation-disclination reactions in polycrystalline hexagonal close-packed metals; A Lie-algebra-based description of disclination densities and the quantification ofparti, Acta Materialia Volume 250, 15 May 2023, 118855.
Ms. Johanna-Maria Frenck
Ms. Johanna-Maria Frenck, University of Kassel, Germany. Advisor: Prof. Thomas Niendorf. Interrelationships of stress-induced martensitic phase transformation and pitting corrosion in iron-based shape memory alloys, Materialia Volume 31, March 2024, 102001.
Mr. Alexander Goodall
Mr. Alexander Goodall, University of Sheffield, UK. Advisor: Prof. Lain Todd. Importance of surface roughness on the magnetic properties of additively manufactured FeSi thin walls, Acta Materialia Volume 263, 15 January 2024, 119501.
Mr. Wenjiang Huang
Mr. Wenjiang Huang, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA. Advisor: Prof Xianming Bai. High-throughput machine learning - Kinetic Monte Carlo framework for diffusion studies in Equiatomic and Non-equiatomic FeNiCrCoCu high-entropy alloys, Materialia Volume 32, December 2023, 101966.
Mr. P S M Jena
Mr. P S M Jena, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, India. Advisor: Dr. Jitendra Kumar Sahu. Discrepancy in low cycle fatigue and creep-fatigue life of 720Li alloy tested at 720 °C: Role of crystallographic texture evolution, Materialia Volume 29, June 2023, 101788.
Mr. Rae Eon Kim
Mr. Rae Eon Kim, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea. Advisor: Hyoung Seop Kim Superior tensile properties and formability synergy of high-entropy alloys through inverse-gradient structures via laser surface treatment, Scripta Materialia Volume 234, September 2023, 115587.
Dr. Hyeonseok Kwon
Dr. Hyeonseok Kwon, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea. Advisor: Prof. Hyoung Seop Kim. High-density nanoprecipitates and phase reversion via maraging enable ultrastrong yet strain-hardenable medium-entropy alloy, Acta Materialia Volume 248, 15 April 2023, 118810.
Mr. Kai Liu
Mr. Kai Liu, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. Advisor: Dr. Marcel H.F. Sluiter.Stresses at grain boundaries: The maximum incompatibility stress in an infinitely extended elastic bicrystal under uniaxial loading, Scripta Materialia Volume 234, September 2023, 115570.
Mr. Yicheng Lv
Mr. Yicheng Lv, Fuzhou University, China. Advisors: Prof. Xianai Shi and Prof. Jianmin Yang. Multi-crosslinked hydrogels with strong wet adhesion, self-healing, antibacterial property, reactive oxygen species scavenging activity, and on-demand removability for seawater-immersed wound healing Acta Biomaterialia Volume 159, March 2023, Pages 95-110.
Mr. Cheng Ni
Mr. Cheng Ni, Donghua University, China. Advisors: Prof. Rui Gui and Prof. Xiangyang Shi . A tumor microenvironment-responsive core-shell tecto dendrimer nanoplatform for magnetic resonance imaging-guided and cuproptosis-promoted chemo-chemodynamic therapy, Acta Biomaterialia Volume 164, July 2023, Pages 474-486.
Mr. Niko Eka Putra
Mr. Niko Eka Putra, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. Advisors: Dr. Jie Zhou and Prof. Amir Zadpoor. Extrusion-based 3D printing of biodegradable, osteogenic, paramagnetic, and porous FeMn-akermanite bone substitutes, Acta Biomaterialia Volume 162, May 2023, Pages 182-198.
Mr. Janith Wanni
Mr. Janith Wanni, Clarkson University, USA, Advisor: Ajit Achuthan. Columnar grain morphology and mechanical anisotropy of face-centered cubic metals and alloys, Scripta Materialia Volume 236, November 2023, 115684.
Ms. Di Xie
Ms. Di Xie, University of Tennessee, USA. Advisors: Prof. Yanfei Gao and Prof. Peter Liaw. Identifying the effect of coherent precipitates on the deformation mechanisms by in situ neutron diffraction in an extruded magnesium alloy under low-cycle fatigue conditions, Acta Materialia Volume 251, 1 June 2023, 118903.
Mr. Biaobiao Yang
Mr. Biaobiao Yang, Central South University, China & Technical University of Madrid, Spain. Advisors: Prof. Javier LLorca and Prof. Yunping Li. Suppressed transformation of compression twins to double twins in Mg by activation of non-basal slip, Scripta Materialia Volume 235, October 2023, 115620.
Dr. Jingxiao (Jane) Zhong
Dr. Jingxiao (Jane) Zhong, The University of Sydney, Australia. Advisor: Prof. Qing Li. Functional Non-uniformity of Periodontal Ligaments Tunes Mechanobiological Stimuli Across Soft- and Hard-Tissue Interfaces, Acta Biomaterialia Volume 170, 15 October 2023, Pages 240-249.
Mr. Saleem Al Dajani
Massachusetts Institute of Technology & King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, United States/Saudi Arabia. Advisor: Prof. Michael Short. Detecting Thermally-Induced Spinodal Decomposition with Picosecond Ultrasonics in Cast Austenitic Stainless Steels, Acta Materialia 246 (2023) 118552.
Ms. Du Cheng
University of Virginia, United States. Advisor: Prof. Bi-Cheng Zhou. Atomic structures of ordered monolayer GP zones in Mg-Zn-X (X= Ca, Nd) systems, Scripta Materialia 216 (2022) 114744.
Mr. Miguel B. Costa
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. Advisor: Prof. A. Lindsay Greer. Anelastic-like nature of the rejuvenation of metallic glasses by cryogenic thermal cycling, Acta Materialia 244 (2023) 118551.
Ms. Nicole B. Day
University of Colorado Boulder, United States. Advisor: Dr. C. Wyatt Shields IV. Tissue-adhesive hydrogel for multimodal drug release to immune cells in skin, Acta Biomaterialia 150 (2022) 211-220.
Mr. Jonathan Hestroffer
University of California Santa Barbara, United States. Advisor: Prof. Irene Beyerlein. Development of grain-scale slip activity and lattice rotation fields in Inconel 718, Acta Materialia 226 (2022) 117627.
Mr. Krishna Kundu
North Dakota State University, United States. Advisor: Prof. Katti Kalpana. Initial upsurge of BMPs enhances long-term osteogenesis in in-vitro bone regeneration, Materialia 26 (2022) 101576.
Dr. Isabela Reis Lavagnini
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Advisor: Prof. Eliria M. J. A. Pallone. Influence of forming methods on the microstructure of 3YSZ flash-sintered ceramics, Materialia 22 (2022) 101419.
Dr. Brandon Leu
University of California Santa Barbara, United States. Advisor: Prof. Irene Beyerlein. Twinning pathways enabled by precipitates in AZ91, Materialia 21 (2022) 101292.
Dr. Pedro J. Díaz Payno
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Advisor: Prof. Daniel J. Kelly. Bilayered extracellular matrix derived scaffolds with anisotropic pore architecture guide tissue organization during osteochondral defect repair, Acta Biomaterialia 143 (2022) 266-281.
Dr. Anna Pukaluk
Graz University of Technology, Austria. Advisors: Profs. Gerhard A. Holzapfel and Gerhard Sommer. An ultrastructural 3D reconstruction method for observing the arrangement of collagen fibrils and proteoglycans in the human aortic wall under mechanical load, Acta Biomaterialia 141 (2022) 300-314.
Ms. Xue Wang
University of Tennessee, United States. Advisor: Prof. Yanfei Gao. Determination of the friction stir welding window from the solid-state bonding mechanics under severe thermomechanical conditions, Materialia 21 (2022) 101350.
Ms. Wu You
Sun Yat-Sen University, China. Advisor: Prof. Chen Zhuofan. Optimizing the bio-degradability and biocompatibility of a biogenic collagen membrane through cross-linking and zinc-doped hydroxyapatite, Acta Biomaterialia 143 (2022) 159-172.
Dr. Fengqi Zhang
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. Advisors: Dr. Niels van Dijk and Prof. Ekkes Brück. Impact of F and S doping on (Mn,Fe)2(P,Si) giant magnetocaloric materials, Acta Materialia 234 (2022) 118057.
Dr. Wanquan Zhu
Chongqing University, China. Advisor: Prof. Xiaoxu Huang & Prof. Andrew Godfrey. Five-parameter grain boundary character distribution of gold nanoparticles based on three dimensional orientation mapping in the TEM, Scripta Materialia 214 (2022) 114677.
Dr. Glenn Balbus
Dr. Glenn Balbus, The University of California, Santa Barbara, UNITED STATES. Advisor: Daniel Gianola. “Disordered interfaces enable high temperature thermal stability and strength in a nanocrystalline aluminum alloy”, Acta Materialia 215 (August 2021) 116973.
Dr. Bárbara Bellón
Dr. Bárbara Bellón, IMDEA Materials Institute & Polytechnic University of Madrid, SPAIN. Advisors: Prof. Javier LLorca & Dr. Ilchat Sabirov. “Multiscale prediction of microstructure length scales in metallic alloy casting”, Acta Materialia 207 (April 2021) 116686.
Mr. João Vitor Campos
Mr. João Vitor Campos, University of Sao Paulo, BRAZIL. Advisor: Prof. Eliria M. J. A. Pallone. “On the Arrhenius-like behavior of conductivity during flash sintering of 3 mol% yttria-stabilized zirconia ceramics”, Scripta Materialia 203 (October 2021) 114093.
Mr. Junyu Chen
Mr. Junyu Chen, Tsinghua University, CHINA. Advisor: Gang Fang. “Improved elastocaloric cooling performance in gradient-structured NiTi alloy processed by localized laser surface annealing”, Acta Materialia 208 (April 2021) 116741.
Mr. Avanish K. Chandan
Mr. Avanish K. Chandan, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research- National Metallurgical Laboratory, INDIA. Advisor: Dr. Sandip Ghosh Chowdhury & Dr. Mainak Ghosh. “Temperature dependent deformation behavior and stacking fault energy of Fe40Mn40Co10Cr10 alloy”, Scripta Materialia 199 (July 2021) 113891.
Dr. W. Streit Cunningham
Dr. W. Streit Cunningham, State University of New York at Stony Brook, UNITED STATES. Advisor: Jason Trelewicz. “Suppressing irradiation induced grain growth and defect accumulation in nanocrystalline tungsten through grain boundary doping”, Acta Materialia 206 (March 2021) 116629.
Mr. Easton Farrell
Mr. Easton Farrell, University of Michigan, UNITED STATES. Advisor: Mario L. Fabiilli. “Spatiotemporal control of myofibroblast activation in acoustically-responsive scaffolds via ultrasound-induced matrix stiffening”, Acta Biomaterialia 138 (January 2022) 133–143.
Dr. Chuchu Li
Dr. Chuchu Li, Kiel University, GERMANY. Advisor: Stanislav N. Gorb. “Biomechanical strategies to reach a compromise between stiffness and flexibility in hind femora of desert locusts”, Acta Biomaterialia 134, (October 2021), 490-498.
Dr. Mackenzie Perry
Dr. Mackenzie Perry, Virginia Tech, UNITED STATES. Advisor: Hang Yu. “Tracing plastic deformation path and concurrent grain refinement during additive friction stir deposition”, Materialia 18 (August 2021) 101159.
Dr. Ehsan Rahimi
Dr. Ehsan Rahimi, University of Udine, ITALY. Advisors: Dr. Maria Lekka & Prof. Lorenzo Fedrizzi. “Role of phosphate, calcium species and hydrogen peroxide on albumin protein adsorption on surface oxide of Ti6Al4V alloy”, Materialia 15 (March 2021) 100988.
Dr. Mackenzie Ridley
Dr. Mackenzie Ridley, University of Virginia, UNITED STATES. Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Opila. “YbPO4: A Novel Environmental Barrier Coating Candidate with Superior Thermochemical Stability”, Materialia 21 (March 2022) 101289.
Dr. Gabriel Spartacus
Dr. Gabriel Spartacus, CEA Saclay, FRANCE. Advisors: Alexis Deschamps, Joël Malaplate, Frédéric De Geuser. “Characterization of the nature and morphology of coarse precipitation in various oxide dispersion strengthened steels”, Materialia 17 (June 2021) 101117.
Miss Chihiro Tabata
Miss Chihiro Tabata, Waseda University, JAPAN. Advisor: Prof. Shinsuke Suzuki. “Quantitative analysis of sulfur segregation at the oxide/substrate interface in Ni-base single crystal superalloy”, Scripta Materialia 194 (March 2021) 113616.
Mr. Guangzhao Tian
Mr. Guangzhao Tian, Medical School of Nankai University, CHINA. Advisor: Shuyun Liu. “Cell-free decellularized cartilage extracellular matrix scaffolds combined with interleukin 4 promote osteochondral repair through immunomodulatory macrophages: In vitro and in vivo preclinical study”, Acta Biomaterialia 127 (June 2021) 131-145.
Dr. Adriana Vinhas
Dr. Adriana Vinhas, University of Minho, PORTUGAL. Advisors: Prof. Manuela Gomes & Dr. Márcia Rodrigues. “Human tendon-derived cell sheets created by magnetic force-based tissue engineering hold tenogenic and immunomodulatory potential”, Acta Biomaterialia 131 (September 2021) 236-247.
Dr. Jingqi Zhang
Dr. Jingqi Zhang, The University of Queensland, AUSTRAILIA. Advisor: Prof. Mingxing Zhang. “Achieving high ductility in a selectively laser melted commercial pure-titanium via in-situ grain refinement”, Scripta Materialia 191 (January 2021) 155-160.
Dr. Cemile Basgul
Dr. Cemile Basgul, Drexel University, UNITED STATES. Advisor: Steven M. Kurtz. “Thermal Localization Improves the Interlayer Adhesion and Structural Integrity of 3D printed PEEK Lumbar Spinal Cages,” Materialia 10 (2020) 100650.
Dr. Alice Cervellon
Dr. Alice Cervellon, Institut
Pprime (ISAE-ENSMA), FRANCE. Advisor: Jonathan Cormier. “Crack initiation mechanisms during very high cycle fatigue of Ni-based single crystal superalloys at high temperature,” Acta Materialia 188 (2020) 131-144.
Mr. Haokai Dong
Mr. Haokai Dong, Tohoku-Tsinghua Universities joint program, CHINA. Advisors: Hao Chen, Zhigang Yang, Yongjie Zhang and Goro Miyamoto. ”A comparative study on intrinsic mobility of incoherent and semicoherent interfaces during the austenite to ferrite transformation”, Scripta Materialia 188 (2020) 59-63.
Dr. Patrícia Figueiredo
Dr. Patrícia Figueiredo,
University of Helsinki, FINLAND Advisor: Hélder A. Santos. ” Peptide-guided
resiquimod-loaded lignin nanoparticles convert tumor-associated macrophages from M2 to M1 phenotype for enhanced chemotherapy,” Acta Biomaterialia “in press”.
Dr. Cheng-Yao Huang
Dr. Cheng-Yao Huang, National Taiwan University, TAIWAN. Advisor: Hung-Wei Yen. “New protocol for orientation reconstruction from martensite to austenite in steels,” Materialia 9
(2020) 100554.
Dr. Nikola Koutná
Dr. Nikola Koutná, TU Wien, AUSTRIA. Advisor: Paul Mayrhofer. “High-throughput
first-principles search for ceramic superlattices with improved ductility and fracture resistance,” Acta Materialia 206 (2021) 116615.
Mr. Sebastian Kube
Mr. Sebastian Kube, Yale
University, UNITED STATES. Advisor: Jan Schroers. “Metastability in high entropy alloys”, Scripta Materialia 186 (2020) 392-400
Dr. Mao Mao
Dr. Mao Mao, Xi’an Jiaotong University, CHINA. Advisor: Jiankang He. “Multi-directional cellular alignment in 3D guided by electrohydrodynamically-printed microlattices,” Acta Biomaterialia
101 (2020) 141-151.
Mr. William Meador
Mr. William Meador, The University of Texas at Austin, UNITED STATES. Advisor: Manuel K. Rausch. “A
detailed mechanical and microstructural analysis of ovine tricuspid valve leaflets,”
Acta Biomaterialia 102 (2020) 100-113.
Mr. Jonathan Priedeman
Mr. Jonathan Priedeman, University of Alabama, UNITED STATES. Advisor: Gregory Thompson.
“The influence of alloying in stabilizing a faceted grain boundary structure,” Acta Materialia 201 (2020) 329-340.
Mr. Shobhit Singh
Mr. Shobhit Singh, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, INDIA. Advisors: Dr. Praveen Kumar
and Prof. Michael. E. Kassner. “The low-stress and high-temperature creep in LiF single crystals: An
explanation for the So-called Harper-Dorn creep,” Materialia 13
(2020) 100864.
Mr. Ankit Roy
Mr. Ankit Roy, Lehigh
University, UNITED STATES. Advisor: Ganesh Balasubramanian. “Machine learned feature identification for predicting phase and Young’s modulus of low-, medium- and high-entropy alloys”, Scripta Materialia 185 (2020) 152-158.
Dr. Flora Somidin
Dr. Flora Somidin, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, MALAYSIA. Advisor: Prof. Kazuhiro Nogita, The University of Queensland, AUSTRALIA. “Direct
observation of the Ni stabilising effect in interfacial (Cu,Ni)6Sn5
intermetallic compounds,” Materialia 9 (2020) 100530.
Mr. Shaolou Wei
Mr. Shaolou Wei, MIT, UNITED STATES. Advisor: Prof. Cemal Cem Tasan. ”Deformation
faulting in a metastable CoCrNiW complex concentrated alloy: A case of negative intrinsic stacking fault energy?”, Acta Materialia 200 (2020) 992-1007.
Dr. Jianhua Zhang
Dr. Jianhua Zhang, ETH Zurich, SWITZERLAND. Advisor: Ralph Müller. “Optimization of mechanical stiffness and cell density of 3D bioprinted cell-laden
scaffolds improves extracellular matrix mineralization and cellular organization for bone tissue engineering,” Acta Biomaterialia 114 (2020) 307-322.
Mr. Kongtao Chen
Mr. Kongtao Chen, University of Pennsylvania, USA. Advisor: Prof. David J. Srolovitz. “Grain boundary shear coupling is not a grain boundary property,” Acta Materialia 167 (2019) 241-247.
Dr. Martina Cihova
Dr. Martina Cihova, ETH Zurich, SWITZERLAND. Advisor: Prof. Jörg F. Löffler. “The role of zinc in the biocorrosion behavior of resorbable Mg–Zn–Ca alloys,” Acta Biomaterialia 100 (2019) 398-414.
Mr. Daniel Gaertner
Mr. Daniel Gaertner, University of Münster, GERMANY. Advisor: Dr. Sergiy V. Divinski. “Concentration-dependent atomic mobilities in FCC CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloys,” Acta Materialia 166 (2019) 357-370.
Dr. Kelsea M. Hubka
Dr. Kelsea M. Hubka, Rice University, USA (currently at Stanford University). Advisor: Prof. Mary C. Farach-Carson. “Perlecan domain I gradients establish stable biomimetic heparin binding growth factor gradients for cell migration in hydrogels,” Acta Biomaterialia 97 (2019) 385-398.
Mr. Ogbogu Kalu
Mr. Ogbogu Kalu, University of New Brunswick, CANADA. Advisor: Prof. Gobinda C. Saha. “A novel approach to the sol-gel synthesis of titanium dioxide-coated SBA-16 type silica mesoporous microspheres for water purification,” Materialia 5 (2019), 100237.
Dr. Punit Kumar
Dr. Punit Kumar, Nanyang Technological University, SINGAPORE. Advisor: Prof. Upadrasta Ramamurty. “Microstructural optimization through heat treatment for enhancing the fracture toughness and fatigue crack growth resistance of selective laser melted Ti-6Al-4V alloy,” Acta Materialia 169 (2019) 45-59.
Dr. Jialin Liu
Dr. Jialin Liu, Michigan State University, USA. Advisor: Prof. Yue Qi. “Atomistic simulation of the formation and fracture of oxide bifilms in cast aluminum,” Acta Materialia 164 (2019) 673 – 682.
Mr. Tarini Prasad Mishra
Mr. Tarini Prasad Mishra, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, GERMANY. Advisor of PhD-thesis: Dr. Martin Bram, External mentor: Prof. Rishi Raj. “On the role of Debye temperature in the onset of flash in three oxides,” Scripta Materialia 170 (2019) 81-84.
Dr. Andrei Pissarenko
Dr. Andrei Pissarenko, University of California San Diego, USA. Advisor: Professor Marc A. Meyers. “Tensile behavior and structural characterization of pig dermis,” Acta Biomaterialia 86 (2019) 77-95.
Mr. Tijmen Vermeij
Mr. Tijmen Vermeij, Eindhoven University of Technology, THE NETHERLANDS. Advisor: Dr. Johan Hoefnagels. “Demonstrating the potential of accurate absolute cross-grain stress and orientation correlation using electron backscatter diffraction,” Scripta Materialia 162 (2019) 266-271.
Dr. Jingjing Wu
Dr. Jingjing Wu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CHINA. Advisors: Prof. Ying Wan and Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini. “Thermally triggered injectable chitosan/silk fibroin/bioactive glass nanoparticle hydrogels for in-situ bone formation in rat calvarial bone defects,” Acta Biomaterialia 91 (2019) 60-71.
Dr. Sheng Xu
Dr. Sheng Xu, Tohoku University, JAPAN. Advisor: Prof. Ryosuke Kainuma. “Large [001] single crystals via abnormal grain growth from columnar polycrystal,” Materialia 6 (2019), 100336.
Ms. Wenhui Yang
Ms. Wenhui Yang, Kyushu University, JAPAN. Advisor: Prof. Syo Matsumura. “Atom locations in a Ni doped η-(Cu, Ni)6Sn5 intermetallic compound,” Scripta Materialia 158 (2019) 1-5.
Nisar Ahmed
Mr. Nisar Ahmed, Diamond Light Source & Loughborough University, UK. Advisor: Dr Vitaliy Mykhaylyk. “Characterisation of tungstate and molybdate crystals ABO4 (A = Ca, Sr, Zn, Cd; B = W, Mo) for luminescence lifetime cryothermometry,” Materialia 4 (2018) 287-296.
Jae Wung Bae
Mr. Jae Wung Bae, POSTECH, KOREA. Advisor: Prof. Hyoung Seop Kim. “Exceptional phase-transformation strengthening of ferrous medium-entropy alloys at cryogenic temperatures,” Acta
Materialia 161 (2018) 388-399 and “Boron doped
ultrastrong and ductile high-entropy alloys,” Acta Materialia 151 (2018) 366-376.
Gaurav Chaudhary
Mr. Gaurav Chaudhary, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. Advisor: Prof. Randy H. Ewoldt. “Concentration-independent mechanics and structure of hagfish slime,” Acta Biomaterialia 79 (2018) 123-134.
Yanhao Dong
Dr. Yanhao Dong, University of Pennsylvania, USA (currently at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA). Advisors: Prof. I-Wei Chen, Prof. Ju Li. “Oxygen potential transition in mixed conducting oxide electrolyte,” Acta Materialia 156 (2018) 399-410.
Bo Huang
Dr. Bo Huang, University of Toronto, CANADA. Advisor: Prof. Yoav Finer. “Gene expression and protein synthesis of esterase from Streptococcus mutans are affected by biodegradation by-product from methacrylate resin composites and adhesives,” Acta Biomaterialia 81 (2018) 158-168, and “Esterase from a cariogenic bacterium hydrolyzes dental resins,” Acta Biomaterialia 71 (2018) 330-338.
C. Shashank Kaira
Dr. C. Shashank Kaira, Arizona State University, USA. Advisor:
Prof. Nikhilesh Chawla. “Microstructural evolution and deformation
behavior of Al-Cu alloys: A Transmission X-ray Microscopy (TXM) and
micropillar compression study,” Acta Materialia 144
(2018) 419-431.
William Kelley
Mr. William Kelley, University of Michigan, USA. Advisor: Prof. Omolola Eniola-Adefeso. “PEGylation of model drug carriers enhances phagocytosis by primary human neutrophils,” Acta Biomaterialia 79 (2018) 283-293.
Yageng Li
Mr. Yageng Li, Delft University of Technology, THE NETHERLANDS. Advisor: Prof. Amir A. Zadpoor. “Additively manufactured biodegradable porous magnesium,” Acta Biomaterialia 67 (2018) 378-392.