Acta Student Awards
The Acta Journals, Acta Materialia, Scripta Materialia, Acta Biomaterialia and Materialia, are pleased to announce the Acta Student Awards. Up to sixteen awards of $2,000, four for each of the four journals, will be awarded annually. This award is limited to candidates whose work was reported in one of the Acta Journals as a full-length paper, and who were bona fide students at the time the work was performed (review articles are not eligible).
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Acta Student Award Recipients
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.
Fabián Ruiz
Mr.
Fabián Ruiz, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, MÉXICO.
Advisor: Prof. David Díaz. “Mechanochemically obtained Pd–Ag
nanoalloys. Structural considerations and catalytic activity,”
Materialia 4 (2018) 166-174.
Jan Schultheiß
Dr. Jan Schultheiß, Technische Universität Darmstadt, GERMANY.
Advisor: Dr. Jurij Koruza. “Revealing the sequence of switching
mechanisms in polycrystalline ferroelectric/ferroelastic materials,”
Acta Materialia 157 (2018) 355-363.
Mallikarjuna Heggadadevanapura Thammaiah
Mr.
Mallikarjuna Heggadadevanapura Thammaiah, University of Manitoba,
CANADA. Advisors: Prof. William F. Caley, Prof. Norman L. Richards.
“Effect of alloying elements and microstructure on the cyclic
oxidation performance of three nickel-based superalloys,”
Materialia 4 (2018) 487-499.
Logan Ware
Mr.
Logan Ware, Rice University, USA. Advisor: Prof. Zachary C.
Cordero.
“Grain
boundary plane manipulation in directionally solidified bicrystals
and tricrystals,” Scripta Materialia 152 (2018)
98-101.
Huan Zhao
Ms. Huan Zhao, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, GERMANY.
Advisor: Prof. Dierk Raabe. “Parameter free quantitative analysis
of atom probe data by correlation functions: Application to the
precipitation in Al-Zn-Mg-Cu,” Scripta Materialia 154
(2018) 106-110.
Françoise S.L. Bobbert
“Additively manufactured metallic porous biomaterials based on minimal surfaces: A unique combination of topological, mechanical, and mass transport properties,” Acta Biomaterialia 53 (2017) 572-584
Silvia Budday
“Mechanical characterization of human brain tissue,” Acta Biomaterialia 48 (2017) 319-340
Tamás Csanádi
“Slip activation controlled nanohardness anisotropy of ZrB2 ceramic grains,” Acta Materialia 140 (2017) 452-464
Locke Davenport-Huyer
“Moldable elastomeric polyester-carbon nanotube scaffolds for cardiac tissue engineering,” Acta Biomaterialia 52 (2017) 81-91
Yun Deng
“In-situ micro-cantilever bending test in environmental scanning electron microscope: Real time observation of hydrogen enhanced cracking,” Scripta Materialia 127 (2017) 19-23
Nima Haghdadi
“A novel high-strain-rate ferrite dynamic softening mechanism facilitated by the interphase in the austenite/ferrite microstructure,” Acta Materialia 126 (2017) 44-57
Philipp Kürnsteiner
“Massive nanoprecipitation in an Fe-19Ni-xAl maraging steel triggered by the intrinsic heat treatment during laser metal deposition,” Acta Materialia 129 (2017) 52-60
Jiao-Jiao Li
“Nanosized sustained-release drug depots fabricated using modified tri-axial electrospinning,” Acta Biomaterialia 53 (2017) 233-241
Konstantin Molodov
“Profuse slip transmission across twin boundaries in magnesium,” Acta Materialia 124 (2017) 397-409
James Andorko
“Intrinsic immunogenicity of rapidly-degradable polymers evolves during degradation,” Acta Biomaterialia 32 (2016), 24-34.
Yiqiang Chen
“An investigation of diffusion-mediated cyclic coarsening and reversal coarsening in an advanced Ni-based superalloy,” Acta Materialia 110 (2016), 295-305.
Sébastien Dézécot
“In situ 3D characterization of high temperature fatigue damage mechanisms in a cast aluminum alloy using synchrotron X-ray tomography,” Scripta Materialia 113 (2016), 254-258.
Mohsen Esmaily
New insights into the corrosion of magnesium alloys - the role of aluminum,” Scripta Materialia 115 (2016), 91–95.
Anirudh Raju Natarajan
“On the early stages of precipitation in dilute Mg–Nd alloys,” Acta Materialia 108 (2016), 367-379.
Emilio Martínez Pañeda
“Strain gradient plasticity-based modeling of hydrogen environment assisted cracking,” Acta Materialia 117 (2016), 321-332.
Ali Navaei
“Gold nanorod-incorporated gelatin-based conductive hydrogels for engineering cardiac tissue constructs,” Acta Biomaterialia 41 (2016), 133-146.
Abbey Thorpe
“Thermally triggered injectable hydrogel, which induces mesenchymal stem cell differentiation to nucleus pulposus cells: Potential for regeneration of the intervertebral disc,” Acta Biomaterialia 36 (2016) 99-111.
Mousa Younesi
“Heparinized collagen sutures for sustained delivery of PDGF-BB: Delivery profile and effects on tendon-derived cells In-Vitro,” Acta Biomaterialia 41 (2016) 100-109.
Shiteng Zhao
“Amorphization and Nanocrystallization of Silicon under Shock Compression,” Acta Materialia 103 (2016), 519-533.
Aditya Chauhan
“Multicaloric effect in Pb(Mn1/3Nb2/3)O3-32PbTiO3 single crystals,” Acta Materialia 89 (2015), 384-395 and “Multicaloric effect in Pb(Mn1/3Nb2/3)O3-32PbTiO3 single crystals: Modes of measurement,” Acta Materialia, 97 (2015), 17-28.
Myra Noemi Chavez
“Photosynthetic biomaterials: A pathway towards autotrophic tissue engineering,” Acta Biomaterialia, 15 (2015), 39-47.
Wen Chen
“Does the fracture toughness of bulk metallic glasses scatter?” Scripta Materialia, 107 (2015), 1-4.
Oleksii Yu Liashenko
“Differences in the interfacial reaction between Cu substrate and metastable supercooled liquid Sn-Cu solder or solid Sn-Cu solder at 222°C: Experimental results versus theoretical model calculations,” Acta Materialia, 99 (2015), 106-118.
Christian Martin Koller
“Corundum-type Fe-doped cathodic arc evaporated Al-Cr-O coatings,” Scripta Materialia, 97 (2015), 49-52.
Martin Christoph Lentz
“In situ X-ray diffraction and crystal plasticity modeling of the deformation behavior of extruded Mg–Li–(Al) alloys: An uncommon tension–compression asymmetry,” Acta Materialia, 86 (2015), 254–268.
Xiaochao Liu
“Characterization of plastic deformation and material flow in ultrasonic vibration enhanced friction stir welding,” Scripta Materialia, 102 (2015), 95–98.
Christopher J. Marvel
“The critical influence of carbon on the thermal stability of nanocrystalline Ni–W alloys,” Scripta Materialia, 96 (2015), 45-48.
Sheng Ouyang
“Twin relationships between nanotwins inside A–C type variant pair in Ni–Mn–Ga alloy,” Acta Materialia, 84 (2015), 484-496.
Shang Song
“The synergistic effect of micro-topography and biochemical culture environment to promote angiogenesis and osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells,” Acta Biomaterialia, 18 (2015), 100-111.
Leping Yan
“Bilayered silk/silk-nanoCaP scaffolds for osteochondral tissue engineering: In vitro and in vivo assessment of biological performance,” Acta Biomaterialia, 12 (2015) 227-241.
Supansa Yodmuang
“Silk microfiber-reinforced silk hydrogel composites for functional cartilage tissue repair,” Acta Biomaterialia, 11 (2015) 27-36.
Riccardo Casati
Dr. Riccardo Casati, Politecnico di Milano & CNR-IENI Lecco, ITALY. Advisor, Prof.
Maurizio Vedani. “Thermal cycling of stress-induced martensite for high-performance
shape memory effect,” Scripta Materialia 80 (2014), 13-16.
In-Chul Choi
Dr. In-Chul Choi, Hanyang University, Seoul, SOUTH KOREA (now at Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany). Advisor: Prof. Jae-il Jang. “Evolution of
plasticity, strain-rate sensitivity and the underlying deformation mechanism in Zn–22%
Al during high-pressure torsion,” Scripta Materialia 75 (2014), 102-105.
Jun Ding
Dr. Jun Ding, Johns Hopkins University, USA (now at Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory). Advisor: Prof. Evan Ma. “Full icosahedra dominate local order in
Cu64Zr34 metallic glass and supercooled liquid,” Acta Materialia 69 (2014), 343-354.
Denver Faulk
Mr. Denver Faulk, University of Pittsburgh, USA. Advisor: Prof. Stephen F. Badylak.
“The effect of detergents on the basement membrane complex of a biologic scaffold
material,” Acta Biomaterialia 10 (2014), 183-93.
Heemin Kang
Mr. Heemin Kang, University of California, San Diego, USA. Advisor: Prof. Shyni
Varghese. “Mineralized gelatin methacrylate based matrices induce osteogenic
differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells,” Acta Biomaterialia 10 (2014),
4961-70.
Philipp Krooß
Mr. Philipp Krooß, University of Paderborn, GERMANY (now at Technische Universität
Bergakademie Freiberg). Advisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans Jürgen Maier. Mr. Krooß is
receiving dual awards for outstanding work in both Acta Materialia and Scripta
Materialia, an unprecedented event in our student award program. “Cyclic degradation
mechanisms in aged FeNiCoAlTa shape memory single crystals,” Acta Materialia 79
(2014), 126-137 and “Thermal cycling behavior of an aged FeNiCoAlTa single-crystal
shape memory alloy,” Scripta Materialia 81 (2014), 28-31.
Brittany R. Muntifering
Dr. Brittany R. Muntifering, Boise State University, USA (now at Northwestern
University, USA). Advisor: Prof. Peter Müllner. “Intra-variant substructure in Ni–Mn–
Ga martensite: Conjugation boundaries,” Acta Materialia 71 (2014), 255-263.
Kelsey A. Potter-Baker
Dr. Kelsey A. Potter-Baker, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
(now at Cleveland Clinic Foundation). Advisor: Prof. Jeffrey R. Capadona. “Curcumin-
releasing mechanically compliant implants prevent neurodegeneration and blood-brain
barrier instability at the implant-tissue interface.” Acta Biomaterialia 10 (2014), 2209-
2222.
Jana Šmilauerová
Ms. Jana Šmilauerová, Charles University in Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC. Advisor:
Prof. M. Janeček. “Ordered array of # particles in $-Ti matrix studied by small-angle Xray
scattering,” Acta Materialia 81 (2014), 71-82.
Spencer E. Szczesny
Dr. Spencer E. Szczesny, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. Advisor: Prof.
Dawn M. Elliott. “Interfibrillar shear stress is the loading mechanism of collagen
fibrils in tendon,” Acta Biomaterialia 10 (2014), 2582-2590.
Dalong Zhang
Mr. Dalong Zhang, University of California, Davis, USA. Advisor: Prof. Enrique
Lavernia. “Prism stacking faults observed contiguous to a {10-12} twin in a Mg–Y
alloy,” Scripta Materialia 76 (2014), 61-64.
Zafir Alam
Dr. Zafir Alam, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, INDIA (now at Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA). Advisor, Prof. Vikram Jayaram. “Tensile
behavior of a free-standing Pt-aluminide (PtAl) bond coat,” Acta Materialia 61, (2013),
1093-1105
Dor Amram
Mr. Dor Amram, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, ISRAEL. Advisor, Prof.
Eugen Rabkin. “Phase transformations in Au(Fe) nano- and microparticles obtained by
solid state dewetting of thin Au-Fe bilayer films”, Acta Materialia 61, (2013), 5130-
5143.
Brennan Bailey
Dr. Brennan Bailey – Texas A&M University, USA (now at École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland). Advisor, Prof. Melissa Grunlan. “Tissue
engineering scaffolds fabricated with continuous property gradients for rapidly screening
cell-material interactions.” Acta Biomater 2013;9:8254–8261.
André Butscher
Dr. André Butscher – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, SWITZERLAND (now at
RMS Foundation, Switzerland). Advisor, Prof. Ralph Müller. “New depowderingfriendly
designs for three-dimensional printing of calcium phosphate bone substitutes.”
Acta Biomater 2013;9:9149-58.
Sabba Dharani
Ms. Sabba Dharani, Nanyang Technological University, SINGAPORE. Advisor, Prof.
Subodh Mhaisalkar. “High-surface-area, interconnected, nanofibrillar TiO2 structures as
photoanodes in dye-sensitized solar cells”, Scripta Materialia, 68, (2013), 487-49.
Tingping Hou
Dr. Tingping Hou, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, CHINA (now at
University of Cambridge, U.K.). Advisor, Prof. Kaiming Wu. “Alloy carbide
precipitation in the tempered 2.25Cr-Mo steel under high magnetic field,” Acta
Materialia, 61, (2013), 2016-2024.
Michael M. Porter
Dr. Michael M. Porter, University of California-San Diego, USA (now at Clemson
University, USA). Advisor, Prof. Joanna McKittrick. “Highly deformable bones: unusual
deformation mechanisms of seahorse armor.” Acta Biomater 2013;9:6763-6770.
Agung Purnama
Mr. Agung Purnama, Laval University, CANADA. Advisor, Prof. Diego Mantovani.
“Gene expression profile of 3T3 fibroblasts exposed to a biodegradable iron alloy for
stents.” Acta Biomater 2013;9:8746-8753.
Hillary Smith
Ms. Hillary Smith, California Institute of Technology, USA. Advisor, Prof. Brent Fultz.
“Changes in vibrational entropy during the early stages of chemical unmixing in fcc Cu6%Fe,”
Acta Materialia, 61 (2013), 7466-7472.
Yang Tong
Mr. Yang Tong, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. Advisor, Prof. Wojciech
Dmowski. “Recovering compressive plasticity of bulk metallic glasses by hightemperature
creep”, Scripta Materialia, 69 (2013), 570–573.
Mary Beth Browning
Ms. Mary Beth Browning, Texas A&M University, USA. Advisor, Dr. Elizabeth
Cosgriff-Hernández. “Multilayer vascular grafts based on collagen-mimetic proteins,”
Acta Biomaterialia, 8 (2012), 1010-1021.
Jae Hoon Jang
Dr. Jae Hoon Jang, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH),
KOREA. Advisor, Prof. Dong-Woo Suh. “Stability of (Ti,M)C (M=Nb, V, Mo and W)
carbide in steels using first-principles calculations,” Acta Materialia, 60 (2012), 208-217.
Roman Korobko
Mr. Roman Korobko, Weizmann Institute of Science, ISRAEL. Advisor, Prof. Igor
Lubomirsky. “Influence of Gd content on the room temperature mechanical properties of
Gd-doped ceria,” Scripta Materialia, 66 (2012), 155-158.
Scott Skirlo
Mr. Scott Skirlo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Advisor, Prof. Michael J.
Demkowicz. “The role of thermal spike compactness in radiation-induced disordering
and Frenkel pair production in Ni3Al,” Scripta Materialia, 67 (2012) 724-727.
Fabian Meder
Mr. Fabian Meder, University of Bremen, GERMANY. Advisor, Prof. Kurosch Rezwan.
“Protein adsorption on colloidal alumina particles functionalized with amino, carboxyl,
sulfonate and phosphate groups,” Acta Biomaterialia, 8 (2012), 1221-1229.
Melanie Timpel
Dr. Melanie Timpel, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien and Energie,
GERMANY. Advisor, Dr. Nelia Wanderka. “The role of strontium in modifying
aluminium–silicon alloys,” Acta Materialia, 60 (2012), 3920-3928.
Akhilesh K. Gaharwar
Dr. Akhilesh K. Gaharwar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Advisor, Prof.
Gudrun Schmidt (at Purdue University). “Assessment of Using Laponite Cross-linked
Poly(ethylene oxide) for Controlled Cell Adhesion and Mineralization,” Acta
Biomaterialia 7 (2011), 568-577, and “Transparent, Elastomeric and Tough BioNanocomposites
from Poly(ethylene glycol) and Silicate Nanoparticles,” Acta
Biomaterialia 7 (2011), 4139-4148