Group Alumni

Mentored by Stefano Segantin

Focus Area: Predicting radiation resistance with potential energy landscape heterogeneity

Mentored by Emre Yildirim

Focus Area: TGS analysis of Tungsten-Tantalum compounds for FEM modeling

Mentored by Saleem Al Dajani

Focus Area: Non-destructive spinodal decomposition detection

Mentored by Myles Stapelberg

Focus Area: Rapid Automated Materials - Discovery, Development, Deployment

Mentored by Weiyue Zhou

Focus Area: Stored energy of irradiated silicon carbide

Mentored by Benjamin Dacus

Focus Area: Irradiation of hydride moderators for microreactors

Mentored by Avery Nguyen

Focus Area: Forensic Uranium Enrichment Reconstruction of Maraging Steels via Oxide Swift Ion Track Etching

Mentored by Alexis Devitre

Focus Area: A variable-temperature target holder for beamline TGS

Focus Area: Enhancing corrosion resistance in molten salts with tailored tungsten coatings

Focus Area: Decarbonizing Ulaanbaatar: Examining the Potential Use of Thermochemical Energy Storage for Household Heating in the Ger District

Jointly supervised by Haruko Wainwright

Mentored by David Fischer

Focus Area: Simulating Irradiation Tolerance of Superconductors for Fusion with Molecular Dynamics

Mentored by Alexis Devitre

Focus Area: Measuring vacancy-type radiation defects using positrons

Mentored by Weiyue Zhou

Focus Area: Modeling the effect of radiolysis on the corrosiveness of molten fluoride salts

Focus Area: Fouling-resistant coating design

Mentored by Myles Stapelberg

Focus Area: Irradiation-corrosion issues when using silicon carbide (SiC) as a plasma-facing material (PFM)

Mentored by David Fischer

Focus Area: Simulating Irradiation Tolerance of Superconductors for Fusion with Molecular Dynamics

Jointly supervised by Jacopo Buongiorno

Jointly supervised by R. Scott Kemp

Focus Area: Calorimetric fingerprints of historical uranium enrichment

Mentored by Samuel McAlpine

Focus Area: Vetting new, radiation resistant stainless steels

Mentored by Zoe Fisher

Focus Area: Effects of Magnetic Fields on Superconductors for Fusion Reactors

Mentored by Angus Wylie

Focus Area: The neutron-ion handshake - Replicating neutron damage with multiple ion beams

Focus Area: Rapid down-selection of structural materials

Mentored by Benjamin Dacus

Focus Area: TGS measurement of nanotube thermal transport

Jointly supervised by Lin-Wen Hu

Mentored by David Fischer

Focus Area: Simulating Irradiation Tolerance of Superconductors for Fusion with Molecular Dynamics

Mentored by Weiyue Zhou

Focus Area: Exploring the influence of oxygen and EuF₃ on corrosion in molten fluoride salt

Focus Area: PKA sensitivity analysis of HTS for fusion reactor design

Mentored by Benjamin Dacus

Focus Area: Fiber coupled TGS end-station design

Jointly supervised by Martin Bazant

Focus Area: Localized corrosion mechanism elucidation

Mentored by Alexis Devitre

Focus Area: Deducing defects in high temperature superconductors during irradiation using transient grating spectroscopy

Mentored by Benjamin Dacus

Focus Area: CuCrZr coolant tubes for plasma facing components

Focus Area: Direct measurement of Wigner energy from radiation damage

Focus Area: Thermal analysis of irradiated optical fibers

Mentored by Nouf AlMousa

Focus Area: Brazing alloys for plasma facing components

Mentored by Max Chu

Focus Area: Quantifying spinodal decomposition-induced stiffening

Mentored by Nouf AlMousa

Focus Area: Radiation damage of EP-450 duplex steel

Mentored by Alexis Devitre

Focus Area: Stored energy of irradiated high temperature superconductors

Focus Area: Uranium high entropy alloys, Wigner energy of neutron irradiated beryllium

Jointly supervised by Zach Hartwig

Focus Area: Irradiation damage of high-temperature superconductors in large magnetic fields

Mentored by Weiyue Zhou

Focus Area: Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) of EuF3 as a molten salt chemical buffer

Focus Area: Radiation defect analysis of fiber optics for fusion magnet quench detection

Jointly supervised by Areg Danagoulian

Mentored by Benjamin Dacus

Focus Area: TGS of amorphous alumina coatings for nuclear fuel

Mentored by David Fischer

Focus Area: Simulating Irradiation Tolerance of Superconductors for Fusion with First Principles Atomistics

Mentored by Benjamin Dacus

Focus Area: Tracking changes in thermal diffusivity vs. irradiation for tritium-producing burnable absorber rods (TPBARs)

Focus Area: Multimetallic layered composites (MMLCs) and high entropy alloys (HEAs)

Mentored by Charlie Hirst

Focus Area: Measuring Stored Energy using Flash DSC in Copper due to Dislocations

Mentored by Weiyue Zhou

Focus Area: Studying the influence of proton irradiation on Ni-20Cr corrosion in fluoride salts

Focus Area: Thermal properties of ceramic metal composites

Mentored by Myles Stapelberg

Focus Area: RAM-3D rapid analysis of V-Ti-Cr alloys for fusion

Mentored by Angus Wylie

Mentored by Alexis Devitre

Focus Area: Investigating Specific Positron Trapping Rates Through DFT Simulation

Mentored by Charlie Hirst

Focus Area: Rapid Automated Materials - Discovery, Development, Deployment

Mentored by David Fischer

Focus Area: Designing a Robust Test Stand for High Temperature Superconductors for Fusion Magnets

Mentored by Avery Nguyen

Focus Area: Forensic uranium enrichment reconstruction via chlorinated Teflon calorimetry following irradiation

Jointly supervised by Matteo Bucci

Mentored by Benjamin Dacus

Focus Area: Detecting short-range ordering via changes in thermal diffusivity using TGS

Mentored by Benjamin Dacus

Focus Area: Designing a Modular TGS System for the MIT Cyclotron

Mentored by David Fischer

Focus Area: Simulating Irradiation Tolerance of Superconductors for Fusion with Molecular Dynamics

Mentored by Rachel Connick

Focus Area: Forensic fingerprints of uranium enrichment

Focus Area: Non-contact measurement of molten salt thermophysical properties

Mentored by Saleem Al Dajani

Focus Area: Material property changes in irradiated hydrides for microreactors

Jointly supervised by Haruko Wainwright

Focus Area: Neutron Activation Analysis on Toenails, Rice, and Honey for Environmental Monitoring

Jointly supervised by Ju Li

Mentored by Benjamin Dacus

Focus Area: In situ TGS measurement of hydrided Zircaloy 4

Jointly supervised by Ronald Ballinger

Mentored by David Fischer

Focus Area: Simulating Irradiation Tolerance of Superconductors for Fusion with First Principles Atomistics

Mentored by Adria Peterkin

Focus Area: Neutronics and thermophysical properties of FLiPb molten salt for fusion

Jointly supervised by Gregory Wallace

Mentored by Nouf AlMousa

Focus Area: Non-destructive delta ferrite detection in steels

Mentored by Samuel McAlpine

Focus Area: Machine learning prediction of radiation void swelling

Focus Area: Modeling nucleation and growth of irradiated PTFE recyrstallization

Mentored by Myles Stapelberg

Focus Area: Building a 3D mapping stage for TGS

Focus Area: Thermal transport of irradiated metal hydrides

Mentored by Sean Robertson

Focus Area: TGS measurement of thermal transport in tungsten alloys

Mentored by Benjamin Dacus

Focus Area: Measuring coupled strain and thermal transport in semiconductors

Mentored by Kevin Woller

Focus Area: Plasma-material interactions using TGS/DIONISOS

Jointly supervised by Bilge Yildiz

Focus Area: Failure modes of water-based environmental coatings

Mentored by Angus Wylie

Focus Area: TGS analysis of NiTi shape memory films