Congratulations to our postdoctoral researcher, Adam Krajewski, on receiving a 38000 SEK grant from the Foundation for Applied Thermodynamics (Stiftelsen för Tillämpad Termodynamik, STT). The STT grant supports research and development of thermodynamic databases and software that benefit human life, work, and the environment in different applications. Congrats, Adam!
Congratulations to Dr. Shun-Li Shang for the 2025 EMS Wilson Research & Travel Support Grant!
Dr. Shun-Li Shang has been selected for as an awardee for 2025 EMS Wilson Research & Travel Support Grant, which supports his travel to CALPHAD conference in Korea.
Congratulations to Dr. Shun-Li Shang for the 2025-2026 Opportunity Grant from PSU!
Dr. Shun-Li Shang has been selected as an awardee for the 2025-2026 Opportunity Grant from Penn State, which is for the Non-Tenure Line (NTL) Faculty!
Prof. Zi-Kui Liu announced All-Congress Plenary Speaker for TMS Specialty Congress 2025
Prof. Zi-Kui Liu will be the All-Congress Plenary Speaker at this years TMS Specialty Congress June 15-19, 2025. He will present on “Zentropy and Zentropy-Enhanced Neural Networks (ZENN) for Materials” See the Announcement on LinkedIn and register for the event here: https://www.tms.org/SpecialtyCongress2025
Brandon Bocklund Promoted!
After completing his postdoctoral work, Brandon Bocklund has been promoted to Research Scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the Materials Science Division. He continues to work on advancing tools for materials design along with tools for uncertainty quantification and propagation in Calphad modeling.
Richard Otis + Proteus Space
Richard Otis has joined California startup Proteus Space, Inc., as its Principal Computational Engineer. In this role he is leading a team of engineers building digital twin engineering technologies for spacecraft. Separately, Richard is continuing in his role as co-lead for the PyCalphad software project and section editor for the Calphad journal.
🎉 Congratulations to Rushi on successfully defending her Ph.D. Thesis!
Rushi is the fifth Ph.D. graduate this year—wow! 🥳 Your incredible journey and dedication have indeed paid off. We wish you all the best at Microsoft and are excited to see what you achieve in this next chapter!
Congratulations to Luke Myers on passing his Qualifying Exam!
This is a significant milestone on the journey to earning a doctorate. Your dedication and hard work are truly commendable. Here is to your continued success in your Ph.D. research!
Congratulations to Ricardo Amaral on passing his Comprehensive Exam!
Comprehensive exam ✅ Next stop, thesis town. 🚂 Excited to see where your research takes you next!
CONGRATULATIONS TO BI-CHENG ZHOU (PHD '15) FOR THE PROMOTION TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR WITH TENURE
Let's congratulate Bi-Cheng Zhou (PhD 2015) for the promotion to Associate Professor with tenure at the University of Virginia, where he leads the Computational Thermodynamics and Kinetics Group.
Congratulations, John Shimanek, for a successful PhD Thesis defense.
Well done, John! The future is bright, and this is just the beginning.
Cole Britt successfully defended his PhD Thesis!
Heartfelt congratulations, Cole, on your successful PhD thesis defense! Your achievement is a testament to your perseverance and expertise. Here’s to your continued success!
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congratulations Adam, winner of the Drs. Weiming Huang and Zi-Kui Liu Materials Genome Graduate Award!
In honor and recognition of academic excellence, Adam Krawjewski has been awarded $4,000 from the Drs. Weiming Huang and Zi-Kui Liu Materials Genome Graduate Award. What a tremendous honor to crown his PhD.
Adam received a travel award!
Adam Krajewski will attend the OPTIMADE Meeting and CIMTEC 2024 Conference in Montecatini Terme, Italy with the full cost of the trip reimbursed.
Ricardo Amaral: EME Fuel Science Graduate Award winner!
Congratulations to Ricardo for receiving the 2024 Frank J. Vastola And Ruth J. St. Clair Vastola Graduate Scholarship. Consideration for this award is given to outstanding graduate students enrolled in the Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME) Graduate Program whose research utilizes computational methods in energy or fuel conversion.
Adam Successfully defended his PhD thesis
Congratulations Adam! Here’s to your hard work and future endeavors.
I’m certain he would want you to check out his github: https://github.com/amkrajewski
Congratulations to Ricardo on Outstanding TA Award
Congratulations to Ricardo for his achievement of the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award from the Department of Energy and Minerals Engineering at Penn State! It’s great to have students committed to the mission of sharing knowledge with others.
Congratulations to our alumna Melissa Marshall (BS '00) for McFarland Award
Let us congratulate our alumna Melissa Marshall (BS 2000) on receiving 2024 David Ford McFarland Award Lecture for Achievement in Metallurgy for her extraordinary achievements in the industrial side of our field. She is currently vice president at Westinghouse, accountable for the global internal audit, enterprise risk management, and global financial controls programs.
You can read more about her story in this Penn State news article.
Congratulations to Yu Zhong (PhD '05) for the promotion to Full Professor
Let us congratulate Yu (Michael) Zhong (PhD 2005) for the promotion to Full Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, where he leads the Integrated Materials and Processes Design Group.