Congratulations to our alumnus Yong-Jie Hu (PhD, 2016) for starting as an assistant professor at Drexel University on January 1, 2021. We wish him all the best in his new career.
PyCalphad Success in NASA SOY Competition
Congratulations to Brandon and Richard Otis for having PyCalphad be the runner-up (2nd place) in NASA Software of the Year (SOY) competition. Earlier this year, PyCalphad won the internal competition in JPL and qualified for the NASA SOY competition!
Read PennState News article:
Penn State scientists take second place in NASA software competition
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Brandon Receives Graduate Research Excellence Award
Brandon was one of six graduate students in the MatSE department recognized with the Robert E. Newnham Award for Research Excellence
John Receives DOE Fellowship
Congratulations to John for being selected to join the DOE National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship program. He is one of five other students to join the DOE NNSA SSGF in 2020-2021 Class.
Our Alumni Organize Symposium at IMAT2020
Our Alumni, James Saal and Richard Otis organize PSDK and Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Symposia at IMAT2020. Please follow this link to learn more.
PRL Meets at TMS 2020
Dr. Liu and Brandon met with PRL alumni and collaborators at the TMS 2020 Annual Conference in San Diego. See our photos!
Adam Receives the STT Scholarship
Congratulations to Adam who has recently received a grant from the Stiftelsen för Tillämpad Termodynamik (STT) to attend the CALPHAD 2020 conference in Tallberg, Sweden this May.
Brandon Receives The Larry Kaufman Scholarship
Congratulations to Brandon who has recently received the Larry Kaufman Scholarship to attend the CALPHAD 2020 conference in Tallberg, Sweden this May.
Congratulations to Melissa
Congratulations to the first BS student in our group Melissa Marshall, CPA for being promoted to Vice President - Global Internal Audit at Westinghouse Electric Company
Congratulations to Hongyeun
Congratulations for the new milestone in life. Today, our Postdoctoral Researcher Hongyeun has become a proud father of Jayden whi is the boy depicted in Fig. 1.
Fig. 1 Hongyeun’s Son Jayden
Dr. Liu's ASM Presidential Speech
During the ASM Annual Business Meeting in Portland, gave a presidential speech outlining his Strategic Plan for the ASM future. Please follow this link to read an excerpt of the speech.
Congratulations to our Alumnus Cassie for Having Her First Baby
Congratulations for the new milestone in life. Cassie’s daughter Thea is a happy and healhy girl depicted in Fig. 1.
Fig. 1 Cassie’s Cute Daughter
Adam Receives a Travel Award
Congratulations to Adam for receiving a travel award sponsored by the Beaver Award, to attend the MRS Spring 2020 meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.
Matt Defends His M.S. Thesis
Congratulations to our student Matt Feurer for successfully defending his MS thesis today!
Adam Receives a Fellowship
Congratulations to Adam for receiving the Helen R. and Van H. Leichliter Graduate Fellowship.
Second Son of Bill
Our alumnus Bill Golumbfskie (PhD 2005) and his wife Beth Walsh had their second son, James Fitzwilliam Golumbfskie, born on September 26, 2019 at 1:31 PM
Cole and John Pass Their Candidacy Exam
Congratulations to Cole Britt and John Shimanek for successfully passing their Candidacy Exam!
Adam and Hui Join the Group
Congratulations to Adam Krajewski and Hui Sun on joining our group. Adam will be working on implementing machine learning and artificial intelligence into materials-discovery techniques, while Hui will be using thermodynamic calculations to investigate Fe-Al-based systems.
Jorge Passes The Comprehensive Exam
Congratulations to Jorge Paz Soldan for successfully passing his Comprehensive Exam!
Former Visitor Becomes Professor
Congratulations to Fang Cheng (Visitor 2014) for obtaining his PhD degree and becoming Assistant Professor at China Jiliang University, Hangzhou.