Author: benjamin.begley@ufl.edu

Dr. Benjamin Begley becomes the fourth student to graduate with a PhD from the MONSTER Research Group, defending his dissertation entitled “An Integrated Computational Materials Engineering Approach to Predicting Local Texture Evolution in Two-Phase Titanium Alloys.” Congrats Begley!

The MONSTER Research Group is thrilled to announce that Dr. Tori Miller has been awarded the Vladimir A. Grodsky Professorship in the Materials Science & Engineering Department at UF! This prestigious recognition honors Dr. Miller’s sustained performance and excellence in research, teaching, and service in materials science & engineering with a specialization in metals. Congratulations, Dr. […]

Yonguk Lee recently published “Prevalence of Heteroepitaxial Recrystallization in the Low Solvus High Refractory (LSHR) γ–γ′ Superalloy” in Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis. The paper reports the observation of HeRX outside of low-misfit Ni-base superalloys for the first time, which suggests that HeRX can contribute to microstructural evolution in a much wider range of polycrystalline Ni-base […]

Benjamin Anthony recently published “A ‘step’ in the right direction: quantifying error in twinning analysis due to EBSD scan resolution” in Scripta Materialia. This paper demonstrates the error in calculated twin fraction and other features when using too-large EBSD step sizes. Read the paper here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2023.115929

Dr. Benjamin Anthony becomes the third student to graduate with a PhD from the MONSTER Research Group, defending his dissertation entitled “Quantifying the Role of Coarse Intermetallic Particles on Twinning Behavior in Magnesium Alloys.” Congrats Ben!

Megan Hurley passed her qualifying exam, with her proposal entitled “The Effects of Thermomagnetic Processing on Martensite Development in Carbon Steels.” Congrats Megan!!

Dr. Justin Norkett—Dr. Miller’s first graduate student—becomes the first student to graduate with a PhD from the MONSTER Research Group. Successfully defending his Dissertation “On the Multiplicity of Mechanisms of Liquid Metal Embrittlement.” Congrats Justin!

Yonguk (Tony) Lee passed his qualifying exam, with his proposal entitled “Heteroepitaxial recrystallization in Ni-based superalloys: its nucleation and boundary character.” Congrats Tony!

Dr. Tim Eldred, friend of the MONSTER research group, successfully completed his dissertation defense at North Carolina State University.

Dr. Tori Miller recently published “Nucleation of recrystallization in magnesium alloy grains of varied orientation and the impacts on texture evolution” in the Journal of Magnesium and Alloys.