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Megan Hurley published “Comparative Analysis of Austenitized Steel Microstructures Due to Induction and Conventional Heating in High Magnetic Field” in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. This brief communication discusses the different effects that induction and conventional heating have on austenite grain growth and annealing twin formation in a near-eutectoid steel composition after heat-treatment with and […]

Yonguk Lee published “Nucleation and subsequent growth of heteroepitaxially recrystallized γ grains in a polycrystalline Ni-base superalloy” in Materials Characterization. By directly tracking the microstructure evolution via ex-situ EBSD microscopy, the correlation between the initial deformation stored energy near primary γ’ particles and nucleation of HeRX was intuitively understood. Additionally, the initial size advantage from […]

Dr. Yonguk Lee, or Tony, becomes the fifth student to graduate with his PhD from the MONSTER Research Group, defending his dissertation entitled “Occurrence and Control of Heteroepitaxial Recrystallization in Two-Phase Ni-Base Superalloys.” Congrats Tony!!

Nathan Fripp has published his first paper titled “Controlling the Pre-bending Delay During laser Sheet Metal Forming Under Different Atmospheres” in Lasers in Manufacturing and Materials Processing. This paper identifies the factors that influence the temperature buildup during the initial stage of laser forming and aims to provide methods of minimizing the time required to […]

Many members of the MONSTER Research Group embarked on their annual trip to TMS 2026 in San Diego, CA, where they presented their research to an international audience. It may have been his first time attending, but Partha stepped up big time to help out Begley (who was unable to attend because of new job […]

Yonguk Lee published “Heteroepitaxial recrystallization under steep strain and temperature gradients” in Superalloy 718 and Derivatives. This paper addresses the HeRX behavior at varying processing conditions, discussing HeRX’s potential role for the abnormally large grain formation at strain limited condition, and competition between HeRX nucleation and annealing twin nucleation at primary γ’ particles at varying […]

Avid Game of Thrones enjoyers may know the quote: “…light as a feather, quick as a snake…” But in this group, we make feathers out of steel! Thank you, Leslie Tharp at Fever Metal Art Center here in Gainesville, FL for hosting our second annual group blacksmithing adventure. Looking forward to next time!

Yonguk Lee published “Unraveling the impact of pressure and hold time in post-process heat treatments on microstructure and microhardness evolution in laser powder bed fusion Alloy 718” in Progress in Additive Manufacturing. This collaborative work with the Illinois Institute of Technology reports the accelerated recrystallization of LPBF Alloy 718 during the HIP process, suggesting that […]

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!

June Mizak passed her qualifying exam, with her proposal entitled “On the Mechanism of Liquid Metal-Induced Recrystallization of Zinc by Liquid Gallium.” Congrats June!