September 3, 2023 in News
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Megan Hurley passes MSE qualifying exam!
Megan Hurley passed her qualifying exam, with her proposal entitled “The Effects of Thermomagnetic Processing on Martensite Development in Carbon Steels.”
Dr. Justin Norkett successfully defends his dissertation!
Dr. Justin Norkett—Dr. Miller’s first graduate student—becomes the first student to graduate with a PhD from the MONSTER Research Group.
Yonguk Lee passes MSE qualifying exam!
Yonguk (Tony) Lee passed his qualifying exam, with his proposal entitled “Heteroepitaxial recrystallization in Ni-based superalloys: its nucleation and boundary character.”
Dr. Tim Eldred Graduates with Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from NCSU!
Dr. Tim Eldred, friend of the MONSTER research group, successfully completed his dissertation defense at North Carolina State University.
Dr. Miller publishes paper based on her graduate research

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.
Dr. Miller travels to Japan for JIM meeting

Tori won the TMS Young Leaders International Scholar – JIM Award, and traveled for the Japan Institute of Metals and Materials (JIM) meeting.
DRAGON 0.1 open beta is released!

DRAGON has been released for open beta! Read more to learn about participating in the beta.
Ben Anthony publishes in Acta Materialia

“Deformation twin interactions with grain boundary particles in multi-phase magnesium alloys” was recently published in Acta Materialia.
Justin Norkett publishes review of liquid metal embrittlement
Justin’s review paper, “A Review of Liquid Metal Embrittlement: Cracking Open the Disparate Mechanisms” was recently published in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions: A.