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MONSTER Group takes on blacksmithing, again!

February 12, 2026

MONSTER Group takes on blacksmithing, again! 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 […]

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MONSTER Group Tries Blacksmithing!

February 28, 2025

MONSTER Group tries blacksmithing! What happens when you let metallurgists out of the lab? They don’t touch grass, they instead find their way back to metal, of course! After taking a few blacksmithing classes herself, Tori organized a MONSTER group blacksmithing adventure for her grad students with the help of Leslie Tharp at Fever Metal […]

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Dr. Justin Norkett successfully defends his dissertation!

May 23, 2023

Dr. Justin Norkett—Dr. Miller’s first graduate student—becomes the first student to graduate with a PhD from the MONSTER Research Group.

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Monster Group Moves to University of Florida!

September 1, 2019

Summer 2019, the MONSTER Group moved from North Carolina State University to the University of Florida.

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