Sohn Group: Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Additive Manufacturing
Mr. Thinh Huynh has successfully defended his MS Thesis entitled “PARAMETRIC INVESTIGATION AND OPTIMIZATION FOR INCONEL 718 NICKEL- BASED SUPERALLOY IN LASER POWDER BED FUSION” on November 18, 2020. He will continue his academic pursuit for Ph.D. in additive manufacturing…
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Mr. Kevin Graydon has successfully defended his MS Thesis entitled “Diffusion of Fission Products in Nuclear Graphite” on November 17, 2020. He will continue his academic pursuit for Ph.D. in additive manufacturing of metals starting 2021. Great job, Kevin!
Holden has successfully defended his Ph.D. (MSE) dissertation on September 18th with his work on “Understanding Solidification of Selected Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys Additively Manufactured by Laser Powder Bed Fusion.” From his dissertation, he has so far accrued as first…
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Dr. Le Zhou has left UCF to embark on the next career challenge, a tenure-track assistant professor at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dr. Le Zhou earned his B.S. degree in materials science and engineering from the Beihang University in…
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Sharon has successfully defended her M.S. thesis entitled, Optimization Studies for the Gas Atomization and Selective Laser Melting Processes of Al10SiMg Alloy. She will be continuing her Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University starting fall of 2020. Best wishes!!!
Congratulations to Mr. Asif Mahmud for successful defense of his MS thesis on mechanical behavior assessment of Ti-6Al-4V alloy produced by laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). Mr. Mahmud has already passed his Ph.D. qualifying examination and will pursue his Ph.D….
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Our laboratory is open with certain restrictions (completion of EHS short-course, scheduled access based on required needs, check-in to enter, social distancing with mask and gloves on, surface clean-up, and check-out to exit). For more information, please contact PI, Dr….
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Dr. Le Zhou will be starting his professional career at Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI) as a new tenure-track, assistant professor starting fall of 2020. Le came to UCF as a Ph.D. student in Fall of 2010, and earned his Ph.D….
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Student winners are selected based on academic achievement, university involvement, leadership, community service in addition to publication or research credentials. More information can be found at https://www.ucf.edu/news/24-students-honored-as-order-of-pegasus-recipients/. She plans to defend her MS thesis this summer and move on as…
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Our laboratory is currently closed without any research activities due to SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic. We will inform when our research laboratory can open with restricted activities.