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Farewell to Dr. Abhishek Mehta who earned Ph.D. in MSE (2019) under my supervision, and continued to work with me as a post-doc until last week. He will be moving onto INTEL Corp as a Packaging Research and Development Engineer…
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Mr. Keegan Muller has successfully defended his MS thesis entitled “Solidification Cracking in Binary Al-Cu Alloys Additively Manufactured through Laser Powder Bed Fusion” on July 8, 2021. Congratulations, Keegan! Great job of presentation!

Ms. Sofia Nucci, who has pursued the thesis option for her M.S. MSE, while working full-time at Siemens Energy (Orlando, FL), has successfully defended her MS thesis entitled “Microstructural Development of Inconel 625 Nickel-Based Superalloy as Function of Laser Powder…
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Dr. Holden Hyer, who has completed his PhD in December, 2020 will be moving to an exciting professional start at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) as a R&D scientist, starting February, 2021. Dr. Hyer has accrued over 20 journal papers…
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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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