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William A. Jesser Helped Inspire His First-ever Ph.D. Student, Greg Olsen, to Make the Largest Gift in the Engineering School’s History

In 2019, Olsen made a $25 million contribution to UVA Engineering. He dedicated his gift to Jesser.

FerroCoDE Platform Will Efficiently Compute Solutions for Complex Problems

$1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s ASCENT program supports their research

Students Begin Ph.D. Program Empowered By Collaboration and Multidisciplinary Research

The Olsen Fellowship was established in 2019, endowed by alumnus Greg Olsen’s $25 million gift to UVA’s School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Physical Scientist Spreads Knowledge and Passion for Materials Science as Member of Accelerator Study Group

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society convened the study group funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

National Science Foundation Grant Will Allow Assistant Professor to Address a Vexing Question About the Material’s Behavior

Ma will study diffusion in shape memory alloys, working with beta titanium as a model material in which precipitate formation has a magnified effect.

Focus on Machine Learning Provides Opportunities for International and High School Students

Sunidhi Garg and Paige Delsa developed R-Shiny web applications to make group members’ models more accessible and interactive.

The Royal Society of Chemistry’s Soft Matter journal editors have named Liheng Cai an emerging investigator in recognition of his potential to influence future directions in the field. Read the highlight in the journal’s 2021 Emerging Investigators collection.

Wu’s Work Supports 3-D Manufacture of Complex Parts in Hypersonic Vehicles

Wu applied machine learning and statistical techniques to reduce the variability in processing 3-D manufactured parts.

Whalen Models Laser-Material Interactions to Make 3-D Printing More Efficient and Accurate

Fourth-year Brendan Whalen has earned a scholarship from the Virginia Space Grant Consortium to improve 3-D printing processes.

Wadley Group Innovates Material and Coating Process to Protect Ceramic Parts

Deijkers and Wadley found a way to greatly extend the life of the materials used in these jet engines. Their paper is published in Acta Materialia.