Group News

Congratulations Dr. Burns on receiving the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers! The PECASE Award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers.

Congrats Mohammed on a successful dissertation proposal! 

Congratulations Sarah for being selected as a 2024 – 2025 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Graduate Fellow!

Gabby defended her thesis titled "Understanding the Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracking of an  Al-Mg Alloy". She liked it here so much that she's decided to stick around a little longer and continue to perform excellent science as a Postmasters Researcher. 

Guru joined us as our new postdoc in November of 2022. Patrick and Cody joined our group in the summer of 2023. We are excited to have you guys here! 

Javon congrats on passing the qualification exam! We are so proud of you B-).

Congratulations to Sarah, Mike and Alex on successfully proposing their dissertation work!

Trevor, Luke, and Adam have all successfully defended their dissertations and have left the Burns group for their new jobs. Zach has also recently started a new position as assistant professor at the University of Pittsburg. Congrats to each of them. We will be cheering you on in your future endeavours!

Trevor and Carly have successfully proposed their dissertation research. Congrats!

With the departure of 3/5ths of our fantastic undergraduate research assistants, we are currently looking for more UGRA help! If you would like to hear about the UGRA positions we have open at the moment, come to the MSE Research Fair on September 8th at 4:00 pm in the Wilsdorf Atrium. The below flyer, created by Alex Uy, lists the research fair details.