12/2015 Prof. Burns took the group out for a Christmas Happy Hour at Eddy's Tavern! Happy holidays!
11/2015 New computers and a in-situ furnace are installed in the lab to complete the final round of upgrades!
11/2015 Noelle Co presented a poster at the DoD-Allied Nations Technical Corrosion Conference titled "Galvanic Corrosion Induced Fatigue Crack Initiation and Propagation Behavior in AA 7050-T7451." She won 2nd place in the Milton Levy Category for the field of Corrosion Science! Congratulations Noelle!!
11/2015 Zach Harris gave a talk at the DoD-Allied Nations Technical Corrosion Conference titled "Lot-to-Lot Variation of Hydrogen Environment Assisted Cracking Susceptibility in Monel K-500"
11/2015 Noelle Co gave a talk at the DoD-Allied Nations Technical Corrosion Conference titled "Effect of Corrosion Morphology on Fatigue Initiation and Crack Growth Behavior of AA7050-T7451"
11/2015 Mike McMurtrey gave a talk at the DoD-Allied Nations Technical Corrosion Conference titled "Effect of High Altitude Environments on Fatigue Crack Propagation Rates in Aerospace Aluminum Alloys"
11/2015 Mike McMurtrey gave a talk at the DoD-Allied Nations Technical Corrosion Conference titled "Fracture Mechanics Modeling of Fatigue Crack Propagation from Field Corrosion Damage in Aluminum Alloys"
10/2015 Prof. Burns's paper on the effect of plate thickness on the environmental fatigue crack growth in AA7085 is published in International Journal of Fatigue!
9/2015 The Environmental Fracture Lab underwent major renovations with the installation of two new FlexTest controllers, two new load frames, and a new hydraulic pump! Check out the Lab Facilities page for more information on the lab!
9/2015 Team hike along the Moorman River trail and dinner at Crozet's Pizza!
9/2015 Noelle passed her Ph.D. qualifying exam! Congratulations Noelle!!
9/2015 UVa's cross country season starts and Sarah is on the team schedule! Good luck Sarah!
9/2015 Cameron Springer joined the Burns Research Group! Welcome to the team!
8/2015 Allison Popernack joined the Burns Research Group! Welcome to the team!
7/2015 Matt McMahon joined the Burns Research Group! Welcome to the team!
7/2015 A new collaborative research program with NASA, Southwest Research Institute, and Elder Research to investigate hot corrosion of Ni alloys kicks off!
6/2015 A new Office of Naval Research research project to investigate the effect of coatings on the IGC and IGSCC of Al alloys kicks off!
6/2015 Patrick Steiner joined the Burns Research Group! Welcome to the team!
5/2015 Prof. Burns invited to be a member of the organizing committee for the 2016 International Hydrogen Conference.
5/2015 Prof. Burns presented a talk at E08 - 15th ASTM/ESIS International Symposium on Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics (40th ASTM National Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics) in Anaheim, CA.
4/2015 Ryan Donahue successfully defended his Masters Thesis! Congratulations Ryan!
4/2015 Jenny Jones successfully defended her Masters Thesis! Congratulations Jenny!
4/2015 Zach Harris was selected to be a VSGC Graduate Research Fellow! Congratulations Zach!
4/2015 Richard Hardis was awarded the Alcoa Engineering Scholarship Award! Congratulations Richard!
4/2015 Sarah Fakler is selected as an Alcoa Undergraduate Research Fellow! Congratulations Sarah!
3/2015 Justin Dolph has accepted a position at Elzly Technology Corporation in Reston, VA as a Staff Engineer! Congratulations Justin!
3/2015 Amber Lass has accepted a position at NAVAIR as a Materials Engineer in the Metals and Ceramics Group at NAS Patuxent River! Congratulations Amber!
3/2015 Prof. Burns gave an invited talk titled, "The Effect of Chloride Concentration on the Fatigue Crack Formation Behavior in C465-H950", at the TMS Fatigue session.
3/2015 Jenny Jones gave a talk at TMS titled, "The Effect of Water Vapor Pressure on the Threshold Behavior of Aerospace Aluminum Alloys 7075-T651 and 2199-T86."
3/2015 Mike McMurtrey gave a talk at TMS titled, "The Role of the Interactions of Dislocation Channels with Grain Boundaries in Irradiation Assisted Stress Corrosion Cracking Mechanism."
3/2015 Ryan Donahue presented a poster at TMS titled ""The Effect of Chloride Concentration on the Fatigue Crack Formation Behavior in C465-H950."
3/2015 Noelle Co presented a poster at TMS titled "The Effect of Galvanically Induced Corrosion Damage on the Fatigue Crack Formation Behavior of AA7050-T7451."
2/2015 Prof. Burns attended a program review at Alcoa.
2/2015 Justin Dolph successfully defended his Masters Thesis! Congratulations Justin!
2/2015 Jenny Jones and her research are featured in SEAS's Unbound Winter 2015 edition! Congratulations Jenny!
1/2015 Scott Fawaz and Sarah Galyon Dorman (UVA MSE alumni) from SAFE Engineering visit the Burns Research Group. Fatigue testing on C465 UHSS goes very well!
1/2015 Welcome back to Grounds for the Spring semester!