12/2016 Zach Harris receives the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Teaching Fellowship to teach the "Origins of Mechanical Behavior" course with Prof. Burns. Congrats Zach!
10/2016 Kendall Mueller joins the Burns Research Group as a undergraduate research assistant! Welcome to the team!
10/2016 Raewyn Haines joins the Burns Research Group as a undergraduate research assistant! Welcome to the team!
9/2016 Noelle Co presents a talk at the 2016 International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials XI titled "The Effect of Galvanically Induced Corrosion Morphologies on Fatigue Initiation and Fatigue Behavior of AA7050-T7451."
9/2016 Noelle Co presented a poster on the effect of galvanically induced corrosion morphologies on fatigue cracking of AA7050-T7451 at the International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials XI. Her poster was recognized as the top poster in the Environmental Cracking session! Congrats Noelle!!
9/2016 Prof. Burns chairs the International Conference on Fatigue Damage of Structural Materials XI in Hyannis, MA.
9/2016 Prof. Burns presents an invited talk at the Colorado School of Mines titled, "The Effect of Chloride Concentration on the Corrosion-Fatigue Crack Behavior of Custom 465-H950."
9/2016 Prof. Burns presents an invited talk at the University of Utah titled, "The Effect of Environmental Interactions on the Fatigue Crack Behavior of Aerospace Al-Alloys.".
9/2016 Prof. Gangloff is honored at the 2016 International Hydrogen Conference for his contributions to the field and the conference. Congratulations Prof. Gangloff!
9/2016 Zach Harris presents a talk at the 2016 International Hydrogen Conference titled "Do Hydrogen-Deformation Interactions Aid Integranular Cracking?"
9/2016 Zach Harris and Prof. Burns attend the 2016 International Hydrogen Conference. Zach presented a poster on the influence of heat treatment on hydrogen environment-assisted cracking in Monel K-500 and Prof. Burns presented a poster on the effect of lot-to-lot variation on hydrogen environment-assisted cracking in Monel K-500.
9/2016 Mick McMurtrey and Prof. Burns' paper on fracture mechanics modelling of constant and variable amplitude fatigue behaviour of field corroded 7075-T6511 aluminium is accepted for publication in Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures!
9/2016 Zach Harris passed his Ph.D. qualifying exam! Congratulations Zach!!
8/2016 The group goes on a hiking trip that ends with dinner at Devil's Backbone brewery!
8/2016 Sarah Zemitis joined the Burns Research Group as a Ph.D student! Welcome to the team!
8/2016 Andrew Jamieson joined the Burns Research Group as a Master's student! Welcome to the team!
8/2016 Adam Thompson joined the Burns Research Group as a Ph.D student! Welcome to the team!
8/2016 Allison Popernack presented a poster at the 2016 TCC Meeting at Penn State University titled "Strain Rate Effects on Stress Corrosion Cracking Behavior of Ni- and Co-based Superalloys for Marine Applications."
7/2016 Matt McMahon presented a poster at the 2016 Gordon Research Seminar titled "Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracking Suppression by Metallic Primers on AA5456-H116."
7/2016 Noelle and Prof. Burns' paper on galvanic corrosion-induced fatigue crack initiation and propagation behavior in AA7050-T7451 is accepted for publication in CORROSION!
6/2016 Zach Harris received one of the two 2016 International Symposium on Superalloys Scholarships offered by The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS). Congrats Zach!
5/2016 Ryan and Prof. Burns' paper on the effect of chloride concentration on corrosion-fatigue crack behavior of Custom 465 is published in the International Journal of Fatigue!
5/2016 Noelle Co was a finalist for the UVa MSE Department's 2016 Doris Kuhlmann Wilsdorf Outstanding Graduate Student Award and the 2016 Fred D. Rosi Outstanding Citizen Award. Congrats Noelle!
5/2016 Zach Harris was a finalist for the UVa MSE Department's 2016 Doris Kuhlmann Wilsdorf Outstanding Graduate Student Award. Congrats Zach!
4/2016 Zach Harris, Justin Dolph, Dr. Greg Pioszak, Dr. Brendy Rincon Troconis, Prof. Scully, and Prof. Burns' paper on the effect of lot-to-lot microstructural variation on HEAC in Monel K-500 is published in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A!
4/2016 Zach Harris presented a paper and gave a talk at the Virginia Space Grant Consortium 2016 Conference titled, "The Effect of Precipitate Morphology on Hydrogen Environment-Assisted Cracking of Monel K-500"
4/2016 Noelle Co and Zach Harris presented their posters at the University of Virginia Engineering Research Symposium! Zach is awarded 5th place for his poster and Noelle receives Honorable Mention for her poster. Congrats Noelle and Zach!
3/2016 Zach Harris and Cameron Springer's proposal, "The Influence of Heat Treatment on Hydrogen Environment-Assisted Cracking of Monel K-500", was selected for a Double Hoo fellowship! Congratulations Zach and Cameron!
3/2016 Prof. Burns is selected for the Virginia Space Grant Consortium New Investiagor Program Award! Congratulations Prof. Burns!
3/2016 Zach Harris was selected for his second Virginia Space Grant Consortium Fellowship! Congratulations Zach!
3/2016 Noelle Co and Zach Harris were selected as two of the top 15 finalists for the University of Virginia Engineering Research Symposium (UVERS)! Congrats Noelle and Zach! They will present their posters at the symposium on April 1st!
3/2016 Noelle Co gave a talk at CORROSION 2016 titled "Fatigue Initiation and Crack Growth Behavior in AA 7050 with Galvanically Induced Corrosion Damage"
3/2016 Noelle Co presented a poster at CORROSION 2016 titled "Galvanic Corrosion Induced Fatigue Crack Initiation and Propagation Behavior in AA7050-T7451." She won 1st place in the Marcel Pourbaix Category for best poster in the field of Corrosion Science! Congratulations Noelle!!
1/2016 Fernando Mata Cordero joined the Burns Research Group! Welcome to the team!
1/2016 Prof. Burns received a 2016 Air Force Young Investigator Research Program Award to study the effect of high altitude environments on dislocation structure evolution during fatigue cracking of aerospace Al alloys!
1/2016 Prof. Burns, Zach, Justin, and Prof. Gangloff's poster on improvements to decohesion modeling of HEAC in Monel K-500 is published in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A!