People
I joined the faculty of UVA Engineering for the opportunities to interact with students in the classroom and lab, to collaborate with faculty in MSE, MAE and SEAS, and to participate in the Rolls-Royce University Technology Center on Advanced Material Systems.
Elizabeth J. Opila
Professor
Graduate Students
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Lilly Balderson
Ph.D. Student - Materials Science and Engineering
B.S. - Chemistry - Virginia Commonwealth University 2021Research: Additive Manufacturing of SiC Ceramic Turbines for Aerospace Applications
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Charlie Brandenburg
Ph.D. Candidate - Materials Science and Engineering
B.S. - Materials Engineering - Iowa State University 2019Research: Oxidation of Refractory Multi-Principal Element Alloys
Wilsdorf Hall A024
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Matthew Caufield
Ph.D. Student - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
B.S. - Engineering - James Madison University 2023Research: Recession phenomena of environmental barrier coatings (EBCs) under high-temperature water vapor exposure conditions for aerospace applications.
Wilsdorf Hall A026
(703) 755 5330
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Shannon Donaldson
M.S. Student - Materials Science and Engineering
Research: Mechanical Performance of High-Temperature Composites in Plasma Environments
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Laura Doumaux
Ph.D. Student - Materials Science and Engineering
B.S. - Materials Science and Engineering - University of Washington 2022Research: Multi-component rare earth environmental barrier coatings for extreme environments
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Sarah Beth Holles
Ph.D. Student - Materials Science and Engineering
B.S. - Materials Science and Engineering - Michigan State University 2022 -
Clark Luckhardt
Ph.D. Candidate- Materials Science and Engineering
B.S. - Materials Science and Engineering - Northeastern University -
Catherine Lynch
Ph.D. Student - Materials Science and Engineering
B.S. - Materials Science and Engineering - Alfred University 2022Research: Understanding the Mechanistic Connections of Aqueous Corrosion and High-Temperature Oxidation Through the Third Element Effect
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Cameron Miller
Ph.D. Candidate - Materials Science and Engineering
B.S. - Chemistry - University of Virginia -
Imoen Stack
Ph.D. Candidate - Materials Science and Engineering
B.S. - Corrosion Engineering - University of Akron 2022Research: Xenotime-inspired Rare Earth Phosphate Environmental Barrier Coatings
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Connor Stephens
Ph.D. Candidate - Materials Science and Engineering
B.S. - Materials Science and Engineering - University of Tennessee, Knoxville 2020Research: High Temperature Oxidation of Transition Metals and Carbides in Molecular and Atomic Oxygen
Postdoctoral Researchers
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Sandamal Witharamage
Ph.D. - Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University - 2023
M.S. - Chemical Engineering, University of Akron
B.S. - Materials Science and Engineering, Unversity of Moratuwa-Srilanka 2015
Research:
-tailoring chemical and thermal properties of rare earth silicates for EBCs
-tailoring chemical and thermal properties of rare earth phosphates for EBCs
