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. Candidate - Materials Science and Engineering
B.S. - Chemistry - Virginia Commonwealth University 2021Research: Additive Manufacturing of SiC Ceramic Turbines for Aerospace Applications
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Lauren Bowling
Ph.D. Candidate - Materials Science and Engineering
M.S. - Materials Science and Engineering - University of Virginia 2024
B.S. - Materials Science and Engineering - Michigan Technological University 2021
Research: Understanding the compositional effects and refractory complex oxide formation on the oxidation behavior of refractory alloys
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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
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Matthew Caufield
Ph.D. Candidate - 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.
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Laura Doumaux
Ph.D. Candidate - 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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Imoen Hawthorne
Ph.D. Candidate - Materials Science and Engineering
B.S. - Corrosion Engineering - University of Akron 2022Research: Viability of Xenotime-type Rare Earth Orthophosphates as High-Temperature Environmental Barrier Coatings
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Sarah Beth Holles
Ph.D. Candidate - Materials Science and Engineering
B.S. - Materials Science and Engineering - Michigan State University 2022Research: Intermediate temperature oxidation and mechanical properties in varying environments of SiC/BN/SiC CMC
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Homa Keshmiri
Ph.D. Student - University of Virginia
B.S. - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering - University of Maryland, College Park 2025
Research: Design of environmental barrier coatings(EBCs) bond coats for elevated high-temperature steam exposure in aerospace applications
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Catherine Lynch
Ph.D. Candidate - 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 -
Doyle Weishar
Ph.D. Candidate - Materials Science and Engineering
B.S. - Physics - William and Mary 2021