People

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"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 and SEAS, and to participate in the Rolls Royce University Technology Center on Advanced Material Systems."

Elizabeth J. Opila, Professor

Graduate Students

  • Kristyn Ardrey

    Kristyn Ardrey

    kda2ze@virginia.edu

    Ph.D. Student - Materials Science and Engineering
    B.S. - Mechanical Engineering - Florida Polytechnic University 2018

    Research: Hot Corrosion of Rare-Earth Silicate Environmental Barrier Coatings (EBCs)

    Materials Science Building 303
    (813) 763 7018

  • Lilly Balderson

    Lilly Balderson

    rmn9pj@virginia.edu

    Ph.D. Student - Materials Science and Engineering
    B.S. - Chemistry - Virginia Commonwealth University 2021

    Research: Additive Manufacturing of SiC Ceramic Turbines for Aerospace Applications

  • Charlie Brandenburg

    Charlie Brandenburg

    Ph.D. Student - Materials Science and Engineering
    B.S. - Materials Engineering - Iowa State University 2019

    Research: Oxidation of Refractory Multi-Principal Element Alloys

    Wilsdorf Hall A024
    (434) 982 5645

  • Matthew Caufield

    Matthew Caufield

    bgh8yg@virginia.edu

    Ph.D. Student - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    B.S. - Engineering - James Madison University 2023

    Research: Recession phenomena of environmental barrier coatings (EBCs) under high-temperature water vapor exposure conditions for aerospace applications.

    Wilsdorf Hall A026

    (703) 755 5330

  • Laura Doumaux

    Laura Doumaux

    hvb5ak@virginia.edu

    Ph.D. Student - Materials Science and Engineering
    B.S. - Materials Science and Engineering - University of Washington 2022

    Research: Multi-component rare earth silicates as environmental barrier coatings

    Wilsdorf Hall A026
     

  • Sarah Beth Holles

    Sarah Beth Holles

    ehg7tm@virginia.edu

    Ph.D. Student - Materials Science and Engineering
    B.S. - Materials Science and Engineering - Michigan State University 2022

    Research: Efficacy of ceramic matrix composits in high-temperature water and oxygen environments

  • Clark Luckhardt

    Clark Luckhardt

    cal7cg@virginia.edu

    Ph.D. Student - Materials Science and Engineering
    B.S. - Chemical Engineering - Northeastern University 2019

    Research:  Environmental effects on environmental barrier coating interactions with calcium-magnesium-aluminosilicates (CMAS) and effects of composition on CMAS glass propertie

  • Catherine Lynch

    Catherine Lynch

    kte8kk

    Ph.D. Student - Materials Science and Engineering
    B.S. - Materials Science and Engineering - Alfred University 2022

    Research: High-entropy alloys in mixed environments

  • Cameron Miller

    Cameron Miller

    ckm7vc@virginia.edu

    Ph.D. Student - Materials Science and Engineering
    B.S. - Chemistry specializing in materials - University of Virginia 2019

    Research: CMAS Interactions with High Entropy Rare Earth Monosilicates

    Jesser Hall 269

  • Niquana Smith

    Niquana Smith

    ns7rs@virginia.edu

    Ph.D. Student - Materials Science and Engineering
    B.S. - Chemistry - Denison University 2018

    Research: Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics

    Wilsdorf Hall A022
    (434) 243-2210

  • Pádraigín Stack

    Pádraigín Stack

    smw4sj@virginia.edu

    Ph.D. Student - Materials Science and Engineering
    B.S. - Corrosion Engineering - University of Akron 2022

    Research: Reinventing Efficacy of Rare Earth mineral substances as high-entropy environmental barrier coatings

    Wilsdorf Hall A022

  • Connor Stephens

    Connor Stephens

    Ph.D. Student - Materials Science and Engineering
    B.S. - Materials Science and Engineering - University of Tennessee, Knoxville 2020

    Research: Ultra-High Temperature Oxidation in Molecular vs. Disassociated Oxygen Environments

    Wilsdorf Hall A022
    (434) 982 5645

  • Coleman Tolliver

    Coleman Tolliver

    cet6xe@viginia.edu

    Ph.D. Student - Materials Science and Engineering
    B.S. - Mechanical Engineering - University of Maryland, Baltimore County 2019

    Research: Reinventing CEMENT: Carbonation-Enabled Mineralization to Engender Novel Technology

    Wilsdorf Hall A018
    (434) 924-8471

Undergraduate Students

  • Brandol Galicia

    Brandol Galicia

    bag3nm@virginia.edu

    Aerospace Engineering, Class of 2024

    Research: Oxidation of Niobium based multi-principal alloys

  • Thomas Luciano

    Thomas Luciano

    hzn7zm@virginia.edu

    Undeclared Engineering, Class of 2026

    Research: Effect of Calcium-magnesium-x-aluminosilicates (CMXAS) on glass properties

  • Morgan Myers

    Morgan Myers

    mam6ag@virginia.edu

    Aerospace Engineering, Class of 2024

    Research: Oxidation of Refractory Multi-Principal Element Alloys

     

     

  • Michael Richwine

    Michael Richwine

    mnr2cwc@virginia.edu

    Aerospace Engineering, Class of 2023

    Research: Ultra-high temperature ceramics

     

     

  • Rachel Rosner

    Rachel Rosner

    rsr9kw@virginia.edu

    Chemical Engineering, Class of 2024

    Research: Hot corrosion of high-entropy rare earth oxides

  • Morgan Small

    Morgan Small

    mks4kw@virginia.edu

    Materials Science and Engineering, Class of 2024

    Research: Characterization of CrTaO4

  • Alexandra Uy

    Alexandra Uy

    awu4mw@virginia.edu

    Materials Science and Engineering with a minor in Spanish, Class of 2024

    Research: High temperature ceramics and environmental barrier coatings