News

2021

  • May 2021 - Jonathan Cappola joined the group as a Ph.D. student. Welcome Jonathan!
  • April 2021 - Xiao passed her dissertation overview exam and advanced to Ph.D. candidacy. Congratulation, Xiao!
  • January 2021 - Dr. Li presents a seminar, titled "Mesoscale material mechanics modeling for deformation behaviors in amorphous and nanocrystalline alloys", in the Materials Science & Engineering Department’s winter colloquium series at Northwestern University.
  • January 2021 - Tim Sullivan joined the group working on machine learning-enabled advanced alloy design. Welcome, Tim!

2020

  • August 2020--Dr. Lin Li has been promoted as Associate Professor with tenure.
  • August 2020--Yucong completed a summer internship as a Materials Design Engineer Intern at QuesTek,  a global leading company​ in Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) who design new high-performance alloys.
  • August 2020-Our group has received a new supplement from NSF-CMMI on “Data-enabled accelerated search of amorphous and nanocrystalline dual-phase alloy to promote strength and ductility synergy”.
  • February 2020--Li's group delivered two talks at TMS. Yucong presented a talk on "Quantitative Analysis on Deformation of a Cu/Cu45Zr55 Multilayered Structure Combining In-Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy and a Finite Element Model". Xiao presented a talk on "Processing Generated Local Atomic Order Impact on the Nanoscale Mechanical Heterogeneity of Cu-Zr Thin Film Metallic Glasses". ​
            Ismael and Samuel also presented their summer NSF REU research projects at TMS 2020. Good job!
  • January 2020--Dr. Sharniece Holland, an alumna​ of our group who recently joined Washington University, shared her story to success. Her experience at UA is featured in the UA Graduate School Student Spotlight. Check out the story here!
  • January 2020--Keshab, Yucong and Xiao presented their work at 2020 Materials Science Graduate Student Symposium. Good job!
2019
  • October 2019--Our research on heterogeneity in metallic glasses has been selected as one of the Science Highlights in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Basic Energy Sciences (BES) program. Check out the news here!
  • August 2019--Yi Yao joined the group as a graduate student. Welcome !!!
  • August 2019--Dr. Li delivered a workshop presentation, “Multiscale modeling of shear banding in metallic glasses”, at DOE mechanical behavior and radiation effects principal investigators meeting. 
  • July 2019--Annual group lunch was hosted at Lai Lai restaurant.
Group photo of 7 people standing together at Lai Lai restaurant
  • July 2019--Dr. Li presented research on “Quantitative Analysis on Deformation of a Cu/Cu45Zr55 Multilayer Combining In-Situ transmission Electron Microscopy and a Finite Element Model” at Gordon Research Conference.
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  • March 2019--Li's group delivered two talks at TMS. Liang presented a talk on "Identifying flow defects in amorphous solids by Activation and Relaxation Techniques (ART) and machine learning outlier detection methods". Lin presented an invited talk on "Nano-scale heterogeneity in metallic glasses". Good job!
  • February 2019--Dr. Li was selected for an outstanding reviewer award for Acta Materialia. Congrats!
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  • January 2019--Keshab and Xiao presented their work at 2019 Materials Science Graduate Student Symposium. Good job!
2018
  • December 2018--Li's group received 2019 UA ORED Internal Funding on "Unveiling the novel characteristics of structure-mechanical property relationship in high entropy alloys through machine learning". Thank UA for the support!
  • November 2018--Dr Li gave a graduate seminar on "Nanoscale Heterogeneity on Deformation Behaviors of Metallic Glasses" at Materials Engineering Program at Auburn University. 
  • October 2018--Liang's ART data analyzer package is now available on GitHub. Great work, Liang!
  • October 2018--Neng's paper on "Chemical Variation Induced Nanoscale Spatial Heterogeneity in Metallic Glasses" has been published by Materials Research Letter. Congrats, Neng! Check it out!
  • September 2018--Keshab and Sharniece presented their work 2018 at Science and Technology Open House: Showcasing STEM Activities Across Alabama Institutions. Good job!
  • August 2018 -- Xiao joined the group as graduate student and received UA graduate council scholarship . Welcome and Congraulations, Xiao!
  • August 2018 -- Keshab received 2018-19 ACHE Graduate Research Scholar Fellowship. Congratulations, Keshab!
  • August 2018 -- Sharniece and Neng attended UA summer commencement, receiving Ph.D. degree. Congratulations, Dr. Holland and Dr. Wang!
  • July 2018 -- Treyvon and Ismael gave poster presentations at UA REU symposium. Ismael won the 3rd place. Congratulations! 

  • July 2018 -- Dr Lin Li presented a talk, titled "Spatial correlation of elastic heterogeneity tunes the deformation behaviors of metallic glasses" at the International Conference on the Strength of Materials (ICSMA) in Columbus, OH.
  • June 2018 --Treyvon and Ismael joined the group as NSF REU students. Welcome!
  • May 2018 -- Sharniece successfully presented her PhD dissertation defense. Congratulations Sharniece!
  • Summer Research experience for Undergraduate students in Multifunctional Materials. Now accepting application. Check this out! reu-flyer-.pdf 
  • April 2018 -- Sharniece's paper "Grain Boundary Network Evolution in Inconel 718 from Selective Laser Melting to Heat Treatment" has been accepted by Materials Science and Engineering: A. 
  • April 2018 --  Dr. Tian's paper "A Review on the Strengthening of Nanostructured Materials" has been published in International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology. 
  • April 2018 -- Dr. Tian attended 2018 MRS spring meeting, presented an oral talk on "Spatial correlation of elastic heterogeneity tunes the deformation behavior of metallic glasses" and presented a poster "Lightweight, high conductivity, ultra-strong Al/Ca composite conductor"
  • April 2018 -- Neng successfully presented his PhD dissertation defense. Congratulation Neng!
  • March 2018 -- Neng's paper "Spatial Correlation of elastic heterogeneity tunes the deformation behavior of metallic glass" has now been accepted for publication in npj Computational Materials. 
  • March 2018 -- Neng attended TMS 2018 Annual Meeting & Exhibition and presented talk on "Spatial correlation of elastic heterogeneity tunes the deformation behavior of metallic glasses."
  • March 2018 -- Sharniece presented at TMS at Phoenix, AZ Holland S, Lin L. “Spatial Heterogeneity of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties in Inconel 718 Fabricated by Selective Laser Melting”, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ (2018).
  • March 2018 -- Sharniece presented  “Grain Boundary Network Evolution and Spatial Heterogeneity of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties in Inconel 718 Fabricated by Selective Laser Melting”, at am Invited seminar at Auburn University. 
  • January 2018 -- Sharniece Holland was awarded Fall 2017 College of Engineering's outstanding service by a graduate student award.
2017
  •  Sharniece Holland presented "Quantitative Microstructure Analysis of Inconel 718 Grain Boundary" at Materials Science and Technology conference in Pittsburgh, PA. (10/09/2017)
  • Sharniece Holland approved for admission to PhD candidacy. Congratulation!! (09/01/2017)
  • Richa Lohati joined the group. Welcome!! (08/07/2017)
  • Keshab Bashyal has joined our group. Welcome!! (08/07/2017)
  • Sharniece Holland awarded SREB Dissertation Scholar Fellowship. (08/10/2017)
  • Dr. Lin Li presented aposter "Grain boundary network in Inconel 718 fabricated by selective laser melting" at the Gordon Research Conference in Biddeford, ME. (Research 7/28/2017)  
  • Our group has benn awarded a grant on "Multi-scale Modeling of Deformation in Nanostuctured Metallic Systems".
  • ​Sharniece Holland presented a poster "Quantitative microstructure analysis of material grain boundary network" at Women in STEM Experience (WISE) symposium at Tuscaloosa, AL. (03/04/2017)
  • Neng Wang presented "The role of spatial correlation of shear modulus on plasticity of metallic glass" at TMS 2017 conference in San Diego, CA. (03/02/2017)
  • Dr. Lin Li's paper "Deformation mode transitions in amorphous-Cu45Zr55"/crystalline-Cu multilayers" is published in Thin Solid Films.​​ (02/13/2017)
2016
  • Sharniece Holland received a 2016 National Defense Industrial Association-Space and Missile Defense Working Group award. (09/2016)​​
  • Dr. Li gave a seminar on "Multiscale Modeling of Shear Banding in Metallic Glasses" as the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL (09/14/2016)
  • ​Welcome to Ellie and Zhenxin! (09/01/2016)​
  • Our group has been awarded a grant on "Multiscale Modeling of Shear Banding in Metallic Glasses". Thank you to the DOE for supporting our research! (08/22/2016)​
  • Melissa Mathews and Dr. Lin Li's paper "Finite Element Analysis of Nanoindentation and Elastic Behavior of Bi2Te3 Two-dimensional Nanosheets" is published in ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology. (08/21/2016)
  • ​Andrew joins our group as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome! (05/23/2016)
  • Sharniece Holland awarded at the Alabama EPSCOR Round 11 Graduate Research Scholars Program. (05/05/2016) 
  • Sharniece Holland presents on Quantitative Texture Analysis of Material Microstructure at the National Black Graduate Student Association 28th annual conference in Houston, TX. (03/25/2016)
  • ​Dr. Lin Li presents A Quantized Crystal Plasticity Model for Nanocrystalline Metals: Connecting Atomistic Simulations and Physical Experiments at the TMS 2016 conference in Nashville, TN. (02/15/2016)
  • ​Our group has been awarded a Alabama NASA EPSCoR Seed Grant on 'Investigation of Microstructure and Mechanical Property Relationship of Inconel 718 Fabricated by Selective Laser Melting Using Combined In-situ Characterization Measurements and Phase Filed Crystal Plasticity Simulations'. Thank you NASA for supporting our research! (01/28/2016)
  • ​Sharniece Holland presents on Quantitative Texture Analysis of Material Microstructure and Daryl Lakner presents on Strain Localization in Nanocrystalline Nickel at WiSE 2016 conference in Tuscaloosa, AL. (01/23/2016) 
2015
  • Melissa Mathews received the "2015 Outstanding Poster" Award at the 2015 Annual MINT review. (12/11/2015)
  • ​Melissa Mathews attended the 2015 Annual AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers) Student Conference. She placed 2nd in Materials and Science Engineering I Category in the undergraduate student poster competition. (11/07/2015)
  • ​Daryl joins our group as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome! (08/20/2015)
  • ​Neng Wang and Dr. Lin Li's paper "Mesoscopic examination of cyclic hardening in metallic glass" is published in Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. (08/12/2015)
  • ​Daniel Murasawa presents strain localization and failure process of nanocrystalline and amorphous metallic systems and a tutorial for LAMMPS software. (06/18/2015)
  • ​Melissa joins our group as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome! (06/08/2015)
  • ​Sharniece gives oral presentation: Strain Localization in nanocrystalline materials at The University of Alabama African American Graduate Student Association (AAGSA) Research Symposium in Tuscaloosa, Al. (04/15/2015)
  • ​Sharniece presents Non-random topology of grain boundary network and its effect on grain boundary diffusivity and Neng presents Cyclic hardening of the metallic glass at The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS) 2015 144th Annual Meeting and Exhibition in Orlando, Fl (03/15/2015)
  • Sharniece serves as a speaker at the First Generation Brown Bag Discussion Panel in Tuscaloosa, Al. (03/05/2015)
  • Sharniece presents on "Diffusion on Grain Boundary: studying the effects of Nonrandom Topology" at WISE conference in Tuscaloosa. (01/31/2015)
2014​​​
  • Melanie presents on "mechanical behaviors of metallic glass" at AIChE annual conference at Atlanta. (11/15/2014)
  • Sharniece and Neng present the poster on "Grain boundary diffusion" and "cyclic hardening of metallic glass under nanoindentation" at MINT research review and workshop at UA. (10/27/2014)
  • Dr. Lin Li and Sharniece Holland's paper "Grain boundary diffusion: non-random topology and effective medium approximation" is published in Nanomaterials and Energy. (07/19/2014)
  • Neng presents at Gordon Research Conference. (07/12/2014)
  • Neng visits the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and works with Dr. Takeshi Egami. (07/06/2014)
  • Melanie joins the group as a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program student. (07/02/2014)
  • Dr. Lin Li and Sharniece Holland, Oral presentation at The University of Alabama African American Graduate Student Association (AAGSA) Research Symposium. (04/16/2014)
  • Dr. Lin Li and Neng Wang's paper "Transient response in metallic glasses deformation: a study based on the shear transformation zone dynamics simulations" is published in Scripta Materialia. (02/26/2014)
  • ​Dr. Lin Li serves as a senior investigator of a recent NSF REU award “REU Site: Leveraging Computational Tools for Enhancing Engineering Innovation” to engage undergraduates to consider graduate education in the STEM disciplines. ​(01/31/2014)
2013
  • Neng joins the group as a graduate student, Welcome! (12/18/2013)
  • Dr Lin Li presents at MINT Fall Research Review Meeting. (12/14/2013)
  • Hanna joins our group as an emerging scholar. Welcome! (11/19/2013)
  • Mark presents the poster on "mechanical performance of metallic glasses" at WISE Event at UA. Congratulations!​ (11/16/2013)
  • Harrison joins the group as an emerging scholar. Welcome! (10/24/2013)
  • Dr Lin Li presents at MTE’s Industrial Advisory Board meeting. (10/16/2013)
  • Mark joins our group as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome! (10/01/2013)
  • Sharniece joins our group as a materials science program graduate student, Welcome! (09/25/2013) 
  • Dr Lin Li gives a MTE 121 Guest Lecture. (09/24/2013)
  • Dr. Lin Li presents Chemical and Biological Engineering Seminar. (09/19/2013) 
  • Dr. Lin Li attends Graduate Student Preview Day as MTE Presenter. (09/12/2013)
  • Dr. Lin Li joins Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. (08/15/2013)