Projects by Subject: Materials/Nuclear Energy

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  1. Making Light-Weight Mg-Metal Laminated Nano-Composites
    Principal Investigator:  Jeff Shield, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
    Co-PI:  Jian Wang, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
    PI web page:  Jeff Shield webpage
    Abstract:  20-203 Jeff Shield Abstract
  2. Novel, Irradiation and Stress Corrosion Cracking Resistant oxide-Dispersion-Strengthened Alloys
    Principal Investigator:  Bai Cui, Mechanical and Materials Engineering Department
    Co-PI:  Yongfeng Lu, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
    PI web page:  Bai Cui Webpage
    Abstract: 20-101 Bai Cui Abstract
  3. Self-Assembled Meso-Architectures: Hierarchical Energy Materials from Nanoscale Components
    Principal Investigator:  Peter Sutter, Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Co-PI:  Eli Sutter, Electrical and Computer Engineering
    PI web page:  Peter Sutter webpage
    Abstract: 20-205 Peter Sutter Abstract
  4. Structure-Properties-Functionalities of Irradiated Amorphous Ceramics
    Principal Investigator:  Jian Wang, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
    Co-PI: Natale Ianno, Electrical and Computer Engineering
    PI web page:  Jian Wang webpage
    Abstract:  20-206 Jian Wang Abstract
  5. Novel High-Entropy Ceramic Materials for Extreme Environments
    Principal Investigator:  Bai Cui, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
    Co-PI: Yongfeng Lu, Electrical and Computer Engineering
    PI web page: https://engineering.unl.edu/mme/faculty/bai-cui/
    Abstract:  Bai Cui Abstract and Website Address
  6. Probing Localized Nanomechanical Properties of Energy-Harvesting Polymers
    Principal Investigator:  Stephen Ducharme, Physics and Astromy
    Co-PIs: Joseph Turner and Wen Qian, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
    PI web page: https://unlcms.unl.edu/cas/physics/ducharme/
    Abstract:  Stephen Ducharme Abstract and Website Address
  7. Electronic and Mechanical Properties of MXene-Modified Carbon-Based Composites
    Principal Investigator:  Alexander Sinitskii, Department of Chemistry
    Co-PI:  Yuris Dzenis, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
    PI web page:  https://chem.unl.edu/alexander-sinitskii
    Abstract:  Alexander Sinitskii Abstract and Website Address