Thursday, January 1, 2009
Dana Elzey recieves 2009 Mac Wade Award for Outstanding Service
Dana Elzey received the 2009 Mac Wade Award for Outstanding Service. Professor Elzey directs the Office of International Programs for the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Rodman Scholars Program. This award recognizes his tireless efforts working with students and his outstanding service to SEAS. The Mac Wade Award is presented in memory of Freeman McMillan Wade, Class of 1952, who was killed in action in the Korean War. It is awarded annually to the group, faculty member, or student who has rendered outstanding service to the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
James Wollmershauser selected for Seaborg Institute Summer Research Fellowship
James Wollmershauser has been selected as one of only a handful of graduate students nationwide to receive a Seaborg Institute Summer Research Fellowship.Sponsored by the Department of Energy, the Department of Homeland Security and the G. T. Seaborg Institute for Transactinium Science, the fellowship supports independent student research at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Advised by Professor Sean Agnew, Mr Wollmershauser's research has concentrated on abnormal behavior in B2 Intermetallics. Congratulations, Mr. Wollmershauser!
Advised by Professor Sean Agnew, Mr Wollmershauser's research has concentrated on abnormal behavior in B2 Intermetallics. Congratulations, Mr. Wollmershauser!
Monday, December 1, 2008
Raul Baragiola Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
December 1, 2008 — UVA Today by Josie Pipkin
The International Committee on Atomic Collisions in Solids has presented University of Virginia engineering professor Raul Baragiola a lifetime achievement award for his work on ion-solid interactions.
Baragiola, the Alice and Guy Wilson Professor of Engineering Physics and Materials Science in the U.Va. School of Engineering and Applied Science, holds degrees from the Instituto Balseiro, Argentina, and has served as a faculty member of engineering physics since 1990, first in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics and then in Materials Science and Engineering at U.Va. His multidisciplinary research interests are in the areas of atomic physics, solid state physics, chemical physics, and astrophysics and space sciences.
"Many people think of physics as a subject only, but it is, in fact, a method as well," Baragiola said in an interview that appeared in Libra, a publication of the University of Virginia Library. "The method is to define the simplest elements of a problem and then to 'build up' to get a whole picture. This is why the methods of physics have applications in a wide array of subjects, even those that are outside science."
A man with an avid curiosity, Baragiola describes himself as "someone who is always looking for questions," and he is particularly fascinated with the initial moments in research when the beginnings of an idea form.
Baragiola's current research focuses on the properties of condensed gases — ices — in the outer solar system and interstellar space to understand observations made by telescope and spacecraft. Since 1990, he has been a member of NASA's Cassini mission, which is currently touring Saturn and its moons.
Another topic of interest is space weathering of asteroids and the chemical alteration of their surface due to exposure to the space environment. In surface science, his research has focused on understanding mechanisms for electronic excitations in metals, semi-metals and insulators.
He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the Institute of Physics (London). He previously held the Iberdrola Chair at the Universidad Autonoma de Madris and received the Interamerican Prize in Exact Sciences from the Organization of American States and the Argentina National Physics Prize. He was the co-chairman of U.Va.'s Faculty Forum for Scientific Research in 2007-08, and this summer delivered the Lindhard Lecture at the International Conference on Atomic Collisions in Solids, where he was presented with the lifetime achievement award.
Baragiola, the Alice and Guy Wilson Professor of Engineering Physics and Materials Science in the U.Va. School of Engineering and Applied Science, holds degrees from the Instituto Balseiro, Argentina, and has served as a faculty member of engineering physics since 1990, first in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics and then in Materials Science and Engineering at U.Va. His multidisciplinary research interests are in the areas of atomic physics, solid state physics, chemical physics, and astrophysics and space sciences.
"Many people think of physics as a subject only, but it is, in fact, a method as well," Baragiola said in an interview that appeared in Libra, a publication of the University of Virginia Library. "The method is to define the simplest elements of a problem and then to 'build up' to get a whole picture. This is why the methods of physics have applications in a wide array of subjects, even those that are outside science."
A man with an avid curiosity, Baragiola describes himself as "someone who is always looking for questions," and he is particularly fascinated with the initial moments in research when the beginnings of an idea form.
Baragiola's current research focuses on the properties of condensed gases — ices — in the outer solar system and interstellar space to understand observations made by telescope and spacecraft. Since 1990, he has been a member of NASA's Cassini mission, which is currently touring Saturn and its moons.
Another topic of interest is space weathering of asteroids and the chemical alteration of their surface due to exposure to the space environment. In surface science, his research has focused on understanding mechanisms for electronic excitations in metals, semi-metals and insulators.
He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the Institute of Physics (London). He previously held the Iberdrola Chair at the Universidad Autonoma de Madris and received the Interamerican Prize in Exact Sciences from the Organization of American States and the Argentina National Physics Prize. He was the co-chairman of U.Va.'s Faculty Forum for Scientific Research in 2007-08, and this summer delivered the Lindhard Lecture at the International Conference on Atomic Collisions in Solids, where he was presented with the lifetime achievement award.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
U.Va. Engineer Rob Kelly Contributes to Design of Pentagon Memorial
September 10, 2008 — UVA Today by Fariss Samarrai
In the late summer of 2003, Rob Kelly, a University of Virginia professor of materials science and engineering, was asked by former Engineering School dean Ed Starke to sit in on a meeting with the designers of a planned memorial to the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the Pentagon.
Kelly, like Starke, has extensive knowledge of the properties of metals. The designers had some questions about corrosion.
"I was startled at how young they were," Kelly said of the designers, Julie Beckman and Keith Kaseman. "They looked like they were just out of college."
They were, in fact, just out of graduate school at Columbia University, and had recently won an international competition to design the memorial. Their design beat out about 1,100 other entries submitted by architects from around the world.
Beckman and Kaseman proposed a park-like memorial next to the Pentagon wall where the plane struck. The memorial would consist of 184 streamlined metal benches — one for each person who died in the Pentagon attack — inscribed with their names. The benches would be set over individual reflecting pools.
"I was stunned by the beauty of their vision," Kelly said.
Beckman and Kaseman needed to select a metal for the benches that would be highly resistant to corrosion, would shine like chrome for at least 100 years and would not break their budget, which would be funded by private donations.
"This was a classic engineering problem," Kelly said. "Selecting a metal is like selecting a fabric. There are an enormous number of options and considerations. The best solution from one perspective may not be ideal from another.
"Over time, after reviewing countless possibilities, we ultimately selected a type of stainless steel that could be cast according to the designers' specifications, within their budget, and would keep its highly reflective luster and clearly engraved names through the generations."
The world will see the results Thursday, when the memorial is dedicated. About 6,000 people, including family members of the victims, will attend the ceremony. Kelly will be among them.
Afterward, for the first time in the history of the Pentagon, the grounds will be open to the public 24 hours a day so visitors may pay their respects at any time.
"It has been a true honor to work on this project," Kelly said. "It is my hope that the families of the victims, as well as all visitors to the memorial, will find it as a place for remembrance and solace for a very long time to come."
Kelly, like Starke, has extensive knowledge of the properties of metals. The designers had some questions about corrosion.
"I was startled at how young they were," Kelly said of the designers, Julie Beckman and Keith Kaseman. "They looked like they were just out of college."
They were, in fact, just out of graduate school at Columbia University, and had recently won an international competition to design the memorial. Their design beat out about 1,100 other entries submitted by architects from around the world.
Beckman and Kaseman proposed a park-like memorial next to the Pentagon wall where the plane struck. The memorial would consist of 184 streamlined metal benches — one for each person who died in the Pentagon attack — inscribed with their names. The benches would be set over individual reflecting pools.
"I was stunned by the beauty of their vision," Kelly said.
Beckman and Kaseman needed to select a metal for the benches that would be highly resistant to corrosion, would shine like chrome for at least 100 years and would not break their budget, which would be funded by private donations.
"This was a classic engineering problem," Kelly said. "Selecting a metal is like selecting a fabric. There are an enormous number of options and considerations. The best solution from one perspective may not be ideal from another.
"Over time, after reviewing countless possibilities, we ultimately selected a type of stainless steel that could be cast according to the designers' specifications, within their budget, and would keep its highly reflective luster and clearly engraved names through the generations."
The world will see the results Thursday, when the memorial is dedicated. About 6,000 people, including family members of the victims, will attend the ceremony. Kelly will be among them.
Afterward, for the first time in the history of the Pentagon, the grounds will be open to the public 24 hours a day so visitors may pay their respects at any time.
"It has been a true honor to work on this project," Kelly said. "It is my hope that the families of the victims, as well as all visitors to the memorial, will find it as a place for remembrance and solace for a very long time to come."
Monday, July 21, 2008
Ashley Lucente chairs Graduate Seminar at Gordon Research Conference in Corrosion
The Gordon Research Conference Graduate Seminar in Aqueous Corrosion was held July 19-20 2008 at Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH.
Topics covered included atomistic, stochastic, and finite element models, metal electrolyte interfaces, localized corrosion processes and extrapolation of accelerated corrosion tests to 'lifetime' predictions as well as variety of techniques and methods.
The first Gordon-Kenan Graduate Research Seminar allowed graduate students, post docs and young industrialists to share in the GRC experience and participate in the main conference that followed.
Chaired by Ashley Lucente of the University of Virginia and Vi 2014 ce Chaired by Jan Wielant of Vrije Universiteit in Brussel, Belgium, the Aqueous Corrosion Conference was part of the larger GRC theme of "Mechanisms, Methods, and Models.
Topics covered included atomistic, stochastic, and finite element models, metal electrolyte interfaces, localized corrosion processes and extrapolation of accelerated corrosion tests to 'lifetime' predictions as well as variety of techniques and methods.
The first Gordon-Kenan Graduate Research Seminar allowed graduate students, post docs and young industrialists to share in the GRC experience and participate in the main conference that followed.
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