Recent publication on high velocity impact and recrystallization of aluminum microparticles on JMPS. This work can be accessed with the link https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1kIE157Zk992L C. Yuan and M. Koslowski, “Grain refinement in metal microparticles subjected to high impact velocities,” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, vol. 196, p. 106009, Mar. 2025, doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2024.106009.

Recent publication in MSMSE on corrosion of Cu-Al interconnects. Kai-chieh Chiang and Marisol Koslowski, Corrosion-induced fracture of Cu–Al microelectronics interconnects, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 32, 045004, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-651X/ad33de

Congratulations to all of our presenters at TMS 2024 in Orlando Florida! Fariha, Jack, Andrew, Diane, and Chongxi presented their results to other graduate students and leading scientists in their respective fields. Fariha’s Presentation: Anisotropic Effects in Electromigration Enhanced Intermetallic Growth in Sn Based Solders Jack’s Presentation: Corrosion Induced Fracture of Cu/Al Interconnects in Microelectronics…

We are excited to welcome several new members to the group! Fariha Haq, who joined us in Spring 2023. Josh Block and Alexis Byerly, who will be joining us in Fall 2023.

Watch Professor Koslowski present at IPAM here!

Congratulations to Kai-chieh on receiving the Dr. Chu Scholarship https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/News/2022/purdue-me-grad-students-receive-fellowships-and-scholarships

When: November 3, 2022Where: Purdue ME Building Diane Patterson will be presenting a poster at Purdue’s first Women in Mechanical Engineering Seminar. https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/News/2022/first-ever-women-in-me-symposium-coming-november-3-

Several of our members are attending the Multiscale Materials Modeling 2022 conference in Baltimore, MD! Andrew Pham, Chongxi Yuan, and Kai-Chieh Chiang will be giving talks on their current projects. The details of their talks can be found on this program.

When: June 25 – July 1, 2022Where: Southern New Hampshire University Diane Patterson will be speaking at the Gordon Research Seminar on June 25 and presenting a poster on her research at the associated Gordon Research Conference for Energetic Materials on June 29-30 at Southern New Hampshire University. GRS: https://www.grc.org/energetic-materials-grs-conference/2022/GRC: https://www.grc.org/energetic-materials-conference/2022/