MST e-News
December 2011
- American Ceramic Society honors Dane Spearing
- Understanding the complex phase diagram of uranium
- From Jim's Desk
- Fuel cell technology and the puzzle of nonprecious group metal catalysts
- Proton radiography for process-aware solidification studies
- Heads UP!
- Meeting planning services available
November 2011
- New apparatus conducts novel controlled-bulge test
- From Ross's Desk
- MST researcher co-authors book chapter on nuclear energy
- Nanotomography x-ray microscope brings new capability to MST-7
- Band-gap engineering for removing shallow traps in rare-earth Lu3AI5O garnet scintillators using Ga3+ doping
- Job Satisfaction Survey
- Heads UP!
October 2011
- Ellen Cerreta: Discovering the secrets of failure in metals
- From David's Desk
- Are nanoporous materials radiation resistant?
- Burgardt named 2011 American Welding Society Fellow
- MST-8 researchers contribute to JOM special issue
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September 2011
- Field, Korzekwa named ASM Fellows
- Welch leads online video chat with high school science students
- U and Xe transport in UO2±x Density functional theory calculations
- Effects of grain size and boundary structure on the dynamic tensile response of copper
- Heads UP!
August 2011
- New equipment enhances Laboratory's materials capacity
- From Dave's Desk
- Two novel mechanisms of deformation twinning in face-centered-cubic metals
- Using advanced characterization techniques to probe damage evolution
- Condensed matter physics conference features plenary talk by Gray
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July 2011
- James Gallegos: Smooth operator
- Electron irradiations on nuclear energy fuel cycle waste forms
- Using SMARTS to map residual stresses in a model dissimilar metal weld
- Synchrotron studies of plutonium alloys and plutonium hydrides
- Rusty Gray shares metallurgical wisdom at NSF workshop
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June 2011
- Views of the Review: 2011 Materials Capability Review
- From Wendy's Desk
- Small-scale experiments support materials strength and damage modeling
- Multi-scale study of the role of microstructure in the deformation behavior of hexagonal materials
- Fast Fourier transform based modeling determines micromechanical fields in polycrystals
- Dynamic tensile extrusion of zirconium and the role of texture
- Focus on materials for energy in this year's Summer Lecture Series
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May 2011
- Materials Capability Review draws near
- From Wendy's desk
- Bulk nanolamellar multilayer composites fabricated via severe plastic deformation
- Comparing quasi-static and dynamic deformation behavior in lightweight armor alloys
- Atomistic mesoscale simulations of diffusion in UO2......
- Annual LANL Recycle and Reuse Event to be held June 16
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April 2011
- John Charles energized to improve electrical safety
- From Deniece's desk
- MST earns NNSA Pollution Prevention Award
- Temperature dependence of lattice disorder in argon irradiated magnesia single crystals
- Growth of defects on inertial confinement fusion capsules
- Heads UP!
- MST has strong showing at TMS annual meeting
March 2011
- Tome accomplishments honored at symposium
- Fuel Cycle Research and Development milestones achieved
- Preparation of a dense, polycrystalline ceramic structure patented
- LANL-made low enriched uranium foils selected for irradiation test
- Teaming up to provide solutions
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- Meeting planning services available
February 2011
- Ann Kelly characterized by a passion for metallography
- From Jim's desk
- Choudhury receives TMS Young Leaders Professional Development Award
- High-energy x-rays available for materials studies
- Characterization and stability of thin oxide films on plutonium surfaces
- SMARTS examines irradiation-induced evolution of deformation mechanisms
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January 2011
- Plutonium experiments conducted at Sandia's Z Accelerator Facility
- From Ross's desk
- Postdoctoral researcher recognized for poster at Los Alamos Postdoc Research Day
- New fiber optic laboratory capability established
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