Materials Science and Technology
MST e-News
December 2010
- Paula Crawford: Experimental materials scientist on a mission
- From Wendy's desk
- A polycrystalline scintillator for nuclear material detection
- In situ characterization of multiphase polymeric materials upon deformation
- Novel three-dimensional imaging capabilities
- Strength and damage behavior of plutonium measured
- Heads Up!
November 2010
- Jose 'Alfredo' Caro: Master materials scientist fills a strategic need at Los Alamos
- From Dave's desk
- Microstructure in the extreme environment
- Hollis assists local companies for NM Small Business Assistance program
- Electron backscattering diffraction enables serial number restoration
- Heads Up!
September 2010
- Ion Beam Materials Lab mimicks the Moon's surface in the basement
- From Wendy and Anna's desks
- Nuclear Clock Design Based on Thorium Nuclear Transition
- Gray named to National Materials Advisory Board committee
- Tome and Beyerlein co-author book on severe plastic deformation
- Heads Up!
August 2010
- Bryan Bennett: Innovative thinker probing the past, experimenting for the future
- From Wendy's desk
- Sandia and Los Alamos-developed technology helps capture solar energy
- Hosemann receives Student Literary Award from American Nuclear Society
- Automated confocal micro x-ray fluorescence instrument for three-dimensional elemental imaging
- Restarting the Isotope Fuels Impact Tester
- New MS Cookies & Tea coordinators take helm of seminar series
- Heads UP!
July 2010
- MST research aids New Mexico small business
- Understanding and predicting dynamic damage processes
- Researchers complete Plutonium Sustainment Program milestone for laser welding
- Plutonium equation of state experiments under pressure at Advanced Photon Source
- Teter takes on new MST leadership role
- MST members recognized for pollution prevention efforts
- Heads UP!
June 2010
- From Wendy's desk
- IAEA honors Hosemann with award for best poster by a young author
- Distillation Test Station for energy savings in light hydrocarbon separation
- Advance strain diagnostics applied to PBX 9501 high explosive/li>
- Successful team effort on failure analysis supports NASA satellite missions
- Ooey gooey materials workshop draws young girls to science
- Laboratory's not-notch science, facilities focus of summer lecture series
- Heads UP!: WSST Fest set for July 14
May 2010
- Ricardo Lebensohn joins editorial board of the International Journal of Plasticity
- Poster award for Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative research
- From Deniece's desk
- Nanoscale mechanical testing of ion beam irradiated materials
- Target fabrication developments for Science Campaign experiments
- Incorporation of high-Z elements within areogels and foams
- Opacity experiments on the Sandia Z machine for weapon science applications
- Characterization of copper-doped beryllium capsules using confocal micro x-ray fluorescence
- Heads UP!
April 2010
- Rusty Gray named president of TMS
- From Wendy's desk
- Kester Clarke recognized with best paper award
- Jian Wang receives Los Alamos Distinguished Postdoctoral Award
- Development of a magnetically driven target for thermonuclear burn studies
- Lujan Center studies structural materials for nuclear applications and highly irradiated steels
- Materials Capability Review
- Heads UP!
March 2010
- Christopher Taylor researches corrosion from the molecular perspective
- Ricardo Lebensohn receives Humboldt Research Award for senior U.S. scientists
- Solution to function behavior of stretched molecular hydrogen
- Understanding twinning nucleation in hexagonal-close-packed crystals
February 2010
- From Jack's desk
- Amy Clarke selected as a Young Leader International Scholar
- Scott Lillard selected as NACE Fellow
- Controlled synthesis of self-assembled nanotubes with rectangular cross sections
- Kaschner teaches graduate-level class at National Security Education Center
- Heads UP!
