The School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering Seminar Series, “From dirt to rock: Ceramic processing capabilities and applications at LLNL” Presented by Dr. Bruce Yang

About the event

From dirt to rock: Ceramic processing capabilities and applications at LLNL

Presented by Dr. Bruce Yang, Staff Scientist, Materials Science Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Abstract:

Consolidated polycrystalline ceramics enable a wide range of everyday utility and advanced engineering applications. This talk will highlight selected graduate research and current ceramic projects at LLNL to showcase our ceramic processing capabilities and to catalyze collaboration. Example projects include armor ceramic, thermal protection barriers for reentry-relevant conditions, sputtering target fabrication for the National Ignition Facility (NIF), 3D-printed artificial coral, feedstock development for binder jet printing, green-body forming, and related efforts.

Biography:

Bruce is a staff scientist in the Materials Science Division at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. His research focuses on tailoring ceramic material properties through process control, advanced thermal protective oxide materials for reentry-relevant environments, alternative green-body forming and sintering technologies, and feedstock development for ceramic additive manufacturing. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering in 2020, specializing in tuning ceramic performance across multiple length scales.