School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Tailoring Plasticity in Brittle Materials through Doping and Light Modulation

Presented by Dr. Qi An, Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University

Abstract Controlling the plasticity of brittle materials remains a major challenge in materials science, especially for superhard ceramics and semiconductors, where strong directional…

Hypervelocity impact, high-throughput methods, and AI-driven material design

Presented by Dr. K.T. Ramesh, Alonzo G. Decker, Jr., Professor of Science & Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

Abstract The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) methods in materials design is limited by the availability of sufficient data to…