MS&T21 Award Winner Announcements
October 20, 2021
The Materials Science & Technology 2021 Technical Meeting & Exhibition (MS&T21) has been held from 17-20 October 2021. Registrants have watched plenary and award sessions, visited the exhibit hall, participated in multiple student events and contests, and had access to hundreds of technical presentations and posters.
Students from all around the world worked diligently to present their academic research both in-person and virtually to fellow MS&T21 attendees, and we are happy to announce this year’s winners!
Material Advantage Graduate Student Poster Competition
1st Place – $250
Celia Chari
California Institute of Technology
Effect of Boria on the Oxidation Behavior of Aluminum Nitride
2nd Place – $150
Rupesh Rajendran
Georgia Institute of Technology
Effect of Heat Treatment on Microstructure and Corrosion Behavior of Additively Manufactured 7050 Aluminum Alloy
3rd Place – $100
Gaurav Singh (VIRTUAL)
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
The Effect of Rotary Swaging on Zirconium Alloys and its Microstructure Property Correlation
Material Advantage Undergraduate Student Poster Contest
1st Place – $250
Amelia Martinez
University of Missouri Science and Technology
Effect of Carbon Stoichiometry on the Heat of Formation of Hafnium Carbides
2nd Place – $150
Mirra Rasmussen
Case Western Reserve University
Perovskite Film Formation for Solar Cell Absorbers: Effects of Substrate Modification
3rd Place – $100
Hugh Smith
Case Western Reserve University
Machine Learning Approaches to Predict Properties from Microstructure Images in Ceramic-Metal Composites
Material Advantage Undergraduate Student Speaking Contest
1st Place – $500
Alison Nunes
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Determining the effects of mesenchymal stromal cell remodeling on hematopoietic stem cell maintenance
2nd Place – $250
Mingwei Xu
Case Western Reserve University
Post-Additive Manufacturing Densification, Dimensional Stability, and Defects of a Commercial Stereolithography Ceramic Resin
3rd Place – $150
Yulia Kirina
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Retrieving Multi-Dimensional Information from a Microscopy Investigation
4th Place – $100
Yuxi Zhang (VIRTUAL)
Wuhan University of Technology
Confining 2D Oxygen Vacancies Along Grain Boundaries of MnO2 Nanowires
Material Advantage Ceramic Mug Drop Contest
Organized by Keramos
Winner – $100 and trophy
Sophie Grier
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Most Aesthetic Mug – $50
Elliot Sutalski
Missouri University of Science and Technology
VIRTUAL: Most Aesthetic Mug – $50
Claire Pallett
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Material Advantage Ceramic Disc Golf Contest
Organized by Keramos
Winner – $100 and trophy
Camden Holloway
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
VIRTUAL: Most Aesthetic Disc – $100
Jacob Stacy
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Material Advantage Student Social Media Contest
Neelam Meena
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Thank you to this year’s contest participants for your efforts. We are looking forward to seeing everyone at MS&T22 in Pittsburgh!
