MS&T22 AWARD WINNER ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Materials Science & Technology 2022 Technical Meeting & Exhibition (MS&T22) was held this week from 9-12 October 2022. Registrants 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 to fellow MS&T22 attendees, and we are happy to announce this year’s winners!

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Material Advantage Graduate Student Poster Contest

1st Place – $250
Sien Liu
The University of Tokyo
Effect of Interfacial Microstructure on Tensile Property and Fracture Behavior of Bicrystal and Polycrystal Fe/Ni Interface

2nd Place – $150
David Guirguis
Carnegie Mellon University
Quantification of Melt Pool Variability for L-PBF Additive Manufacturing by High-Speed Imaging

3rd Place – $100
Matthew Julian
Institut d’Electronique et des Technologies du numéRique (IETR)
Structural and Dielectric Properties Relationship in Strontium-Tantalum Based Oxide Ceramics for DRA applications

Material Advantage Undergraduate Student Poster Contest

1st Place – $250
Jack Beardshear
Carnegie Mellon University
Impact of Itaconic Acid on the Stabilization Reaction of Poly(Acrylonitrile-co-Itaconic Acid) as Examined Using Solid-State NMR Under Air and Vacuum Conditions

2nd Place – $150
Caitlyn Santiago
Carnegie Mellon University
Fabrication of Three-dimensional Ceramic Architectures with Micro-Scale Resolution and Near Zero Shrinkage Using Aerosol Jet Printing

3rd Place – $100
Meddelin Setiawan
The Pennsylvania State University
A Novel High-energy X-ray Diffraction Microscopy (HEDM) Processing Algorithm for Reconstructing Large 3D Intragranular Orientation Gradients

Material Advantage Undergraduate Student Speaking Contest

1^st Place – $500
Aliya Kaplan
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
New Ceramic Approach to Active Cooling

2^nd Place – $250
Kira Martin
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Material Characterization of TiN Films Motivated by Time and Energy Resolved Mass Spectroscopy

3^rd Place – $150
Abigail Stanlick
Iowa State University
Little known Nylon: Nylon 5,9 Synthesis and Scientific Importance

4^th Place – $100
Christopher Barns
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Structural Phase Patterning of MoS2

Material Advantage Ceramic Mug Drop Contest
Organized by Keramos

Winner – $100 and trophy
Mitchell Lensing
Colorado School of Mines

Most Aesthetic Mug – $50
Mitchell Lensing
Colorado School of Mines

Material Advantage Ceramic Disc Golf Contest
Organized by Keramos

Winner – $100 and trophy
Victoria Rambo
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Most Aesthetic Disc – $100
Makayla Gamiel
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Material Advantage Student Social Media Contest

$100 to each awardee

Caitlyn Santiago
Carnegie Mellon University

Nolan Clark
McMaster University

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Thank you to this year’s contest participants for your efforts. We are looking forward to seeing everyone at MS&T23 in Columbus, Ohio, USA!

MS&T22 Student Contest Awardees (PDF)