MS&T24 AWARD WINNER ANNOUNCEMENTS
October 23, 2024
The Materials Science & Technology 2024 Technical Meeting & Exhibition (MS&T24) was held from 5-9 October 2024. 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&T24 attendees, and we are happy to announce this year’s winners!
Material Advantage Graduate Student Poster Contest
1st Place – $250
Casey Zhang
Pennsylvania State University
Development of Textured Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) Ceramics for Passive Acoustic Sensing Applications
2nd Place – $150
Prapassorn Numkiatsakul
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sintering Aid Migration in Si3N4-Based, Ceramic Glow Plugs: Impact of Temperature and Electric Fields
3rd Place – $100
Fumiya Kimura
Yokohama National University
In Situ Observation of Dewaxing Behavior of Alumina Green Body by a Combined OCT-TG-FTIR-MS System
Material Advantage Undergraduate Student Poster Contest
1st Place – $250
Dylan Burke
UNC Charlotte
3D Printing of Fully Integrated Flexible Humidity Sensor for Long-Term Health Monitoring
2nd Place – $150
Sarah Cole
Boise State University
Investigating Thermophysical Properties of Uranium Nitride Nuclear Fuel
3rd Place – $100
Hanyu Pan
Carnegie Mellon University
Modeling the Force-Extension Response of Binary Copolymers With Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Material Advantage Undergraduate Student Speaking Contest
1st Place – $500
David Flores
The Pennsylvania State University
Machine Learning Model Explainability for the Development of High Entropy Alloys
2nd Place – $250 (Tie)
Julianne Chen
The Pennsylvania State University
Growing and Doping of Highly Conductive Alpha Gallium Oxide Films with Suboxide Molecular Beam Epitaxy (SMBE)
2nd Place – $250 (Tie)
Ray Tsai
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Sustainable Quench Oil Replacements for Austempering Salt Quenchants
3rd Place – $150
Anthony Conte
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Dispersion of SiC Fibers Using PEI, EG, and EtOH
Material Advantage Ceramic Mug Drop Contest
Organized by Keramos
Winner – $100 and trophy
Laura Klusendorf
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Most Aesthetic Mug – $50
Kaylyn Courtney
Colorado School of Mines
Material Advantage Ceramic Disc Golf Contest
Organized by Keramos
Winner – $100 and trophy (Tie)
Josiah Gifaldi
Virginia Tech University
Cole Harsha
Virginia Tech University
Most Aesthetic Disc – $100
Elana Granzeier
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ray Tsai
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Thank you to this year’s participants for your efforts. We are looking forward to seeing everyone at MS&T25 in Columbus, Ohio, USA!
