MMM Lab members (Dr. Nadia Kouraytem, Dillon Watring, Karen DeMille, Jimmy He, and Jiawei Yan) presented their recent research results at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) held in our hometown, Salt Lake City. Prof. Spear also sat on a panel aimed at helping new and aspiring faculty members. ...
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A recent article in the International Journal of Fracture details the results and experience of a class’ participation in the Third Sandia Fracture Challenge (SFC3). In the spring semester of 2017, 20 University of Utah graduate students who were enrolled in a course on Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics (offered by Prof. Ashley Spear) participated in the Challenge, in which all participants were tasked with predicting ductile fracture in a 3D-printed stainless steel specimen geometry. The participants were provided with data from Sandia National Labs to help calibrate their models and were asked to provide local and global measures from...
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Congratulations to MMM Lab member, Karen DeMille, who was recently awarded the prestigious National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship. A complete story about Karen’s success can be found at this link. We are proud of you, Karen!...
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Check out the latest activities from the MMM Lab. April 19th: Nadia hosted a spring party for the MMM Lab. Activities included corn hole, spikeball, ladder ball, and an egg hunt. April 12th: Post-doctoral researcher, Nadia Kouraytem, presented work from the MMM Lab at the APS Users Science Meeting at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Lab. Her presentation was entitled “Microscale characterization and modeling of additively manufactured metals”. On the same day, Prof. Spear gave a seminar at Ohio State University on “A multi-scale, multi-physics modeling framework to predict spatial variation of properties in additive-manufactured metals”. April...
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MMM Lab recently enjoyed a beautiful day in Big Cottonwood Canyon, skiing, snowboarding, or sledding. A much-deserved day to play for a very hardworking crew! ...
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MMM Lab member, Brian Phung, successfully defended his PhD proposal on January 7th. He also learned, on the same day, that his first-author paper entitled “A voxel-based remeshing framework for the simulation of arbitrary three-dimensional crack growth in heterogeneous materials” was accepted for publication in the journal Engineering Fracture Mechanics. The paper will soon be available online. Great work, Brian!...
Continue readingCongratulations to MMM Lab member, Kyle Pierson, for successfully defending his M.S. thesis, entitled “Prediction of Microstructurally Small Fatigue-Crack Growth Using Data-Driven Analysis and Machine Learning.” Kyle has accepted a coveted position at Nvidia. We would also like to welcome a number of new lab members, including M.S. student Quinn Johnson and undergraduate researchers Kristen Carter, Jun Yan (Jimmy) He, Timmanee (Timm) Loveless, and Jackson Baglino. The lab celebrated with lunch at our favorite spot, Porcupine!...
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MMM Lab members Dongfang Zhao and Karen DeMille recently passed the PhD qualifying exam, formally admitting them into the PhD program. Congratulations, Karen and Dongfang! ...
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MMM Lab members recently traveled to Europe to present their latest research results. International Conference on Fracture Brian Phung and Karen DeMille gave talks at the International Conference on Fracture (ICF) in Rhodes, Greece. Phung’s presentation was entitled A Voxel-Based Meshing Framework for the Simulation of Arbitrary 3D Crack Growth in Heterogeneous Materials. DeMille’s presentation was entitled Determination of Representative Volume Element for Small Cracks in Heterogeneous Domains. Both Phung and DeMille are spending the summer at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, OH. Mechanics in Scientific Discovery Prof. Spear gave a talk in Florence, Italy, at a workshop...
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Undergraduate researchers and MMM Lab members, Jayden Plumb and Nate Wilkinson, presented their research at the recent Undergraduate Research Symposium held at the University of Utah. Jayden gave a talk entitled 3D Grain Characterization of Open-Cell Aluminum Foam, and Nate presented a poster entitled Applying Machine Learning to Microstructurally Small Fatigue Crack Propagation in 3D. Both Jayden and Nate received awards through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) in 2016. Jayden’s work is also funded by the NSF (no. 1629660), and Nate’s work is also funded by AFOSR (FA 9550-15-1-0172). Jayden will be continuing his research this summer as...
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