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4-10 June 2018. Carolina Tallon attended the CIMTEC Conference in Perugia (Italy).
Dr. Carolina Tallon attended the CIMTEC 2018-14th International Ceramic Congress in Perugia (Italy).
She gave an Invited Presentation entitled "Developing cost-effective manufacturing methods and processing strategies for UHTCs".
Dr. Carolina Tallon attended the CIMTEC 2018-14th International Ceramic Congress in Perugia (Italy).
She gave an Invited Presentation entitled "Developing cost-effective manufacturing methods and processing strategies for UHTCs".
May 2018. Welcome new group members for Summer 2018.
Mr. Matt Rotondi, Mr. Nick Green, Mr. Patrick Miele and Ms. Kylie DeClue will be undertaking undergraduate resarch with out group this summer.
Welcome everyone!!!
Mr. Matt Rotondi, Mr. Nick Green, Mr. Patrick Miele and Ms. Kylie DeClue will be undertaking undergraduate resarch with out group this summer.
Welcome everyone!!!
May 2018. Congratulations to our new graduates Kelsey and Jacob.
Kelsey Niehoff and Jacob Slagle completed their degrees in Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, respectively.
Kelsey (co-advised by Dr. Bortner (CHE) and Dr. Tallon) and Jacob have been part of our research group since Fall 2016 and their work has greatly contributed to launch our lab and our current projects.
We wish them the best of luck for their next stages in their professional careers!
Congratulations!!!
Kelsey Niehoff and Jacob Slagle completed their degrees in Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, respectively.
Kelsey (co-advised by Dr. Bortner (CHE) and Dr. Tallon) and Jacob have been part of our research group since Fall 2016 and their work has greatly contributed to launch our lab and our current projects.
We wish them the best of luck for their next stages in their professional careers!
Congratulations!!!
April 2018. Julia Goyer recipient of the Virginia Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate STEM Research Scholarship
Julia Goyer is one of the recipients of the prestigious Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) Undergraduate STEM Research Scholarship for the 2018-2019 academic year. The VSGC Undergraduate STEM Research Scholarship Program provides scholarships to rising juniors and seniors in STEM fields who have a specific faculty-mentored research project that has NASA or aerospace relevance.
Julia, advised by Dr. Tallon, is studying how interparticle forces and colloidal chemistry mechanisms for ultra-high-temperature ceramics can be used to enable new near-net-shaping manufacturing approaches for aerospace components. Her research aligns with NASA's Space Technology mission directorate through applications such as re-entry and hypersonic vehicles.
Congratulations Julia!!!
Julia Goyer is one of the recipients of the prestigious Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) Undergraduate STEM Research Scholarship for the 2018-2019 academic year. The VSGC Undergraduate STEM Research Scholarship Program provides scholarships to rising juniors and seniors in STEM fields who have a specific faculty-mentored research project that has NASA or aerospace relevance.
Julia, advised by Dr. Tallon, is studying how interparticle forces and colloidal chemistry mechanisms for ultra-high-temperature ceramics can be used to enable new near-net-shaping manufacturing approaches for aerospace components. Her research aligns with NASA's Space Technology mission directorate through applications such as re-entry and hypersonic vehicles.
Congratulations Julia!!!
April 2018. Senior Design Teams in the MSE Senior Design Final.
Our two Senior Design Teams were part of the final 8 teams selected to compete for the 2017 MSE Best Senior Design Award on 27th April 2018.
The two teams are:
- Nuclear Team: Zachary Schiemann, Bryan Hendry, Sam Hertz and Trevor Cassiday, co-advised by Dr. Carolina Tallon and Dr. Celine Hin, Project: "Attraction of Inert Gases to Mesoporous Silica Microspheres in ODS Fe Alloy"
- Cool Team: Thomas Maulbeck, Merve Rath and Garrett Houghton ; Project: "Freezing Maps for Freeze Casting of Advanced Ceramics"
Congratulations Teams!!
Our two Senior Design Teams were part of the final 8 teams selected to compete for the 2017 MSE Best Senior Design Award on 27th April 2018.
The two teams are:
- Nuclear Team: Zachary Schiemann, Bryan Hendry, Sam Hertz and Trevor Cassiday, co-advised by Dr. Carolina Tallon and Dr. Celine Hin, Project: "Attraction of Inert Gases to Mesoporous Silica Microspheres in ODS Fe Alloy"
- Cool Team: Thomas Maulbeck, Merve Rath and Garrett Houghton ; Project: "Freezing Maps for Freeze Casting of Advanced Ceramics"
Congratulations Teams!!
April 2018. Jacob Slagle attends the Virginia Tech XL Undergraduate Conference
Jacob Slagle attended the XL Undergraduate Conference at Virginia Tech on 13th April 2018 where he presented his work in oxidation testing of colloidally-processed UHTCs.
This work is part of a collaborative project with Prof. Beth Opila and Ms. Kendall Mueller (MSE Department of University of Virginia), funded by 4VA.
Great job Jacob!
Jacob Slagle attended the XL Undergraduate Conference at Virginia Tech on 13th April 2018 where he presented his work in oxidation testing of colloidally-processed UHTCs.
This work is part of a collaborative project with Prof. Beth Opila and Ms. Kendall Mueller (MSE Department of University of Virginia), funded by 4VA.
Great job Jacob!
April 2018. Kelsey Niehoff attends the VSGC Conference.
Kelsey Niehoff attended the Virginia Space Grant Consortium on 11th April 2018 in Old Dominion University. Kelsey, was one of the recipients of the recipients of the prestigious Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) Undergraduate STEM Research Scholarship for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Kelsey, advised by Dr. Carolina Tallon (MSE) and Dr. Michael Bortner (ChE) presented her work on developing porous ultra high temperature ceramics with nanomaterial reinforcements for improved mechanical and thermal properties.
And during the conference she had the opportunity to explain her research project to President Tim Sands (President of Virginia Tech)!
Well done Kelsey!!
Kelsey Niehoff attended the Virginia Space Grant Consortium on 11th April 2018 in Old Dominion University. Kelsey, was one of the recipients of the recipients of the prestigious Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) Undergraduate STEM Research Scholarship for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Kelsey, advised by Dr. Carolina Tallon (MSE) and Dr. Michael Bortner (ChE) presented her work on developing porous ultra high temperature ceramics with nanomaterial reinforcements for improved mechanical and thermal properties.
And during the conference she had the opportunity to explain her research project to President Tim Sands (President of Virginia Tech)!
Well done Kelsey!!
April 2018. Peter Kacmareck attended the Meeting of the Minds Conference.
Peter Kaczmarek was selected by the Office of Undergraduate Research at Virginia Tech to attend and present his undergraduate research project in the Atlantic Coast Conference Meeting of the Minds (ACCMOM)), on 6-8 April 2018, in Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. His research focuses on developing functionally graded porosity using ice templating in UHTCs.
Well done Peter!!
Peter Kaczmarek was selected by the Office of Undergraduate Research at Virginia Tech to attend and present his undergraduate research project in the Atlantic Coast Conference Meeting of the Minds (ACCMOM)), on 6-8 April 2018, in Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. His research focuses on developing functionally graded porosity using ice templating in UHTCs.
Well done Peter!!
February 2018. Nizar Zahed and David Hicks received Dr. Gary S. Clevinger, Sr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship.
Mr. Nizar Zahed and Mr. David Hicks were two of the recipients of the Dr. Gary S. Clevinger, Sr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship for 2018. Nizar and David are finishing their M.S. in our group in June and July 2018, respectively.
Congratulations!!
Mr. Nizar Zahed and Mr. David Hicks were two of the recipients of the Dr. Gary S. Clevinger, Sr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship for 2018. Nizar and David are finishing their M.S. in our group in June and July 2018, respectively.
Congratulations!!
January 2018. Attendance to the ICACC conference in Daytona Beach.
Dr. Carolina Tallon, Mr. Nizar Zahed and Mr. David Hicks attended the 42nd International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC 2018), in Daytona Beach (Florida).
The three oral presentations that our group gave at the conference are the following:
1) N. Zahed, E.J. Foster and C. Tallon, Controllable Morphology of Multi-Scale Porous Titanium Dioxide.
2) D. Hicks, Z. Zhou, G. Liu and C. Tallon, Aligned Continuous Cylindrical Pores Derived from Electrospun Polymer Fibers in Titanium Diboride.
3) C. Tallon, S. Leo and G.V. Franks, New Avenues for Near-Net-Shaping of UHTCs.
Dr. Carolina Tallon, Mr. Nizar Zahed and Mr. David Hicks attended the 42nd International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC 2018), in Daytona Beach (Florida).
The three oral presentations that our group gave at the conference are the following:
1) N. Zahed, E.J. Foster and C. Tallon, Controllable Morphology of Multi-Scale Porous Titanium Dioxide.
2) D. Hicks, Z. Zhou, G. Liu and C. Tallon, Aligned Continuous Cylindrical Pores Derived from Electrospun Polymer Fibers in Titanium Diboride.
3) C. Tallon, S. Leo and G.V. Franks, New Avenues for Near-Net-Shaping of UHTCs.
January 2018. Welcome New Group Members!
It is our absolute pleasure to welcome Whittemore Professor Emeritus of Engineering D.P.H. Hasselman, as an honorary member of our group.
We are also welcoming Mr. Tyler Seguine and Mr. Jared Cohen, who will be undertaking their undergraduate research in our group this Spring Semester.
Welcome everyone!
It is our absolute pleasure to welcome Whittemore Professor Emeritus of Engineering D.P.H. Hasselman, as an honorary member of our group.
We are also welcoming Mr. Tyler Seguine and Mr. Jared Cohen, who will be undertaking their undergraduate research in our group this Spring Semester.
Welcome everyone!
December 2017. Tallon Research Group Semester Awards :-)
We just finished another great semester for research in our group and handed out our first Tallon Research Group Semester Awards.
The recipients of this Fall 2017 semester were:
- Julia Goyer: Best undergraduate oral presentation.
- Jacob Slagle and Peter Kazmareck: Most frequent winners of the Key Outcome of the Week.
- Nizar Zahed, Winner of the End of the Semester Research Questions Contest.
Congratulations!!
We just finished another great semester for research in our group and handed out our first Tallon Research Group Semester Awards.
The recipients of this Fall 2017 semester were:
- Julia Goyer: Best undergraduate oral presentation.
- Jacob Slagle and Peter Kazmareck: Most frequent winners of the Key Outcome of the Week.
- Nizar Zahed, Winner of the End of the Semester Research Questions Contest.
Congratulations!!
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September 2017. Carolina Tallon attended the UHTC-IV Conference in UK.
Dr. Carolina Tallon attended the conference Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics: Materials for Extreme Environment Applications IV, in Windsor (UK). She was one of the members of the organizing committee for this conference.
She gave a presentation entitled Enabling the next generation of near-net-shaping techniques for UHTCs.
Dr. Carolina Tallon attended the conference Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics: Materials for Extreme Environment Applications IV, in Windsor (UK). She was one of the members of the organizing committee for this conference.
She gave a presentation entitled Enabling the next generation of near-net-shaping techniques for UHTCs.
August 2017. Welcome New Group Members!
We are ready for another great semester in research!
Our group is welcoming Chris Garza (photo) as our new graduate student. His PhD will focus on Densification
of UHTCs made by Near-Net-Shaping Manufacturing Processes.
We are also welcoming Julia, Helen and Peter, who will be undertaking their undergraduate research in our group this Fall Semester.
And finally, we are very excited about our two new Senior Design Teams (Bryan, Sam, Zach and Trevor, and Thomas, Garrett and Merve)
Welcome everyone!
We are ready for another great semester in research!
Our group is welcoming Chris Garza (photo) as our new graduate student. His PhD will focus on Densification
of UHTCs made by Near-Net-Shaping Manufacturing Processes.
We are also welcoming Julia, Helen and Peter, who will be undertaking their undergraduate research in our group this Fall Semester.
And finally, we are very excited about our two new Senior Design Teams (Bryan, Sam, Zach and Trevor, and Thomas, Garrett and Merve)
Welcome everyone!
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July 2017. Carolina Tallon attended ECerS Conference in Budapest.
Dr. Carolina Tallon gave an Invited Presentation in the High Temperature Processes and Advanced Sintering Session of the 15th Conference and Exhibition of the European Ceramic Society, in Budapest (Hungary). The Invited Presentation focused on Densification Strategies for Ultra High Temperature Ceramics Prepared by Near-Net-Shaping Techniques. |
June 2017. Welcoming our new group members.
Mr. Kevin Gjata and Ms. Lauren Wade will be undertaking undergraduate research with our group this summer. Welcome!
Mr. Kevin Gjata and Ms. Lauren Wade will be undertaking undergraduate research with our group this summer. Welcome!
13th May 2017. Nizar Zahed named Oustanding Senior for the Department of Materials Science and Engineering for 2017.
Nizar Zahed was named the Outstanding Senior for the Department of Materials Science and Engienering for 2017. Nizar models exemplary skills in leadership and service.
Nizar is working on his M.S. under the supervision of Dr. Carolina and Tallon and Dr. Johan Foster (MSE) developing mesostructured titania using polymeric materials as templates. He will be completing his M.S. in May 2018.
Congratulations Nizar!!!
Nizar Zahed was named the Outstanding Senior for the Department of Materials Science and Engienering for 2017. Nizar models exemplary skills in leadership and service.
Nizar is working on his M.S. under the supervision of Dr. Carolina and Tallon and Dr. Johan Foster (MSE) developing mesostructured titania using polymeric materials as templates. He will be completing his M.S. in May 2018.
Congratulations Nizar!!!
2nd May 2017. David Hicks recipient of the Paul E. Torgersen Research Excellent Award for this M.S. Poster
David Hicks won the First Place of the prestigious Paul E. Torgersen Research Excellence Award in the category M.S. Poster Presentation for his M.S. project entitled Meso-scale Continuous Electrospun Polymeric Fibers to establish multi-scale porosity in UHTCs.
The competition night included 11 finalists poster presentations and 6 finalists oral presentations from M.S. and PhD students across the whole College of Engineering. These finalists were selected from more than 70 applications received. David is in his first year of M.S, and he will be completing his M.S. in May 2018.
Congratulations David!!!
David Hicks won the First Place of the prestigious Paul E. Torgersen Research Excellence Award in the category M.S. Poster Presentation for his M.S. project entitled Meso-scale Continuous Electrospun Polymeric Fibers to establish multi-scale porosity in UHTCs.
The competition night included 11 finalists poster presentations and 6 finalists oral presentations from M.S. and PhD students across the whole College of Engineering. These finalists were selected from more than 70 applications received. David is in his first year of M.S, and he will be completing his M.S. in May 2018.
Congratulations David!!!
28th April 2017. Finalist team of the 2017 MSE Senior Design Project
Our Senior Design Team, David Hicks, Jesse Dubrowsky, David Henderson and Joey Griffith, was one of the final 8 teams selected to compete for the 2017 MSE Best Senior Design Award. Their project was focused on the Design of an inexpensive testing rig to estimate relevant material properties of UHTCs,
Nizar Zahed's team also made it to the final 8, with his Senior Design team working in PZT composites for energy harvesting shoe-wear applications.
Our Senior Design Team, David Hicks, Jesse Dubrowsky, David Henderson and Joey Griffith, was one of the final 8 teams selected to compete for the 2017 MSE Best Senior Design Award. Their project was focused on the Design of an inexpensive testing rig to estimate relevant material properties of UHTCs,
Nizar Zahed's team also made it to the final 8, with his Senior Design team working in PZT composites for energy harvesting shoe-wear applications.
April 2017. Kelsey Niehoff recipient of the Virginia Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate STEM Research Scholarship
Kelsey Niehoff is one of the recipients of the prestigious Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) Undergraduate STEM Research Scholarship for the 2017-2018 academic year. The VSGC Undergraduate STEM Research Scholarship Program provides scholarships to rising juniors and seniors in STEM fields who have a specific faculty-mentored research project that has NASA or aerospace relevance. Kelsey, advised by Dr. Carolina Tallon (MSE) and Dr. Michael Bortner (ChE) and , is studying how the mechanical and thermal properties of porous ultra high temperature ceramics can be improved with nanomaterial reinforcements. Her research aligns with NASA's Space Technology mission directorate through applications such as re-entry and hypersonic vehicles
Congratulations Kelsey!!!
Kelsey Niehoff is one of the recipients of the prestigious Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) Undergraduate STEM Research Scholarship for the 2017-2018 academic year. The VSGC Undergraduate STEM Research Scholarship Program provides scholarships to rising juniors and seniors in STEM fields who have a specific faculty-mentored research project that has NASA or aerospace relevance. Kelsey, advised by Dr. Carolina Tallon (MSE) and Dr. Michael Bortner (ChE) and , is studying how the mechanical and thermal properties of porous ultra high temperature ceramics can be improved with nanomaterial reinforcements. Her research aligns with NASA's Space Technology mission directorate through applications such as re-entry and hypersonic vehicles
Congratulations Kelsey!!!
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April 2017. Mark Marut receives one of the Pratt International Scholarship
Mark Marut has received one of the MSE Pratt International Scholarships to carry out summer research with Prof. Bras in Grenoble (France). Mark is a MSE sophomore who has been working in our group for the past year developing mesostructured alumina using polymeric materials as template, in a collaborative project with Dr. Johan Foster (MSE)
Congratulations Mark!!!
Mark Marut has received one of the MSE Pratt International Scholarships to carry out summer research with Prof. Bras in Grenoble (France). Mark is a MSE sophomore who has been working in our group for the past year developing mesostructured alumina using polymeric materials as template, in a collaborative project with Dr. Johan Foster (MSE)
Congratulations Mark!!!
16th February 2017: Cover and Feature article in the Journal of the American Ceramic Feb issue.
We have just published an feature article in the centennial issue of the Journal of the American Ceramic Society:
"Colloidal processing: enabling complex shaped ceramics with unique multiscale structures",
by G. V. Franks, C. Tallon, A.R. Studart, M. L. Sesso and S. Leo.
Cover of the February issue designed by C. Tallon.
We have just published an feature article in the centennial issue of the Journal of the American Ceramic Society:
"Colloidal processing: enabling complex shaped ceramics with unique multiscale structures",
by G. V. Franks, C. Tallon, A.R. Studart, M. L. Sesso and S. Leo.
Cover of the February issue designed by C. Tallon.
1st February 2017: Nizar made proof of concept!!
Nizar Zahed has completed the proof of concept for his M.S. project, under the supervision of Dr. Carolina and Tallon and Dr. Johan Foster (MSE). He has developed multi-scaled and macro-structured porous Titania using polymeric materials as templates! Stay tuned for his paper!! Nizar has been working in this project for a year and he will be completing his M.S. in May 2018. |
18th January 2017: Welcome Xueting!
Xueting is an xchange student from Tianjin University. She will be working with us this semester doing her Senior Design Project. |