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2023

December 2023 — Congratulations to Dr. William Huber who successfully completed his Ph.D. dissertation defense on “Phase-Field Modeling of Fracture: Regularization Length Insensitivity and Mixed Mode Ductile Fracture.”

August 2023 — Congratulations to Amirreza Lotfolahpour who won the Best Poster Award of Colorado Center for Advanced Ceramics:
Amirreza Lotfolahpour and M. Asle Zaeem. Mitigating localized plastic strain accumulation in cyclic loading of polycrystalline shape memory ceramics: A phase-field study. Colorado Center for Advanced Ceramics, August 16, 2023, Golden, CO.

2022 

August 2022 — Prof. Asle Zaeem is now serving as a Program Director in the National Science Foundation, for the Design of Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) program.

July 2022 — Congratulations to Dr. Ghavam Azizi who successfully completed his Ph.D. dissertation defense on “Understanding Multi Scale Defect Formation During Solidification of Alloys by Integrated Computational Modeling.”

April 2022 — Prof. Asle Zaeem is promoted to Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Colorado School of Mines.

April 2022 — Prof. Asle Zaeem received the Excellence in Reviewing Award of Acta Materialia and Scripta Materialia.

2021

September 2021 — CMML received $390K from the National Science Foundation to work on Significant Enhancement of Structural Integrity of Shape Memory Ceramics in High Cycle Fatigue.

September 2021 — CMML received $470K from the Department of Energy – Basic Energy Sciences to work on Multiscale Defect Formation and Domain Switching Behavior in Functional Oxides.

August 2021 — Prof. Asle Zaeem is awarded the Ben L. Fryrear Endowed Chair for Innovation and Excellence.

July 2021 — Congratulations to Dr. Hamed Nobarani who successfully completed his Ph.D. dissertation defense on “Atomistic Simulations of Polarization Switching in Ferroelectric Materials.”

April 2021 — Prof. Asle Zaeem received the Faculty Research Excellence Award of the Colorado School of Mines. 

April 2021 — Congratulations to Dr. Alireza Toghraee who successfully completed his Ph.D. dissertation defense on “Phase-Field Study of Diffusion Controlled Phenomena: Reorientation of Zirconium Hydrides and Oxidation of Metals.”

2020 

September 2020 — CMML received $562K from the National Science Foundation to work on understanding the origination and evolution of defects in solidification of aluminum alloys.

August 2020 — Congratulations to Dr. Jacob Bair, a former Ph.D. student at CMML, who started a new job as a tenure-track assistant professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Oklahoma State University.

May 2020 — Our recent study on shape memory ceramics, funded by Department of Energy – Basic Energy Sciences, is highlighted by XSEDE. Science Success Story: Supercomputing helps advance zirconia research for future applications.  

March 2020 — Congratulations to Dr. Arezoo Emdadi, a former Ph.D. student at CMML, who started a new job as a tenure-track assistant professor in Materials Science and Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Rolla). 

2019

October 2019 — Congratulations to Dr. Avik Mahata, a former Ph.D. student at CMML, who started as a postdoctoral research associate at Brown University.

August 2019 — Congratulations to Dr. Ning Zhang who started a new job as a tenure-track assistant professor in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.

August 2019 — Congratulations to Dr. Mohsen Beyramali Kivy, a former Ph.D. student at CMML, who started a new job as a tenure-track assistant professor in Materials Engineering in California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo. 

March 2019 — Congratulations to Dr. Avik Mahata who successfully completed his Ph.D. dissertation defense on “Nanoscale Solidification of Metals by Atomistic Simulations: From Nucleation to Nanostructural Evolution.”

February 2019 — Dr. Asle Zaeem is elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

February 2019 — Dr. Asle Zaeem joined the Editorial Board of Reviews on Advanced Materials Science.

2018

August 2018 — CMML received funding from the Basic Energy Sciences program of the Department of Energy to work on shape memory functional oxides.

August 2018 — CMML Group moved to the COLORADOSCHOOLOFMINES.

August 2018 — Dr. Asle Zaeem joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the COLORADOSCHOOLOFMINES as a tenured associate professor.

(@ Missouri S&T – Rolla)

Apr 2018 — Dr. Asle Zaeem received tenure and promotion to associate professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Engineering (Rolla).

Apr 2018 — Dr. Asle Zaeem received 2017 Outstanding Reviewer Award of Acta Materialia (Elsevier).

Apr 2018 — Dr. Arezoo Emdadi successfully completed his Ph.D. dissertation defense; Congratulations!

Apr 2018 — Arezoo Emdadi received the Outstanding Graduate Student Award of the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Missouri University of Science and Technology.

Feb 2018 — Dr. Asle Zaeem received 2017 Outstanding Reviewer Award of IOP (Institute of Physics).

Jan 2018 — Dr. Asle Zaeem gave a Keynote Talk in the Plasticity Conference 2018 on “Nanoscale Plastic Deformation Mechanisms of Single Crystal and Polycrystalline Yttria-Stabilized Tetragonal Zirconia Nanopillars.”

Jan 2018 — Dr. Asle Zaeem received funding from NASA to work on “New insights on solid-liquid interface anisotropy effects on solidification patterns of pure and alloy systems in microgravity.”

Jan 2018 — Mikaela N. Weiseman and Megan Lenox joined CMML as undergraduate researchers (Funded by NSF).

Oct 2017  — Arezoo Emdadi received Graduate Excellence in Materials Science (GEMS) Award from the Basic Science Division of the American Ceramic Society at Materials Science and Technology Conference.

Sep 2017 — Dr. Asle Zaeem gave a Plenary Lecture at EUROMAT 2017 entitled “Competing Mechanisms between Dislocation and Phase Transformation in Plastic Deformation of Yttria-Stabilized Tetragonal Zirconia Nanopillars.”

Aug 2017 — Dr. Mohsen Beyramali Kivy successfully completed his Ph.D. dissertation defense; Congratulations!

Jul  2017 — Arezoo Emdadi is awarded 2nd place in the poster contest of ECerS Summer School on Innovative Technologies in the Field of Ceramic Manufacturing ,Budapest, Hungary. Her poster title was Multi-phase field modelling of crack propagation in ZrB2-based composite ceramics.

Mar 2017 — Leiren Jarvis is awarded 1st place in Graduate Fellows Poster Competition in Missouri S&T campus. Her poster title was: Extended Finite Element Analysis of the Fracture Behavior of ZrB₂-Based Ceramics.

Mar 2017 — Henry Waggoner joined CMML as an undergraduate researcher (Funded by NSF).

Feb 2017 — Dr. Asle Zaeem gave an Invited Talk in TMS 2017 on Deformation Mechanisms of Single and Polycrystalline Zirconia Nanopillars.

Feb 2017 — Hannah Butler and Maryanna Allen joined CMML as undergraduate researchers (Funded by NSF).

Jan 2017 — Dr. Asle Zaeem gave a Keynote talk in the Plasticity Conference 2017 on Competing Mechanisms between Dislocation and Phase Transformation in Plastic Deformation of Yttria-Stabilized Tetragonal Zirconia Nanopillars.

Jan 2017 — Dr. Fan Xie joins CMML as a postdoctoral research associate.

Nov 2016 — Dr. Asle Zaeem gave an Invited Talk in IMECE 2016 (ASME Congress) on Plastic Deformation of Yttria-Stabilized Tetragonal Zirconia Nanopillars Mediated by Dislocation Motion and Phase Transformation.

Jul 2016 — Dr. Jacob Bair successfully completed his Ph.D. dissertation defense; he is now a postdoctoral research associate in BYU; Congratulations!

Jun 2016 — Mahdi Mohammadi-Ghaleni successfully defended his MS thesis; Congratulations!

Mar 2016 — Dr. Asle Zaeem received Acta Materialia Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing.

Feb 2016 — Dr. Asle Zaeem became the vice-chair of the TMS Young Professionals Committee.

Jan 2016 — Dr. Asle Zaeem gave a Keynote talk in the Plasticity Conference 2016 on Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Phase Field Crystal Modeling of Solidification and Grain Growth.

Jan 2016 — Mohsen Beyramali Kivi, Arezoo Emdadi, and Leiren Jarvis successfully passed the qualifying exam, and they are now Ph.D. candidates!

Jan 2016 — Leiren Jarvis received GAANN Fellowship.

Jan 2016 — Avik Mahata joined CMML as a Ph.D. student.

Dec 2015 — Dr. Ning Zhang joins CMML as a postdoctoral research associate.

Nov 2015 — Dr. Asle Zaeem received ACS New Investigator Award to work on “An Experimentally-Validated Phase Field Model for Stress Corrosion Cracking in Steel Pipelines.”

Sep 2015 — Dr. Asle Zaeem received funding from National Science Foundation (Materials Engineering and Processing) to work on “Multiscale Modeling and Experimental Study of Defect Formation during Aluminum Alloy Solidification.”

Aug 2015 — Dr. Asle Zaeem received funding from National Science Foundation (Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering) to work on “Zinc-Coating of Advanced High Strength Steels Directed by Multiscale Modeling and Experiments.”

Aug 2015 — Dr. Asle Zaeem served as a Guest Editor for Journal of Metals for a special issue on “Advances in Modeling of Solidification Microstructures.”

July 2015 — Dr. Ebrahim Asadi, a postdoctoral research associate in CMML, will join the Mechanical Engineering Department at University of Memphis as an assistant professor; Congratulations!

May 2015 — Jacob Bair successfully passed the qualifying exam, and he is now a Ph.D. candidate!

Apr 2015 — Mahdi Mohammadi Ghaleni received WAAIME Scholarship from Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME).

Mar 2015 — Dr. Asle Zaeem became an officer of TMS Young Professional Committee.

Mar 2015 — Dr. Asle Zaeem gave an Invited Talk in the 2015 TMS Annual Meeting on Phase Diagram Calculations, Ab Initio Molecular Dynamic Simulations, and Experimental Characterizations of Cast AlFeCoNiCu High Entropy Alloy.

Mar 2015 — Dr. Asle Zaeem organized the Young Professional Meet the Candidate Poster Session in symposium the 2015 TMS Annual Meeting.

Feb 2015 — Dr. Asle Zaeem joined the Editorial Board of Mathematical Problems in Engineering.

Jan 2015 — Leiren Jarvis received Chancellor’s Fellowship.

Jan 2015 — Arezoo Emdadi joined CMML as a Ph.D. student.

Dec 2014 — Leiren Jarvis joined CMML as a Ph.D. student.

Nov 2014 — Dr. Asle Zaeem organized a symposium in ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition entitled Computational Modeling of Microstructural Evolution II.  

Oct 2014 — Dr. Asle Zaeem received funding from Idaho National Laboratory to work on modeling hydride precipitation in zirconium alloys.

Oct 2014 — Dr. Asle Zaeem received funding from NASA to work on phase field modeling of dendritic growth in lithium metal batteries.

Jun 2014 — Dr. Asle Zaeem organized a minisymposium in 17th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical & Applied Mechanics entitled Advances in Phase Field Modeling of Microstructures.

Apr 2014 — Mahdi Mohammadi Ghaleni joinied CMML as a Ph.D. student.

Mar 2014 — Effects of vacancy defects on generalized stacking fault energy of Al, Cu, Ni and Fe is chosen by IOP editors to be among IOPSELECT  articles.  Selection was made based on one or more of the following criteria: *Substantial advances or significant breakthroughs *A high degree of novelty *Significant impact on future research.

Mar 2014 — Dr. Asle Zaeem served as a Guest Editor for Journal of Metals.

Feb 2014 — Dr. Asle Zaeem co-organized a symposium in TMS 2014 Annual Meeting about Algorithm Development in Computational Materials Science and Engineering.

Jan 2014 — Dr. Asle Zaeem gave an Invited Talk in the International Symposium on Plasticity 2014 about Phase Field Modeling of Transformation Plasticity and Shape Memory Effects in Tetragonal Zirconia Polycrystals.

Nov 2013 — Dr. Asle Zaeem gave an Invited Talk in the ASME Congress 2013 about Phase Field Modeling of Martensitic Phase Transformation.

Nov 2013 — Dr. Asle Zaeem organized a Topic in the ASME Congress 2013 on Computational Modeling of Microstructural Evolution.

Nov 2013 — Workshop on EAM and MEAM potential developments was held in CMML instructed by Prof. Mike Baskes (UCSD, NAE member); November 5-7.

Oct 2013 —  Phase field modeling of the tetragonal-to-monoclinic phase transformation in zirconia is among the Most Downloaded Acta Materialia Articles (No. 10).

Sept 2013 —  A review on phase field modeling of martensitic phase transformation is among the Most Downloaded Computational Materials Science Articles (No. 8).

Aug 2013 — Nihal Acharya joined CMML as a graduate student.

Aug 2013 — Dr. Asle Zaeem became a member of the Editorial Board of International Journal of Materials Engineering and Technology.

May 2013 — Dr. Asle Zaeem received Couch Endowed Professor Medallion.

May 2013 — Mohsen Beyramali Kivi joined CMML as a graduate student.

Jan 2013 — Jacob Bair Joins CMML as a graduate student.

Jan 2013 — Dr. Ebrahim Asadi joins CMML as a postdoctoral fellow. 

Dec 2012 — Dr. Asle Zaeem received UM Research Board Grant.

Oct 2012 — Dr. Asle Zaeem gave an Invite Talk about Phase Field Modeling of Materials Microstructures in the MSE Department of the University of Virginia.

Aug 2012 — Dr. Asle Zaeem joined MSE department at Missouri S&T (Rolla).