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Photo of Yijia Gu Yijia Gu Assistant Professor
352-273-0292

Ph.D. 2014, Pennsylvania State University

Research Interests: Computational Modeling and Simulation, Metallurgy, Electronic Materials, Ceramics, Nanomaterials, Machine Learning and AI, Materials Processing;  CALPHAD, Phase-field method, Ferroelectric materials, Recycling aluminum, Additive manufacturing, Microstructure evolution, Rapid solidification, Phase transformation

Photo of Tori Miller Tori Miller MSE Research Coordinator, Associate Professor, Vladimir A. Grodsky Professor of MSE
(352) 846-3373

Ph.D., 2016, University of California Santa Barbara

Research Interests: Metallurgy, Materials Processing, Advanced Materials Characterization, Machine Learning and AI; Fundamentals of Structural Evolution in Crystalline Materials, Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques, Recovery and Recrystallization, Deformation Mechanisms and Texture Development

Lab Website: Metallic Orientation, aNisotropy, and microSTructure Engineering Research (MONSTER) Group

Photo of Aroba Saleem Aroba Saleem MSE Undergrad Coordinator, Instructional Associate Professor
(352) 294-1789

Ph.D., McGill University, 2017

Research Interests: Metallurgy, Advanced Materials Characterization, Engineering Education

Photo of Ravit Silverstein Ravit Silverstein Assistant Professor
(352) 294-1690

Ph.D., 2016,

Research Interests: Metallurgy, Ceramics, Advanced Materials Characterization, Energy Materials, Machine Learning and AI, Materials Processing, Nuclear Fuels and Materials;  High-temperature Materials, Metastability and Interface Engineering, Electron Microscopy, In-situ Microscopy, Microstructure Evolution, Deformation Behavior and Mechanical Performance in Extremes, Green Processing & Energy

Website: Metastability in Extreme Environments (ME2)

Photo of Yang Yang Yang Yang Research Assistant Scientist
(906) 370-0273

Ph.D., 2020, Michigan Technological University

Research Interests: Metallurgy, Materials Processing, Advanced Materials Characterization; Mechanical Behavior, Kinetics, Crystallographic Properties, Materials Processing and Characterization