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JUMR Symposium MS&T Schedule 2010 - Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Journal of Undergraduate Materials Research: Undergraduate Presentations: Session I
Sponsored by: MS&T Organization

Program Organizers: Raghunath Rao Thridandapani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Wednesday AM
October 20, 2010
Room: 310C
Location: George R. Brown Convention Center

Session Chair: Shaimaa Abdallah, Virginia Tech

8:00 AM
A Diffusion Couple Investigation of the Mg-Ca-Ce Ternary System: Lauren Skrabski¹; Chelsey Zacherl¹; Zi-Kui Liu¹; ¹Pennsylvania State University

8:20 AM
Au-doped ZnO as a Transparent Conducting Oxide: Amy Bumbaco¹; ¹VT

8:40 AM
Comparative Study between the Use of Natural Fibers Based Composites and GFRPS in Automotive Bumpers: Harish Kumar P¹; Baskar V S¹; Karthik A¹; Ranjani R¹; Sheela Ramani G¹; Balasivanandha Prabhu S²; ¹Material Science & Engineering, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai 600025, India; ²Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai 600025, India

9:00 AM
Utilization of Pond Ash in Highway Engineering: Aditi Varma¹; Ankit Garg¹; Pranjal Sharma¹; Neelesh Khanna¹; Mayank Saxena¹; Raju Sarkar¹; ¹Delhi College of Engineering

9:20 AM
Processing and Properties of W-2 wt% Fe Alloy Powders: Matthew Hiser¹; Eric Miller¹; Luke Golladay¹; ¹Virginia Tech

9:40 AM Break

10:00 AM
Removal of R6G dye from Water Using Titania Coated Silica Microspheres: Devender Maun¹; ¹Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University

10:20 AM
Solid State Blending of Aluminum and Polycarbonate: Amanda Krause¹; ¹Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

10:40 AM
The Effect of Metal Pouring Temperature on the Quality of Metal Castings: Joshua Rice¹; Jacob Young¹; ¹Virginia Tech

11:00 AM Student
Nanoscale Airfoils Envision Microscale Separations: James Kahelin¹; ¹Planarity

JUMR Symposium MS&T 2009 - Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Journal of Undergraduate Materials Research: Undergraduate Presentations: JUMR I
Program Organizers: Raghunath Rao Thridandapani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Monday PM
October 26, 2009
Room: 402
Location: David L. Lawrence Convention Center

2:00 PM Introductory Comments Welcome note from JUMR

2:40 PM
A Method of Storing and Generating Hydrogen For Fuel Cell Applications: Ian Fuller¹; ¹Nanotek Instruments, Inc,


3:00 PM
Magnesium Reinforced Polymer Matrix Composites Formed by Mechanical Alloying: Matthew Hiser¹; ¹Virginia Tech

3:20 PM Break

3:40 PM
Design and synthesis of polymer matrix nanophosphor composite scintillators: Meredith Barta¹; ¹Georgia Tech Research Institute

4:00 PM
Experimental Investigation of the Mg-Al Phase Diagram: A Diffusion Couple Approach : Laura Jean Lucca¹; Zi-Kui Liu¹; Swetha Ganeshan¹; Laura Schell¹; Lauren Skrabski¹; ¹Penn State University

4:20 PM
Growth and Characterization of Epitaxial Oxide Thin Films: Gordon Waller¹; Jeremiah Abiade¹; ¹Virginia Tech

4:40 PM
Characterization of Kinetic Metallization, a novel subsonic cold spray metal deposition technique: John Sosa¹; Peter Collins¹; Hamish Fraser¹; ¹The Ohio State University

5:00 PM
Magnetic properties of bimetallic Fe-Co nanoparticles self assembled in TiN thin film matrix by pulsed laser deposition: Aarti Sarin¹; Vikram Verma¹; R Venkatraman¹; Dhananjay Kumar¹; ¹North Carolina A & T State Univ

Journal of Undergraduate Materials Research: Undergraduate Presentations: JUMR II
Program Organizers: Raghunath Rao Thridandapani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tuesday AM
October 27, 2009
Room: 402
Location: David L. Lawrence Convention Center

8:00 AM
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties Evolution of Intermediate Temperature Sensitized Al-Mg Alloys: Justin Brosi¹; Dingqiang Li¹; Hala Hassan²; Adel El-Shabasy²; John Lewandowski¹; ¹Case Western Reserve University; ²Ain Shams University


8:20 AM
Modeling and Simulation of the Impact Response of Maraging Steel Linear Cellular Alloys for Structural Energetic Material Applications: Adam Jakus¹; David Fredenburg¹; Tammy McCoy¹; Joe Cochran¹; Naresh Thadhani¹; ¹Georgia Institute of Technology

8:40 AM

Temperature Effects on Optical Spectroscopy of Carbon Nanotubes: Adonay Jimenez¹, Diana Gaviria¹; Seetha Raghavan¹: ¹University of Central Florida

9:00 AM
Variation of Hardness and Fracture Toughness with Density for Fully Stablized Zirconia: Andrew Kulp¹; ¹Virginia Tech

9:20 AM
Recycling cathodic material in alkaline batteries to produce cryptomelane structures: Kristen Monroe¹; Melinda Nagle¹; Pavel Olyunin¹; Daniel Van Oss¹; Mark Krekeler¹; ¹Miami University

9:40 AM Break

10:00 AM
Studies of magnetic properties, magnetoresistance and Hall Effect in Ni nanoparticles in noble metal thin film matrices: Aditi Bhattacharjee¹; Vikram Verma¹; Dhananjay Kumar¹; ¹North Carolina A & T State Univ

10:20 AM
The dynamics and rheology of a periodically forced neutrally buoyant spheroidal particle in a quiescent Newtonian fluid at low Reynolds numbers: Priyank Kumar¹; Madhukar K²; Ramamohan T R²; Shivakumara I S³; ¹Indian Institute of Technology, Madras; ²CSIR - Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation (C-MMACS); ³UGC - Centre for Advanced Studies in Fluid Mechanics, Department of Mathematics, Bangalore University, Bangalore

10:40 AM
The Design of a High Temperature, Creep-Resistant, Heater Rod: Laura-Jean Lucca¹; Denton Reel¹; Justin Savrock¹; Nicholas Virbinsky¹; Paul Howell¹; ¹Penn State University