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Hamidreza Mohseni recently attended a topical conference sponsored by the Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC) in November 2009 in Albuquerque NM.  He presented an oral talk on the outcomes of a research project titled "Improvement in Thermal and Wear Resistance of Carbon/Carbon Composites by Infiltration of ZrO2 with Atomic Layer Deposition."  For his efforts, he was subsequently awarded $5000 scholarship from The Helen and Rolf Illsley fund of the Society of Vacuum Coaters Foundation.  This highly competitive scholarship is granted to two graduate students annually.  Hamidreza has also been invited to attend the 2011 SVC Technical conference to show a poster presentation of his work.

More recently Hamidreza participated in a student poster contest that was held by Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) at their 2010 annual meeting in Las Vegas, NV.  Among the national and international 46 student poster entries, he received the highest level Platinum award ($150) for his superior scientific and presentation quality.  An extended abstract of his work will appear in the August issue of STLE’s Tribology and Lubrication Technology (TLT) magazine.

The University of North Texas YouTube Channel recently featured Materials Science and Engineering Senior Jeff Helstad. In the video Helstad talks about his research and mentors in the College of Engineering. Dr. Scharf and Dr. Srivilliputhur also make an appearance. (Watch Video)

Materials Science and Engineering Senior Jeff Helstad was featured in the November 27th issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education. With the science knowledge he has gained at UNT, he will be joining the National Guard in the Middle East next spring. He will be working with other researchers to study the effects of the hot desert sun on guns, armor, and other equipment. Good luck Jeff!

The Boards of Directors/Trustees of ACerS, AIST, ASM International and TMS have approved the chartering of a the new Material Advantage Chapter of University of North Texas. The chapter was founded on a membership fee donation by Dr. Nandika Anne D’Souza. The Material Advantage UNT Chapter currently has about 20 members with Arun Devaraj as the president and Dr. Jincheng Du as faculty adviser.The effort of the chapter has been focused on exploring the fun side of material science, which would educate the members and increase the awareness of material science field for members of the UNT campus and for the community including local high school students. An article about the chapter and the activities is published in the AIST iron steel technology August 2009 edition. A scanned copy of the news article can be found here. For details on the chapter activities and upcoming events refer to the web page www.orgs.unt.edu/MA . If you are interested to explore the fascinating world of material science contact any of the officers of Material advantage chapter and join us in our Fall 2009 general meetings. The chapter has a page in also on Facebook. In the coming semesters we are looking forward to expand and extent our outreach to the high schools in the near by area of UNT.

Materials Science and Engineering Senior Jeff Helstad has been featured on the UNT home page. With the science knowledge he has gained at UNT, he will be joining the National Guard in the Middle East next spring. He will be working with other researchers to study the effects of the hot desert sun on guns, armor, and other equipment. Good luck Jeff! (Read Article)

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