Bárbara Bellón has received the Acta Student Award for her primary contribution to the paper: B. Bellón, A. K. Boukellal, T. Isensee, O. M. Wellborn, K. P. Trumble, M. J. M. Krane, M. S. Titus, D. Tourret, J. LLorca. Multiscale
The thesis was advised by Prof. Javier LLorca and Dr. María Teresa Pérez-Prado and obtained the highest qualification “sobresaliente cum laude”. Clara is already working as a R&D engineer at Arcelor-Mittal. Congratulations to Clara.
She will work under the supervision of Dr. Abild-Pedersen (co-director of SUNCAT) and Dr. Kirsten Winther (staff scientists) on the development of machine learning algorithms to predict the effect of elastic strains on the catalytic properties of inter metallic compounds.
Sha, Maral and Javier in the Ashmolean museum in Oxford. They attended the 18th European Mechanics of Materials Conference in Oxford and gave the following talks: “First principles prediction of Al-Cu, Al-Li and Al-Cu-Li phase diagrams”. S. Liu, J. LLorca.
The editors of Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics have selected our recent paper “Understanding the effect of mechanical strains on the catalytic activity of transition metals”, published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24, 4832–4842, 2022, as a Hot Paper and will
Dr. José Manuel Guevara has obtained the Juan de la Cierva Fellowship (formation) from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and has joined IMDEA Materials as a post-doctoral research associate. Dr. Guevara research will be focussed in the application
The doctoral thesis of Gustavo Esteban-Manzanares, entitled “Atomistic modeling of the strengthening mechanisms in FCC and HCP metals”, has obtained the Award of the Technical University of Madrid to the best doctoral thesis. The thesis was advised by Prof. J.
The poster entitled “The effect of mechanical strains on the catalytic activity of transition metals for the hydrogen evolution and the oxygen reduction reactions” by Carmen Martínez-Alonso, José Manuel Guevara-Vela and Javier LLorca has been elected by the audience as
Materials Research Letters is a high impact, open access journal on the engineering and technology of materials, materials physics and chemistry and novel and emergent materials. Javier LLorca has been appointed editor in charge of the papers dealing with mechanics
The Spanish Supercomputing Network has awarded two research projects to the Mechanics of Materials Research group. The Network will provide 1.69 million of CPU hours to carry out both projects. The first project entitled “Prediction of the phase-diagram of metallic
The thesis was supervised by Prof. Javier LLorca and Prof. Javier Segurado and has obtained the highest grade “Sobresaliente cum laude” together with the international mention, as Rodrigo carried out part of his thesis work at Los Alamos National Laboratory
The Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne National Laboratory (USA) has approved one research project entitled “Design of catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction by means of elastic strain engineering”. Pt is the best catalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction,
The doctoral thesis of Jingya Wang, entitled “High throughput investigation of diffusion and solid solution hardening of HCP Mg alloys”, has obtained the Award of the Technical University of Madrid to the best doctoral thesis. The thesis was advised by
National Geographic has featured our recent paper on the manufacturing and characterization of porous Mg scaffolds fabricated by 3D printing for bone implants. https://www.nationalgeographic.com.es/ciencia/crean-estructura-biodegradable-impresa-3d-para-regenerar-huesos-rotos_16102
Carmen Martínez has obtained the FPU fellowship from the Ministry of Universities to carry out her doctoral studies under the supervision of Prof. J. LLorca. Carmen’s thesis will be devoted to modify the catalytic properties of metallic alloys through the
Prof. Javier LLorca has been appointed Executive Editor of Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, one of the leading international, peer-reviewed journals in materials modelling. The journal, published by the Institute of Physics, publishes original research work that
The thesis was supervised by Prof. Javier LLorca and Dr. Ilchat Sabirov and has obtained the highest grade “Sobresaliente cum laude” together with the international mention, as Bárbara carried out part of her thesis work at Purdue University. Congratulations to
The resources of the Spanish Supercomputing Network will be used to determine the phase diagrams of the Al-Cu, Al-Li and Al-Cu-Li systems, with particular emphasis in the Al-rich region because of its technological interest to develop high strength, low density
