Monthly Archives: June 2011

Alex leads the Thai Harvest Initiative

PhD student Alex Moseson is currently implementing a patent-pending rice planting device in rural Thailand – the culmination of two years of work led by Alex and with the invaluable support of a senior design team, a church, an NGO, … Continue reading

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Supercomputers for MAX phases

Dr. Michel Barsoum (PI), in collaboration with Linkoping University, has been awarded a Research Allocation for supercomputer units through Texas Advanced Computer Center (TACC)! The computer time is for Ranger and Lonestar, which are clusters on TACC’s High Performance Computing … Continue reading

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MAX Phases and Li-Ion Batteries

PhD student Michael Abdelmalak got a training on the synthesis and characterization of Li-ion batteries from Prof. Patrice Simon’s group at Université Paul Sabatier in France. The training took place May 16-20. For more information on Li-ion batteries go to … Continue reading

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