Author Archives: Michel

Babak Anasori and Dr. Michel Barsoum will be giving talks at the upcoming Materials Science and Technology 2011 Conference & Exhibition, to be held October 16-20, 2011 in Columbus, Ohio. They will be giving talks several talks on nanoindentation techniques. … Continue reading →

PhD student Babak Anasori’s image has made it to the front cover of Advanced Materials (Volume 23, Issue 37). The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image shows graphene-like 2D crystals of Ti3C2 called MXene. The full article, published in that issue, … Continue reading →

MAX phase group members Michael Naguib, Justin Griggs, Nina Lane, and Abe Crook ran a ceramics lab for the 2-day course on materials for emerging technologies. The course took place September 14-15, 2011. For more information go here.

Members of the MAX phase group, the Drexel Nanotechnology Institute, and The Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology at Linköping University have published a new article in Advanced Materials on their high impact research in the area of Two-Dimensional Nanocrystals. … Continue reading →

Babak Anasori’s “MAX Dragon” image is now one of the rotating images on the American Physcial Society homepage, www.aps.org! Click the image above to be directed to the MAX Dragon page on the APS website.

Congratulations to Michael Naguib! He successfully passed his PhD Candidacy August 18, 2011. See his abstract here.

PhD students Babak Anasori and Michael Naguib win second place for their poster entitled “Scanning Electron Microscopy of Two Dimensional Ti3C2 Layers” in the International Metallographic contest 2011! Second Place Class 4: Electron Microscopy Scanning “Scanning Electron Microscopy of Two … Continue reading →

PhD student Babak Anasori won in two categories in the International Metallographic contest 2011! His artistic images “Cave,” which was microscopy performed on Michael Naguib’s work, and the famous “MAX Dragon” both won first place in their class. The winning … Continue reading →

Summer REU student Natalie Klotz won first place among all the Sensors posters in the REU poster contest Thursday, August 12! Her poster is entitled “Property Changes of Polymer Composites Reinforced with Ti3SiC2.” The co-authors are PhD student Shan Chen … Continue reading →

PhD student Nina Lane attended the International Conference on Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials (THERMEC) in Québec City, Canada, August 1-5, 2011. Thanks to an International Travel Award through the Office of International Programs as well as a student … Continue reading →