Overview
Nanocrystalline Alloys and Grain Boundary Engineering
Nanocrystalline alloys exhibit a wide range of both mechanical and functional properties that often exceed what is achievable at the microscale. However, they are often in unstable, nonequilibrium states due to a high concentration of grain boundaries that contribute to a large driving force for grain growth at the nanoscale.
Microparticle Impact
A wide range of interesting phenomena can occur when metallic particles impact metal surfaces at supersonic speeds, including adhesion, melting, cratering, erosion, and hydrodynamic shock-induced jetting. The Schuh group is systematically investigating high-speed microparticle impacts using a new real-time observation method that allows for direct nanosecond scale observation of the moment of impact, as well as finite-element modelling.
Shape Memory Materials
As a new emerging class of shape memory materials, shape memory ceramics offer unique properties that may not be achievable with their metallic counterparts; higher martensitic transformation temperatures with excellent oxidation resistance, higher transformation stresses, and higher work outputs than all currently existing actuators.
News
Postdoctoral Research Opportunity – Improving LIPIT platform in the Schuh Group
Posted September 30, 2024
We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher with a strong background in optics tojoin the Schuh Group at the Department of Materials Science...
Yannick Naunheim defends PhD thesis
Posted July 22, 2024
Congratulations Yannick Naunheim on defending his doctoral thesis on Alloys designed for rapid solid-state sintering!
Thomas Matson defends PhD thesis
Posted April 19, 2024
Congratulations Thomas Matson on defending his doctoral thesis on Phase-and-Defect Diagrams for Polycrystalline Grain Boundary Segregation!
The Boss is named Dean of Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science!
Posted January 22, 2024
Renowned researcher, entrepreneur, educator and alumnus will join Northwestern from MIT.
Nuthh Tuchinda defends PhD thesis
Posted July 31, 2023
Congratulations Nutth Tuchinda on defending his doctoral thesis on Polycrystalline Grain Boundary Solute Segregation at Finite Sizes and Temperatures!