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January 21, 2021 Led by Jinwen Zhang, professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, researchers developed a recyclable material that is as strong as commonly used carbon-fiber composites and can also be broken down in very hot water within a pressure vessel. By Tina Hilding, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture A WSU research team has created a recyclable carbon-fiber reinforced composite that could eventually replace the non-recyclable version used in everything ...

Written by AZoMJan 21 2021 In a breakthrough achievement that needs cutting-edge technology, perseverance, and a great deal of caution, researchers have effectively utilized powerful X-rays to investigate irradiated nuclear fuel. 3D image reconstruction of a sample of irradiated fuel, showing the three thresholded uranium phases co-existing with pores. Image Credit: Maria Okuniewski/Purdue University. The imaging, headed by investigators from Purdue University and performed at the Argonne Nati...

+ The names of 13 new key appointees at the Presidency in President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s second term have been released. All the appointees are to undertake their duties in acting capacities, subject to consultation with the yet-to-be constituted Council of State. The list includes new entrant Dr Isaac Owusu Mensah as Director of Research who is replacing Victor Newman who recently passed on. Emmanuel Adumua-Bossman Other new entrants are Emmanuel Adumua-Bossman and Fawaz Aliu as the...

The following is a news release from the Idaho National Laboratory. Dr. Dong Ding, a senior staff researcher at Idaho National Laboratory, has been named an Asian American Most Promising Engineer. He is one of only four in the U.S. to be recognized this year with the honor. The Asian American Engineer of the Year […]

INL Engineer achieves national recognition AAEOY Dr. Dong Ding IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI)-An Idaho National Laboratory Senior staff researcher has been named as one of four “Asian American Most Promising Engineers.”   Dr. Dong Ding leads a group of researchers in electrochemical processing electrocatalysis for clean energy storage and conversion. The Asian American Engineer of the Year Awards have taken place since 2002 as part of the U.S. National Engineers Week.  It honors Asian America...

Australian Bauxite Ltd (ASX:ABX) Alcore Permanent CEO Appointment    FRA:A7B) is pleased to advise that Dr Mark Cooksey has permanently joined ABxs technology subsidiary ALCORE Limited (Alcore). Dr Cooksey was first appointed General Manager of Alcore (ASX 24 January 2020) and then CEO (ASX 24 August 2020), on a leave arrangement from Australias national science agency, CSIRO. This appointment is now permanent, and he will lead Alcores development and commercialisation of a new process fo...

New Mexico State University academic programs, scholarships and STEM programs in southeastern New Mexico have received support from a generous donation from Chevron’s Mid Continent Business Unit. A gift from Chevron is providing support for academic programs and scholarships at New Mexico State University Carlsbad and STEM programs in southeastern New Mexico. NMSU’s Chemical and Materials Engineering Department Head David Rockstraw and department faculty will connect w...

SAILing Through The Heights: Mr P.K Dash Bags Best ED Award (2020) SHARE Regional Engineering College, Rourkela or NIT Rourkela as we all know it today, has created many great leaders who play critical roles around the world. Such is Mr Prodyot Kumar Dash’s (PKD) story, a graduate of the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, class of 1981 who recently bagged the best ED(Works) in 2020. This dynamic personality is a celebrated alumnus and a stellar source of inspiration fo...

A Symposium Of Revolutionary Ideas: CPCM 2020 SHARE  -Albert Einstein We live in a material world. Following the industrial revolution, metals have formed the forefront of technology, and they have stayed there ever since. It is often said that material science is the foundation upon which today’s technology is based, and real-world applications would not be possible without them. On the same lines, the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NIT Rourkela successfully orga...

Episode Of Metallurgical Pre-eminence For NITR: Inception Of IIM Student Chapter SHARE Indian Institute of Metal - Rourkela Student Chapter in collaboration with NIT Rourkela and Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), SAIL.  Students of NIT Rourkela from any department with a keen interest in metallurgical and materials research can join the chapter apart from those already in the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering. The induction process has already started, and students from Dept. of M...