Students

Sakshi, a doctoral student at UCI’s Materials Science and Engineering department, collaborates with the NSF-MRSEC team, exploring Complex Concentrated Alloys (CCAs). Her PhD focuses on CrCoNi FCC CCAs, renowned for outstanding mechanical properties at low temperatures. With a Bachelor’s in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Malaviya National Institute of Technology, India, she researched heating rates’ impact on cold-rolled low-carbon steels for her undergraduate thesis. In her free time, Sakshi enjoys acrylic painting, cooking, and reading.

Calvin obtained his M.S. degree in 2021 from UCI’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering, under Enrique J. Lavernia’s guidance, and is now pursuing a PhD in the same department. His research within the ACRC is backed by the UCI Center for Complex and Active Materials (CCAM), an NSF MRSEC. Calvin investigates refractory complex concentrated alloys (RCCAs), focusing on the impact of grain boundary segregation of impurities like oxygen, carbon, and boron on the ductilization of NbMoTaW RCCA. Outside of academia, Calvin enjoys cycling, driving, camping, and fly fishing.

Ryan Holdsworth earned his B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley and is now a doctoral student studying Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University.  His research focuses on understanding the work-hardening behavior of metals through a Kocks-Mecking model formulation.  This analysis aims to take a construction based upon first principles and see its use in engineering applications.  The focus of the research has been on additively manufactured metals to see if this method can be used to characterize the large variation in properties that can be seen through changes in the processing conditions.

Collaborators: Sandia National Laboratories, Diran Apelian Research Group – University of California, Irvine.