Adam Church

Thesis Title: Effect of Vanadium-Nitrides on Acicular Ferrite Formation and Toughness in the Heat-Affected Zone of HSLA Steel Plate

Degree Plan: Doctorate of Philosophy
Completion: December 2025
Group: Plate and Hot Rolled Steels
Steel Center Student Since: Sept. 2021

Bio: Adam graduated from the Colorado School of Mines in December 2021 with a B.S. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering before joining the ASPPRC in January 2022 as a graduate student. Prior to this, he had begun this project in September 2021 as an undergraduate research assistant with the Center. He has interned with the Metallurgy Lab at Oregon Tool.

Email: church@mines.edu
Office: HH 250