2021 Virtual Undergraduate Research Symposium
2021 Virtual Undergraduate Research Symposium
INTERDIFFUSION BARRIER FOR MULTI-MATERIAL STRUCTURES
INTERDIFFUSION BARRIER FOR MULTI-MATERIAL STRUCTURES
3RD PLACE ORAL TALK
PROJECT NUMBER: 76 | AUTHOR: Caroline Turner, Mechanical Engineering
MENTOR: Zhenzhen Yu, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
ABSTRACT
Due to differences in thermal, physical, and chemical properties, we have historically been bound to joining similar materials to one another. However, as the world of engineering continues to advance, there needs to be a way to join dissimilar materials to harness the desired properties of aerospace and automotive companies. Using a promising approach of multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs), there is hope to determine a thermodynamically, kinetically, and mechanically compatible alloy for which can join two dissimilar materials for wide-spread use between desired materials.
PRESENTATION
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Caroline Turner is a third year Mechanical Engineering student with specific interests in pursuing her master’s in Mechanical Engineering with a specific interest in Solid Mechanics. Currently, she is doing research in the MME department under Dr. Zhenzhen Yu, Benjamin Schneiderman, and Tushar Telmasre. Over the past eight months, she has broadened her practical lab knowledge and has learned how to do hardness testing, tensile testing, prepare material to be arc-melted, operated a vacuum furnace, and prep metallographic samples. In the future, she would like to do more mechanical testing and perhaps pursue more research in the realm of solid mechanics, rather than metallurgical and materials engineering.
Caroline, Great presentation! The amount of research you have conducted is impressive. One aspect of your investigation that caught my attention is the use of a handheld XRF device. Have you compared the results you measure with your handheld XRF with results from other methods, including the XRF unit in the Critical Materials lab in Hill Hall?
Again – great job!
Thank you Terry, I appreciate it! I actually have not compared said results with other methods, however I am unaware if there was some sort of validation system in place outside of what I was aware of. If not, I will definitely consider doing that with the alloy we are currently working on!