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Microstructural Characterization & Small Scale Mechanics Lab

Texas A&M University College of Engineering

Research

Current Projects:

– Improving radiation response of solid-state interfaces via control of curvature. (Demkowicz and Xie, DOE-BES)
– CAREER: Dislocation-level understanding of shear banding in magnesium and magnesium alloys. (Xie, NSF-DMR)
– Collaborative Research: Solute Cluster Strengthening Mechanism. (Hu and Xie, NSF-DMR)
– Triad: Hydrogen retention in nanocomposites. (Demkowicz and Xie, LANL National Lab Office)
– TEM Analysis of Stage 3 and Stage 4 Work-hardening Behavior. (Lavernia and Xie, Sandia National Lab)

Past Projects:

– CINT Research Initiative Program. (Xie, Sandia National Lab, June 2024 – August 2024)
– Understanding the Deformation Mechanism of Face-Centered-Cubic Metals. (Xie, Army Research Office, April 2023 – June 2024)
– A brain-inspired approach to energy efficient information processing: AI on the fly. (Banerjee, Williams, Shamberger, Qian, Pharr, Xie, et al., TAMU X-Grant, September 2020 – August 2023)
– Characterization of the cracking behavior of shale under contact loading. (Xie, ACS-PFR, September 2021 – August 2023)
– Understanding the interplay of precipitates and dislocation on the reversible martensitic transformation in cyclically actuated NiTiHf shape memory alloys. (Xie and Karaman, NSF-DMR, September 2020 – August 2023)
– Materials and manufacturing for the army of the future. (Srivastava, Karaman, Sukhishvili, Shamberger, Naraghi, Arroyave, Elwany, and Xie, DOD-Army Research Laboratory, September 2019 – August 2021)
– Grain Boundary Engineering of Boron Carbide. (Xie, Subcontract from Johns Hopkins University, July  2017 – June 2020)
– Experimental Characterization of Deformation Mechanism in Magnesium Rare Earth Alloys. (Hemker and Xie, NSF-DMR, July 2017 – June 2020)

Funding Agencies

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  • 2023/1/26 Farewell Peter and wish you all the best at LLNL

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