Refractory Metal Alloys

Refractory alloys provide opportunities to increase operating temperatures of aerospace and nuclear materials. 

Researchers

Tresa Pollock

Research interests include the mechanical and environmental performance of materials in extreme environments, unique high temperature materials processing paths, ultrafast laser-material interactions, alloy design and 3-D materials characterization.

Sebastian Kube

  • Metallic Glasses
  • Refractory Multi-Principal Element Alloys
  • High-throughput experiments

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Carolina Frey

Carolina’s research interests include alloy design of refractory multi-principal element alloys (high entropy alloys), materials processing, high temperature materials, and developing new tools for rapid alloy design, including thermodynamic and machine learning based tools. 

Chiyo McMullin

Chiyo works on the design and development of refractory metal alloys. She enjoys spending time outdoors, sewing, and trying to learn how to surf.