Education & Learning

This category is for any blog post that involves a Loewy Institute group member sharing a tutorial, lecture, etc.–as well as for any short course offered by a member of the Loewy Institute.

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Jacob Nyholm Mountaintop Experience 2023 Week 1: The Start of a Journey

     Over the course of the first week, the foundations for the Metals Recycling and Sustainability project were laid. In order to promote team collaboration, I created a team folder to hold our notes, important documents, and links to helpful websites and articles. This shared space will allow us to more effectively communicate ideas and […]

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Gaby Ramirez Mountaintop Experience 2023 Week 1: Circuits Reborn

     Throughout this week I focused primarily on research with E-waste recycling, specifically on recycling PCBs (printed circuit boards). During this time, I developed a better understanding of the practices that are generally used in E-waste recycling, as well as the many processes involved in recycling PCBs. By recycling PCBs, we can recover the important

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Loewy Institute Graduate Researcher Michael Pires Presents at ESAFORM 2023 on EBSD Use for Aluminum Extrusion Metal Flow Analysis

     From April 19th to April 21st, 2023, the ESAFORM 2023 conference took place in Kraków, Poland at the AGH University of Science and Technology. Loewy Institute Graduate Researcher and PhD candidate in Materials Science & Engineering, Michael Pires, presented research conducted alongside collaborator Jacek Madura on the use of Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) for

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Loewy Institute and University of Aveiro Researchers’ Article “Hot Forging Die Design Optimization Using FEM Analysis for Near-Net Forming of 18CrNiMo7-6 Steel Pinion Shaft” Published in Metals 13(4)

     Former Loewy Institute researcher Dr. Nijenthan Rajendran, alongside Loewy Institute research colleague Dr. Charles Chemale Yurgel and Loewy Institute Director Professor Wojciech Misiolek–and in conjuction with Dr. Ricardo Alves de Sousa of University of Aveiro’s Center for Mechanical Technology and Automation–have published the article “Hot Forging Die Design Optimization Using FEM Analysis for Near-Net

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PowderMet2023 Grants (Michael Pires: MPIF, Conner Larocque: NSF)

Loewy Institute Graduate Researcher Michael Pires Awarded 2023 MPIF Grant & Loewy Institute Undergraduate Researcher Conner Larocque Awarded 2023 NSF Grant, for PowderMet2023

     Please join us in congratulating Loewy Institute graduate researcher Michael Pires and Loewy Institute undergraduate researcher Conner Larocque on winning a 2023 MPIF Grant and 2023 NSF Grant, respectively, for the PowderMet2023 Conference!       Additional information regarding the grants can be found below, from the MPIF website: “The National Science Foundation (NSF), Center for

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Loewy Institute Undergraduate Researcher Kazuki Watanabe PowderMet2022 Reflections Featured in International Journal of Powder Metallurgy

     Loewy Institute Undergraduate Researcher Kazuki Watanabe was featured in the Summer 2022 issue (Volume 58, No. 3, 2022) of International Journal of Powder Metallurgy, in their “Conference Reflections” section.       Kazuki shared his experiences at PowderMet2022 as an attendee and recipient of a Poweder2022 grant.       Read Kazuki’s feature below:

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Loewy Institute Director Dr. Wojciech Misiolek Receives Lehigh University’s 2022 Hillman Faculty Award

     Loewy Institute Director, Professor Wojciech Misiolek, is the recipient of the Lehigh University 2022 Hillman Faculty Award.           Nominations for the Hillman Faculty Award award are put forth by current faculty members, and recipients are those who “have distiguished themselves through long-term excellence or service to the institution” (Lehigh Awards Description).      Please join

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Loewy Institute Graduate Researcher Michael Pires Presents Research on Challenges Associated with Standard and Micro-Additive Manufactured 316L and 17-4PH Stainless Steel Components Produced by Binder Jetting, Digital Light Processing, and Selective Laser Melting at TMS2022

     TMS (The Minerals, Metals,  & Materials Society) held their annual conference from February 27th to March 3rd 2022, at the Anaheim Convention Center & Anaheim Marriott in Anaheim, CA. This year’s TMS conference marked the 150th conference held by the organization, which has been in existence since 1871.      Loewy Institute Graduate Researcher Michael

Loewy Institute Graduate Researcher Michael Pires Presents Research on Challenges Associated with Standard and Micro-Additive Manufactured 316L and 17-4PH Stainless Steel Components Produced by Binder Jetting, Digital Light Processing, and Selective Laser Melting at TMS2022 Read More »

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Loewy Institute Researchers Recipients of 2022 National Science Foundation Grants for PowderMet2022 & AMPM2022 to be held June 12-15 in Portland, OR

     Please join us in extending our congratulations to Loewy Institute graduate researchers Mahsa Navidirad and Chia-chun Chao and undergraduate researchers Cole Kuehmann and Kazuki Watanabe for receiving 2022 National Science Foundation (NSF) Student Grants. Kazuki was also the recipient of a 2022 Center for Powder Metallurgy Clayton Family Foundation scholarship; you can read a

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Undergraduate Research Assistant Kazuki Watanabe Receives CPMT Scholarship

     The Clayton Family Scholarship for Studies in Powder Metallurgy was created in 2000 and is awarded annually to 5 universities. Recently, Loewy Institute undergraduate researcher Kazuki Watanabe was notified that he would be one of the recipients of the 2021 CPMT scholarship.      We spoke with Kazuki about the CPMT scholarship process, his

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