The Advanced Materials Design Group — Highlights https://amdg.science The Advanced Materials Design Group (AMDG) at The University of Tulsa designs, manufactures, and characterizes high-performance materials for load-bearing and heat-resistant applications in aerospace, energy, medicine, and beyond. en-us Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT In collaboration with the Keller and Ramsurn groups, our paper on the effects of filler size on the curing… https://amdg.science/publications/2026-latheef-filler-size-preceramic/ https://amdg.science/#highlight-2026-07-14-In collaboration with th Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry.]]> publication In collaboration with the Keller group, our paper on blue light for improved digital image correlation was… https://amdg.science/publications/2026-schell-blue-light-dic/ https://amdg.science/#highlight-2026-07-10-In collaboration with th Fri, 10 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Experimental Mechanics.]]> publication In collaboration with several teams around the world, our paper on best practices for scanning electron… https://amdg.science/publications/2026-tucker-sem-dic-round-robin/ https://amdg.science/#highlight-2026-06-25-In collaboration with se Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Experimental Mechanics.]]> publication Keri Sharp earned her M.S. (ALD fiber coatings for C/SiC ceramic-matrix composites) and is headed to… https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2026-05-01-Keri Sharp earned her M. Fri, 01 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT thesis In collaboration with the Keller and Ramsurn groups, our data-driven study of preceramic polymers for SiC… https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaenm.6c00354 https://amdg.science/#highlight-2026-05-01-In collaboration with th Fri, 01 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT ACS Applied Engineering Materials.]]> publication We are grateful and honored to receive an Office of Naval Research award (Aerospace Materials and… https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2026-05-01-We are grateful and hono Fri, 01 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT project Parker Green was awarded a 2026 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Parker is headed to the Colorado School… https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2026-04-01-Parker Green was awarded Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT award In collaboration with G.RAU Inc., our paper on the microstructural analysis of inclusions in six Nitinol… https://doi.org/10.1007/s13632-026-01325-3 https://amdg.science/#highlight-2026-03-01-In collaboration with G. Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT Metallography, Microstructure, and Analysis.]]> publication In collaboration with the Keller and Ramsurn groups, our paper on the thermal curing of an… https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.70559 https://amdg.science/#highlight-2026-01-01-In collaboration with th Thu, 01 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT Journal of the American Ceramic Society.]]> publication Parker Green took first prize at the M.R. Mitchell Student Presentation Forum at the 23rd International… https://www.astm.org/news/nextgen-fatigue-and-fracture-symposium-wise-program https://amdg.science/#highlight-2025-11-01-Parker Green took first Sat, 01 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT award In collaboration with Keller and Ramsurn groups, our review on hybrid processing for SiC-matrix CMCs is… https://amdg.science/publications/2025-porobic-sic-cmc-hybrid-review/ https://amdg.science/#highlight-2025-11-01-In collaboration with Ke Sat, 01 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT Ceramics International.]]> publication Michael Lester defended his M.S. thesis on functionally graded Ti-Nb-Cu alloys by directed energy… https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2025-07-01-Michael Lester defended Tue, 01 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT thesis Parker Green took first prize from among 25 students at the Oklahoma Research Day at the Capitol. Well… https://utulsa.edu/news/two-utulsa-undergraduates-advance-to-compete-in-2025-research-day-at-the-capitol/ https://amdg.science/#highlight-2025-04-01-Parker Green took first Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT award Our paper on sintered Ti-6Al-4V is published in Experimental Mechanics. https://amdg.science/publications/2025-devine-bmd-ti64/ https://amdg.science/#highlight-2025-04-01-Our paper on sintered Ti Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT Experimental Mechanics.]]> publication Evan Isbell's Battery Smarts work on public knowledge and habits of charging lithium-ion cells is… https://amdg.science/publications/2025-isbell-battery-smarts/ https://amdg.science/#highlight-2025-03-01-Evan Isbell's Battery Sm Sat, 01 Mar 2025 12:00:00 GMT IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society.]]> publication In collaboration with Sangid group from Purdue, our paper on transient liquid phase smoothing is published… https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2025.113689 https://amdg.science/#highlight-2025-02-01-In collaboration with Sa Sat, 01 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT Materials & Design.]]> publication Eathan Devine defended his M.S. thesis, The thermal and mechanical properties of an additive-manufactured… https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2024-12-01-Eathan Devine defended h Sun, 01 Dec 2024 12:00:00 GMT thesis We received a NASA Oklahoma Research Initiation Grant for Precise Oxide Dispersion via Coated Metal Powders. https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2024-11-01-We received a NASA Oklah Fri, 01 Nov 2024 12:00:00 GMT project We are grateful and honored to be a part of a team at The University of Tulsa working on a $1.25M project… https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2024-10-01-We are grateful and hono Tue, 01 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT project Kendall Yetter defended his M.S. thesis, A Surface Remelting Technique for Smoothing AM Surfaces. Kendall… https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2024-04-01-Kendall Yetter defended Mon, 01 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMT thesis We are grateful and honored to be a part of a team at The University of Tulsa working on a $1.5M project… https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2024-04-01-We are grateful and hono Mon, 01 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMT project We are grateful and honored to receive an NSF CAREER award, titled Understanding and controlling the… https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2024-01-01-We are grateful and hono Mon, 01 Jan 2024 12:00:00 GMT project Nathan Rendon was selected as the winner of the CVID 2023 conference student presentation competition.… https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2023-10-01-Nathan Rendon was select Sun, 01 Oct 2023 12:00:00 GMT award Jackson Habrock was selected as a University of Tulsa 2023 Top 10 Senior. Congrats, Jackson! https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2023-10-01-Jackson Habrock was sele Sun, 01 Oct 2023 12:00:00 GMT award We are grateful and honored to lead a team of researchers for a new first-of-kind in-SEM mechanical… https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2023-08-01-We are grateful and hono Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:00:00 GMT project We are grateful and honored to be a part of a team at the University of Tulsa working on a project titled… https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2022-12-01-We are grateful and hono Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:00:00 GMT project We are grateful and honored to be a part of a NASA 2022 ESI team with Jerard Gordon (PI, Umich), Wenda Tan… https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2022-11-01-We are grateful and hono Tue, 01 Nov 2022 12:00:00 GMT project Megan Hernadi was selected as a University of Tulsa 2022 Top 10 Freshman. Congrats, Megan! https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2022-10-01-Megan Hernadi was select Sat, 01 Oct 2022 12:00:00 GMT award Kendall Yetter was selected as the champion in the University of Siegen Science Slam and won a two-week… https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2022-03-01-Kendall Yetter was selec Tue, 01 Mar 2022 12:00:00 GMT award We are grateful and honored to be a part of a team at the University of Tulsa working on a project titled… https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2021-10-01-We are grateful and hono Fri, 01 Oct 2021 12:00:00 GMT project Malia Aurigemma and her "Battery Smarts" project—which builds upon the foundation from Evan Isbell's… https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2021-08-01-Malia Aurigemma and her Sun, 01 Aug 2021 12:00:00 GMT feature Victoria Tucker defended her M.S. thesis, Interlaboratory Round Robin Study of Errors and Best Practices… https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2021-04-01-Victoria Tucker defended Thu, 01 Apr 2021 12:00:00 GMT thesis We are grateful and honored to be selected as one of the Defense Established Program to Stimulate… https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2021-04-01-We are grateful and hono Thu, 01 Apr 2021 12:00:00 GMT project Evan Isbell was one of 21 students selected from around Oklahoma to present at the 26th annual Research… https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2021-03-01-Evan Isbell was one of 2 Mon, 01 Mar 2021 12:00:00 GMT award We are grateful and honored to be selected for the 2021 SMST Founders' Grant to pursue our work on Zooming… https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2021-03-01-We are grateful and hono Mon, 01 Mar 2021 12:00:00 GMT project We are grateful and honored to be selected as one of the 2020 Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Grant… https://amdg.science/#highlights https://amdg.science/#highlight-2020-11-01-We are grateful and hono Sun, 01 Nov 2020 12:00:00 GMT project