Lab News 

Feb 25th, 2025: Middle School Mentee Awarded Second Place in Louisiana Region VII Science & Engineering Fair 2025

Middle schooler Brantley Hulsey spent November 2024 through February 2025 working on a ceramic slip casting project under the guidance of Dr. Marvel and Emma McCarthy. He was awarded second place in the science fair and a nomination to go to the national level. We couldn't be more proud of this accomplishment! 

November 21st, 2024: Vipul Jain Awarded First Place for Poster Presentation at LSU International Research Fair.

Postdoctoral researcher Vipul Jain presented a poster on Reactive Nitride Based Composite Coatings via Atmospheric Plasma Spray for prevention from hydrogen permeation and studied using SEM, EDS and TEM. Austin Knight and Landon Dorman worked with Vipul on the APS system, and Vipul made first place in presenting their work and results. 

October 2024: New Project - NSF FuSe2

Our new project led by Prof. Anthony Engler (LSU ChemE) with Prof. Phil Sprunger (LSU Physics) and Prof. Revati Kumar (LSU Chemistry) has begun.

August 2024: Rashed Mia Joined Team as PhD Student.

Rashed Mia completed his BS in Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the University of Dhaka (DU) and an MS in Materials Chemistry from the University of South Dakota (USD), where his thesis focused on binary-phase NiO-TiO2 heterojunction nanocrystals for photocatalytic H2O2 formation.  

July 2024: Vipul Jain Joined Team as Postdoctoral Researcher.

Vipul Jain made team history in becoming our first postdoctoral researcher! He joined the team following the completion of his PhD in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science at Indian Institute of Technology, Indore.