Dr. Leslie T. Mushongera

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Education:

Dr Mushongera finished his PhD in Materials Science & Engineering from the University of Bayreuth (2016). He also holds Master and Bachelor degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Dalarna University (2009) and St. Petersburg State Technological University (2008), respectively. He was also a post-doctoral research assistant (2017-2018) in the Advanced Computational Materials and Experimental Evaluation Lab at the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University. He was also a post-doctoral research assistant (2016-2017) at (Institute of Applied Materials) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology & (Institute of Digital Materials Science) Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences. ​His core research involves the development and application of mesoscopic modeling approaches and their integration with continuum approaches for both fundamental and applied research in materials science.

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Interests:

• Phase-field modeling, Crystal plasticity finite element, Dislocation dynamics, CALPHAD

• Materials for application in extreme environments

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Honors and Awards​:

• German Research Foundation  (DFG)  Postdoctoral Fellowship (2016-2017)

• German Research Foundation (DFG) Ph.D. Scholarship (2013-2016)

• Materials Research Society (MRS) Junior Researcher Scholarship (2012)

                            Graduate Research Assistants:

Wenye Ye

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Education:

2018 –: Graduate Research Assistant, University of Nevada, Reno 

2017:    MSc in Materials Science and Simulation, Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Materials                               Simulation (ICAMS), Ruhr-Univerisität Bochum, Germany

2005:    Diploma (B.E.) in Material Chemistry, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China

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Research Focus:

Crystal plasticity finite element modeling, fracture mechanics, micromechanics of deformation & damage, material fatigue, machine learning. 

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Publications:

• Wenye Ye, Panos Efthymiadis, Christophe Pinna, Anxin Ma, Barbara Shollock, Richard Dashwood. Experimental and modelling study of fatigue crack initiation in an aluminium beam with a hole under 4-point bending. International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2018.

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Education:

2019 –:

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Research Focus:

Phase-field modeling. 

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Michael Bending

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Education:

2018 –: MSc/Graduate Research Assistant, University of Nevada, Reno 

2017:    B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering w/ Materials Science emphasis

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Focus:

Phase-field modeling. 

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                     Undergraduate Students:

Najwa Jabir

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Education:

2016-: BSc in Chemical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno

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Focus:

Phase-field modeling, Co-base superalloys  

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