Graduate research assistants (GRA) openings: Students already admitted to graduate school at UIUC in the Materials Science Department (here is how) or Aerospace Engineering Department or the Mechanical Engineering Department, please reach out to Dr. Charpagne via email. Previous experience working with metallic materials or electron microscopy is ideal. Coding skills (Python, VTK) is a plus. Please also consider applying to a fellowship, there are lots of opportunities.
Master Students are encouraged to reach out. We typically support MS candidates through MSE’s “Independent Study” for credit hours. For Fall 2024, we are seeking candidates to lead the following projects:
- High strain rate deformation. This project includes synthesis via AM, mechanical testing, and post-mortem microstructure characterization using electron microscopy.
- Computational project on 3D data analysis of AM materials. We are seeking a person interested in Python/code development/3D rendering.
So far, all MS candidates who have graduated left our laboratory with a published peer-reviewed article in a leading journal in the field of physical metallurgy, either as first author, or as a co-author.
Undergraduate students. We are always looking for motivated students, sophomore year or more, with interest in experimental work, image processing (ImageJ, Matlab, Python, CV), or with coding skills. Reach out anytime to sign up for independent study within our group.