

6/13/2025: Anuraag’s new paper published
Ultrahigh-Strain-Rate Mechanical Properties of Polystyrene near the Glass Transition Temperature by Anuraag Gangineri Padmanaban, Takumi Uchiyama, Jonathan P. Rothstein, James J. Watkins and Jae-Hwang …

6/5/2025: Group members in MIE picnic
Iremnur, Doa, and Prof. Lee took a drone shot in the MIE annual picnic.

5/22/2025: Group dinner
Professor Lee and four PhD students (Zongling, Anuraag, Iremnur, and Doa) enjoyed a post-semester NEL dinner at Gohyang Korean restaurant.

5/16/2025: Sacchita’s graduaton
Congratulations, Dr. Sacchita Tiwari!Wishing you continued success on the next chapter of your journey!

04/29/2025: Sacchita defends her dissertation!
Huge congratulations to Sacchita on successfully finishing her PhD dissertation defense! Time to celebrate all that hard work!

03/18/2025: Iremnur and Prof. Lee at U of Alabama
Iremnur and Prof. Lee visited University of Alabama at Birmingham for the DOE-NNSA program review.

02/15/2025: Sevak joins our group
Sevak Glorikian joins our research group for his undergraduate research focusing on the optimization of Argon ion polishing. Welcome to NEL!

1/3/2025: Prof. Didem Ovali joins NEL
Prof. Didem Ovali Dondas joins the NEL as a visiting scholor. She is an assistant professor at Osmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversites, Türkiye, …

01/02/2025: Congrats Doa!
Doa is a recipient of the MIE fellowship for Spring 2025.