MST e-News

Spring 2022 (pdf)

In this issue:

• Jeremy Mitchell: rock hound turned plutonium sleuth
• From Ellen's desk
• Cady recognized for professional society service
• Developing innovative materials technology to advance state of the nation's stockpile
• HeadsUP!
• Celebrating service
• Inclusivity tip

Fall 2021 (pdf)

In this issue

• Meghan Gibbs recognized with 2021 ASM Bronze Medal Award
• From Ellen's Desk
• Rodgers awarded DOE NNSA graduate fellowship
• Banerjee accepted to RSC; named outstanding peer reviewer
• Beaux earns early career award for innovative research
• Euser recognized for Science in "3" presentation
• Uberuaga named LANL Fellow
• Machine learning aids discovery of new double perovskite oxides
• Measuring sub-surface corrosion in plutonium storage containers
• Recognizing commitment to worker environment, safety, security
• HeadsUP!
• Celebrating service

Spring 2021 (pdf)

In this issue

• Joseph Torres: Mastering the art of the endgame in response to new and emerging national security threats
• From Ellen's Desk
• Leveraging multiscale simulations to predict fission gas release from advanced nuclear fuel
• Imaging breakthrough of plastic-bonded explosives
• MST news roundup
• HeadsUP!
• Celebrating service

Fall 2020 (pdf)

In this issue

• Rod McCabe: Zooming in to get the big picture on materials performance
• From Ellen's desk
• From Rachel's desk
• Staff recognized for distinguished performance
• Blas Uberuaga named APS Fellow
• Integrated approach accelerates nuclear fuel development and qualification
• Ion sputtering’s role examined in quest to develop atomic resolution images of plutonium
• HeadsUP!
• Celebrating service

Summer 2020 (pdf)

In this issue

• Cassie Reese: Leading by example
• From Ellen's desk
• Wang, Hattar edit issue on helium effects on materials in extreme environments
• New capabilities for pit surveillance
• Simple hydrogen approach offers new opportunities to develop Ga₂O₃ as a material for bipolar transistors
• HeadsUP!
• Celebrating service

Winter 2020 (pdf)

In this issue:

• Joseph Anderson: Using precision science to maintain the stockpile
• From Ellen's desk
• Advances in aerial payload vessels: Spherical aerogel shells hold vacuum
• New materials deformation details emerge through combination of neutron and high-energy x-ray diffraction measurements
• Hans Herrmann named 2019 APS Fellow
• HeadsUP!
• Celebrating service