Experimental Measurements of Grain Boundary Segregation in Binary Alloys

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[HIGH-ENERGY BALL-MILLING / THERMAL ANNEALING / X-RAY DIFFRACTION]
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Helen Ann Burgarella Research Fellowship recipient · Summer 2025.

[RESEARCH]
[RESEARCH]
  • Fabricated nanocrystalline Cu-Au alloys via high-energy ball-milling and controlled thermal annealing to study equilibrium segregation.
  • Performed x-ray diffraction to measure lattice parameters and grain size, and analyze structural evolution in binary alloy systems.
  • Calculated grain boundary compositions, creating a high-volume experimental dataset for model validation.
  • Developing predictive models for nanocrystalline stability to improve properties like thermal resilience and corrosion resistance.
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