Reach out, it never hurts to drop a professor whose research you’re interested in an email. It is a very fun and encouraging experience that really helps give you a feel for what the professional environment holds
Johnathan Kowalski
Physics and Mathematics
Undergraduate Research in the Neighborhoods
The goal of Johnathan’s research project was to link short range ordering to the increase of ultimate tensile strength of the high entropy alloy HfNbTaTiZr. The research analysis was performed using molecular dynamics simulations replicating tensile deformation on the alloy. Uniaxial tension was applied at various strain rates to see how the stress tensor responded. Different configurations of the alloy were tested to see how it affected the mechanical properties. The findings of Johnathan’s project show that the inclusion of short-range ordering increased the ultimate tensile strength of each configuration. Further, the strongest configuration of the alloy was HfNbTaTiZr, meaning excluding titanium made it much stronger. The conclusion was that the alloy HfNbTaTiZr and its assortments show promising strength to be used in aerospace application.
Learn more about this and other research in the Neighborhood Engagement Centers.
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