Congratulations to Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. student Mehrab Lotfpour. His poster presentation, “Nanograined Multi-Phase Gallium Nitride Through Ultrafast Melt-Quenching: Formation Mechanism and Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity,” was recognized at the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) Annual Meeting and Exhibition in early 2026.
The organization recognizes exceptional student work in several categories; Lotfpour’s poster received third place in the category of FMD Phase Stability, Phase Transformations, and Reactive Phase Formation. TMS announced the student awards in the . Lotfpour is advised by mechanical engineering Associate Professor Lei Cao.
