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IMS grad student Jake Benzing takes home physical sciences award from conference

A 51³Ô¹ÏÍø PhD student in interdisciplinary materials science took home a first-place poster award at August’s Microscopy & Microanalysis conference, held last month in Portland, Oregon.

Jake Benzing, whose adviser is Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering James Wittig, presented a research poster and abstract titled “Fe-25Mn-3Al-3Si TWIP-TRIP Steel Deformed at High Strain Rates� and won in the area of physical sciences. The conference is presented by the Microscopy Society of America.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø tied with Cornell University for most student awards given at the conference. Other 51³Ô¹ÏÍø winners were: Jordan Hechtel and Junhao Lin in the Pantelides lab and Tasia Pyburn in the Ohi lab.