2022
July 18, 2022: Our article titled “Periodic Grain Boundary Grooves: Analytic Model, Formation Energies, and Phase-Field Comparison” commemorating Prof. John Morral is published in the special edition of Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion.
May 11, 2022: Our joint article with Prof. Nikhilesh Chawla’s group at Purdue titled “Predicting the Cu6Sn5 Growth Kinetics During Thermal Aging of Cu-Sn Solder Joints Using Simplistic Kinetic Modeling” published in the Journal of Electronic Materials.
February 8, 2022: Our article titled “Quantifying microstructural evolution via time-dependent reduced-dimension metrics based on hierarchical n-point polytope functions” published in Physical Review E.
January 12, 2022: Dr. Ankit has been awarded the NSF CAREER award for his proposal titled “Understanding the origins of pearlite discontinuities in eutectoid microstructures: Modeling & Experiments”. This $560,000 award, which integrates computational, experimental, and 4D characterization techniques, will allow for an organized study examining breaks in the layered microstructures of Pearlitic steels and the atomic interactions that produce them.
2021
November 2, 2021: Our article titled “Surface Laplacian of interfacial thermochemical potential: its role in solid-liquid pattern formation” published in Nature Microgravity.
July 27, 2021: Heartiest congratulations to 4D-ICE member, Peichen Wu, for passing his Ph.D. comprehensive exam.
July 23, 2021: Rahul Raghavan’s article titled “Multiphysics approaches for modeling nanostructural evolution during physical vapor deposition of phase-separating alloy films” published in Computational Materials Science.
June 24, 2021: Rahul Raghavan’s article titled “Phase-field modeling and n-point polytope characterization of nanostructured protuberances formed during vapor-deposition of phase-separating alloy films” published in the Journal of Applied Physics.
May 4, 2021: Many congratulations to Rahul Raghavan on his graduation. Wishing him all the best for his new role as a Principal Process Engineer at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Arizona.
2020
November 4, 2020: Rahul Raghavan’s article titled “Nanostructural evolution in vapor deposited phase-separating binary alloy films of non-equimolar compositions: Insights from a 3D phase-field approach” published in the Journal of Applied Physics.
November 2, 2020: William Farmer and Dr. Ankit presented in the oral sessions at the TMS Materials Science & Technology 2020 Virtual conference.
October 9, 2020: Heartiest congratulations to 4D-ICE member, William Farmer, for passing his Ph.D. comprehensive exam.
August 20, 2020: Dr. Ankit along with his collaborators at the University of Arizona are jointly organizing MateriAlZ seminar series to promote student engagement through interactive sessions, increase the nation-wide, and international visibility of the Arizona universities and provide a platform for active discussions in different areas of MSE. For detailed list of speakers and updates, navigate to: https://material-az.org.
May 4, 2020: William Farmer’s article titled “Phase-field simulations of electromigration-induced defects in interconnects with non-columnar grain microstructure” published in the Journal of Applied Physics. Many thanks to program manager, Dr. Alexis Lewis and the National Science Foundation for supporting this research through NSF CMMI grant # 1763128.
April 7, 2020: Many congratulations to 4D-ICE member Shivani Vemulapalli on her successful Masters’ thesis defense. Financial support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), project # 1763128 is gratefully acknowledged.
March 3, 2020: Our article titled “Thermodynamic behavior of solid-liquid grain boundary grooves” accepted in the Philosophical Magazine.
February 23, 2020: Rahul and William presented in the oral sessions at the TMS Annual Meeting 2020 organized in San Diego, CA.
February 21, 2020: Our article titled “Growth competition during columnar solidification of seaweed microstructures – Insights from 3-D phase-field simulations” accepted in the European Physical Journal E. One of the images published within the manuscript made it to the journal cover.
2019
November 15, 2019: 4D ICE member Shivani Vemulapalli presented a poster at the MORE symposium.
October 2, 2019: 4D ICE was well represented at the Materials Science & Technology 2019 meeting in Portland with Ankita Roy, Rahul Raghavan, William Farmer, and Dr. Ankit presenting at the oral sessions.
August 16, 2019: Dr. Ankit will present an invited talk focused on phase-field modeling of geomaterials at the Materials Science & Technology 2019 organized in Portland, Oregon.
August 12, 2019: Our article “Influence of melt convection on the morphological evolution of seaweed structures: Insights from phase-field simulations” accepted in Computational Materials Science.
July 24, 2019: Our article “3-D phase-field simulations of self-organized composite morphologies in physical vapor deposited phase-separating binary alloys” accepted in the Journal of Applied Physics.
March 12, 2019: Dr. Ankit presented an invited talk at the TMS Annual Meeting 2019 organized at San Antonio, Texas.
2018
November 29, 2018: Dr. Ankit and Prof. Martin Glicksman (Florida Tech) win the 2018 Robert W. Cahn prize for their paper titled “Measuring Solid-Liquid Interfacial Energy Fields: Diffusion-Limited Pattern”. Follow the news on Twitter.
September 19, 2018: Our article “Mechanisms of pearlitic spheroidization: Insights from 3D phase-field simulations” accepted in Acta Materialia. Weblink
August 10, 2018: Our article “Analyzing the cooperative growth of intermetallic phases with a
curved solidification front” accepted in Acta Materialia. Weblink
July 25, 2018: Dr. Ankit presented an invited talk at the World Congress on Computational Mechanics 2018 (WCCM) in the New York City.
July 11, 2018: Our article “Three‐Dimensional Phase‐field Investigation of Pore space Cementation and Permeability in Quartz Sandstone” published in the Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth.
July 9-13, 2018: We organized a minisymposium titled Recent advances in phase-field modeling and analysis of microstructural evolution at the SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science 2018 (MS 18) in Portland, OR.
June 13, 2018: Our grant application titled “4D Characterization of Damage in Interconnects: Experiment and Simulation” has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
May 24, 2018: Our NASA-PSI grant application titled “Advanced Modeling and Simulation of Crystal Growth Dynamics” has been accepted for funding. Here is the news release.
May 23-24, 2018: Dr. Ankit presented invited talks at the two IITs (Indian Institute of Technology) located in Kanpur and Varanasi.
April 20, 2018: Our article “Measuring Solid-Liquid Interfacial Energy Fields: Diffusion-Limited Pattern” published in the Journal of Materials Science. Weblink
April 20, 2018: 4D ICE member Timoteo Diaz presented the keynote talk at the FURI symposium. He was selected on a competitive basis from a pool of 155 FURI students to present his research on self-assembly of block copolymers. Tim also presented at the FURI poster session.
March 13, 2018: Our article “Electromigration-induced surface drift and slit propagation in polycrystalline interconnects: Insights from phase-field simulations” published in Physical Review Applied.
February 27, 2018: Our article “Phase-field simulations of pearlitic divergence in Fe-C-Mn steels” published in Acta Materialia. Weblink
February 22, 2018: Our research finding features in FoundryMag. Weblink
February 1, 2018: EurekAlert, the news distribution service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, puts up a press release to report our research finding. Weblink
2017
December 22, 2017: We are organizing a mini-symposium at the upcoming SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science 2018 (MS 18). View the flyer.
December 6, 2017: Our article “Detection of Capillary-Mediated Energy Fields on a Grain Boundary Groove: Solid-Liquid Interface Perturbations” published in the open access journal – Metals. Weblink
November 5, 2017: Our article “Growth direction selection of tilted dendritic arrays in directional solidification over a wide range of pulling velocity: A phase-field study” published in the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. Weblink
June 5, 2017: Invited talk at Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference (EMI 2017) at San Diego.
April 26, 2017: Dr. Ankit is appointed as an Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in School for Engineering of Matter, Transport & Energy at the Arizona State University. The appointment begins in Fall 2017. Congratulations!
March 28, 2017: Invited seminar in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville.
March 6, 2017: Invited seminar in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station.
February 21, 2017: Invited seminar in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Louisville, Kentucky.
February 16, 2017: Invited seminar in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport & Energy, Arizona State University.
February 7, 2017: Invited seminar in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, San Diego State University, California.