Understand formation.
Control evolution.
From phase boundaries and three dimensional observations to decisions made during an experiment.
Solidification & crystal growth
How do thermal gradients, interface velocity, solute transport and anisotropy select a microstructure?
How gradients, transport, crystallography and interface stability shape a growing solid.
Directional solidification · crystal growth · interfacial stabilityAdvanced characterization
What can in situ imaging and correlative methods actually tell us about a mechanism?
Following evolving structures across scales through X-ray imaging, diffraction and electron microscopy.
X-ray imaging · tomography · diffraction · electron microscopyAI for materials
Can computational methods extract reliable geometry and dynamics from imperfect measurements?
Extracting defensible measurements from complex images and connecting processing to structure.
Image analysis · inverse problems · multimodal inferenceAutonomous experiments
Can a measured material state guide the next control action during processing?
Closing the loop between sensing, state estimation, physics models and process control.
State estimation · model predictive control · active learningTarget property → desired microstructure → measurable material state → controllable process.