Prof. S and PhD student Sourav Chakravarty contemplated heat transfer processes at the Micro- Nano phase change Gordon Research Conference in Lucca, Italy. Great job presenting your work on hybrid desorption TES, Sourav!
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Seeking Prospective Grad Students in Energy Storage / Neuromorphic Materials
Interested in joining a dynamic research team for your graduate studies? We are recruiting graduate students in the fields of thermal energy storage and neuromorphic materials. Contact patrick.shamberger@tamu.edu with a resume/CV for more details.
ICFSMA 2023: Join us in College Station, TX!
Still accepting abstracts for the 7th International Conference on Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys (ICFSMA 2023): tx.ag/ICFSMA
Welcome Incoming Grad Students!
Welcome incoming Grad students. Looking forwards to doing great things together!



Welcome Summer REU Students
Boss gets a new title
You know it’s official when you can use it on your e-mail signature:
Now *officially* a tenured Associate Professor at TAMU Mat Sci Eng department.
PHATE research group attends TMS, San Antonio TX
4 days, 6 presentations/posters. Presenting research in 5 different sessions at the annual TMS conference.
Well done, team!
Heidi Clarke successfully defends PhD dissertation
Our first group member to defend their dissertation – Heidi set the bar high for future students.
On the search for outstanding graduate students!
We are looking to recruit 1-2 promising graduate students into our research group, starting summer/fall 2019. If interested, please contact Prof. Shamberger directly by e-mail. Please include a CV/resume, transcript, and a brief statement of interest.
Congrats to Heidi Clarke & Tim Brown on passing preliminary exams!
Congrats to senior grad students Heidi Clarke & Tim Brown on passing prelims in exemplary fashion! One step closer…
Alumni
Post-Doc Alumni
Amy Bolon: PD Researcher. Transitioning Salt Hydrate Phase Change Materials (2017) {Currently with Enterprise Products}
Eunju Jung: PD Researcher. Effectiveness of Active Learning Pedagogies in an Introductory Materials Science Class (2015-2016) {Currently PD at Univ Indiana – Bloomington}
Graduate Student Alumni
Emily Emmons: MS. Corrosion of Common Heat Exchanger Materials by Lithium Nitrate Trihydrate
(2015 – 2017)
UG Alumni
Joseph Anderson:
UG Researcher (PHYS). 3D Tomography of Conductive Filaments (2018) UG Honors thesis {Currently PhD at Purdue Univ., IN}
Aaron Garcia:
UG Researcher (MEEN). Thermophysical Properties of Salt Hydrates (2018)
Molly Jones: REU Summer Intern. Phase transformations in Heusler alloy thick films (summer 2017). {Currently UG at Ole Miss}
Sunita Kumari: IITK Summer Intern. Structure of insulating composites (summer 2017). {Currently MS at IITK, India}
Elizabeth Yee:
UG Researcher (CHEN). Decomposition of Ammonia Salts (2017)
Sarah Hammock: UG Researcher (CHEN). 3D cAFM Imaging of Conductive Filaments in HfO2 Resistive Switching Devices(2015-2017) UG Honors thesis {Currently MS at UW Seattle, WA}
Bill Caraway: UG Researcher (MEEN). Imaging Phase Transitions in VO2 particles (2016-2017)
Nick Gripp: UG Researcher (CHEM). Decomposition of Ammonia Salts (2016-2017) {Currently MS at TAMU}
Tyler Buffington: UG Researcher (MEEN). Thermodynamic Efficacy of Irreversible Magnetocaloric Effect Cycles (2015-2016) UG Honors thesis {Currently MS at UT Austin, TX}
Adam McClellan: UG Researcher (ISEN). Materials Stability of Thermal Energy Storage Materials (2015-2016)
Xander Majek: UG Researcher (PHYS). Electrical Resistance Switching in Sputtering Grown HfO2 Devices (2015-2016)
Erika Salzman: HS Researcher. Undercooling in Mg(NO3)2 hydrates (2015-2016) {Currently UG at Caltech}
Yasushi Mizuno: UG Researcher (MEEN). Entropy of Fusion in Low Melting Point Alloys (2014-2015) {Currently GS at TAMU}
Taylor Messinger: UG Researcher (MMET). Thermal Properties of Salt Hydrate (2015)
Joshua Murley: UG Researcher (CHEN). Indirect Entropy Measurement in Magnetocaloric Effect Materials (2014-2015)
Best presentation award at UG Gulf Coast Research Symposium
Shelby Turner: UG Researcher (ECEN). Electrical Resistance Switching in HfO2 Dielectrics (Spring 2015) {Currently GS at Ecole Centrale de Lyon}
Temi Balogun: UG Researcher (MEEN). Electrical Resistance Switching in HfO2 Dielectrics (Fall 2014)
Trey Torno: UG Researcher (CHEN). Magnetic Domain Structures in Magnetocaloric Heusler Alloys Near the FOPT. (Summer 2014-Fall 2014)
TAMU USRG Fellowship
Anna Rubin: UG Researcher (MEEN). Salt Hydrate Thermal Energy Storage Gels. (Summer 2014)
Pawan Bhandari: UG Researcher (MEEN). Thermophysical Properties of Low Melting point Alloys (2014)