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3.06.2024

Dr.Olevsky receives the TMS 2024 Fellow Award. Congratulations!

3.03-3.07.2024

Drs. Olevsky and Torresani participate in TMS2024, Orlando

1.01.2024

Visiting researcher Marco Zago joins PTL. Welcome Marco!

9.18.2023

Ph.D. Maryam Ghorbani joins PTL. Welcome Maryam!

8.27-31.2023

Drs. Olevsky and Torresani participate in the International Conference on Sintering 2023, Gifu (Japan).

8.10.2023

Ph.D. Zackary Skinner joins PTL. Welcome Zackary!

5.5.2023

Congratulations to Maricruz Carrillo with successful PhD dissertation defense!

4.27.2023

Congratulations to Donald Olumor with successful PhD dissertation defense!

3.19-23.2023

PTL members participate in the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) 2023 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, USA

1.1.2023

Dr. Thomas Grippi joins PTL as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Welcome Thomas!

10.22-27.2022

Dr. Olevsky participates as an International Advisory Board Member in the Meeting of CM2 - Center of Additive Manufacturing, Gothenburg, Sweden.

8.27-9.2.2022

Drs. Olevsky and Torresani participate in the World Round Table on Sintering, Montenegro.

7.24-29.2022

Dr. Olevsky participates in the Pan American Ceramic Congress in Panama City, Panama.

3.30.2022

Dr. Olevsky has been elected a Foreign Member of the National Academy of Engineering Sciences of Serbia.

3.1.2022

Congratulations to Drs. Olevsky and Torresani for receiving the TMS-AIME Champion H. Mathewson Award!

2.27-3.3.2022

All PTL members participate in the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) 2022 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Anaheim, USA

7.2022

Dr. Maximenko joins PTL as a Research Visitor. Welcome Andrii!

12.7.2021

Congratulations to Dr. Olevsky for receiving the Pfeil Award of the Royal Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining, UK

10-12.2021

Maria Wisniewska joins PTL as a Research Visitor. Welcome Maria!

04.2021

Press Release: San Diego Union Tribune: Apple's big expansion in San Diego will be a boon for the region's universities

04.2021

Press Release: San Diego Business Journal: Wheel Company Sees Future in 3-D Printing, Composites

04.25-30.2021

Dr. Olevsky participated as a Symposium Organizer in 8th International Congress on Ceramics (ICC8), Busan, South Korea (via Zoom)

04.19-21.2021

Dr. Olevsky was a Chair of the ASEE Engineering Deans Institute (via Zoom)

03.2021

Press Release: San Diego Business Journal: Spotlight on Education

03.15-17.2021

Dr. Olevsky participated as a Symposium Organizer in the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) 2021 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, USA (via Zoom)

10.23.2020

Dr. Olevsky participated as a Plenary Speaker in the III National Workshop on Spark Plasma Sintering, Poland (via Zoom)

09.25.2020

Ph.D. Student Runjian Jiang joins PTL. Welcome Runjian!

08.18.2020

Congratulations to Elisa Torresani who is appointed an Assistant Professor of the SDSU Mechanical Engineering Department!

08.15.2020

Congratulations to Prof. Olevsky who received the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award!

08.09.2020

Congratulations to Maricruz Carrillo who received an SDSU Graduate Fellowship Award!

08.06.2020

Prof. Olevsky participates as a Plenary Speaker in the International Symposium on Nanostructured, Nanoengineered and Advanced Materials (ISNNAM 2020), Johannesburg, South Africa (via Zoom).

07.13.2020

News release “CSU Doctoral Program Finds Potential in Engineering Grad” https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/sdsu_newscenter/news_story.aspx?sid=78087

06.29.2020

News Release “Eugene Olevsky: Engineering Higher Aspirations” http://newscenter.sdsu.edu/sdsu_newscenter/news_story.aspx?sid=78071

05.31.2020

Congratulations to Maricruz Carrillo, Elisa Torresani, and Eugene Olevsky who received an NSF I-Corps Award!

05.05.2020

Congratulations to Maricruz Carrillo who became the Winner of the All-CSU Graduate Students Research Competition!

04.15.2020

Exchange Ph.D. Student Alberto Cabo Rios (from Chalmers University, Sweden) joins PTL. Welcome Alberto!

04.10.2020

Congratulations to Maricruz Carrillo who became a CSU Chancellor Fellow!

02.10.2020

Congratulations to Maricruz Carrillo who received the Presidential Award at the SDSU Graduate Students Research Competition!

02. 23-27.2020

Eugene Olevsky, Elisa Torresani, Donald Olumor, and Maricruz Carrillo participate in the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) 2020 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Diego, CA.

12.15.2019

Congratulations to Hari Kishore, PTL Master Student, who defended his M.S. thesis!

12.01.2019

Congratulations to Geuntak Lee who received a full-time position at Lam Research, San Jose, CA!

10.01.2019

Congratulations to Charles Manière, Geuntak Lee, and Eugene Olevsky who received a 2019 Best Paper Award from the Journal of the American Ceramic Society!

09.29-10.02.2019

Prof. Olevsky participates as a Symposium Organizer and Invited Speaker in Materials Science and Technology Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Portland, OR, 2019.

09.02-05.2019

Prof. Olevsky participates as a Plenary Speaker in the 11th World Round Table Conference on Sintering, Herceg Novi, Montenegro, 2019.

07.17-19.2019

Prof. Olevsky participates in the DOE Synthesis and Processing Science Principal Investigators' Meeting, Gaithersburg, MD, 2019.

05./25-31.2019

Prof. Olevsky participates as an Invited Speaker in The Eleventh International Conference on High-Performance Ceramics, Kunming, China, 2019.

05.01.2019

Prof. Olevsky is appointed as the Dean of the SDSU College of Engineering.

01.27-30.2019

Prof. Olevsky participates as an Invited Speaker in the 43rd International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, Daytona Beach, FL, 2019.

11.25-27.18

Prof. Olevsky participates as Symposium Organizer and Invited Tutorial Speaker at the Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA.

10.23.18

PTL is visited by Prof. Olubambi from University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

10.21.18

Prof. Joseph Diatta from University of Ziguinchor, Senegal joins PTL as a Visiting Scholar.

10.16.17

Congratulations to Prof. Olevsky who is elevated to the rank of a Fellow of ASM International!

10.14-17.18

Prof. Olevsky participates as Symposium Organizer and Invited Speaker in Materials Science and Technology Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Columbus, OH.

10.09.18

Dr. Maksymenko (Ukraine National Academy of Sciences) joins PTL as a Visiting Scholar.

09.16-21.18

Dr. Elisa Torresani participates as a Keynote and Invited Speaker in Powder Metallurgy World Congress, Beijing, China.

09.16-21.18

Prof. Olevsky participates in the Convocation Ceremony at SDSU-Georgia campus in Tbilisi, Georgia

09.04.18

Congratulations to Geuntak Lee and Maricruz Carrillo who received the Go decision from 2018 CSU I-Corps Summer Sprint award!

08.01.18

PTL welcomes new PhD Students: Maricruz Carrillo and Ifeanyi Olumor.

07.15.18

Exchange PhD Student Thato Tshephe from University of Johannesburg, South Africa joins PTL.

07.02.18

Exchange PhD Student Mahlatse Mphahlele from University of Johannesburg, South Africa joins PTL.

06.25.18

Exchange PhD Student Pereira Da Silva from University of Hamburg, Germany joins PTL as a short-term visiting scholar.

06.04-08.18

Prof. Olevsky participates as Symposium Organizer and Invited Speaker in the 14th International Ceramics Congress (CIMTEC), Perugia, Italy.

05.21-26.18

Prof. Olevsky participates in 4th International Workshop on Spark-Plasma Sintering, Cagliari, Italy

05.05.18

Congratulations to Charles Manière who was rewarded as Assistant scientist (CNRS researcher) at CRISMAT in Caen, France!

08.02.18

Congratulations to Maricruz Carrillo on the successful Master thesis defense!

05.03.18

Congratulations to Geuntak Lee on the successful Ph.D. thesis defense!

04.09.18

Congratulations to Geuntak Lee and Prof. Olevsky who received DOE SBIR Award!

04.05.18

Congratulations to Maricruz Carrillo who received the Shiley Scholarship in Bioengineering award!

03.14.18

Prof. Olevsky is appointed as Interim Dean of the SDSU College of Engineering.

01.17-18.18

Prof. Olevsky participates as an Invited Speaker in the International Conference on Electronic and Advanced Materials, Orlando, FL

11.29.17

Congratulations to Geuntak Lee who received the Best research of the Eleventh Annual Engineering JDP Research Symposium award!

11.12-17.17

Dr. Diletta Giuntini (Hamburg University of Technology) joins PTL as a Visiting Scholar.

11.12-17.17

All PTL members participate in Sintering 2017 International Conference (Prof. Olevsky serves as Sintering 2017 Co-Chair.)

10.08-11.17

Prof. Olevsky participates in the Materials Science and Technology Conference (MS[&]T17) held in Pittsburgh, PA.

09.27-28.17

Prof. Olevsky participates in the International Workshop on Field Assisted Sintering Technology held at PennState University.

08.20.17

Congratulations to Geuntak Lee, who is awarded a University Graduate Fellowship!

07.01.17

Congratulations to Xialu Wei who got a position at Cymer Co. in San Diego, CA!

06.04-06.17

Prof. Olevsky participated in the International Workshop on Electromagnetic Effects in Materials Synthesis held in Carnegie Melon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2017.

05.21-26.17

Prof Olevsky participated in the 12th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology held in Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA.

04.25.17

Congratulations to Jack Rechtin with successful MS thesis defense!

03.15.17

PTL welcomes Elisa Torresani – a new PTL Post-Doctoral Fellow!

02.26-03.02.17

E. Olevsky, C. Maniere, X. Wei., D. Giuntini, and G. Lee participate in the 146th TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition held in San Diego, CA.

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The Powder Technology Lab is located at San Diego State University, EIS-222. PTL reserchers have access to a large lab with diverse characterization and powder processing equipment. In addition, computational opportunities with Solidworks, Abaqus Comsol and Matlab are available, as well as access to other engineering lab facilities and an on-campus SEM and TEM characterization lab and X-ray Analysis Lab.

Postdoctoral fellows: Thomas Grippi

Doctoral Students: Runjiang Jiang, Zackary Skinner, Maryam Ghorbani, Mahlatse Ramaesele Mphahlele and Thato Sharon Tshephe .

Masters Students: Shirley Chan

 

 

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