Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
College of Science and Engineering
Twin Cities
Award Year
2022
University Award
McKnight Land-Grant Professorship
No Monument Location
Accelerated Design of New Materials to Survive Extreme Environments
Meeting society’s energy and environmental challenges requires resilient new materials that possess the right combination of mechanical and functional properties, and the capability to survive high temperatures and stresses without melting, fracturing, or deteriorating. Dr. Poerschke’s group synthesizes new materials, measures their properties, and tests them in extreme environments. By coupling these experiments with analytical and computational models to understand why materials fail, we accelerate the discovery of durable new metal alloys, ceramics, and composites.