PhD student Gianna Valentino, who is advised by Professor Kevin Hemker, was awarded second place for her poster, “Development and Characterization of Sputter Deposited Nickel-Molybdenum-Tungsten Thin Films for High Temperature Metal MEMS Applications” in the Mechanical Behavior of Nanostructured Materials symposium at The Minerals, Metals, and Materials (TMS) annual conference in San Diego, California.

Gianna is pictured with Professor Carl Koch of North Carolina State University and symposium coordinator Professor Xinghang Zhang of Purdue University (photo courtesy of Kevin Hemker).