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This past weekend, I had a fantastic opportunity to showcase my current research at the Michigan Space Grant Consortium! From all corners of Michigan, an incredible range of speakers captivated our attention. During the meeting, I learned about exciting outreach concepts that I am eager to implement at MSU.

We thought it would be a year before we returned to the Advanced Photon Source, due to the upgrade, but last week we (Luisa, Devika, Haozhe, and I) traveled to GSECARS to conduct experiments using their laser heating system! In the photo, Haozhe and Luisa are using the laser drill to prepare gaskets for upcomingContinue reading “Offline Heating at GSECARS”

This week, Luisa, Heidi, and I traveled to the University of Michigan to use the EPMA. We collected compositional data on numerous samples while trying out some new restaurants in the area.

From June 17th-23rd, I was fortunate to attend the GRC conference at Mount Holyoke in South Hadley, MA. Michigan State University had a strong presence at the meeting with five graduate students presenting topics on seismology, geodynamics, and mineral physics. My presentation highlighted some of our initial findings on the Mn-perovskite solid solution. The titleContinue reading “Gordon Research Conference -Interior of the Earth”

On May 9th, 2023, we traveled to ALS to collect deformation data on Fe-N and Fe-C alloys. These materials are proposed to be stable in Earth’s core, and information on their strength is needed to understand inner core anisotropy. In the past, we have used B and Be gaskets to study how the low-pressure Fe-N’sContinue reading “First Successful Experiments Using a cBN Gasket!”