Asta Research Group – Computational Materials Science

How the local moments of Cr atoms influence bulk mechanical properties of advanced alloys

Understanding how to mitigate corrosion in metal/molten-salt systems using ab-initio molecular dyanamics

Developing tools for materials discovery using machine learning and data science

Predicting how metals evolve in nuclear reactors

Welcome to the Asta Group

May 2022

Enze passes the Materials Science and Engineering qualifying exam and advances to Ph.D. candidacy. Congratulations, Enze!

Flynn receives the AS&T Excellence in Research (ASTER) Award!

Justin graduates with a BS in MSE and will continue here at UC Berkeley for his graduate studies!
April 2022

Enze’s work on antiphase boundary energies in Ni₃Al-based alloys was published in npj Computational Materials
March 2022

Nick passes the Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. qualifying exam. Congratulations, Nick!

Anas’s work on the effect of short-range ordering on dislocation cross-slip is published in Acta Materialia.

January 2022

Anas’s molecular dynamics study of short-range ordering effects on screw dislocation mobility in Ni-Al is published in Scripta Materialia.
December 2021

Lu graduates with her Ph.D. in MSE – congratulations, Lu!
November 2021

Shivani and Mark’s coauthored work on optoelectronic properties of tellurium halide perovskites is published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry.
October 2021

Shahriar and Mark’s coauthored work on the mechanical property effects of aluminum and oxygen solutes in titanium is published in Nature Comms.
September 2021

Shivani passes her qualifying exam to advance to Ph.D. candidacy – congratulations, Shivani!

The Asta Group welcomes a new member, Buyu Zhang. Welcome, Buyu!
August 2021

Nick’s work on chromium solvation in molten fluoride salts in published in Journal of Molecular Liquids.
The group welcomes a two new members: Iwnetim Abate, who will be joining as a Miller and Presidential Postdoctoral fellow, and Wenqing Wang, who joins as a Ph.D. student co-advised by Professor Ritchie.

Sheng, Anas, and Mark’s work on short range ordering and dislocation mobility in refractory HEAs is published in Nature Comms.

Sheng leaves the group to begin a job at Lam Research Corporation.
July 2021

The Asta group says goodbye to Shahriar, who will be joining General Motors as an AI/ML Scientist.