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The Branicio Research Group celebrated the close of another successful year with a delightful outing to The Grove. The group enjoyed a hearty Brazilian BBQ…

Paulo Branicio presented an invited talk and participated in a panel at the 2024 NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Grantees Conference, held on December 9-10…

Paulo Branicio was an invited speaker at the European Materials Research Society 2024 meeting. His invited talk titled “Mechanical Properties of Nanostructured Metallic Glasses” discussed…

The Branicio research group’s latest meeting was brimming with cheer as students surprised Prof. Branicio with a celebration for his recent promotion to associate professor…

In a striking display of academic excellence, Aoyan has been honored with the best presentation award at the 2024 MFD Student Research Symposium. His presentation,…

Hadi has achieved a significant milestone by publishing his inaugural PhD paper, a collaborative effort with Prof. Ken-ichi Nomura. This paper emerged from a project…

The Branicio Research Group capped off a great year with a festive celebration at the Vegas Seafood Buffet, embracing the joyful spirit of the holiday…

We took a break from our research to gather at Rock and Rilley’s, marking the mid-point of this vibrant fall semester. Amidst the laughter, stories,…

Today, our research group celebrates a remarkable milestone as one of our own, Suyue Yuan, successfully defended her PhD thesis and earned her doctoral degree.…

Our research group was honored to host Prof. Evandro Saidel Ribeiro from the University of Sao Paulo for an insightful talk on graph analytics and…

The 2023 MFD Student Research Symposium continued the tradition of celebrating and recognizing outstanding student researchers in the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and…

Paulo Branicio visited the Materials Science and Engineering department of the University of California, Irvine, and presented a talk on May 19, 2022. His invited…

The group is delighted to have the first Ph.D. student graduate. Chang Liu was the pioneer student and successfully defended his thesis on May 17,…

Paulo Branicio was an invited speaker and discussion leader at the 2022 Structural Nanomaterials Gordon Research Conference. His invited talk titled “Mechanical Behavior of Heterogeneous…

Aoyan published his very first PhD paper and the group celebrated cheering his accomplishment. Aoyan’s paper in collaboration with Chang, is a result of his…

Michael Eberhardt, Chang Liu, and Suyue Yuan were all awarded in the 2021 Virtual Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Annual Student…

Paulo Branicio was an invited speaker at the 2020 TMS Annual meeting. His invited talk titled “Deformation and failure of CuZr gradient nanoglasses” discussed recent…

Before the beginning of the 2019 Fall semester the group got together at Prof. Branicio’s house to have a bbq celebration with endless supply of…

Haoxuan and Chang published their first papers and the group celebrated cheering their accomplishment. Haoxuan very first paper, a result of his investigation of tribological…

Paulo Branicio visited the Materials Science and Engineering department of the University of California, Irvine and presented a talk on May 17, 2019. His invited…

Paulo Branicio was an invited speaker and session chair at the 2019 MRS Spring. His invited talk titled “Deformation and failure of CuZr gradient nanoglasses”…

Paulo Branicio visited the beautiful campus of the Singapore University of Technology and Design – Singapore and presented an invited talk at the Engineering Product Development…

Paulo Branicio was an invited speaker at the CFMS100 – Century Fracture Mechanics Summit (CFMS) 2019, cfmsummit2019.sg. His invited talk titled “Mechanical Behavior of Nanostructured Metallic…

Suyue published her first paper and the group celebrated cheering her accomplishment. Her paper is a result from a collaboration with Singapore Institute of High…

Paulo Branicio was a keynote speaker at the 2019 edition of the International Conference on Plasticity, Damage, and Fracture. He also organized and chaired one of…

The group had an end of Fall lunch celebration at Prof. Branicio’s house. The group was treated to an endless supply of grilled meat cuts…

Paulo Branicio was a speaker at the 2018 Gordon Research Conference – Structural Nanomaterials. The theme of the conference was “Complexity and Heterogeneity in Microstructure and…

Paulo Branicio chaired a session and presented an invited talked in the 2018 Spetses Symposium on Materials Genome at Exascale. The symposium was held at the…

The group had a deserved summer lunch celebration at Fogo de Chão Steakhouse – LA. Haoxuan and Suyue had a first full churrasco experience including…

The group has the first graduated student. Haoxuan Li completed his Master of Science, Materials Engineering. Making the commencement ceremony even more special was having…