El Kadiri awarded NSF grant

December 8, 2012

El KadiriDr. Haitham El Kadiri has been awarded an NSF grant in support of the Federal Materials Genome Initiative. The NSF has announced the first projects to receive funding awards under a new “materials by design” initiative. Dr. El Kadiri is partnered with the University of Virginia and Georgia Tech to research Multi-Scale Modeling and Characterization of Twinning-Induced Plasticity and Fracture in Magnesium Alloys.

For more information about Dr. El Kadiri see his ME webpage: www.me.msstate.edu/faculty/el_kadiri