It’s been a busy couple of weeks, moving to the UK and starting my new post-doc at the University of Nottingham, while revising two manuscripts for submission. So busy I haven’t posted an update yet! So:

I’m pleased to announce that, as of July 1st, I began my new Post-Doc in the Centre for Additive Manufacturing (CfAM: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/cfam/) at the University of Nottingham. I’m having a great time getting to know my new colleagues and learn about their work. And, this week, CfAM and its spin-out company, Added Scientific (https://addedscientific.com/) are hosting a conference here, Additive International (https://www.additiveinternational.com/). So, I feel very fortunate that my orientation weeks have aligned so well the conference. It’s an exceptional opportunity to network with my new colleagues and to get a firm understanding of the current state of the art.

In other news, my latest manuscript, “Influence of moisture and thermal cycling on delamination flaws in transparent armor materials: Thermoplastic polyurethane bonded glass-polycarbonate laminates” was accepted this morning for publication by Materials & Design! It’s the culmination of a two year study performed at the University of Waterloo in my Joint Post-Doc with the Impact Mechanics and Materials Characterizations lab, headed by Dr. Duane Cronin. It’s all about the environmentally-induced failure of simulated transparent armor laminates. Best of all, it’s open-source, so it’s available online, in a pre-publication preliminary state, right here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127519304642?via%3Dihub