Marat Latypov earns NSF CAREER award, supports metallurgy research
Marat Latypov, assistant professor of materials science and engineering and applied mathematics, aims to advance environmentally responsible materials design and address workforce gaps as a National Science Foundation awardee
Assistant professor of MSE Marat Latypov earned a $580,000 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation to support his research into improving the performance of recycled aluminum alloys.
Aluminum alloys are some of the most recycled materials in the world, with their light weight and versatility making them an easy choice for a multitude of applications in automotive, aerospace and marine industries. However, the properties of aluminum recycled from scrap are much less robust than alloys produced with primary aluminum extracted from ore.
“We want to understand how the chemical composition of recycled aluminum alloys, together with processing, determine their structure and their damage response so that we can better navigate the large compositional space of recycled alloys and minimize the need for primary aluminum,” Latypov said.
With support from the NSF, Latypov is using a combination of experimentation, simulations and machine learning to establish these relationships that will ultimately enable design of superior damage-tolerant alloys and their processing conditions with reduced environmental impact.
Latypov said the CAREER Award is instrumental for supporting advances in sustainable metallurgy with educational and workforce development activities.