Events
Upcoming events
2026 NCFL Open House & User Appreciation Day
Friday, September 18, 2026
12 p.m. - 3 p.m.
1991 Kraft Drive
Join us for lunch, lab tours, hands-on conversations, and a celebration of NCFL-enabled research!
12 p.m. - Lunch & networking
1 p.m. - Welcome to the NCFL!
1:30 p.m. - Lab tours
2:30 p.m. - NCFL Awards
Elucidating the nanoscale atomic transport during shear-induced mixing in additive friction stir deposition of Al-Mo alloy
Tuesday, Sep. 22, noon
Speakers:
Abhishek Rastogi
Hosted by:
Jarret Wright
jarret_wright@vt.edu
Past events
Surface interfacial dissolution phenomena of calcium silicates
Tuesday, Aug. 25, noon
Speakers:
Aidyn Tugelbayev
Hosted by:
Hongyu Wang
hongyuw@vt.edu
Thermal and Adhesive Properties of Quench Condensed Bismuth Thin Films
Tuesday, May 19, noon
Speakers:
Yulia Kirina
Hosted by:
Steve McCartney
stmccart@vt.edu
Helios FIB-SEM Dual Beam Automation
Wednesday, April 29, 9 a.m. to 4.pm. in NCFL 2013 & NCFL 1003
Speakers:
Rick Passey, Thermo Scientific FIB Applications Specialist
Hosted by:
Jarret Wright
jarret_wright@vt.edu
Chemically Directed ZrC Interphase Formation in ZrB₂ from a Solvent-Activated Metallopolymer Binder
Tuesday, April 21, noon
Speakers:
Brendan Whitfield
Hosted by:
Steve McCartney
stmccart@vt.edu
Multiscale Microstructural Investigation of Additively Manufactured Tungsten Heavy Alloys
Tuesday, March 17, noon
Speakers:
Anugrahaprada Mukundan
Hosted by:
Hongyu Wang
hongyuw@vt.edu
Bruker In-Situ Nanomechanical Characterization Workshop
Thursday, Feb. 26, 9:30 a.m.- 5 p.m. & Friday, Feb. 27, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Speakers:
Michael Berg, Bruker
Jasmine Johnson, Bruker
Hosted by:
Weinan Leng