| Prof. Ashley Paz y Puente joined the Mechanical and Materials Engineering department at the University of Cincinnati in August 2016 after the completion of her PhD at Northwestern University. She has twelve years of research experience in metallurgy, more specifically, in solid-state diffusion in metallic systems including nuclear fuels, shape memory alloys and high temperature materials. Her research at the University of Cincinnati focuses on investigating the processing, structure and properties of metallic scaffolds using a combination of conventional metallurgical techniques and more novel in situ X-ray tomography methods. Recently she received an NSF award from the Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation for a project entitled “Gas-Phase Alloying and Sintering Kinetics of 3D-Printed Ni Scaffolds”. Her research in this area will explore potential applications in the biomedical, energy, and aerospace industries. |