Corey Oses, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at the Whiting School of Engineering and associate researcher at the Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI), received the 2024 International Society on Materials Modeling (ISMM) Early-Career Investigator Award in Materials Modeling. The award recognizes an emerging researcher who has made a significant impact in materials modeling.  

Oses (center) accepting his award at the ISMM Conference in Prague

An expert in the use of machine learning to enable faster development of new materials for clean and renewable energy, Oses was selected based on his entire body of research.

“Our goal is to use computation and data to synthesize new materials that have never before been made in a lab,” he says.  

His research led to the discovery of new permanent magnets, superalloys, high-entropy metal carbides, and a novel phase-changing memory composition—materials that can enhance cell phones and audio equipment, withstand extremely high temperatures, and store data within a computer.  

Oses formally accepted the award in September at the 2024 International Multiscale Materials Modeling (MMM) conference in Prague.  

“My group and I are studying materials that are highly disordered and concern energy, which is a very promising area of materials science,” says Oses. “We are very lucky to receive awards in this area, and it indicates that we are moving in the right direction.”

This story was written by Conner Allen and originally appeared on the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering website.