Joshua Edwards

jedwa006@ucr.edu

FAVE SUPERHERO: Daredevil
DEGREE TYPE: PhD
PROGRAM: Materials Science and Engineering
YEAR IN PROGRAM: 2nd year
PROGRAM START DATE: September 2018

RESEARCH FOCUS:

Heterogeneous materials through mechanical surface treatment

DESCRIPTION OF RESEARCH:

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CURRENT GROUPS:

Mathaudhu Research Group – University of California, Riverside

OTHER GROUPS/ORGS/CLUBS:

Stasis Group LLC. – Corona, CA

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PRESENTATION TITLES:

(T for talk, P for Poster)

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CONFERENCES ATTENDED: (A)/Presented at (T for talk, P for poster)

TMS 2020 (A)

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REASONS FOR GRAD SCHOOL:

To explore important questions that currently restrict our progress & innovation in advanced materials, while working with innovative teams to pursue larger, experimental tasks.

UNDERGRAD SCHOOL/Program:

Materials Science & Engineering – Bourns College of Engineering

University of California Riverside

UNDERGRAD RESEARCH:

Bio-mimetic fiber reinforced composites & applications for architected, hierarchical materials through sub-micron fiber jetting.
Additive manufacturing of structural fiber-reinforced composite parts with helicoidal microstructures

INTERNSHIPS:

AFRL/USRA Summer Scholars Program – Eglin AFB, Florida (Summer 2019)
Stasis Group LLC.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Stasis Group LLC. – Research & Development of an Organic PCM Thermal Energy Storage solution for office-scale HVAC

AWARDS:

California GAANN Fellow – University of California, Riverside

PREVIOUS GROUPS:

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PRESENTATIONS/CONFERENCES ATTENDED:

TMS 2020

REASONS FOR ENGINEERING:

I loved playing with legos and computers and figuring out how and why things work, and I was good at math.

CAREER ASPIRATIONS:

Solve a few “everyday” problems and a few “high tech” problems and then teach the next generation of engineers and have fun while doing it.