September 08, 2021
Funni is from Oskaloosa, Iowa and studied Mechanical Engineering at the U.S. Naval Academy. He served as an Officer in the Marines before pursuing his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He plans to pursue a post-doctoral research position following graduation, with an eye toward entering academia.
Funni Awarded Microscopy and Microanalysis Student Award
Stephen Funni, MSE PhD student, was awarded the Microscopy and Microanalysis Student Award at the Microscopy and Microanalysis annual meeting. The award is given to the best abstracts submitted with students as first authors.
Stephen’s paper, “Quantifying the local structure of incommensurately moderated tetragonal tungsten bronze from STEM images” uncovers a new method for studying local disorder correlations in crystalline materials from atomic resolution scanning transmission electron microscope images. The material studied has a complex crystal structure called tetragonal tungsten bronze and has a potential application in energy storage capacitors. The paper was accepted by APL Materials.
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Funni is from Oskaloosa, Iowa and studied Mechanical Engineering at the U.S. Naval Academy. He served as an Officer in the Marines before pursuing his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He plans to pursue a post-doctoral research position following graduation, with an eye toward entering academia.