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Ian McCue is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University and holds the Morris E. Fine Junior Professorship in Materials Manufacturing. He earned his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. His research focuses on solving problems related to scalable processing of advanced, nanostructured materials, particularly in the context of advanced manufacturing and self-organization phenomena. McCue is interested in pushing the boundaries of microstructural control during fabrication to create new materials that are stronger, tougher, and thermally stable, capable of self-repair. His research has three main thrusts: developing new manufacturing processes for advanced nanocomposites, studying the mechanical behavior of nanostructured materials, and advancing the fundamental understanding of material architecture, diffusion pathways, and phase transformations. McCue's significant contributions to the field have been recognized through awards such as the Materials Research Society Graduate Student Award (Silver) and as an invited speaker at the Gordon Research Conference in Physical Metallurgy.
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