M3 Lab Joins Inaugural ASCEND Research and Leadership Program Cohort

Jun 5, 2026

Wenwu Xu received a $199,772 ASCEND Research and Leadership Program award from the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities for Thermal-Elastic Processing (TEP) for Defense-Relevant Localized Interface Engineering via Coupled Atomistic Modeling and in Situ Electron Microscopy. The project develops TEP as a localized interface-engineering strategy for defense-relevant structural metals, coupling atomistic modeling with in situ electron microscopy.