Veera Panova | DOE NNSA SSGF

Program Year:

University:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Field of Study:

Materials Science and Engineering

Advisor:

Christopher Schuh

Degree(s):

B.S. Chemistry, California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo), 2020

Personal URL:

linkedin.com/in/vpanova/

Practicum Experience(s)

Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico (2024)

Practicum Supervisor(s):

Michael

Abere

Practicum Title:

Material Properties at Extreme Conditions: a LIPIT and Cold Spray Study

Annual Program Review Abstracts

Towards Quantitative Understanding of the Particle-Substrate Bonding During Supersonic Microparticle Impacts (2024)

Publications

V. Panova, C.A. Schuh, Towards a Quantitative Understanding of Bonding in Supersonic Single Particle Impacts: a Three-Dimensional FIB-SEM Exploration, Acta Mater. (2024) 120105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2024.120105.

Awards

2nd Place in MADMEC materials competition, MIT, 2022
Danae and Vasilis Salapatas Endowed Fellow, MIT, 2021
Highest Honors Graduate, Cal Poly SLO, 2020
Top Graduate in the Chemistry Department, Cal Poly SLO, 2020
Summa cum Laude Graduate, Cal Poly SLO, 2020
Frost Scholar, 2016-2020
Dean's List, Cal Poly SLO, All quarters 2016-2020
President's List, Cal Poly SLO, 2016-2020
Best Student in Inorganic Chemistry, Cal Poly SLO, 2020
Best Student in Physical Chemistry, Cal Poly SLO, 2019
Gold Star Award for Excellence, Northrop Grumman, 2019
2nd Place Research Presentation Award, UCLA, 2018
2nd Place Research Presentation Award, UCB, 2017
Best Student in General Chemistry, Cal Poly SLO, 2017