Alexander Dupuy

Assistant Professor

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

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Education

• Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering; University of California Riverside (2016)
• Postdoctoral Scholar; University of California Irvine (2017-2022)

Research Interests

• Synthesis and processing of ceramic materials, particularly using Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS)
• Processing of materials with customized phase and microstructural conditions, particularly involving nanostructuring and metastable states.
• Processing, properties, and behavior of high entropy ceramics
• Materials with phase transformation behavior, such as: entropic phase transformations and morphotropic/polymorphic phase boundaries
• Materials related to electrifications: energy generation, storage/batteries, delivery, and conversion
• Materials with functional properties, such as: optical, ferroelectric, ferromagnetic, electrical, and thermal properties
• Materials for high temperature and extreme environments

Awards and Honors

• Nominated for UC Irvine Tom Angell Mentorship Award (2018)
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)- Honorary Mention (2010)
• Student speaker for the UC Riverside College of Engineering Commencement Ceremony (2009)
• Recipient of the faculty nominated Stamenkovic Award: UC Riverside (2008)
• Winner of the Ronald Anderson Memorial Engineering Scholarship (2007)

Publications

X. Wang, J. Cortez, A.D. Dupuy, J.M. Schoenung, W.J. Bowman, “High entropy oxide (Co,Cu,Mg,Ni,Zn)O exhibits grain size dependent room temperature deformation”, Mater. Res. Lett. 11 (2023) 196–204. doi:10.1080/21663831.2022.2135409.

A.D. Dupuy, M.R. Chellali, H. Hahn, J.M. Schoenung, “Nucleation and growth behavior of multicomponent secondary phases in entropy stabilized oxides”, J. Mater. Res. (2022) https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-022-00784-y

A.D. Dupuy, J.M. Schoenung, “Morphological evolution in nanostructured secondary phases in entropy stabilized oxides”, Mater. Charact. (2022) 112301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2022.112301.

R. Thiraux, A.D. Dupuy, T. Lei, T.J. Rupert, A. Mohraz, L. Valdevit, “Damage tolerance in additively manufactured ceramic architected materials”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2022.05.059.

H. Guo, X. Wang, A.D. Dupuy, J.M. Schoenung, W.J. Bowman, “Growth of nanoporous high-entropy oxide thin films by pulsed laser deposition”, J. Mater. Res. 37 (2022) 124–135. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-021-00473-2.

K.A. Acord, A.D. Dupuy, X. Wang, A.L. Vyatskikh, O.K. Donaldson, T.J. Rupert, J.J. Wu, Q.N. Chen, J.M. Schoenung, “Microstructure, mechanical properties, and ionic conductivity of a solid-state electrolyte prepared using binderless laser powder bed fusion”, J. Mater. Res. 36 (2021) 4565–4577. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-021-00390-4

A.D. Dupuy, I.-T. Chiu, P. Shafer, E. Arenholz, Y. Takamura, J.M. Schoenung, “Hidden transformations in entropy-stabilized oxides”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 41 (2021) 6660–6669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2021.06.014

A.L. Vyatskikh, B.E. MacDonald, A.D. Dupuy, E.J. Lavernia, J.M. Schoenung, H. Hahn, “High entropy silicides: CALPHAD-guided prediction and thin film fabrication”, Scr. Mater. 201 (2021) 113914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2021.113914

A.D. Dupuy, M.R. Chellali, H. Hahn, J.M. Schoenung, “Multiscale phase homogeneity in bulk nanocrystalline high entropy oxides”, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 41 (2021) 4850–4858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2021.03.035

K.A. Acord, A.D. Dupuy, U. Scipioni Bertoli, B. Zheng, W.C. West, Q.N. Chen, A.A. Shapiro, J.M. Schoenung, “Morphology, microstructure, and phase states in selective laser sintered lithium ion battery cathodes”, J. Mater. Process. Technol. 288 (2021) 116827. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2020.116827