Reno project collaborates with MSU

Two novel research projects underway at the University of Nevada-Reno are designed to improve materials used in manufacturing and enhance fuel efficiency for airplanes and automobiles. Bin Li, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, has received two National Science Foundation grants to support his work in computational materials science. Li’s combining of computer simulation and experimental work to better understand advanced high-strength steels and lightweight magnesium alloys may be used for aerospace and automotive manufacturing. Li's grant, which he is leading in collaboration with Mississippi State University, will investigate how zinc coating interacts with steel. (Source: University of Nevada-Reno 09/29/16) Mississippi Note: Mississippi State University leads a consortium of 13 universities in operating a national center for research on unmanned aircraft systems, encompassing a wide range of applications, from agriculture to homeland security.