Sambur Lab Holiday Party

We had a great time celebrating the holidays this past weekend at our annual holiday party. We played white elephant, had a cookie exchange, and played a few fun party games like codenames as well. We set some goals for 2026 and look forward to a great year ahead. Happy holidays and happy 2026!

From left to right (back row): Alison, Deborah, Justin, Kaiyuan, and Piyush. From left to right (middle/front row): Aradhana, Judah, Molly, Avishek, Austin, and Max
Cookie spread from cookie exchange.

Congratulatory Group Breakfast at Rainbow!

Congratulations to Alison, Kaiyuan, and Aradhana for completing their literature seminars. Aradhana passed hers with flying colors! The second years are ready for their next graduate school adventure!

Aradhana, Avishek, Kaiyuan, Piyush, Justin, and Alison enjoy breakfast at Rainbow after Aradhana passed her literature seminar!
Aradhana presents her literature seminar.

 

 

Alison presents her literature seminar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Congratulatory Lunch for Rafa

We had a great time celebrating Rafael at Bawarchi and wishing him good luck on his next adventure at Wolfspeed. We will miss you Rafa and cannot wait to see what the future has in store for you. Congrats on all your accomplishments during your time at Colorado State University!

Ava Chard is a Ram Research Fellow!

Congratulations to Ava Chard for being accepted into the Ram Research Fellow program, which is sponsored by the Colorado State University Libraries. This program enables graduate students to learn more about research data management and open science in a collaborative environment. Learn more about the program here!

Congrats to Beilynn!

Beilynn Geiss, our summer REU student, had a successful summer. We are so proud of her accomplishments and will miss her!

From left to right: Kaiyuan, Beilynn, Justin, and Roy

Beilynn stands next to her poster at the summer REU poster session.

Jacob attends ICMED at University of Michigan

Jacob Steeley  recently attended the Summer School for Integrated Computational Materials Education at the University of Michigan. He learned about current computational methods used in materials research. During this time, he learned from some of the leading experts in the field of computational materials research including Dr. Wenhao Sun, Dr. Katsuyo Thornton, and Dr. Liang Qi from the University of Michigan and many others.  Jacob will be happy to apply what he learned for the benefit of his research and the group!