Welcome to the Mangolini Research Group, the Laboratory for Applied Surface Science (LASS) at The University of Texas at Austin. Our interdisciplinary group focuses on the study of the structural transformations and chemical reactions occurring on material surfaces and at solid/solid, solid/liquid interfaces under extreme environments and conditions far from equilibrium.
Most Recent News
Group members
06/2024 – The group welcomes Preston Davis, an undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering!
06/2024 – The group welcomes Ruben Ramirez and Lisette Perazzo, two teachers taking part to the Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program!
05/2024 – Hsu-Ming starts his internship at Los Alamos National Laboratory
04/2024 – The group welcomes Charis Kim, undergraduate student in Chemical Engineering!
02/2024 – Filippo was promoted to Associate Professor (with tenure)!
02/2024 – Filippo was selected to be part of the 2024 Provost’s Teaching Fellows cohort!
Awards
03/2024 – The group celebrates Nicolas for his Professional Development and Goodenough Travel Award that will allow him to go to the 78th STLE Annual Meeting & Exhibition.
03/2024 – The group celebrates Camille for her 2nd place in the ME Graduate Recruitment Poster Competition (yes, the price was cash)!
02/2024 – Filippo was selected to be part of the 2024 Provost’s Teaching Fellows cohort!
02/2024 – The group celebrates Jimmy for his prestigious University Graduate Continuing Fellowship. Keep an eye on his work on ionic liquids, good things are coming.
Conferences
05/2024 – Nicolas delivered two oral presentations at the 78th STLE Annual Meeting & Exhibition! Well done!
11/2023 – Filippo delivered an invited talk at the STLE Tribology Frontiers Conference!
11/2023 – The group had a fantastic time at the STLE Tribology Frontiers Conference! Well done to Jimmy, Logan, and Nicolas, who gave talks on their research projects.
Publications
05/2024 – Our collaboration with Prof. Page’s group is accepted for publication in Advanced Materials!
05/2024 – Our work on the effect of europium and gadolinium on the tribological response of amorphous carbon films is accepted in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces!
05/2024 – Camille’s work on the mechanocatalytic formation of carbon-rich films on Pt-Au alloys is accepted in Carbon!
04/2024 – Hsu-Ming’s work on the tribologically-induced changes in surface chemistry of Zr-based bulk metallic glass is accepted in Applied Surface Science!
02/2024 – Owen’s work on the accuracy of static contact angle measurements is accepted in Langmuir!
11/2023 – Zixuan’s work on ionic liquid-mediated oxidative scanning probe lithography is accepted in Advanced Functional Materials!
Collaborations
07/2023 – Filippo secured a Collaborative NSF Grant! Looking forward to working with Prof. Iglesias!
06/2023 – Many thanks to the Welch Foundation for supporting our work through a Research Grant!