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
09/2024 – The group welcomes Alexandra Vaughn, Victoria Li, and Natalia Orejas, undergraduate students in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering , and Chemistry!
07/2024 – Our RET teachers, Ruben Ramirez and Lisette Perazzo, present their posters at the RET End of the Summer Poster Session. So exciting to see the work carried out over the summer!
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!
06/2024 – Logan starts his internship at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Good luck!
Awards
11/2024 – Congratulations to Filippo for his induction as a 2024 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Rising Star. The recognition was presented at the 2024 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition IMECE Conference (Portland, OR, November 2024)
11/2024 – Congratulations to Nicolas for being awarded the Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Award by the American Vacuum Society!
08/2024 – Nicolas was selected as finalist of the American Vacuum Society (AVS) National Graduate Student Award as well as of the AVS Applied Surface Science Division Graduate Student Award. Good luck!
08/2024 – Filippo was appointed as holder of the Cockrell Family Fellowship #4
07/2024 – Congratulations to Jimmy and Logan for being awarded the 1st and 2nd place in the Graduate Poster Category at the 2024 Tribology Gordon Research Conference!
Conferences
07/2024 – The group had a fantastic time at the 2024 Tribology Gordon Research Conference! Well done to Jimmy, Nicolas, Hsu-Ming, Owen, and Logan, who presented posters.
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!
Projects
10/2024 – Many thanks to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for supporting our collaborative work with Prof. Chih-Hao Chang’s group through a Early Stage Innovations (ESI) Grant!
08/2024 – Many thanks to the American Chemical Society (ACS) Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) for supporting our work through a New Directions (ND) Grant!
06/2024 – Many thanks to the UT Austin-Portugal program for supporting our work through a Exploratory Research Projects (ERPs) grant!
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!