COSAM News Articles 2022 March Dr. Anne Phillips Sassaman Lecture on April 4 at 4:30 p.m.

Dr. Anne Phillips Sassaman Lecture on April 4 at 4:30 p.m.

Published: 03/28/2022

Please join the College of Sciences and Mathematics on April 4 at 4:30 p.m. in SCC 115 for the Dr. Anne Phillips Sassaman Lecture. This lecture series was established to bring distinguished speakers from historically excluded groups, with a focus on women, that will enhance the growth and development of the COSAM community.

This year we are honored to feature Dr. Jamesa Stokes, a 2014 graduate of the COSAM Department of Physics and current NASA engineer. This event will begin immediately following the Dean's Research Awards. We hope that you will be able to attend this event.

Bio:

Dr. Jamesa L. Stokes graduated from Auburn University with a bachelor’s degree of science in Physics in 2014. . After graduating, she was awarded a J. William Fulbright Scholarship to conduct research in Stuttgart, Germany at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institute of Structures and Design, testing materials for heat shields and thermal protection systems. Dr. Stokes went on to complete her PhD in 2019 at Pennsylvania State University in the department of Materials Science and Engineering. Her work focused on environmental barrier coatings for ceramic components in gas turbine engines and deleterious reactions with molten dust particulates from terrestrial sources like desert sand or volcanic ash. Dr. Stokes is currently a materials research engineer in the Environmental Effects and Coatings Branch at the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, OH. Her duties include investigating the behavior of materials in extreme environments and to develop new ways to synthesize novel materials and advance environmental protection systems.

The Sassaman Lectureship was established by Drs. Anne Phillips Sassaman '65 and Jan Fredrick Sassaman.