Carini, who has held leadership positions at the Brookhaven laboratory and at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory for more than two decades, currently oversees Brookhaven’s scientific programs in instrumentation, accelerator science, quantum technologies, microelectronics and advanced research infrastructure.  

Carini is appointed a professorship in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering. 

In a demonstration led by researchers at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the University of Tennessee and the University of Utah, data collected at a CHESS beamline were analyzed in real time at ORNL (800 miles away in Tennessee) and new measurement instructions were automatically sent back to the instrument on the Cornell campus.

About the Position: 

CHESS is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral research candidate with a strong background in both materials physics and computation to join our Quantum Materials team. We encourage applicants with backgrounds in computer science,  condensed matter physics, materials science, or related fields to apply.

Dr. Joel Brock, CHESS Director, received his B.S. in Physics with Departmental Honors from Stanford University in 1981 and his Ph.D. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1987. He joined the faculty of Cornell University’s School of Applied & Engineering Physics in 1989, where he served as Director from 2000 to 2007.

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What is the discovery? 

Austenitic stainless steels combine high strength and toughness, making them useful for automotive applications. These steels can undergo a crystallographic phase transformation from austenite to martensite, triggered either through cooling below the martensitic start temperature or by mechanical deformation. This martensitic transformation (MT) impacts the material’s mechanical performance.