Lei Fang’s, recent doctoral graduate, research to appear in the May issue of the Journal of Materials Research in an article titled, "Augmented instrumented indentation using nonlinear electrical contact current-voltage curves." This research was performed with his Penn State colleagues, Christopher L. Muhlstein, associate professor in Materials Science, Amber L. Romasco, graduate student in Materials Science, James G. Collins, graduate student in Materials Science and Lawrence H. Friedman, assistant professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, and it is a detailed study of using electrical contact behavior to aid in measuring the mechanical properties through instrumented indentation.

Lei Fang recently defended his Ph.D. dissertation and currently works at Ametek, Inc. in Pittsburgh, PA.