{"id":523,"date":"2019-05-07T11:58:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T15:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/honors.tickle.utk.edu\/?page_id=523"},"modified":"2026-08-31T16:33:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:33:28","slug":"austin-ngo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/honors\/overview\/alumni\/austin-ngo\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Ngo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-002ffff5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em><em>\u201cThe program has allowed me to see how new alloys and materials would actually be put to real use\u2014particularly in space\u2014rather than just looking at how to make them.\u201d<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-small)\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Major:&nbsp;<\/strong>Materials Science and Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Theme:&nbsp;<\/strong>Engineering the Tools of Scientific Discovery<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Research Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Working on the corrosion of superalloys at Oak Ridge National Laboratory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/honors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/05\/austin-ngo.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Ngo\" class=\"wp-image-524\" style=\"width:310px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe program has allowed me to see how new alloys and materials would actually be put to real use\u2014particularly in space\u2014rather than just looking at how to make them.\u201d Major:&nbsp;Materials Science and Engineering Theme:&nbsp;Engineering the Tools of Scientific Discovery Research Experience:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":321,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-523","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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