MSE Adjunct Professor Dr. Talia Sebastian delivered a special seminar in MSE, “Achieving Military Readiness through Strategic Research Partnerships”. Dr. Talia Marie Sebastian currently serves as the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellow, where she advances GVSC’s strategic research priorities by facilitating joint research initiatives to accelerate technology transition efforts. Prior to this role, she served as the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Army Research Office (ARO) Executive Fellow, supporting ARO’s external research portfolio and aligning investments with the US Army’s long-term modernization goals. Concurrently, Dr. Sebastian serves as a Research Chemist at GVSC, where she has established the Atomistic Modeling & Simulation (AM&S) Lab to drive fundamental research in materials science. Through her leadership, she has expanded GVSC’s research capabilities and fostered interdisciplinary collaborations with government, industry, and academia, advancing innovations in materials for energy and propulsion technologies.
