Bai Cui, mechanical and materials engineering, was part of a team that received a 2025 R&D 100 Award. Often referred to as the “Oscars of Innovation,” the R&D 100 Awards is a prestigious innovation awards program that honors R&D pioneers and the revolutionary commercial products, technologies and materials introduced to the marketplace each year. Cui was part of the Solid-state Additively Manufactured Transition Joints for Extreme Environment, or SAM+J, team, which leverages additive manufacturing and solid-state bonding to seamlessly integrate dissimilar metals. SAM+J delivers six times extended durability, exceptional performance in extreme environments and versatile applications across power, aerospace and energy systems – solving a decades-old challenge in structural engineering.
June 2, 2026
