Taylor D. Sparks portrait
  • Director of ReUSE REU, Materials Science and Engineering
  • Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Publications

  • Taylor D. Sparks (2024). Radar Absorbing Materials. Materialism Podcast. Published, 02/15/2024.
  • Travis Allen*, Jake Graser*, Ramsey Issa*, and Taylor D. Sparks “Machine learning predictions of low thermal conductivity: comparing TaVO5 and GdTaO4” accepted to Advances in Applied Ceramics on October 19 2023. Published, 01/23/2024.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/17436753231213060
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2024). New Materials For Carbon Capture. New Materials For Carbon Capture. Published, 01/15/2024.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2024). Ceramic Innovation with Delta Faucet. Materialism Podcast. Published, 01/01/2024.
  • Taylor D. Sparks “Tales from Sabbatical III: Coming Home” Matter, 6 [12], 4111-4115 (2023). [DOI]. Published, 12/06/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2023.10.016
  • Michael Alverson*, Sterling G. Baird*, Ryan Murdock*, (Enoch) Sin-Hang Ho, Jeremy Johnson, and Taylor D. Sparks “Generative adversarial networks and diffusion models in material discovery” published online Digital Discovery on Dec 6th 2023. [DOI]. Published, 12/06/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1039/D3DD00137G
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2023). Cryogenic Milling at Cal Nano. Materialism Podcast. Published, 11/30/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2023). Flash Sintering at Lucideon. Materialism Podcast. Published, 11/15/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2023). Circular Construction Economy. Materialism Podcast. Published, 11/01/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2023). Industrial Symbiosis. Materialism Podcast. Published, 10/30/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2023). Large Language Models in Materials Science. Materialism Podcast. Published, 10/15/2023.
  • Shadi Al Khateeb*, Brian T. Bennett, James P. Beck, Sujee Jeyapalina, Taylor D. Sparks “Crystallinity evolution of spray pyrolyzed fluorapatite thin film by post-deposition treatment” Thin Solid Films, 784, 140082 (2023). [DOI]. Published, 10/09/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2023.140082
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2023). Digital Tools for MSE. Materialism Podcast. Published, 10/01/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2023). Bio-inspired Concrete. Materialism Podcast. Published, 09/15/2023.
  • Jason R. Hall* and Taylor D. Sparks “A Case Study of β-Variational Auto-Encoder Disentanglement with Different Input Distributions for Computational Multi-modal Particle Packing” Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation, 12, 267-275 (2023). [DOI]. Published, 09/07/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s40192-023-00306-6
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2023). Importance of Cross-sector Collaboration. Materialism Podcast. Published, 09/01/2023.
  • Sterling G. Baird*, Ramsey Issa*, and Taylor D. Sparks “Materials Science Optimization Benchmark Dataset for Multi-fidelity Hard-sphere Packing Simulations” Data in Brief, 50, 109487 (2023). [DOI]. Published, 08/19/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109487
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2023). Automating Materials Discovery. Materialism Podcast. Published, 08/15/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2023). Nickel Superalloys at General Electric. Materialism Podcast. Published, 08/01/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2023). Nickel Superalloys at General Electric. Materialism Podcast. Published, 08/01/2023.
  • Colton C. Seegmiller*, Sterling G. Baird*, Hasan M. Sayeed*, and Taylor D. Sparks “Discovering Chemically Novel, High-Temperature Superconductors” Computational Materials Science, 228, 112358 (2023). [DOI]. Published, 07/14/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2023.112358
  • Trupti Mohanty*, K.S. Ravi Chandran, Taylor D. Sparks “Machine learning guided optimal composition selection of niobium alloys for high temperature applications” APL Machine Learning, 1, 036102 (2023). [DOI]. Published, 07/05/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0129528
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2023). Manufacturing Monitoring at Gefran, Inc. Materialism Podcast. Published, 07/01/2023.
  • Kaitlin Tyler, Enze Chen, Bryce Meredig, and Taylor D. Sparks “Artificial intelligence in materials education: A roundtable discussion” JOM, 75, 2083-2085 (2023). [DOI]. Published, 06/02/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-023-05922-3
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2023). Thermal Spray Coatings at General Electric. Materialism Podcast. Published, 06/01/2023.
  • Sterling G. Baird* and Taylor D. Sparks “Building a “Hello World” for Self-driving Labs: The Closed-loop Spectroscopy Lab Light-mixing Demo (CLSLab:Light)” STAR Protocols, 4, 102329 (2023). [DOI]. Published, 05/31/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102329
  • Shadi Al Khateeb*, Brian T. Bennett, Sujee Jeyapalina, James P. Beck, Taylor D. Sparks “Morphological evolution effect on the bio-performance of spray pyrolysis-based synthesis of fluorapatite thin films” JOM, 75, 3332-3344 (2023). [DOI]. Published, 05/19/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-023-05892-6
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2023). Additive Manufacturing at General Electric. Materialism Podcast. Published, 05/15/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2023). Ceramic Matrix Composites at General Electric. Materialism Podcast. Published, 05/01/2023.
  • Erick A. Lawrence, Matthew Davenport, Reshma Devi, Zijian Cai, Maxim Avdeev, Jonathan R. Belnap, Husain Alnaser*, Alice Ho, Taylor D. Sparks, Gopalakrishnan Sai Gautam, Jared Allred, Huiwen Ji “Reversible Electrochemical Lithium Cycling in a Vanadium(IV) and Niobium(V)-based Wadsley-Roth Phase” Chemistry of Materials, 35 [9], 3470-3483 (2023). [DOI]. Published, 04/18/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c03465
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2023). Fusion Reactor Materials. Materialism Podcast. Published, 04/01/2023.
  • Sterling G. Baird*, Jason R. Hall*, and Taylor D. Sparks “Compactness Matters: Improving Bayesian Optimization Efficiency of Materials Formulations through Invariant Search Spaces” Computational Materials Science, 224, 112134 (2023). [DOI]. Published, 03/30/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2023.112134
  • Shadi Al Khateeb*, Brian T. Bennett, Sujee Jeyapalina, James P. Beck, Taylor D. Sparks “Exploration of fluorapatite bio-ceramic thin film deposition by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis” Journal of Materials Research, 38, 2287-2301 (2023). [DOI]. Published, 03/15/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-023-00961-7
  • Husain F. Alnaser* and Taylor D. Sparks “BSTS Synthesis Guided by CALPHAD Approach for Phase Equilibria and Process Optimization” Scientific Reports, 13, 3944 (2023). [DOI]. Published, 03/09/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30976-3
  • Pooya Elahi*, Elizabeth Winterholler*, Jude Horsley*, and Taylor D. Sparks “The Influence of Sintering Condition on Microstructure, Phase Composition, and Electrochemical Performance of the Scandia- Ceria- Co- Doped Zirconia for SOFCs,” Science of Sintering, 55, 237-258 (2023). [DOI]. Published, 03/01/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2023). Bulletproof Materials. Materialism Podcast. Published, 03/01/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks “Tales from Sabbatical II: During your stay” Matter, 6 [3], 648-652 (2023). [DOI]. Published, 03/01/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2022.04.020
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2023). Sparks Plasma Sintering at CalNano. Materialism Podcast. Published, 02/01/2023.
  • Husain F. Alnaser*, Stacey J. Smith, and Taylor D. Sparks “Structural Investigations of the Bi2–xSbxTe3–ySey Topological Insulator” Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 320, 123868 (2023). [DOI]. Published, 01/25/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2023.123868
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2023). Publishing in Scientific Journals. Materialism Podcast. Published, 01/01/2023.
  • Sterling G. Baird* and Taylor D. Sparks “What is a minimal working example for a materials acceleration platform?” Matter, 5 [12] 4170-4178 (2022). [DOI]. Published, 12/07/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2022.11.007
  • Pooya Elahi*, Jude A. Horsley*, and Taylor D. Sparks “Electrochemical and Degradation Studies on One-Dimensional Tunneled Sodium Zirconogallate + Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Composite, Mixed Sodium and Oxygen Ion Conductor” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 169 [11] 114502 (2022). [DOI]. Published, 11/07/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac9ee2
  • (invited) Sterling G. Baird*, Marianne Liu*, Hasan M. Sayeed*, and Taylor D. Sparks “Data-Driven Materials Discovery and Synthesis using Machine Learning Methods” Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry III, Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering, (2022) [DOI].. Published, 11/04/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823144-9.00079-0
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2022). Catalysis at the Toyota Research Institute. Materialism Podcast. Published, 11/01/2022.
  • Su Kong Chong, Lizhe Liu, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Taylor D. Sparks, Feng Liu and Vikram V. Deshpande “Emergent Helical Edge States in a Hybridized Three-Dimensional Topological Insulator” Nature Communications, 13, 6386 (2022). [DOI]. Published, 10/27/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33643-9
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2022). Materials Modeling at General Electric. Materialism Podcast. Published, 10/01/2022.
  • Vishakha Gupta, Rakshit Jain, Yafei Ren, Xiyue S. Zhang, David A. Muller, Di Xiao, Husain F. Alnaser*, Amit Vashist*, Vikram V. Deshpande, Taylor D. Sparks, and Daniel C. Ralph “Gate-tunable anomalous Hall effect in a 3D topological insulator/2D magnet van der Waals heterostructure” Nano Letters, 22 [17], 7166-7172 (2022). [DOI]. Published, 08/22/2022.
  • Sterling G. Baird*, Kevin M. Jablonka, Michael D. Alverson*, Hasan M. Sayeed*, Mohammed Faris Kahn*, Colton Seegmiller*, Berend Smit, and Taylor D. Sparks “xtal2png: A Python package for representing crystal structure as PNG files” Journal of Open Source Software, 7 [76], 4528 (2022). [DOI]. Published, 08/03/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2022). Photovoltaic Materials. Materialism Podcast. Published, 08/01/2022.
  • Sterling G. Baird and Taylor D. Sparks “High-throughput calculation of atomic planar density for compounds” Journal of Applied Crystallography, 55, 380-385 (2022). [DOI]. Published, 07/27/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576722001492
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2022). Materials Informatics at General Electric. Materialism Podcast. Published, 07/01/2022.
  • (invited) Taylor D. Sparks “Tales from Sabbatical I: Planning your leave” Matter, 5 [6], 1623-1626 (2022). [DOI]. Published, 06/01/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2022.04.020
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2022). Bonus: Why is Materials Science Important. Materialism Podcast. Published, 06/01/2022.
  • Richard Edwards, Isaac Krieger*, Mark P. Halling*, Shelley Minteer, Taylor D. Sparks, and David Schurig “Additive-Manufactured, Highly-Conductive Metasurfaces, with Application Enabling Secondary Properties, for Microwave Waveguide Components” IEEE Access, 10, 58921-58929 (2022). [DOI]. Published, 05/23/2022.
  • Sterling G. Baird*, Marianne Liu*, and Taylor D. Sparks “High-dimensional Bayesian Optimization of Hyperparameters for an Attention-based Network to Predict Materials Property: a Case Study on CrabNet using Ax and SAASBO”, Computational Materials Science, 211, 111505 (2022). [DOI]. Published, 05/19/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2022.111505
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2022). Ceramic Dental Composites. Materialism Podcast. Published, 05/01/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2022). Paper's Possibilities. Materialism Podcast. Published, 05/01/2022.
  • Raju Baral, Jacob Christensen, Parker Hamilton, Feng Ye, Milinda Abeykoon, Karine Chesnel, Taylor D. Sparks, Rosa Ward*, Jiaqiang Yan, Michael E. Manley, Raphael P. Hermann, and Benjamin A. Frandsen “Real-space visualization of short-range antiferromagnetic correlations in MnTe” Matter, 5 [6], 1853-1864 (2022). [DOI]. Published, 04/25/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2022.03.011
  • Maria-Magdalena Titirici, Sterling G. Baird*, Taylor D. Sparks, Shirley M. Yang, Agi Brandt-Talbot, Omid Hosseinaei, David Paul Harper, Richard Parker, Silvia Vignolini, Lars Berglund, Yuanyuan Li, Huai-Ling Gao, Li-Bo Mao, Shuhong Yu, Noel Díez, Guillermo Alvarez.ferrero, Marta Sevilla Solis, Petra Szilagyi, Connor Stubbs, Joshua Worch, Yunping Huang, Christine Luscombe, Koon-yang Lee, Hui Luo, Jim Platts, Devendra Tiwari, Dmitry Kovalevskiy, David Fermin, Heather Au, Hande Alptekin, Maria Crespo Ribadeneyra, Valeska Ting, Tim-Patrick Fellinger, Jesus Barrio-hermida, Olivia Westhead, Claudie Roy, Ifan Stephens, Sabina Alexandra Nicolae, Saurav Sarma, Rose Oates, Chen Gang Wang, Zibiao Li, Xian Jun Loh, Rupert J Myers, Niko Heeren, Alice Grégoire, Clément Périssé, Xiaoying Zhao, Yael Vodovotz, Becky Earley, Goran Finnveden, Anna Björklund, Gavin Harper, Allan Walton, and Paul A Anderson “The sustainable materials roadmap” JPhys Materials, 5, 032001 (2022).. Published, 04/08/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ac4ee5
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2022). Ceramics in Real Time. Materialism Podcast. Published, 04/01/2022.
  • Marcus E. Parry*, Samantha Couper, Jackson Hendry*, Aria Mansouri Tehrani, Anton O. Oliynyk, Jakoah Brgoch, Lowell Miyagi, and Taylor D. Sparks “Trends in bulk compressibility of Mo2-xWxBC solid solutions” accepted to Chemistry of Materials on February 18 2022. [DOI]. Published, 03/08/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c03501
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2022). Getting the Most Out of Conferences. Materialism Podcast. Published, 03/01/2022.
  • (invited) Sterling G. Baird*, Tran Diep*, and Taylor D. Sparks “DiSCoVeR: a Materials Discovery Screening Tool for High Performance, Unique Chemical Compositions” Digital Discovery, 1, 226-240 (2021). [DOI]. Published, 02/03/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1039/D1DD00028D
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2022). The Science of Ski Wax. Materialism Podcast. Published, 02/01/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2022). Storing Nuclear Waste. Materialism Podcast. Published, 01/15/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2022). Reverse Engineering Nature’s Peel. Materialism Podcast. Published, 01/01/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks “Inaugural Congress to Focus on Artificial Intelligence” JOM, 73, 3679-3680 (2021). [DOI]. Published, 12/01/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-021-05007-z
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2021). Materialism Retrospective. Materialism Podcast. Published, 12/01/2021.
  • Andrew Falkowski*, Steven K. Kauwe*, and Taylor D. Sparks “Optimizing fractional compositions to achieve extraordinary properties” Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation, 10, 689-695 (2021). [DOI]. Published, 11/29/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s40192-021-00242-3
  • Debanshu Banerjee* and Taylor D. Sparks “Comparing transfer learning to feature optimization in microstructure classification” iScience, 25, [2], 103774 (2021). [DOI]. Published, 11/05/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.103774
  • Taylor D. Sparks “Inaugural Congress to Focus on Artificial Intelligence” JOM, 73, 3679-3680 (2021). [DOI]. Published, 11/03/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-021-05007-z
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2021). Securing Metal Supply. Materialism Podcast. Published, 11/01/2021.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2021). Thermal Barrier Coatings. Materialism Podcast. Published, 10/15/2021.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2021). Better Polystyrene Recycling. Materialism Podcast. Published, 10/01/2021.
  • Jason R. Hall*, Steven K. Kauwe*, and Taylor D. Sparks “Machine Learning Applications of Particle Packing with Large Size Variations” Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation, 10, 559-567 (2021). [DOI]. Published, 09/15/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s40192-021-00230-7
  • 1. Sterling G. Baird and Taylor D. Sparks “Large Database of Element-Wise Lattice Plane Densities in Materials” Journal of Applied Crystallography, 55, (2022). [DOI]. Published, 09/01/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576722001492
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2021). Better Nuclear Fuel. Materialism Podcast. Published, 09/01/2021.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2021). Was the Challenger an Engineering Failure?. Materialism Podcast. Published, 08/15/2021.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2021). Digital Image Correlation. Materialism Podcast. Published, 08/01/2021.
  • Ashley N Henderson*, Steven K Kauwe*, and Taylor D. Sparks “Benchmark datasets incorporating diverse tasks, sample sizes, material systems, and data heterogeneity for materials informatics” Data in Brief, 37, 107262 (2021). [DOI]. Published, 07/13/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107262
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2021). Geopolymers. Materialism Podcast. Published, 07/01/2021.
  • Taylor D. Sparks, Anton Oliynyk, and Vitaliy Romaka “Preface to the special issue on machine learning and data-driven design of materials issue in computational materials science” Computational Materials Science, 195, 110452 (2021). [DOI]. Published, 06/30/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2021.110452
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2021). What Really Sunk the Titanic. Materialism Podcast. Published, 06/15/2021.
  • Akira Nagaoka, Kenji Yoshino, Taizo Masuda, Taylor D. Sparks, Michael A. Scarpulla, and Kensuke Nishioka “Environmentally friendly thermoelectric sulfide Cu2ZnSnS4 single crystals with dimensionless figure of merit achieving 1.6” Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9, 15595-15604 (2021). [DOI]. Published, 06/07/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TA02978A
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2021). 3D Printing Case Studies. Materialism Podcast. Published, 06/01/2021.
  • Anthony Yu-Tang Wang*, Steven K. Kauwe*, Ryan Murdock*, and Taylor D. Sparks “Compositionally-Restricted Attention-Based Network for Materials Property Prediction,” npj Computational Materials, 7, 77 (2021). [DOI]. Published, 05/28/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41524-021-00545-1
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2021). Aviation Crack Growth. Materialism Podcast. Published, 05/15/2021.
  • Taylor D. Sparks and Debanshu Banerjee* “Materials Informatics and Polymer Science: Pushing the Frontiers of our Understanding” Matter, 4 [5], 1454-1456 (2021). [DOI]. Published, 05/10/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2021.04.003
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2021). Reshaping Energy Storage. Materialism Podcast. Published, 05/01/2021.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2021). Silicon Chip Shortage. Materialism Podcast. Published, 04/15/2021.
  • Logan G. Kiefer*, Christian J. Robert*, and Taylor D. Sparks “Lifetime of electrochromic optical transition cycling of ethyl viologen diperchlorate-based electrochromic devices” SN Applied Sciences, 3, 554 (2021). [DOI]. Published, 04/13/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-021-04552-1
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2021). 3D Printing Deep Dive. Materialism Podcast. Published, 04/01/2021.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2021). Magnetocaloric Materials. Materialism Podcast. Published, 03/15/2021.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2021). Spark Plasma Sintering. Materialism Podcast. Published, 03/01/2021.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2021). Cookware. Materialism Podcast. Published, 02/15/2021.
  • (invited) Marianne Liu*, Conrad Clement*, Kathy Liu, Xuming Wang, and Taylor D. Sparks “An Experimental-Computational Approach for Advanced Solid Polymer Electrolyte Design,” Computational Materials Science, 187, 110108 (2020). [DOI]. Published, 02/01/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2020.110108
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2021). Photography. Materialism Podcast. Published, 02/01/2021.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2021). The Elixir of Civilization. Materialism Podcast. Published, 01/15/2021.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2021). Ionic Conduction. Materialism Podcast. Published, 01/01/2021.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2020). Engineering a Better Skateboard. Materialism Podcast. Published, 12/01/2020.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2020). Superconducting Materials. Materialism Podcast. Published, 11/15/2020.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2020). Investing in Materials Startups. Materialism Podcast. Published, 11/01/2020.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2020). When Materials Failure Leads to Wildfire. Materialism Podcast. Published, 10/15/2020.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2020). The Materials of Cosplay. Materialism Podcast. Published, 10/15/2020.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2020). The Materials of Art. Materialism Podcast. Published, 10/01/2020.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2020). Bio-inspired Materials. Materialism Podcast. Published, 09/01/2020.
  • (invited) Amber Barron* and Taylor D. Sparks “Commercial Marine-degradable Polymers for Flexible Packaging” iScience, 23, 101353, (2020). [DOI]. Published, 08/21/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2020.101353
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2020). Bioprinting. Materialism Podcast. Published, 08/15/2020.
  • Ryan Murdock*, Steven K. Kauwe*, Anthony Yu-Tang Wang*, and Taylor D. Sparks “Is domain knowledge necessary for machine learning materials properties?” Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation, 9, 221-227 (2020). [DOI]. Published, 08/05/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s40192-020-00179-z
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2020). Vulcanized Rubber. Materialism Podcast. Published, 08/01/2020.
  • Steven K. Kauwe*, Taylor M. Welker, and Taylor D. Sparks “Extracting Knowledge from DFT: Experimental Band Gap Predictions Through Ensemble Learning” Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation, 9, 213-220, (2020). [DOI]. Published, 07/24/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s40192-020-00178-0
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2020). Auxetics. Materialism Podcast. Published, 07/15/2020.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2020). Materials Informatics. Materialism Podcast. Published, 07/01/2020.
  • Jason Nance* and Taylor D. Sparks “From Streetlights to Phosphors: a Review on the Visibility of Roadway Markings,” Progress in Organic Coatings, 148, 105749, (2020). DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.porgcoat.2020.105749. Published, 06/20/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.porgcoat.2020.105749
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2020). Filtering Out The Bad. Materialism Podcast. Published, 06/15/2020.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2020). Diamonds Aren’t Forever. Materialism Podcast. Published, 06/01/2020.
  • Jason Nance* and Taylor D. Sparks “Comparison of Coatings for SrAl2O4:Eu2+,Dy3+ powder in Waterborne Road Striping Paint under Wet Conditions” Progress in Organic Coatings, 144, 105637, (2020). [DOI]. Published, 05/31/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.porgcoat.2020.105637
  • Conrad Clement*, Steven K. Kauwe*, and Taylor D. Sparks “Benchmark AFLOW Data Sets for Machine Learning,” Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation, 9, 153-156 (2020). [DOI]. Published, 05/29/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s40192-020-00174-4
  • (invited) Anthony Yu-Tang Wang, Ryan J. Murdock*, Steven K. Kauwe*, Anton O. Oliynyk, Aleksander Gurlo, Jakoah Brgoch, Kristin A. Persson, and Taylor D. Sparks “Machine Learning for Materials Scientists: An introductory guide towards best practices” Chemistry of Materials, 32, [12], 4954–4965 (2020). [DOI]. Published, 05/20/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01907
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2020). Perfecting Polymer Processing. Materialism Podcast. Published, 05/01/2020.
  • (invited) Taylor D. Sparks, Steven K. Kauwe*, Marcus E. Parry*, Aria Tehrani Mansouri, and Jakoah Brgoch “Machine learning for structural materials” Annual Reviews of Materials Research, 50, 27-48 (2020). [DOI]. Published, 04/28/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-matsci-110519-0947...
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2020). Surfactants: A Slippery Soap. Materialism Podcast. Published, 04/01/2020.
  • Brennan Theler*, Steven K. Kauwe*, and Taylor D. Sparks “Materials abundance, price, and availability data from the years 1998 to 2015” Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation, 9, 144-150 (2020). [DOI]. Published, 03/02/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s40192-020-00173-5
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2020). A Look Inside Ultrasound. Materialism Podcast. Published, 03/01/2020.
  • (invited) Andrew R. Falkowski and Taylor D. Sparks “The Materialism podcast: Exploring new avenues for materials science education” Matter, 2, [2] 276-278 (2020). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2019.12.014. Published, 02/05/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2019.12.014
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2020). Self-Healing Rubber. Materialism Podcast. Published, 02/01/2020.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2020). The Science of Blacksmithing. Materialism Podcast. Published, 01/01/2020.
  • (invited) Steven K. Kauwe*, Jake Graser*, Ryan Murdock*, and Taylor D. Sparks “Can machine learning find extraordinary materials?” Computational Material Science, 174, 109498 (2020). [DOI]. Published, 12/29/2019.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2019.109498
  • Su Kong Chong, Ryuichi Tsuchikawa, Jared Harmer, Taylor D. Sparks, and Vikram V. Deshpande “Landau Levels of Topologically-Protected Surface States Probed by Dual-Gated Quantum Capacitance” ACS Nano 14, [1], 1158-1165 (2020). [DOI]. Published, 12/13/2019.
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.9b09192
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2019). Recycling and the Science of Separation. Materialism Podcast. Published, 12/01/2019.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2019). The Ultimate Construction Material. Materialism Podcast. Published, 11/01/2019.
  • Florian Belviso, Victor E. P. Claerbout, Aleix Comas-Vives, N. Dalal, F. Fan, Alessio Filippetti, Vincenzo Fiorentini, Lucas Foppa, Cesare Franchini, Benjamin Geisler, Luca M. Ghiringhelli, Axel Groÿ, Shunbo Hu, Jorge Íñiguez, Steven K. Kauwe*, J. Musfeldt, Paolo Nicolini, Rossitza Pentcheva, Tomas Polcar, W. Ren, Fabio Ricci, Francesco Ricci, Huseyin Sener Sen, Jonathan M. Skelton, Taylor D. Sparks, Alessandro Stroppa, Andrea Urru, Matthias Vandichel, P. Vavassori, H. Wu, K. Yang, Hong Jian Zhao, Danilo Puggioni, Remedios Cortese, and Antonio Cammarata “Viewpoint: Atomic-scale design protocols towards energy, electronic, catalysis and sensing applications” Inorganic Chemistry, 58, [22], 14939-14980 (2019). [DOI]. Published, 10/15/2019.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01785
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2019). Seeing with Electrons. Materialism Podcast. Published, 10/01/2019.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2019). Materials That Remember. Materialism Podcast. Published, 09/01/2019.
  • (invited) Marcus Parry*, Samantha Couper, Aria Mansouri Tehrani, Anton O. Oliynyk, Jakoah Brgoch, Lowell Miyagi, and Taylor D. Sparks “Lattice strain and texture analysis of superhard Mo0.9W1.1BC and ReWC0.8 via diamond anvil cell deformation” Journal of Materials Chemistry A as part of the Emerging Investigators Special Issue, 7, 24012-24018 (2019). [DOI]. Published, 08/30/2019.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9TA06431A
  • Aria Mansouri Tehrani, Anton O. Oliynyk, Zeshan Rizvi, Sogol Lotfi, Marcus Parry*, Taylor D. Sparks, and Jakoah Brgoch “Atomic substitution to balance hardness ductility and sustainability in molybdenum tungsten borocabide” Chemistry of Material, 31, 18, 7696-7703 (2019). [DOI]. Published, 08/09/2019.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b02596
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2019). Yes, Chocolate is a Material. Materialism Podcast. Published, 08/01/2019.
  • Alexander Szendrei*, Taylor D. Sparks, and Anil V. Virkar “Three and Four-Electrode Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Studies using Embedded Composite Thin Film Pseudo-Reference Electrodes in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 166, 12, F784-F795 (2019). [DOI]. Published, 07/17/2019.
    https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0771912jes
  • Shadi Al Khateeb and Taylor D. Sparks “Pore-graded and conductor and binder free FeS2 films deposited by spray pyrolysis for high performance lithium ion batteries” Journal of Materials Research published online July 15 2019. [DOI]. Published, 07/15/2019.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2019.208
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2019). Gore-Tex: Structuring a Company like a Material. Materialism Podcast. Published, 07/01/2019.
  • Leila Ghadbeigi*, Taylor D. Sparks, and Anil V. Virkar “Electrochemical Studies on Na- ”-Alumina + Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia (YSZ) Composite Mixed Na+-Ion-O2--Ion Conductors” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 166, 10, F679-F686 (2019). [DOI]. Published, 06/28/2019.
    https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0161912jes
  • Su Kong Chong, Kyu Bum Han*, Taylor D. Sparks, and Vikram V. Deshpande “Tunable Coupling between the Paired Surface States in 3D Topological Insulator” Physical Review Letters, 123, 036804 (2019). [DOI]. Published, 06/07/2019.
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.036804
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2019). Hemodialysis and the Birth of Artificial Organs. Materialism Podcast. Published, 06/01/2019.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2019). Solving Structures with X-Rays. Materialism Podcast. Published, 05/01/2019.
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2019). Turning Heat into Electricity. Materialism Podcast. Published, 04/01/2019.
  • Taylor D. Sparks, Aleksander Gurlo, Maged F. Bekheet*, Michael W. Gaultois, Gennady Cherkashinin, Laetitia Laversenne and David R. Clarke “The high-temperature structure of Co3O4: Understanding spinel inversion using in situ and ex situ measurements” Physical Review B, 99, 104104 (2019). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.104104. Published, 03/04/2019.
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.104104
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2019). Making Materials in a Microwave. Materialism Podcast. Published, 03/01/2019.
  • Benjamin Gilmore*, Zachary Luscher*, Kyle Roberts, George Fisher, and Taylor D. Sparks “Comparison of fatigue in fiber-backed PVDF and PFA fluoropolymer linings” Polymer Degradation and Stability, 162, 122-128 (2019). DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2019.02.016. Published, 02/18/2019.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2019.02....
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2019). Materials Commercialization: Batch 21. Matter. Published, 02/01/2019.
  • (invited) Steven K. Kauwe*, Trevor David Rhone, and Taylor D. Sparks “Data-driven studies of lithium-ion-battery materials” Crystals, 9, [1] 54 (2019). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst9010054. Published, 01/18/2019.
  • Isaac Nelson, Taylor A. Ogden, Shadi Al Khateeb, Jake Graser, Taylor D. Sparks, Jake J. Abbott, and Steven E. Naleway “Freeze casting of surface-magnetized Fe3O4 particles with a Helmholtz coil in a unidirectional static magnetic field to fabricate materials inspired by bone” Advanced Engineering Materials, 1801092, (2018). [DOI]: https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.201801092. Published, 01/16/2019.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.201801092
  • Taylor D. Sparks (2019). The History of Steel. Materialism Podcast. Published, 01/01/2019.
  • Kyu-Bum Han*, Akira Nagaoka, Sukong Chong, Diego Fuertez, Suzanne Petryk*, Michael Scarpulla, Vikram Deshpande, and Taylor D. Sparks “Improved electron mobility in topological insulating BiSbTeSe2 single crystals grown via two-step recrystallization method” Scientific Reports, 8:17290 (2018). [DOI]: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35674-z. Published, 11/23/2018.
  • Su Kong Chong, Kyu Bum Han*, Akira Nagaoka, Ryuichi Tsuchikawa, Renlong Liu, Haoliang Liu, Z. Valy Vardeny, Dmytro A. Pesin, Changgu Lee, Taylor D. Sparks and Vikram V. Deshpande “Topological Insulator-Based van der Waals Heterostructures for Effective Control of Massless and Massive Dirac Fermions” Nano Letters, 18, [12], 8047-8053 (2018). [DOI]: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b04291. Published, 11/08/2018.
  • Shadi Al Khateeb* and Taylor D. Sparks “Spray pyrolysis of conductor and binder free porous FeS2 films for high performance lithium ion batteries” Journal of Materials Science, 54, [5], 4089-4104 (2019). DOI: 10.1007/s10853-018-3055-0. Published, 10/18/2018.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10853-018-3055-0
  • Dong Zhang, Anton O. Oliynyk, Gabriel M. Duarte, Abishek K. Iyer, Leila Ghadbeigi*, Taylor D. Sparks, and Arthur Mar “Not Just Par for the Course: Over 72 Quaternary Germanides RE4M2XGe4 (RE = La–Nd, Sm, Gd–Tm, Lu; M = Mn–Ni; X = Ag, Cd) and the Search for Intermetallics with Low Thermal Conductivity” Inorganic Chemistry, 57, (22), 14249-14259 (2018). DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02279. Published, 10/17/2018.
  • J. Jacob Chavez, Ryan T. Davis, and Taylor D. Sparks “Analysis of thermal expansion via dilatometry” JoVE Science Education Database. Inactive Collection. JoVE, Cambridge, MA, (2018). DOI: https://www.jove.com/science-education/10490/analysis-of-thermal-expansion-via-dilatometry?status=a12496k. Published, 09/01/2018.
  • Kara Ingraham, Jared McCutchen, and Taylor D. Sparks “Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy” JoVE Science Education Database. Inactive Collection. JoVE, Cambridge, MA, (2018). DOI: https://www.jove.com/science-education/10491/electrochemical-impedance-spectroscopy?status=a12497k. Published, 09/01/2018.
  • Amber N. Barron, Ashlea Patterson, and Taylor D. Sparks “Hydrogel synthesis” JoVE Science Education Database. Inactive Collection. JoVE, Cambridge, MA, (2018). DOI: https://www.jove.com/science-education/10486/hydrogel-synthesis?status=a12492k. Published, 09/01/2018.
  • Elise S.D. Buki, Danielle N. Beatty, and Taylor D. Sparks “Thermal diffusivity and the laser flash method” JoVE Science Education Database. Inactive Collection. JoVE, Cambridge, MA, (2018). DOI: https://www.jove.com/science-education/10488/thermal-diffusivity-and-the-laser-flash-method?status=a12494k. Published, 09/01/2018.
  • Danielle N. Beatty and Taylor D. Sparks “Differential scanning calorimetry” JoVE Science Education Database. Inactive Collection. JoVE, Cambridge, MA, (2018). DOI.: https://www.jove.com/science-education/10487/differential-scanning-calorimetry?status=a12493k4. Published, 09/01/2018.
  • Logan G. Kiefer, Andrew R. Falkowski, and Taylor D. Sparks “Electroplating of thin films” JoVE Science Education Database. Inactive Collection. JoVE, Cambridge, MA, (2018). DOI: https://www.jove.com/science-education/10489/electroplating-of-thin-films?status=a12495k. Published, 09/01/2018.
  • Aria Mansouri Tehrani, Anton O. Oliynyk, Marcus Parry*, Zeshan Rizvi, Samantha Couper, Feng Lin, Lowell Miyagi, Taylor D. Sparks, Jakoah Brgoch “Machine learning directed search for ultraincompressible, high hardness materials” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140, [31], 9844–9853 (2018). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b02717. Published, 07/17/2018.
    https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b02717
  • Taylor D. Sparks, Aleksander Gurlo, Michael W. Gaultois, and David R. Clarke “A revised model for thermopower and site inversion in Co3O4 spinel” Physical Review B, 98, [2], 024108 (2018). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.024108. Published, 07/11/2018.
    https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.024108
  • Kyu Bum-Han & Jake Graser, Alexandre Stella, John Fuertez, Van Nguyen, John McLennan, and Taylor D. Sparks (2018). Calcium alginate polymer encapsulation of proppant with time-release delivery of microbial consortia for methanogenesis. Hydraulic Fracturing Journal. Vol. 5. Published, 06/14/2018.
  • Alex Zevalkink & David M. Smiadak, Jeff L. Blackburn, Andrew J. Ferguson, Michael L. Chabinyc, Olivier Delaire, Jian Wang, Kirill Kovnir, Joshua Martin, Laura T. Schelhas, Taylor D. Sparks, Stephen D. Kang, Maxwell T. Dylla, G. Jeffrey Snyder, Brenden Ortiz, Eric Toberer (2018). A practical field guide to thermoelectrics: Fundamentals, synthesis, and characterization. Applied Physics Reviews. Vol. 5, 021303(1-50). Published, 06/14/2018.
    https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5021094
  • Steven K. Kauwe & Jake Graser, Antonio Vazquez, and Taylor D. Sparks (2018). Machine learning prediction of heat capacity for solid inorganics. Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation. Vol. 7, 43-51. Published, 05/29/2018.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s40192-018-0108-9
  • Jake Graser & Steven K. Kauwe, and Taylor D. Sparks (2018). Machine learning and energy minimization approaches for crystal structure predictions: A review and new horizons. Chemistry of Materials. Vol. 30, 3601-3612. Published, 05/19/2018.
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b05304
  • John Fuertez & Gloria Cordoba, John McLennan, D. Jack Adams, and Taylor D. Sparks (2018). Potential application of developed methanogenic microbial consortia for coal biogasification. International Journal of Coal Geology. Vol. 188, 165-180. Published, 02/14/2018.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2018.02.013
  • Clayton Cozzan & Guillaume Lheureux, Nicholas O'Dea, Emily Levin, Jake Graser, Taylor D. Sparks, Shuji Nakamura, Steven DenBaars, Claude Weisbuch, and Ram Seshadri (2018). Stable, Heat-Conducting Phosphor Composites for High-Power Laser Lighting. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Vol. 10, 5673–5681. Published, 02/05/2018.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b00074
  • John Fuertez & Richard Boakye, John McLennan, D. Jack Adams, Taylor D. Sparks, Austin Gottschalk (2017). Developing methanogenic microbial consortia from diverse coal sources and environments. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. Vol. 46, 637-650. Published, 10/01/2017.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2017.07.028
  • John Fuertez & Van Nguyen, John D. McLennan, D. Jack Adams, Kyu-Bum-Han and Taylor D.Sparks (2017). Optimization of biogenic methane production from coal. International Journal of Coal Geology. Vol. 183, 14-24. Published, 09/29/2017.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2017.09.014
  • Malinda L.C. Buffon, Geneva Laurita, Nisha Verma, Leo Lamontagne, Leila Ghadbeigi, Demetrious L. Lloyd, Taylor D. Sparks, Tresa M. Pollock, and Ram Seshadri, “Enhancement of Thermoelectric Properties in the Nb--Co--Sn Half-Heusler/Heusler System Through Spontaneous Inclusion of a Coherent Second Phase” Journal of Applied Physics, 120, [7], 075104 (2016). Published, 08/19/2016.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4961215
  • Nichols, Patrick E., Jeffrey S. Bates, and Taylor D. Sparks. "Exploration of Polytetrafluoroethylene as a Potential Material Replacement for Hemodialysis Applications." MRS Advances: 1-7 (2016). Published, 06/20/2016.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/adv.2016.473
  • Leila Ghadbeigi, Zixiao Liu, Taylor D. Sparks, and Anil V. Virkar “Synthesis of Ion Conducting Sodium Zirconium Gallate + Yttria- Stabilized Zirconia by a Vapor Phase Process” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 163, [8], A1560-A1565 (2016). Published, 05/24/2016.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/2.0501608jes
  • Leila Ghadbeigi, Alexander Szendrei, Pablo Moreno, Taylor D. Sparks, and Anil V. Virkar, “Synthesis of Iron-Doped Na-Beta"-Alumina + Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Composite Electrolytes by a Vapor Phase Process” Solid State Ionics, 290, 77-82 (2016). Published, 04/11/2016.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2016.04.006
  • Ram Seshadri and Taylor D. Sparks “Perspective: Interactive materials properties databases through aggregation of literature data” invited article, APL Materials, 4, 053206, (2016). Published, 03/03/2016.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4944682
  • Michael W. Gaultois, Anton Oliynyk, Arthur Mar, Taylor D. Sparks, Gregory Mulholland, and Bryce Meredig "Perspective: Web-based machine learning models for real-time screening of thermoelectric materials properties " APL Materials, 4, [5], 053213 (2016). Selected as cover article.. Published, 02/15/2016.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4952607
  • Alexander Szendrei, Taylor D. Sparks, and Anil V. Virkar “Possible Use of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia for Potentiometric Measurements at Room Temperature”, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 163, [5] F416-F420 (2016). Published, 02/10/2016.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/2.0891605jes
  • Taylor D. Sparks, Anton Oliynyk, Michael W. Gautois, and Jakoah Brgoch “Datamining approach in thermoelectrics,” invited Viewpoint Set article, Scripta Materialia, 111, (2016) 10-15. Published, 01/15/2016.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2015.04.026
  • Garrett Meeks, Jason Dalton, Taylor D. Sparks, and Dinesh K. Shetty “A functionally-graded carbide in the Ta-C system” Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 99, [2] 392-394 (2016). Published, 12/12/2015.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jace.14045
  • Michael W. Gaultois, Jason E. Douglas, Taylor D. Sparks, and Ram Seshadri “Single-step preparation and consolidation of reduced early-transition-metal oxide/metal n-type thermoelectric composites” AIP Advances, 5, 097144, 2015. Published, 09/14/2015.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4931161
  • Leila Ghadbeigi, Jaye K. Harada, Bethany Lettiere, and Taylor D. Sparks “Data-mining approach for battery materials” 2015 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech) 239-244 (2015). Published, 09/01/2015.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SusTech.2015.7314353
  • Jeffrey S Bates & Luke R. Whitson, Kelan M. Albertson, Nathan S. Hickerson, Patrick E. Nichols, Bethany E. Larson, and Taylor D. Sparks (2015). Molecular imprinted hydrogels in drug delivery applications. MRS 2015, Phoenix AZ. Published, 05/14/2015.
    https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2015.455
  • Leila Ghadbeigi, Jaye K. Harada, Bethany Lettiere, and Taylor D. Sparks “Performance and resource considerations of Li-ion battery electrode materials” Energy and Environmental Science, 8, 1640-1650 (2015) Selected as rear cover article.. Published, 03/27/2015.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C5EE00685F
  • Michael W. Gaultois and Taylor D. Sparks “How much improvement in thermoelectric performance can come from reducing thermal conductivity?” Applied Physics Letters, 104, 113906 (2014). Published, 03/17/2014.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4869232
  • Taylor D. Sparks, Moureen C. Kemei, Phillip T. Barton, Ram Seshadri, Eun-Deok Mun, and Vivien Zapf, “Magnetocapacitance as a sensitive probe of magnetostructural changes in NiCr2O4Physical Review B, 89, [2] 024405 (2014). Published, 01/10/2014.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.89.024405

Research Keywords

  • magnetoelectrics
  • Thermoelectric materials
  • Thermal Transport
  • Energy Material Science
  • Datamining
  • Ceramic Engineering
  • Air Pollution

Presentations

  • Taylor D. Sparks "Expanding the capabilities of students through generative artificial intelligence tools," Integrating LLMs into the Materials Chemistry Curriculum workshop. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/12/2024.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "The Impact of Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence on Scientific Research and Daily Life," Chinese American Scholars in Utah annual meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/17/2024.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Materials Informatics: Expectations and Reality," MateriAlZ Winter School on materials, Biosphere 2, AZ. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/15/2024.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Materials Informatics: Moving Beyond Screening via Generative Machine Learning Modules," the University of California, Irvine, Materials Science & Engineering Department seminar. Invited Talk/Keynote, Submitted, 12/15/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Continuous improvement in engineering education", the University of Utah, College of Engineering, Teaching Excellence Workshop. Invited Talk/Keynote, Submitted, 12/10/2023.
  • Ramsey Issa "Leveraging Active Learning in Restricted, Discretized and Predefined Design Spaces for NMR Peak Prediction," Fall 2023 MRS Meeting, Boston, MA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Submitted, 12/05/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Improving crystal structure prediction: Accelerating Flexible Unit Structure Engine (FUSE) with Machine Learning Predictions," Fall 2023 MRS Meeting, Boston MA. Invited Talk/Keynote, Submitted, 12/04/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Overcoming Challenges in Real-World Materials Science Optimization: A 'Choose Your Own Adventure' Approach with Ax," Fall 2023 MRS Meeting, Boston MA. Invited Talk/Keynote, Submitted, 12/03/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Teaching Graduate Active Learning," the University of Utah, College of Engineering, Teaching Graduate Level Courses workshop. Invited Talk/Keynote, Submitted, 11/30/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Materials Informatics: Moving Beyond Screening via Generative Machine Learning Modules," the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science & Engineering seminar. Invited Talk/Keynote, Submitted, 11/25/2023.
  • Hasan M. Sayeed "Are large language models the answer to growing crystallographic materials data?" Chemical Crystallography Group (CCG) of the British Crystallography Association (BCA). Invited Talk/Keynote, Submitted, 11/15/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Materials Informatics: Moving Beyond Screening via Generative Machine Learning Modules," the University of Utah, Scientific Computing Student Club. Invited Talk/Keynote, Submitted, 11/10/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "The Collge of Engineering at the University of Utah," promotional talk to the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers 2023 meeting in Salt Lake City, UT. Other, Submitted, 11/04/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Expanding the capabilities of graduate students through generative artificial intelligence tools," the University of Utah, Biomedical Engineering Department seminar. Invited Talk/Keynote, Submitted, 10/28/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Not as simple as we thought: a rigorous examination of data aggregation in materials science" HDR Ecosystem Conferences, Denver CO. Invited Talk/Keynote, Submitted, 10/25/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Not as simple as we thought: a rigorous examination of data aggregation in materials science" HDR Ecosystem Conferences, Denver CO. Invited Talk/Keynote, Submitted, 10/25/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Materials Informatics: Moving Beyond Screening via Generative Machine Learning Modules" the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chemistry Department, McElvain Materials Seminar. Invited Talk/Keynote, Submitted, 10/20/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "It’s a Materials World: Global Perspectives on Materials Research," The University of Utah, Materials Science & Engineering Department at the University of Utah. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/10/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Using artificial intelligence to design the materials of the future" as a part of the Future Materials Panel at Kordsa's 50th anniversary event, September 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/15/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Materials informatics: Moving beyond screening via generative machine learning models," Materials Squared MatSQ webinar series (#129) . Invited Talk/Keynote, Submitted, 09/10/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Unlocking creativity: Exploring generative models in STEM for coding, technical writing, and ideation" at the 2023 Annual Teaching Symposium held in the Martha Bradley Evans Center for Teaching Excellence, August 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/25/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Figures, Posters, and Slides: How to effectively communicate science," the University of Utah, Materials Science & Engineering Department seminar. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/22/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Extrapolation and generative machine learning in our search for new materials" at the 8th Annual JHU Summer School "Data Driven Materials Discovery: From ML to Maker Space", August 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/10/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Materials Informatics: best practices" CMS3 Summer School on Computational Materials at Texas A&M University, August 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/03/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Materials Data: Information, Extrapolation, and Generalizability" at the 2023 NIST Artificial Intelligence in Materials Science workshop, July 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/19/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Improving crystal structure prediction: Accelerating Flexible Unit Structure Engine (FUSE) with machine learning predictions" at the CECAM Crystal structure prediction in materials discovery workshop in Liverpool, July 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/01/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks plenary talk "Probing unresolved materials informatics challenges: Data, optimization, and generalizability" at the Machine Learning in Materials Design and Discovery workshop at the University of Liverpool, June 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/20/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Investigating the gap between expectation and reality in autonomous materials experimentation" to Saudi Aramco R&D's Catalyst Center of Excellence, June 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/15/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Generative materials informatics: Going beyond screening," FAIRmat center at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin seminar, June 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/10/2023.
  • Rakshit Jain, Vishakha Gupta, Yafei Ren, Xiyue S. Zhang, David A. Muller, Di Xiao, Husain F. Alnaser*, Amit Vashist*, Vikram V. Deshpande, Taylor D. Sparks, and Daniel C. Ralph "Gate-tunable anomalous Hall effect in a 3D topological insulator/2D magnet van der Waals heterostructure" Intermag 2023, May 15-19 2023, Sendai Japan. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 05/18/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Generative materials informatics: Going beyond screening," University of Birmingham Chemistry Department seminar, May 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/03/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Generative materials informatics: Going beyond screening," University of Muenster Chemistry Department seminar, May 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/01/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Generative materials informatics: Going beyond screening," University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Chemistry Department seminar, April 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/10/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Generative materials informatics: Going beyond screening," Trinity College Dublin Chemistry Department seminar, April 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/05/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Generative materials informatics: Going beyond screening," Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University to present the APL Colloquium, March 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/10/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Materials informatics: Moving beyond screening with generative machine learning models," ETH Zurich's materials department seminar, March 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/01/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Materials informatics: Moving beyond screening with generative machine learning models" at the Alan Cottrell Guest Lecture Series for the Material Advantage Student Chapter NIT-Trichy. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/27/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Growing high-quality topological single crystals" at the Matthew Rosseinsky Group meeting, February 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/25/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Inverse design through generative materials informatics," University of Liverpool Department Seminar, February 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/20/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Moving beyond screening via generative machine learning models" at the Leonard-Jones Centre Discussion group at Cambridge University, February 2023. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/15/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Unleashing the potential of ChatGPT: an information session on AI generative tools in higher education." University of Utah townhall on generative AI in education. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/02/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Generative materials informatics: Going beyond screening" to Nanohubs Webinar Series on Nanotechnology. Manila, Phillipines. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/27/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Generative Materials informatics: Going beyond screening," Sheffield University, Materials Science & Engineering department colloquium, Sheffield, UK. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/25/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Best Practices Talk 2. ALGORITHMS" SSMCDAT-2023 Hackathon, Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/20/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Best Practices Talk 1. DATA" SSMCDAT-2023 Hackathon, Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/19/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Generative Materials informatics: Going beyond screening," Lehigh University, Materials Science & Engineering department colloquium, Bethlehem, PA. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/18/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Materials informatics: twice as fast at a fraction of the cost," University of Reading, Chemistry Department, Reading UK. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/09/2023.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Graph neural networks for materials design: Introduction to graph neural networks," Fall MRS Meeting 2022, Boston MA. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/27/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Revenge of the .cif: incorporating structural distance metrics into the DiSCoVeR algorithm," RSC Solid State Chemistry Group Christmas meeting, Cambridge UK. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/20/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Generative Materials informatics: Going beyond screening," University of Edinburgh, Chemistry department colloquium, Edinburgh, UK. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/07/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Generative materials informatics - Going beyond screening," Fall MRS Meeting 2022, Boston MA. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/30/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Generative Materials informatics: Going beyond screening," Oxford Materials Science colloquium, Oxford, UK. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/18/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Generative Materials informatics: Going beyond screening," Data Driven Materials Design - with Taylor Sparks event at the Thomas Young Centre, London, UK. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/11/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks, "Generative Materials informatics: Going beyond screening," Chemistry Department seminar at the University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/04/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "The Materialism podcast: a new medium for materials science education," 7th International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials in Genoa Italy. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/21/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Synthesis and Electrochemical Studies of Multi-Phase Multi-Species Composite Ionic Conductor," 7th International Conference on Multifunctional, Hybrid and Nanomaterials in Genoa Italy. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/20/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks, Keynote talk entitled "Why does humanity need new materials, and where will we find them?," International Metallurgy and Materials Conference IMMC-2022, Istanbul Turkey. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/07/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Materials informatics: Going beyond screening," Leverhulme Research Centre for Functional Materials Design 2nd Biennial Symposium, Anfield Stadium, Liverpool UK . Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/23/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Materials informatics: Twice as fast at a fraction of the cost," University of Liverpool. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/10/2022.
  • Sterling G. Baird, "A low-cost self-driving lab demonstration" 2022 Accelerate Conference, Toronto Canada . Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/01/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Generative Materials Informatics: Going Beyond Screening" at the GRC for Solid State Chemistry, Colby-Sawyer College, NH . Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/26/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Materials property prediction," Machine Learning for Materials Hard and Soft, Vienna Austria . Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/21/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Machine Learning Best Practices and Fundamentals for Materials Science," 11th Computational Materials Science Summer School, Texas A&M University. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/20/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Making phosphorescent roadway markings a reality," National Workshop on Paint-Based Technologies, Arlington VA. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/19/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Investigating the gap between expectation and reality in materials informatics," Sandia National Laboratory Beyond Fingerprinting seminar series. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/11/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Twice as fast at a fraction of the cost: Accelerating materials innovation through informatics," TechBlick's Machine Learning & Robotics in New Material Discovery: Innovations, Start-Ups, Applications webinar. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/16/2022.
    https://www.techblick.com/events-list-repeater/mac...
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Challenges and opportunities with featurization and algorithms for materials informatics" DOD Heterogeneous Materials Workshop in Chicago IL. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/06/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Learning modules in Academic Courses" as part of the virtual "Materials Genome Initiative Workforce Development" meeting. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/03/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Materials informatics: Moving beyond screening via generative machine learning models" Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering Department Seminar. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/02/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Essential, but missing software and AI for autonomous materials research & development" for the Autonomous Materials Research & Development Workshop in Denver CO. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/20/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Materials informatics: Moving beyond screening via generative machine learning models," MateriALZ seminar series. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/13/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Revolutionary Materials: Their Role in Science and Society," University of Phillipines MSE Summit 2022. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/09/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Comparing transfer learning to feature optimization in microstructure classification," TMS World Congress on Artificial Intelligence in Materials and Manufacturing (AIM 2022), Pittsburgh PA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Accepted, 04/03/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks and Trupti Mohanty "Machine learning enabled model to predict mechanical properties of refractory alloys," TMS World Congress on Artificial Intelligence in Materials and Manufacturing (AIM 2022), Pittsburgh PA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Accepted, 04/03/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks, Michael D. Alverson, Zahra Gholami "Comparing transfer learning to feature optimization in microstructure classification," TMS World Congress on Artificial Intelligence in Materials and Manufacturing (AIM 2022), Pittsburgh PA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Accepted, 04/03/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks and Andrew Falkowski "Optimizing fractional composition to achieve extraordinary properties," TMS World Congress on Artificial Intelligence in Materials and Manufacturing (AIM 2022), Pittsburgh PA. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/03/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Materials informatics: Moving beyond screening via generative machine learning models," Apple. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/27/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Materials informatics: Moving beyond screening via generative machine learning models," Materials Project seminar series . Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/25/2022.
    https://youtu.be/aDVmb3n4jQs
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Materials informatics: Moving beyond screening via generative machine learning models" Mechanical Engineering Department Colloquia, Brigham Young University. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/07/2022.
  • Pooya Elahi and Taylor D. Sparks "Synthesis and Electrochemical Studies of Sodium ß’’-Al2O3/10Sc1CeZr Composite as a Two Independent Phase Mixed Ion Conductor" TMS 2022 Annual Meeting Mar 1-4 2022, Anaheim CA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/04/2022.
  • Marcus Parry and Taylor D. Sparks "Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, and Irradiation Response of Fe-Cr-Ni-based Multi-principal Element Alloys" TMS 2022 Annual Meeting Mar 1-4 2022, Anaheim CA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/04/2022.
  • Andrew R. Falkowski and Taylor D. Sparks "Optimizing Thermoelectric Compositions to Achieve Extraordinary Properties" TMS 2022 Annual Meeting Mar 1-4 2022, Anaheim CA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/03/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks and Debanshu Banerjee "Comparing Transfer Learning to Feature Optimization in Microstructure Classification" TMS 2022 Annual Meeting Mar 1-4 2022, Anaheim CA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/03/2022.
  • Hasan Sayeed, Taylor D. Sparks "Topological Class Detection with Attention-based Neural Network" TMS 2022 Annual Meeting Mar 1-4 2022, Anaheim CA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/02/2022.
  • Trupti Mohanty and Taylor D. Sparks "Application of Compositionally-restricted Attention-based Network (CrabNet) for Screening Candidate Dispersed Phases for Designing High Strength Alloys" TMS 2022 Annual Meeting Mar 1-4 2022, Anaheim CA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/02/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "DiSCoVeR Algorithm for Identifying Promising Unlikely Candidates for New Materials" TMS 2022 Annual Meeting Mar 1-4 2022, Anaheim CA. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/02/2022.
  • Sterling G. Baird, Taylor D. Sparks "Ensemble of State-of-the-art Property Prediction Machine Learning Algorithms" TMS 2022 Annual Meeting Mar 1-4 2022, Anaheim CA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/01/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Materials informatics: Moving beyond screening via generative machine learning models" Alabama Collaborative for Materials Exploration (ACME), University of Alabama. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/16/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Can data save us?: exploring the role of informatics on materials research," Durham University, Chemistry Department seminar, Durham UK. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/01/2022.
  • Taylor D. Sparks, Hasan Sayeed, Sourodeep Roy and Debjit Sarkar "Graph Attention Networks for Predicting Materials Properties" MRS 2021 Fall Meeting, Dec 1-4 2021, Boston MA. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/02/2021.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Why does humanity need new energy materials, and where will we find them?" Chemistry Colloquium, Trinity College Dublin. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/19/2021.
  • Taylor D. Sparks and Husain Alnaser "Control of stoichiometry in BiSbTeSe2 through CALPHAD informed single crystal growth" 8th Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/01/2021.
  • Husain Alnaser and Taylor D. Sparks "Topological Insulator Design for Quantum Computers Targeting BSTS Single Crystal Fabrication" MS&T21 meeting, Columbus OH. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/20/2021.
  • Taylor Sparks and Michael Alverson "Discovery of Novel Inorganic Crystal Structures via GANs" MS&T21 meeting, Columbus OH. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/18/2021.
  • Taylor D. Sparks and Andrew R. Falkowski "The Materialism Podcast: A New Medium for Materials Science Education" MS&T21 meeting, Columbus OH. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/18/2021.
  • Taylor Sparks "Weibull failure analysis: Moving beyond safety factors to probabilistic design" American Society of Quality, Saginaw Valley Chapter. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/15/2021.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Why does humanity need new energy materials, and where will we find them?" Chemical Engineering department seminar, University of Utah. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/06/2021.
  • Taylor D. Sparks “Discovery of Novel Inorganic Crystal Structures via GANs” Telluride Science workshop on "Machine learning and informatics in chemistry and materials", Telluride CO. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/04/2021.
  • Husain Alnaser and Taylor D. Sparks "BSTS single crystal thermal modeling for growth improvement and optimization" ASM annual meeting (International Materials Applications and Technologies IMAT), St. Louis MO. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 09/14/2021.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Accuracy, Uncertainty, Inspectability: The Benefits of Compositionally-Restricted Attention-Based Networks" Chemistry Department seminar, SUNY. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/08/2021.
  • Taylor D. Sparks “Discovery of Novel Inorganic Crystal Structures via GANs” Telluride Science workshop on "Workshop on Computational Materials Chemistry", Telluride CO. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/01/2021.
  • Michael Alverson and Taylor D. Sparks "Discovery of novel crystal structures via GANs" Electronic Materials Conference, virtual June 23-25 2021. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/25/2021.
  • Andrew Falkowski, Steven K. Kauwe, and Taylor D. Sparks "Optimizing Fractional Compositions Through Gradient Ascent" SIAM-MS21: SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science, May 17-28, 2021, virtual talk. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/25/2021.
    https://easychair.org/smart-program/SIAM-MS21/2021...
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Accuracy, Uncertainty, Inspectability: The benefits of compositionally-restricted attention-based networks" Accelerated Materials Development for Manufacturing (AMDM) colloquium series at Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) in Singapore, May 11, 2021. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/11/2021.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Tools for Visualizing and Understanding the Structure of Crystalline Ceramics" ACERS Ceramic Materials Short Courses, April 8-10, 2021, virtual. Other, Presented, 04/08/2021.
    https://ceramics.org/professional-resources/career...
  • Marcus Parry and Taylor D. Sparks "Accelerated Study of Thermal and Irradiation Creep in Fe-based Multi-principal Element Alloys" TMS 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting, March 15-18 2021. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/16/2021.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Accuracy, uncertainty, inspectability: The benefits of compositionally-restricted attention-based networks" TMS 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting, March 15-18 2021. Invited Talk/Keynote, Accepted, 03/15/2021.
  • Steven K. Kauwe "Accuracy, uncertainty, inspectibility: learning with compositionally-restricted attention-based networks" North American Materials Colloquium Series, March 11 2021. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/11/2021.
    http://namcs.org/spring-2021-schedule/steven-k-kau...
  • Taylor D. Sparks "How can materials informatics revolutionize materials science?" at General Electric as part of their Machine Learning for Materials (ML4M) initiative. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/17/2021.
  • Taylor Sparks. Instructor for two workshop sessions for the TMS Learning Pathways: Advanced Materials Manufacturing. The sessions are "Overview of ML, tools, frameworks, application to materials science" and "Knowledge extraction, feature engineering, best practices.". Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/07/2020.
  • Steven K. Kauwe, Anthony Yu-Tung Wang, and Taylor D. Sparks "Accuracy, Uncertainty, Inspectability: The benefits of compositionally-restricted attention-based networks." 2020 Virtual MRS Spring/Fall Meeting, Nov 27 - Dec 4 2020. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/22/2020.
    https://2020mrs.cd.pathable.com/meetings/virtual/W...
  • Ka'ai Kauwe and Taylor D. Sparks "Accuracy, Uncertainty, Inspectability: The benefits of compositionally-restricted attention-based networks." 2020 Virtual MRS Spring/Fall Meeting. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/04/2020.
  • Marcus Parry "In-situ experiments: microstructure, creep, and corrosion" INL Virtual Meeting on Accelerated Irradiation for Reactor Structural Materials, September 14-18, 2020. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/15/2020.
  • Ryan Murdock "New algorithms, descriptors, and machine learning techniques tailored to the challenges of materials informatics" Utah Data Science Seminar Series, February 27 2020. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/27/2020.
  • Steven K. Kauwe "Gaps, Limitations, and Pitfalls of Materials Informatics" TMS 2020 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, February 23-27 2020. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/26/2020.
  • Marcus Parry "Lattice Strain and texture analysis of superhard Mo0.9W¬1.1BC and ReWC0.8 via diamond anvil cell deformation," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) 2019, November 8-14, 2019, Salt Lake City, UT. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/09/2019.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Accelerating the Discovery of Energy Materials with Chemistry-informed Machine Learning" 2019 Utah Energy Symposium, Salt Lake City, Nov 2 2019. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/02/2019.
  • Taylor D. Sparks “Harnessing data science to transform experimental materials discovery” Third International Computational Science & Engineering Conference, Doha Qatar Oct 21-22 2019. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/22/2019.
  • Marcus Parry "Multi-Principal Element Alloy Design, Fabrication, Testing, and Synergies with Predictive Tools and Frameworks," Nuclear Materials Discovery and Qualification Initiative (NMDQi) Working Meeting, October 17-18, 2019, Center for Advanced Energy Studies, Idaho Falls, ID. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/18/2019.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Lessons learned from a data-driven search for new superhard materials" Idaho National Laboratory, Nuclear Materials Discovery and Qualification Initiative, Idaho Falls, Oct 17-18 2019. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/17/2019.
  • Taylor Sparks "A data-driven approach to searching for new superhard materials" Harvard Applied Mechanics Colloquium, Harvard University, October 9 2019, Cambridge MA. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/09/2019.
  • Marcus Parry "Multi-Principal Element Alloy Design, Fabrication, Testing, and Synergies with Predictive Tools and Frameworks," 2019 Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) Annual Meeting, September 22-24, 2019, Santa Fe, NM. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 09/23/2019.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Materials Informatics: Reducing Trial & Error from the Discovery of New Materials" TEDxSaltLakeCity, September 21 2019. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/19/2019.
  • Marcus Parry "Lattice Strain, Texture Development, and Incompressibility of Superhard Mo0.9W1.1BC," MSE Graduate Seminar Presentation, September 4, 2019, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/04/2019.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Augmenting chemical intuition with machine learning for the discovery of new materials" XXVIII International Materials Research Congress, Cancun, Mexico, 2019. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/21/2019.
  • Travis Allen, Jake Graser, and Taylor D. Sparks "A Recommendation Engine for Suggesting Unexpected Thermoelectric Chemistries: Thermoelectric Properties of GdTaOâ‚„" North American Solid-State Chemistry Conference, July 31- August 2 2019, Golden CO, USA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/01/2019.
  • Marcus Parry "High-Entropy Alloy Design and Down Selection: Combinatorial Alloy Fabrication and Synergies with Predictive Frameworks," North American Solid-State Chemistry Conference (NASSCC) 2019, July 31 – August 2, 2019, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/01/2019.
  • Marcus Parry "Combinatorial Alloy Fabrication and Synergies with Predictive Frameworks for High-entropy Alloy Design and Down-selection," 5th World Congress on Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) 2019, July 21-25, 2019, Indianapolis, IN . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 07/24/2019.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Supervised machine learning for energy materials discovery" University of Manitoba, Joint Colloquium for the Chemistry Department, Physics and Astronomy Department, and Manitoba Institute for Materials. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/15/2019.
    https://eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/science/e...
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Harnessing data science to transform experimental materials discovery" California Institute of Technology, Materials Science & Engineering Department Colloquium. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/06/2019.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Harnessing data science to transform experimental materials discovery" North Carolina State University, Materials Science & Engineering Department Colloquium. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/18/2019.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Harnessing data science to transform experimental materials discovery" Georgia State University, Geoscience Department Colloquium. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/17/2019.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Harnessing data science to transform experimental materials discovery" Georgia Institute of Technology, Institue for Materials, Materials Innovation Lecture Series. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/16/2019.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Harnessing data science to transform experimental materials discovery" University of Florida, Materials Science & Engineering Department Colloquium. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/15/2019.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Data Science + Materials: Artificial Intelligence to Develop Materials Twice as Fast at a Fraction of the Cost" University of California, Santa Barbara, Materials Department Colloquium. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/12/2018.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Data Science + Materials: Artificial Intelligence to Develop Materials Twice as Fast at a Fraction of the Cost" University of Southern California, Chemistry Department Colloquium. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/09/2018.
  • Taylor D. Sparks, Kyu Bum Han, Su Kong Chong, and Vikram Deshpande "Enhancement in surface mobility and quantum transport of Bi2-xSbxTe3-ySey topological insulator by controlling crystal growth" European Materials Research Society 2018 Fall Meeting, September 17-20 2018, Warsaw, Poland. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 09/18/2018.
  • Taylor D. Sparks, Leila Ghadbeigi, and Anil V. Virkar "Na-beta-alumina+ YSZ composite as a mixed ionic conductor under open circuit condition" European Materials Research Society 2018 Fall Meeting, September 17-20 2018, Warsaw, Poland. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 09/17/2018.
  • Taylor D. Sparks and Shadi Al Khateeb "Spray pyrolysis of conductor and binder free porous FeS2 films for high performance lithium ion batteries" European Materials Research Society 2018 Fall Meeting, September 17-20 2018, Warsaw, Poland. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 09/17/2018.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Machine learning accelerated discovery of energy materials" European Materials Research Society 2018 Fall Meeting, September 17-20 2018, Warsaw, Poland. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/17/2018.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Data Science + Materials: Artificial Intelligence to Develop Materials Twice as Fast at a Fraction of the Cost" Utah Data Science Day, September 14 2018, Salt Lake City, Utah. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/14/2018.
  • Taylor D. Sparks and Steven K. Kauwe "I'd like a second opinion: Ensemble learning for heterogeneous data sets and uncertainty quantification" presented at the Advancing the Development Cycle Through Intelligent Materials Design, Informatics, and Characterization Workshop at Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/06/2018.
  • Marcus Parry "Machine Learning Directed Search for Ultraincompressible, Superhard Materials", University of Utah Data Science Day 2018, September 5, 2018 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 09/05/2018.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "How to lose an audience in 10 minutes: Changing the way we communicate science" Materials Science & Engineering and Metallurgy Graduate Seminar. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/22/2018.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "A machine learning approach to discovering new superhard materials," Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/08/2018.
  • Taylor D. Sparks "Machine Learning Enabled New Materials Discovery" Technische Universität Berlin, Ceramics Group Seminar. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/27/2018.
  • Marcus Parry "National School on Neutron & X-ray Scattering (NX School) 2018", Argonne National Laboratory, July 22 – August 4, 2018, Lemont, IL and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN . Conference Paper, Refereed, Accepted, 07/25/2018.
  • Jake Graser, Steven K. Kauwe, and Taylor D. Sparks "Machine Learning Prediction of Crystal Structure" 2018 Workshop on Machine Learning in Materials Science, April 6 2018, Salt Lake City, UT. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 04/06/2018.
    https://umarket.utah.edu/um2/Utah_MML
  • Steven Kaai Kauwe and Taylor D. Sparks "A Functional Introduction to Property Predictions: Python Based Machine Learning" Workshop on Machine Learning in Materials Science, April 6 2018, Salt Lake City, UT. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/06/2018.
    https://umarket.utah.edu/um2/Utah_MML
  • Isaac Nelson, Taylor A. Ogden, Shadi Al Khateeb, Jake Graser, Taylor D. Sparks, Jake J. Abbott, Steven E. Naleway, "Freeze Casting of Surface-Magnetized TiO2 and Fe3O4 Using a Uniform Magnetic Field to Fabricate Materials Inspired by Bone" TMS 2018 Annual Meeting, Phoenix AZ, March 11-15 2018. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 03/12/2018.
  • Leila Ghadbeigi, Taylor D. Sparks, and Anil Virkar "Electrochemical studies on a Na-β”-Alumina+ YSZ composite mixed ionic conductor" 42nd International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 21-26 2018, Daytona Beach FL. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 01/23/2018.
  • Jake Graser, Zixiao Liu, and Taylor D. Sparks "Experimental Validation of New Classes of Thermoelectric Oxides Recommended by Machine Learning Algorithms" ICT 2017 July 31-Aug 3 2017, Pasadena, CA. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 07/31/2017.
    https://www.usasymposium.com/ict/posters.php
  • Marcus Parry "Modern Methods in Rietveld Refinement for Structural Analysis (MMRRSA) 2017 Workshop", Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June 18-23, 2017, Oak Ridge, TN. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/20/2017.
  • Marcus Parry “Intro to Machine Learning Approach for Materials Discovery Workshop”, ACS, Florida Section (FLACS) Florida Annual Meeting and Exposition (FAME) 2017 May 4-6, 2017, Tampa, FL. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 05/05/2017.
  • Alexander Szendrei, Taylor D. Sparks, Anil Virkar "Use of embedded electrodes to resolve anode and cathode electrode polarizations in proton exchange membrane fuel cells" MS&T16, Oct 24-27 Salt Lake City, Utah, 2016. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/27/2016.
    http://www.programmaster.org/PM/PM.nsf/ViewSession...
  • Alexander Szendrei, Taylor D. Sparks, Anil Virkar "Use of yttria-stabilized zirconia for potentiometric measurements at low temperatures" MS&T16, Oct 24-27 Salt Lake City, Utah, 2016. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/26/2016.
    http://www.programmaster.org/PM/PM.nsf/ViewSession...
  • Jake Graser, Taylor D. Sparks "Integrated computational materials engineering for the discovery of new classes of materials" MS&T16, Oct 24-27, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2016. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/26/2016.
    http://www.programmaster.org/PM/PM.nsf/ViewSession...
  • Taylor D. Sparks, Patrick Nichols, Jeffrey Bates "Material replacement to reduce protein loss during hemodialysis"MS&T16, Oct 24-27 Salt Lake City, Utah, 2016. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/25/2016.
    http://www.programmaster.org/PM/PM.nsf/ViewSession...
  • Kyu-Bum Han, Alexandre Stella, John Fuertez, John McLennan, Taylor D. Sparks "Performance of methanogen encapsulated proppant in release and conductivity" MS&T16, Oct 24-27, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2016. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/25/2016.
    http://www.programmaster.org/PM/PM.nsf/ViewSession...
  • Leila Ghadbeigi, Alexander Szendrei, Taylor D. Sparks, Anil Virkar "Synthesis of iron-doped Na- beta''-alumina + yttria-stabilized zirconia composite electrolytes by a vapor phase process" MS&T16, Oct 24-27, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2016. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/25/2016.
    http://www.programmaster.org/PM/PM.nsf/ViewSession...
  • Anton Oliynyk, Erin Antono, Taylor D. Sparks, Leila Ghadbeigi, Michael Gaultois, Bryce Meredig, Arthur Mar "Deceptively simple and endlessly complicated: Machine learning prediction and experimental confirmation of novel heusler compounds" MS&T16, Oct 24-27 Salt Lake City, Utah, 2016. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/24/2016.
    http://www.programmaster.org/PM/PM.nsf/ViewSession...
  • Taylor D. Sparks, Benjamin Gilmore, Kyle Roberts, George Fisher "Cyclic delamination rates in fiber backed fluoropolymer linings" MS&T16, Oct 24-27 Salt Lake City, Utah, 2016. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/24/2016.
    http://www.programmaster.org/PM/PM.nsf/ViewSession...

Research Groups

  • Zahra Gholami, Graduate Student. 01/01/2022 - present.
  • Mark Halling, Graduate Student. 09/01/2021 - 05/01/2023.
  • Ramsey Issa, Graduate Student. 08/01/2021 - present.
  • Trupti Mohanty, Graduate Student. 08/01/2021 - present.
  • Wade Smallwood, Graduate Student. 01/01/2021 - present.
  • Ziyang Jiang, Graduate Student. 01/01/2021 - present.
  • Sterling Baird, Graduate Student. 08/01/2020 - present.
  • Isaac Krieger, Graduate Student. 08/01/2020 - present.
  • Hasan Sayeed, Graduate Student. 08/01/2020 - present.
  • Hayden Johnson, Graduate Student. 06/01/2020 - present.
  • Mitch Hill, Graduate Student. 06/01/2020 - present.
  • Amit Vashist, Postdoc. 09/01/2019 - present.
  • Husain Alnaser, Graduate Student. 06/30/2019 - present.
  • Andrew Falkowski, Graduate Student. 06/01/2019 - present.
  • Marianne Liu, Undergraduate Student. 06/01/2019 - present.
  • Jason Nance, Graduate Student. Materials Science & Engineering. 08/20/2018 - 05/05/2020.
  • Clark Nielson, Graduate Student. Materials Science & Engineering. 08/20/2018 - 05/05/2020.
  • Hallie Miller, Graduate Student. Materials Science & Engineering. 08/20/2018 - 05/07/2020.
  • Pooya Elahi, Graduate Student. Materials Science & Engineering. 08/20/2018 - 05/05/2022.
  • Suzanne Petryk, Visiting Student. Materials Science & Engineering. 06/01/2016 - 08/31/2016.
  • Austin Gottschalk, Undergraduate Student. Biology. 09/01/2015 - 09/01/2016.
  • Austin Gamblin, Undergraduate Student. Biology. 09/01/2015 - 09/01/2016.
  • Brandon Day, Undergraduate Student. Materials Science and Engineering. 07/01/2015 - 05/01/2016.
  • Carina Hahn, Undergraduate Student. Materials Science and Engineering. 07/01/2015 - 06/30/2016.
  • Jeffrey Copeland, Undergraduate Student. Materials Science and Engineering. 07/01/2015 - 06/30/2016.
  • Carl Luft, Undergraduate Student. Materials Science and Engineering. 07/01/2015 - 05/01/2016.
  • Alexandre Stella, Undergraduate Student. Materials Science and Engineering. 05/01/2015 - 09/01/2015. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: Brazil Scientific Mobility Program.
  • Thiago Trindade, Undergraduate Student. Materials Science and Engineering. 05/01/2015 - 09/01/2015. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: Brazil Scientific Mobility Program.
  • Debora Costa Martins, Undergraduate Student. Materials Science and Engineering. 05/01/2015 - 09/01/2015. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: Brazil Scientific Mobility Program.
  • Kathryn Sautter, Undergraduate Student. Materials Science and Engineering. 05/01/2015 - 09/01/2015. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: REU student from Penn State.
  • Max Gallant, Undergraduate Student. Materials Science and Engineering. 09/01/2014 - 12/01/2015.
  • Jake Graser, Graduate Student. Materials Science and Engineering. 09/01/2014 - 09/01/2020.
  • Alexander Szendrei, Graduate Student. Materials Science and Engineering. 08/01/2014 - 05/01/2019. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: ARCS Fellowship.
  • Ian Robinson, Undergraduate Student. Materials Science and Engineering. 07/01/2014 - 05/01/2016.
  • Kristina Lundgren, Undergraduate Student. Materials Science and Engineering. 07/01/2014 - 05/01/2016.
  • Matthew Judge, Undergraduate Student. Materials Science and Engineering. 07/01/2014 - 06/30/2015.
  • Kyle Roberts, Undergraduate Student. 03/01/2014 - 09/30/2017.
  • Leila Ghadbeigi, Graduate Student. 09/2013 - 05/01/2017.
  • Jeffrey Bates, Postdoc. Materials Science and Engineering. 09/01/2013 - 05/01/2014.

Languages

  • Spanish, fluent.
  • German, functional.
  • Mandarin Chinese, basic.

Geographical Regions of Interest

  • Argentina
  • China
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Software Titles

  • xtal2png. Encode/decode a crystal structure to/from a grayscale PNG image for direct use with image-based machine learning models such as Palette. https://github.com/sparks-baird/xtal2png. Release Date: 07/29/2022. Inventors: Sterling G. Baird, Kevin M. Jablonka, Michael D. Alverson, Hasan M. Sayeed, Mohammed Faris Kahn, Colton Seegmiller, Berend Smit, and Taylor D. Sparks .
  • Self-driving Lab. Software and instructions for setting up and running a self-driving (autonomous) laboratory optics demo using dimmable RGB LEDs, a 10-channel spectrometer, a microcontroller, and an adaptive design algorithm. <$100, <1sq.ft, <1 hr setup. https://github.com/sparks-baird/self-driving-lab-demo. Release Date: 07/01/2022. Inventors: Sterling G. Baird, Taylor D. Sparks.
  • DiSCoVeR algorithm. A materials discovery algorithm geared towards exploring high-performance candidates in new chemical spaces. https://github.com/sparks-baird/mat_discover. Release Date: 10/01/2021. Inventors: Sterling G. Baird, Tran Diep, Taylor D. Sparks.
  • CrabNet algorithm. Predict materials properties using only the composition information! https://github.com/anthony-wang/CrabNet. Release Date: 07/01/2021. Inventors: Anthony Yu-Tung Wang, Steven K. Kauwe, Ryan Murdock, Taylor D. Sparks.