Advanced Materials
Exploring structure–property relationships, thin films, functional materials, aerospace materials, and material degradation.
BIOCHEMISTRY · MATERIALS SCIENCE · FAILURE ANALYSIS
Building at the intersection of materials, energy, biology, and aerospace.
I am Aliyah Jenkins, a biochemist and materials science and engineering graduate student developing expertise in advanced materials, failure analysis, characterization, computational engineering, and aerospace applications.
AREAS OF FOCUS
Science translated into engineering solutions.
Failure Analysis
Applying microscopy, metrology, characterization, root-cause thinking, and technical documentation to understand material and device failures.
Energy Systems
Building on battery R&D experience to study thermal degradation, reliability, electrochemical materials, and energy-system performance.
Computational Engineering
Developing Python, data analysis, simulation, and machine-learning skills for materials prediction and engineering decision-making.
CURRENT DIRECTION
From biochemical research to advanced engineering.
My background spans biochemical research, structural biology, XFEL experimentation, battery research and development, materials characterization, microscopy, metrology, and technical leadership.
I am now expanding that foundation through graduate study in materials science and engineering, with a long-term focus on aerospace and defense technologies.
Read my full story →SELECTED WORK
Projects and research highlights.
Battery Failure and Thermal Degradation
An evolving engineering portfolio project investigating battery failure modes, thermal behavior, degradation, and data-driven reliability analysis.
View project →Photosystem II XFEL Research
Time-resolved serial femtosecond crystallography and X-ray emission spectroscopy research examining photosynthetic systems.
View research →Computational Biochemistry and Bioinformatics
Scientific computing work involving Python, supercomputing resources, sequence analysis, crystallographic data, and molecular modeling.
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