Streit Cunningham

Profile Information
Name
Professor Streit Cunningham
Institution
University of Virginia
Position
Assistant Professor
h-Index
11
ORCID
0000-0003-3166-3563
Biography

Dr. W. Streit Cunningham is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at University of Virginia. Dr. Cunningham earned his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at Stony Brook University in 2016, and a BS degree in Physics from Johns Hopkins University. Prior to joining UVA, Dr. Cunningham was a NSF MPS-Ascend Postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Cunningham's research interests primarily lie in the development of novel alloys for nuclear environments. He has extensive experience in the characterization radiation damage, primarily through transmission electron microscopy, and his recent research has focused on accelerating materials research through the development of novel high-throughput synthesis and characterization methodologies.

Expertise
Alloys, Defects, Helium, In Situ, Ion Irradiation, Mechanical Properties, Microscopy, SEM, Steels, Thin Films