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Arjun Pathak, assistant professor of physics, published the peer-reviewed scientific article “Near Room Temperature Magnetocaloric Properties in Ni Deficient (Mn0.525Fe0.5)Ni0.975Si0.95Al0.05)” in American Institute of Physics (AIP) Advances, 12, 03522 (2022). The article, coauthored by Buffalo State College physics major Jacob Casey and other collaborators, reports the new material that exhibits a large magnetic entropy change around room temperature, a property useful for cooling technology. The compound still lacks mechanical stability during the thermal cycle. Currently Dr. Pathak’s team is working to improve the mechanical stability and other thermodynamic properties. Dr. Pathak is the principal investigator. Mr. Casey presented this research at the international Joint MMM-Intermag Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, January 10–14 and at the American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, March 14–18. The APS March Meeting is one of the largest conferences for physics, chemistry, and materials sciences with over 10,000 participants from all around the world. This work is part of Mr. Casey’s 2021 Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship supported by the Undergraduate Research Office; his travel fund for the March Meeting was provided by the School of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office at Buffalo State.