Graduate Students:
Bryan J. Harder - Ph.D. December 2009
Phase Transformations
and Residual Stresses in Environmental Barrier Coatings
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Michelle E. Seitz - Ph.D. December 2009
Triblock Copolymer Gels - Structure, Fracture Behavior and Application in Ceramic Processing
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Kristen E. Pappacena - Ph.D. December 2008
Thermal Properties of Wood-Derived Silicon Carbide and Copper-Silicon Carbide Composites
Current Location: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
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Tom E. Wilkes - Ph.D. June 2008
Metal/Ceramic Composites via Infiltration of an Interconnected Wood-Derived Ceramic
Current Location: Ethicon, Inc.
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Vikram S. Kaul - Ph.D. June 2007
Structure-Mechanical Property Relationships in Porous SiC Derived from Wood
Current Location: Applied Thin Films, Inc.
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Christopher M. Weyant - Ph.D. December 2004
Tantalum oxide-based plasma-sprayed environmental barrier coatings
Current Location: Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Stony Brook University
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David B. Hovis - Ph.D. June 2004
Designed microstructures in textured barium hexaferrite
Current Location: Materials Science and Engineering Research Staff, Case Western Reserve University
John K. Montgomery - Ph.D. December 2002
Processing and Mechanical Characterization of Alumina Laminates
Current Location: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
Y. Jennifer Su Saak - Ph.D. December 2001
Processing and Performance of YSZ-Based Multilayer Thermal Barrier Coatings
Current Location: General Electric Corporate Research and Development
Daniel Gaies - M.S. June 2001
The Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Graphite Foam
Current Location: Naval Surface Warfare Center
Jennifer R. Mawdsley - Ph.D. December 2000
Processing-Microstructure-Properties Relationships in Small-Particle Plasma-Sprayed Ceramic Coatings
Current Location: Chemical Technologies Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Thomas C. Easley - Ph.D. December 1999
Characterization of Steel Fiber/Cementitious Matrix Interfaces Using a Combination of Fiber Pullout and Moirè Interferometry Techniques
Current Location: General Electric Superabrasives
Donald M. Baskin - Ph.D. June 1999
Fracture Behavior of Single Phase Iron Titanate Laminate Composite
Current Location: PVPT Body Engineering, Daimler Chrysler Corporation
David E. Boss - Ph.D. December 1997
The Effect of Fiber Coatings on the Residual Stresses in Sapphire/Nickel Aluminide Composites
Current Location: Materials Science Corporation, Laminates and Composites
Martha Ann Boling-Risser - Ph.D. June 1998
The Effect of Microstructure on the High Temperature Mechanical Behavior of a Self-Reinforced, Hot-Pressed Silicon Nitride
Sanjeev Tandon - Ph.D. September 1997
Fracture Behavior of Quasi-Brittle Materials
Current location: Applied Materials
Michael H. Zimmerman - Ph.D. June 1997
Fracture of Textured Iron Titanate
Current location: Mesh Product and Application Engineering, General Electric Superabrasives
Anthony Cazzato - Ph.D. August 1995
Interfacial Mechanical Properties in Ceramic Bimaterial Systems
Current location: Caterpillar, Inc. Aftertreatment Systems Engineering
Steve Paulik - Ph.D. September 1994
Effects of Grain Size and Texture on the Mechanical Behavior of Iron Titanate
Dan Mumm - Ph.D. August 1994
Toughening of Brittle Materials Through Fiber Reinforcement: Role of the Fiber/Matrix Interface
Current location: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine
Cheryl Knepfler - Ph.D. August 1994
Synthesis and Characterization of Molybdenum Based Carbides
Current location: Applied Materials
Renee Christensen - Ph.D. May 1994
Cyclic Fatigue Behavior of Reaction Bonded Silicon Nitride from Ambient to Elevated Temperatures
Current Location: Lake Erie Design, Inc.
David Jordan - Ph.D. March 1994
Failure of Ceramic Thermal Barrier Coatings
Kathryn Forland - Ph.D. December 1993
Crack Tip Shielding/Antishielding by Impurities in Alpha-Silicon Carbide
Todd E. Steyer - Ph.D. July 1993
Whisker-Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composites with Modified Interfaces
Current location: Advanced Thermal Protection Materials, Boeing Company
Yoshio Makita - M.S. September 1991
Determination of the Interfacial Properties in Fiber-Reinforced Composites via Model Single Fiber Pullout Tests
Current location: Futuba Corporation
Wei Hwa Gu - Ph.D. August 1990
Microcrack Toughening in Ceramic Composites
Post-Docs and Visiting Scholars:
Joaquín Ramírez Rico - Postdoctoral Fellow: 2009-current
Zun Chen - Postdoctoral Fellow: 2008-2009
Current Location: Proctor & Gamble, Beijing China
Monica Moldovan - Postdoctoral Fellow: 2001-2003
Current Location: Department of Physics, Louisiana State University
Rodney Trice - Postdoctoral Research Associate: 1999-2000
Current Location: School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University
Antonio Ramirez de Arellano López - Visiting Scholar: 1998
Current Location: Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
Sivaraman Guruswamy - Postdoctoral Fellow: 1986-1988
Current Location: Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah