Doru Stefanescu
Faculty Emeritus, Materials Science Engineering
Watts Hall
2041 College Rd
Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-5629
Honors
2012
- The John Campbell Medal, Institute of Cast Metals Engineers, UK
- Doctor Honoris Causa, Jonkoping University, Sweden
- Honorary Member, the Romanian Academy of Technical Sciences
- Best Paper Award, American Foundry Society
2011
- The Joseph Seaman Gold Medal, American Foundry Society
- Special Merit Award - Honorary Lecture, Cast Iron Division
2009
- Lumley Research Award, College of Engineering
2006
- Honorary Professor, Dept. Mat. Sci. and Eng.
2001
- Best Paper Award, American Foundry Society
- Doctor Honoris Causa, Materials Science and Engineering
- Best Paper Awards, American Foundry Society
2000
- Award of Scientific Merit/AFS Alumnus, The Cast Iron Division
1998
- Doctor Honoris Causa, Materials Science and Engineering
1997
- Best Paper Award, American Foundry Society
- Fellow ASM International, American Society for Metals International
- The Moody Blackmon Outstanding Professor Award, The University of Alabama
1990
- The Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award, University of Alabama
1989
- Certificate of recognition for the creative development of a technical innovation, NASA
- Burlington Northern Foundation Faculty Achievement Award, University of Alabama
1988
- Best Paper Award, American Foundry Society
1985
- NASA Certificate for the creative development of a technical innovation, NASA
1984
- University Research Fellow, University of Alabama
Books
2009
- Science and Engineering of Casting Solidification. New York: Springer. 2009.
1978
- Fonta cu grafit nodular (Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron). Bucharest: Editura Tehnica. 1978.
1974
- Fonte speciale (Special Cast Irons). Bucuresti: Editura Tehnica. 1974.
1972
- Indreptar pentru turnatori (Foundrymen's Handbook). Bucharest: Editura Tehnica. 1972.
1971
- Fonte modificate (Inoculated Cast Iron). Bucharest: Editura Tehnica. 1971.
Edited Books
1988
- Metals Handbook vol. 15, Casting, 9th ed.. Materials Park OH: ASM International. 1988.
- Solidification Processing of Eutectic Alloys. Warrendale PA: TMS. 1988.
2003
- Modeling of Casting, Welding, and Advanced Solidification Processes – X. Warrendale PA: TMS. 2003.
2007
- Special Issue on Solidification Science and Processing. unknown: Trans. of the Indian Inst. of Metals (2007). 2007.
1996
- Solidification Science and Processing. Tokyo: Jap. Inst. of Metals. 1996.
2001
- Proceedings of the International Conference on the Science of Casting and Solidification. Brasov: Lux Libris. 2001.
1993
- Cast Metal Matrix Composites, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference. Des Plaines, IL: AFS. 1993.
1999
- Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on the Science and Processing of Cast Iron, Part Two. London: International Journal of Cast Metals Research. 1999.
- Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on the Science and Processing of Cast Iron, Part One. London: International Journal of Cast Metals Research. 1999.
Journal Articles
2011
- "On the Effect of the Casting Skin on the Fatigue Properties of CG Iron." TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDRY SOCIETY, VOL 119 119 421-430
- "The Mechanism of Formation of Casting Skin in CG Iron and its Effect on Tensile Properties." SCIENCE AND PROCESSING OF CAST IRON IX 457 11-16
- "Physics of microporosity formation in casting alloys - sensitivity analysis for Al-Si alloys." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CAST METALS RESEARCH 24 3-4 144-150
2010
- "Casting Skin of Compacted Graphite Iron Part II: Influence on Tensile Mechanical Properties." TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDRY SOCIETY, VOL 118 118 217-224
- "Casting Skin of Compacted Graphite Iron Part I: Evaluation and Mechanism of Formation." TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDRY SOCIETY, VOL 118 118 205-216
2009
- "Quantification of Casting Skin in Ductile and Compacted Graphite Irons and Its Effect on Tensile Properties." TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN FOUNDRY SOCIETY, VOL 117 117 587-606
- "ON THE MECHANISM OF CASTING SKIN FORMATION IN COMPACTED GRAPHITE CAST IRON." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF METALCASTING 3 4 19-24
- "MOLD/METAL INTERFACE PHENOMENA AND CONTROL IN CAST FERROUS ALLOYS." METALURGIA INTERNATIONAL 14 5-12
2008
- "QUANTIFICATION OF CASTING SKIN IN DUCTILE AND COMPACTED GRAPHITE IRONS AND ITS EFFECT ON TENSILE PROPERTIES." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF METALCASTING 2 4 7-28
2007
- "The Multidisciplinary Facets of Particle Engulfment and Pushing." TRANSACTIONS OF THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF METALS 60 2-3 79-86
- "30 years of modeling of microstructure evolution during casting solidification." MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES 23 9-16
2006
- "Microstructure evolution during the solidification of steel." ISIJ INTERNATIONAL 46 6 786-794
2005
- "Discussion on 'new method for rapid evaluation of spheroidisation and inoculation grade of hypereutectic cast iron'." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CAST METALS RESEARCH 18 1 63-64
2004
- "Liquid convection effects on the pushing-engulfment transition of insoluble particles by a solidifying interface: Part I. Analytical calculation of the lift forces." METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 35A 2 613-621
- "Liquid convection effects on the pushing-engulfment transition of insoluble particles by a solidifying interface: Part II. Numerical calculation of drag and lift forces on a particle in parabolic shear flow." METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 35A 2 623-629
- "Interaction of porosity with a planar solid/liquid interface." METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 35A 5 1525-1538
2003
- "A new analytical approach to predict spacing selection in lamellar and rod eutectic systems." METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 34 2 383-394
2001
- "Modeling of microstructural evolution with tracking of equiaxed grain movement for multicomponent Al-Si alloy." METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 32 12 3065-3076
2000
- "A dynamic model for the interaction between a solid particle and an advancing solid/liquid interface." METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 31 10 2559-2568
- "Further discussion of "Particle engulfment and pushing by solidifying interfaces: Part II. Microgravity experiments and theoretical analysis" - Authors' reply." METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 31 6 1700-1704
1999
- "In situ observations of interaction between particulate agglomerates and an advancing planar solid liquid interface: microgravity experiments." JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH 204 1-2 238-242
- "A model for equiaxed eutectic solidification with melt convection and solid-phase transport." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CAST METALS RESEARCH 11 6 527-532
- "Particle engulfment and pushing by solidifying interfaces: Part II. Microgravity experiments and theoretical analysis - Discussion - Reply." METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 30 7 1890-1894
1998
- "Particle engulfment and pushing by solidifying interfaces: Part II. Microgravity experiments and theoretical analysis." METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 29 6 1697-1706
- "Particle engulfment and pushing by solidifying interfaces: Part I. Ground experiments." METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 29 6 1691-1696
- "Calculation of the critical velocity for the pushing/engulfment transition of nonmetallic inclusions in steel." ISIJ INTERNATIONAL 38 5 503-505
1997
- "Melt convection effects on the critical velocity of particle engulfment." JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH 173 3-4 574-584
- "Stochastic modelling of microstructure formation in solidification processes." MODELLING AND SIMULATION IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 5 4 391-420
- "Dynamics of solid/liquid interface shape evolution near an insoluble particle - An X-ray transmission microscopy investigation." METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 28 10 2129-2135
- "Computational modeling of NbC/Laves formation in INCONEL 718 equiaxed castings." METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 28 7 1582-1587
1996
- "A model for inverse segregation: The case of directionally solidified Al-Cu alloys." ACTA MATERIALIA 44 6 2227-2235
- "Macrotransport-solidification kinetics modeling of equiaxed dendritic growth .1. Model development and discussion." METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 27 12 4061-4074
- "A model for macrosegregation and its application to Al-Cu castings." METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 27 9 2708-2721
- "Macrotransport-solidification kinetics modeling of equiaxed dendritic growth .2. Computation problems and validation on INCONEL 718 superalloy castings." METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 27 12 4075-4083
- "Lamellar growth of eutectic equiaxed grains." METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 27 12 4205-4210
1995
- "A COUPLED FORCE FIELD-THERMAL FIELD ANALYTICAL MODEL FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE CRITICAL VELOCITY FOR PARTICLE ENGULFMENT." ISIJ INTERNATIONAL 35 6 700-707
1994
- "EVALUATION OF INTERFACE STABILITY AND MELT-PROCESSING TECHNIQUES OF NI3AL/SIC PARTICULATE COMPOSITES." MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING 174 2 207-216
- "MELT-PROCESSED NI3AL MATRIX COMPOSITES REINFORCED WITH TIC PARTICLES." METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 25 11 2525-2534
1993
- "AN ANALYTICAL MODEL FOR SOLUTE REDISTRIBUTION DURING SOLIDIFICATION OF PLANAR, COLUMNAR, OR EQUIAXED MORPHOLOGY." METALLURGICAL TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 24 9 2107-2118
1992
- "MODELING OF THE LIQUID SOLID AND THE EUTECTOID PHASE-TRANSFORMATIONS IN SPHEROIDAL GRAPHITE CAST-IRON." METALLURGICAL TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 23 4 1333-1346
- "AN ANALYTICAL MODEL FOR THE INTERACTION BETWEEN AN INSOLUBLE PARTICLE AND AN ADVANCING SOLID LIQUID INTERFACE." METALLURGICAL TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 23 2 669-680
- "MODELING OF THE CRYSTALLINE-TO-AMORPHOUS TRANSITION IN RAPIDLY SOLIDIFIED ALLOYS." MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING 158 2 215-226
- "A MODEL FOR MICROSEGREGATION IN MULTICOMPONENT SYSTEMS SOLIDIFYING WITH EQUIAXED MORPHOLOGY." MICROSTRUCTURAL DESIGN BY SOLIDIFICATION PROCESSING 10 57-75
- "DENDRITIC GROWTH DURING DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION OF HYPOEUTECTIC FE-C-SI ALLOYS." METALLURGICAL TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 23 2 681-687
- "BEHAVIOR OF CERAMIC PARTICLES AT THE SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACE IN METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES - REPLY." METALLURGICAL TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 23 8 2328-2330
- "APPLICATION OF A COLORATION ETCHING METHOD TO THE STUDY OF MICROSTRUCTURES IN PRIMARY AND EUTECTIC SOLIDIFICATION IN CAST IRONS." MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION 29 3 329-333
1991
- "MELTING AND CASTING PROCESSES FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE INTERMETALLICS." JOM-JOURNAL OF THE MINERALS METALS & MATERIALS SOCIETY 43 5 30-34
- "INSITU OBSERVATION OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GASEOUS INCLUSIONS AND AN ADVANCING SOLID LIQUID INTERFACE." METALLURGICAL TRANSACTIONS B-PROCESS METALLURGY 22 3 385-388
1990
- "HEAT TRANSFER-SOLIDIFICATION KINETICS MODELING OF SOLIDIFICATION OF CASTINGS." METALLURGICAL TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 21 4 997-1005
- "INFLUENCE OF LOW-GRAVITY SOLIDIFICATION ON HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION IN STABLE IRON CARBON ALLOYS." METALLURGICAL TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 21 1 241-252
- "ON THE SOLIDIFICATION KINETICS OF SPHEROIDAL GRAPHITE CAST-IRON." PHYSICAL METALLURGY OF CAST IRON IV 4 15-26
- "THE INFLUENCE OF BUOYANT FORCES AND VOLUME FRACTION OF PARTICLES ON THE PARTICLE PUSHING ENTRAPMENT TRANSITION DURING DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION OF AL/SIC AND AL/GRAPHITE COMPOSITES." METALLURGICAL TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 21 1 231-239
- "STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS IN DIRECTIONALLY SOLIDIFIED SPHEROIDAL GRAPHITE CAST-IRON." PHYSICAL METALLURGY OF CAST IRON IV 4 27-34
1989
- "FABRICATING AG2O-STABILIZED SUPERCONDUCTIVE WIRES." JOM-JOURNAL OF THE MINERALS METALS & MATERIALS SOCIETY 41 4 31-33
- "FRICTION PROPERTIES OF AL-1.5 PCT MG/SIC PARTICULATE METAL-MATRIX COMPOSITES." METALLURGICAL TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 20 8 1564-1566
- "MODELING THE EVOLUTION OF EQUIAXED MICROSTRUCTURES IN CASTINGS." JOM-JOURNAL OF THE MINERALS METALS & MATERIALS SOCIETY 41 2 22-25
- "FABRICATION OF STABLE SUPERCONDUCTIVE WIRES WITH YBA2CU3OX/AG2O COMPOSITE CORE." APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 54 8 766-768
1988
- "DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION OF CU-PB AND BI-GA MONOTECTIC ALLOYS UNDER NORMAL GRAVITY AND DURING PARABOLIC FLIGHT." METALLURGICAL TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 19 11 2839-2846
- "DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION OF AL-NI/SIC COMPOSITES DURING PARABOLIC TRAJECTORIES." METALLURGICAL TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 19 8 1899-1904
- "BEHAVIOR OF CERAMIC PARTICLES AT THE SOLID-LIQUID METAL INTERFACE IN METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES." METALLURGICAL TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 19 11 2847-2855
- "THE WETTING CHARACTERISTICS AND SURFACE-TENSION OF SOME NI-BASED ALLOYS ON YTTRIA, HAFNIA, ALUMINA, AND ZIRCONIA SUBSTRATES." METALLURGICAL TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 19 7 1833-1839
- "DENDRITIC SOLIDIFICATION OF ALLOYS IN LOW GRAVITY." METALLURGICAL TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 19 11 2671-2676
- "SUPERCONDUCTIVE ALUMINUM YBA2CU3OX COMPOSITES STABILIZED BY OXYGEN FLUORINE DONORS." APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 52 16 1355-1357
- "A LATENT-HEAT METHOD FOR MACRO MICRO MODELING OF EUTECTIC SOLIDIFICATION." TRANSACTIONS OF THE IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE OF JAPAN 28 10 860-868
1986
- "MICROSTRUCTURAL VARIATIONS INDUCED BY GRAVITY LEVEL DURING DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION OF NEAR-EUTECTIC IRON-CARBON TYPE ALLOYS." METALLURGICAL TRANSACTIONS A-PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE 17 7 1121-1130
1981
- "PRODUCTION OF AS-CAST FERRITIC AND FERRITIC-PEARLITIC DUCTILE IRON IN GREEN SAND MOLDS." INTERNATIONAL CAST METALS JOURNAL 6 2 23-32
1980
- "PRODUCTION OF VERMICULAR GRAPHITE CAST-IRON WITH SUPERVISION AND CORRECTION OF FORM OF GRAPHITE DURING MANUFACTURE." FONDERIE 35 395 48-48
1977
- "MANGANESE AND VANADIUM CAST-IRONS WITH 15 PERCENT CHROMIUM FOR ABRASIVE WEAR RESISTANT CASTINGS." FONDERIE 32 364 51-60
Papers in Proceedings
2011
- "Modeling of the Divorced Eutectic Solidification of Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron." 9th International Symposium on Science and Processing of Cast Iron 2011.
- "New Aspects Regarding the Structure of Spheroidal Cast Iron Carbon Inclusions Revealed by WAXD Investigations." 9th International Symposium on Science and Processing of Cast Iron 2011.
- "The Mechanism of Formation of Casting Skin in CG Iron and its Effect on Tensile Properties." 9th International Symposium on Science and Processing of Cast Iron 2011.
2010
- "Casting Skin of Compacted Graphite Iron Part II: Influence on Tensile Mechanical Properties." 114th Annual Metalcasting Congress 2010.
2009
- "NEW ASPECTS REGARDING THE WAXD INVESTIGATION OF SPHEROIDAL CAST IRON INCLUSIONS." 20th International Danube-Adria-Association-for-Automation-and-Manufacturing Symposium 2009.
2008
- "Molten materials transfer and handling on the lunar surface." Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2008) 2008.
2007
- "Modeling of cast iron solidification- The defining moments." Symposium on Solidification Modeling and Microstructure Formation held at the 2006 TMS Annual Meeting 2007.
- "Computational modeling of microstructure evolution in solidification of aluminum alloys." Symposium on Simulation of Aluminum Shape Casting Processing - From Alloy Design to Mechanical Properties 2007.
- "30 years of modeling of microstructure evolution during casting solidification." 4th International Conference on Materials and Manufacturing Technologies (MATEHN 06) 2007.
2006
- "Advances in computational modeling of microstructure evolution in solidification of aluminum alloys." Symposium on Simulation of Aluminum Shape Casting Processing - From Alloy Design to Mechanical Properties 2006.
2005
- "Evolution of in-situ generated reinforcement precipitates in metal matrix composites." 2nd International Conference on Solidification Science and Processing 2005.
- "Computer simulation of shrinkage-related defects in castings - A review." Symposium on Shape Casting of Metals in honor of John Campbell held at the 2005 TMS Annual Meeting 2005.
2003
- "The metallurgy and tensile mechanical properties of thin wall spheroidal graphite irons." 7th International Symposium on the Science and Processing of Cast Iron (SPCI7) 2003.
- "Numerical calculation of the morphology of a solid/liquid interface near an insoluble particle." 10th International Conference on Modeling of Casting, Welding and Advanced Solidification Processes 2003.
2001
- "Pushing and engulfment of reactive particles (PERP)." International Conference on Solidification Science and Processing 2001.
- "Particle engulfment and pushing micro-gravity experiments and mathematical modeling." 1st International Symposium on Microgravity Research and Applications in Physical Sciences and Biotechnology 2001.
- "A model for the multi-nodule eutectic grain microstructure evolution in spheroidal graphite iron." International Conference on Solidification Science and Processing 2001.
2000
- "Effect of melt convection at various gravity levels and orientations on the forces acting on a large spherical particle in the vicinity of a solidification interface." 11th American Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy 2000.
- "Analysis of liquid convection effects on the pushing-engulfment transition." Symposium on State of the Art in Cast Metal Matrix Composites in the Next Millenium at the 2000 TMS Fall Meeting 2000.
- "The physics of particle pushing and engulfment: Experimental and theoretical developments." Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2000) 2000.
1999
- "A dynamic model for the interaction between an insoluble particle and an advancing solid liquid interface." Symposium on Solidification 1999 at the TMS Annual Meeting 1999.
- "Gravitational acceleration effects on macrosegregation. Experiments and computational modeling." Symposium on Fluid Flow Phenomena in Metals Processing, at the 1999 TMS Annual Meeting 1999.
1998
- "A mechanical properties model for ductile iron." 101st Casting Congress of the American-Foundrymens-Society 1998.
- "Solid phase transformation in ductile iron - A benchmark for computational simulation of microstructure." 101st Casting Congress of the American-Foundrymens-Society 1998.
- "Computer-aided cooling curve analysis revisited." 101st Casting Congress of the American-Foundrymens-Society 1998.
- "Chemical penetration in sand molds in steel castings - AFS research." 101st Casting Congress of the American-Foundrymens-Society 1998.
- "Mechanical penetration of liquid steel in send molds." 102nd Annual Meeting of the American-Foundrymen's-Society 1998.
- "In situ resource utilization for processing of metal alloys on lunar and Mars bases." 6th International Conference and Exposition on Engineering, Construction, and Operations in Space (Space 98) 1998.
1996
- "Interfacial energy delta gamma - Theoretical and experimental evaluation for metal-ceramic systems." Symposium on Cast Metal Matrix Composites - Processing, Properties, Applications at the 1996 TMS Fall Meeting 1996.
- "Simulation of microstructure evolution in gray cast iron." International Symposia on Advanced Material and Technology for the 21st-Century - JIM 95 Fall Annual Meeting 1996.
1995
- "An analytical model for microsegregation in open and expanding domains." 7th Conference on Modeling of Casting, Welding and Advanced Solidification Processes 1995.
1993
- "MODELING OF PARTICLE DISTRIBUTION IN EQUIAXED-GRAINS METAL-MATRIX COMPOSITES." 2nd International Conference on the Semi-Solid Processing of Alloys and Composites 1993.
- "ISSUES IN LIQUID PROCESSING OF PARTICULATE METAL-MATRIX COMPOSITES." SYMP ON METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES / SYMP ON CONTINUOUS CASTING 1993.
- "CRITICAL-REVIEW OF THE 2ND GENERATION OF SOLIDIFICATION MODELS FOR CASTINGS - MACRO TRANSPORT - TRANSFORMATION KINETICS CODES." 6TH CONF ON MODELING CASTING AND WELDING PROCESSES 1993.
- "MELT-PROCESSED TIC REINFORCED NI3AL MATRIX COMPOSITES." 2nd Symposium on Solidification of Metal Matrix Composites, at the TMS-ASM Materials Week 1993.
- "MODELING OF GROWTH OF EQUIAXED DENDRITIC GRAINS AT THE LIMIT OF MORPHOLOGICAL STABILITY." 6TH CONF ON MODELING CASTING AND WELDING PROCESSES 1993.
1992
- "EVALUATION OF VARIOUS INTERMETALLIC MATRIX - CERAMIC PARTICLE-SYSTEMS FOR MELT PROCESSING OF METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES." 2ND SYMP ON INTERMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES 1992.
- "A MODEL FOR MICROSEGREGATION IN MULTICOMPONENT SYSTEMS SOLIDIFYING WITH EQUIAXED MORPHOLOGY." SYMP ON MICROSTRUCTURAL DESIGN BY SOLIDIFICATION PROCESSING, AT THE 1992 MATERIALS WEEK 1992.
- "EFFECT OF GRAVITY DRIVEN CONVECTION ON PARTICLE DISTRIBUTION IN CAST METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES." 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONF ON EXPERIMENTAL METHODS FOR MICROGRAVITY MATERIALS SCIENCE RESEARCH, AT THE 121ST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MINERALS, METALS & MATERIALS SOC 1992.
1991
- "KINETICS OF GAS-TO-LIQUID TRANSFER OF PARTICLES IN METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES." SYMP OF THE 1990 ANNUAL SPRING CONF OF THE EUROPEAN MATERIALS RESEARCH SOC - METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES 1991.
- "PARTICLE ENGULFMENT AND PUSHING BY SOLIDIFYING INTERFACES (PEPSI)." INTERNATIONAL CONF ON SOLIDIFICATION AND MICROGRAVITY 1991.
- "THE 2ND GENERATION OF COMPUTER-MODELS FOR SOLIDIFICATION - HEAT TRANSFER-SOLIDIFICATION KINETICS (HT-SK) CODES." 18TH ANNUAL AUTOMOTIVE MATERIALS SYMP : NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF CASTING SOLIDIFICATION IN AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS 1991.
1990
- "ON THE SOLIDIFICATION KINETICS OF SPHEROIDAL GRAPHITE CAST-IRON." 4TH INTERNATIONAL SYMP ON THE PHYSICAL METALLURGY OF CAST IRON 1990.
- "COMPUTER-AIDED-DESIGN FOR CASTING AND SOLIDIFICATION TECHNOLOGY." CONF ON DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS 1990.
- "STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS IN DIRECTIONALLY SOLIDIFIED SPHEROIDAL GRAPHITE CAST-IRON." 4TH INTERNATIONAL SYMP ON THE PHYSICAL METALLURGY OF CAST IRON 1990.
1989
- "MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING OF PARTICULATE REINFORCED METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES." 21ST INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL CONF OF THE SOC FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MATERIALS AND PROCESS ENGINEERING - ADVANCED MATERIALS : THE BIG PAYOFF 1989.
1988
- "WETTING CHARACTERIZATION OF SILICON-CARBIDE AND GRAPHITE SUBSTRATES BY ALUMINUM-ALLOYS." 1988.
- "PROCESSING OF STRONG FLUX TRAPPING HIGH-TC OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS." 1988.
- "SOLIDIFICATION KINETIC MODELING OF EQUIAXED DENDRITIC GROWTH." 1988.
1987
- "THE ROLE OF GRAVITY ON THE SOLIDIFICATION BEHAVIOR OF CU-PB AND BI-GA MONOTECTIC ALLOYS." 1987.
- "DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION OF SIC-AL ALLOY COMPOSITES DURING PARABOLIC TRAJECTORIES .2. EUTECTIC MATRIX AL-NI-SIC COMPOSITES." 1987.
- "DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION OF SIC-AL ALLOY COMPOSITES DURING PARABOLIC TRAJECTORIES .1. SINGLE-PHASE MATRIX AL-MG-SIC COMPOSITES." 1987.
- "DENDRITIC SOLIDIFICATION OF ALLOYS IN LOW GRAVITY." 1987.
1985
- "LOW-GRAVITY PROCESSING OF DIRECTIONALLY SOLIDIFIED IRON-CARBON TYPE ALLOYS." 1985.
1984
- "THE EFFECTS OF LOW-GRAVITY DURING DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION ON THE MICROSTRUCTURE OF IRON-CARBON ALLOYS." 1984.
Graduate Advising
1. G. Chen, "Study of the Solidification of Cast Iron by Computer-Aided Differential Thermal Analysis" (1982).
2. F. O. Martinez, "Development of Compacted/Vermicular Graphite Cast Irons in the Fe-C-Al System" (1983).
3. J. C. Hendrix, "Directional Solidification of Flake and Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron in Low and Normal Gravity Environment (1983).
4. J. T. Fowler, "Experiments on Producing Compacted/ Vermicular Graphite Cast Iron by the In-Mold Process" (1984).
5. C. S. Kanetkar, "Study of the Influence of Some Individual Rare Earths (Ce, La, Pr, Nd) and Yttrium in Cast Iron" (1985).
6. S. K. Biswal, "Neutralization of Deleterious Effects of Bismuth and Lead in Gray Cast Iron by Lanthanides Additions" (1986).
7. M. R. Fiske, "The Effects of Low Gravity on the Directional Solidification of Some Eutectic and Monotectic Alloys" (1986).
8. A. Aykut, "Study of Grain Refinement and Modification of Hypoeutectic Al-Si Alloys by Computer-Aided Thermal Analysis" (1987)
9. K. Singh, "The Role of Gravity during the Solidification of Miscibility Gap Alloys" (1987).
10. S. Kacar, "Interaction between Silicon Carbide Particles and the Solid-Liquid Interface in Aluminum Based Metal Matrix Composites." (1988).
11. D. K. Bandyopadhyay, "Influence of Variable Gravity Level on the Solidification of In-situ Iron-Vanadium Carbide Composites" (1988).
12. F. Rana, "SiC Particle Dispersion in Aluminum Alloy Metal-Matrix Composites" (l988).
13. Moitra, "Behavior of Source Particulate Metal Matrix Composites during Solidification on Ground and Micro-Gravity Conditions" (1988).
14. S. Sen, "Fabrication of High Temperature Super-conducting Bulk Materials and Wires through a Ceramic/Metal Composite Route" (1989).
15. S. Chang, "Modeling of the Solid State Transformation: the Eutectoid Reaction in Spheroidal Graphite Iron" (1990).
16. Y. Ko, "Processing and Characterization of Aluminum Alloys Reinforced with SiC Particles by Squeeze Casting" (1991)
17. J. M. Frost, "Melt Quality Assessment of Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron Through Computer - Aided Cooling Curve Analysis" (1992)
18. J. Haftek, "Processing and Characterization of Amorphous Al-Y-Ni Matrix SiC Particulate Composites" (1992)
19. L. Nastac, "Mathematical Modeling of Equiaxed Dendritic Solidification - Second Generation of Computer Models" (1993)
20. S. Visvanathan, "Effect of Processing Parameters on Graphite Structure in Ductile Iron as Revealed by Cooling Curve Analysis" (1993)
21. S. R. Giese, "An Investigation on the Role of Sand-Metal Contact Angle in the Formation of Casting Penetration Defects" (1994)
22. R. V. Phalnikar, "Prediction of Distribution of Inclusions in Steel Castings" (1994)
23. H. Otsubo, “Evaluation and Analysis of Porosity Formation in Cu-Sn-Zn Alloys” (1995)
24. V. Catalina, ”Computational Modeling of Room Temperature Microstructure of Cast Iron” (1996)
25. F. R. Juretzko, “Experimental Evaluation of Some Models for Particle Pushing” (1997)
26. M. A. Pershing, “An Assessment of some Models for Micro- and Macro-segregation as applied to Cast Steel” (1997)
27. R. S. Bhamidipati, “Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of Pushing and Engulfment of Particles at the Solidifying Interface” (1997)
28. J. O. Barlow, “Steel Penetration in Sand Molds” (1998)
29. Kevin D. Hayes, “Mechanical and Chemical Penetration of Steel in Sand Molds” (1998)
30. Jose Torres, “Influence of Microgravity on Macrosegregation” (2000)
31. Sundeep Mukherjee, “An Experimental and Theoretical Study of Liquid Convection Effects on Particle Engulfment and Pushing” (2001)
32. Christie Corbitt, ”Optimization of Thin Wall Ductile Iron Castings” (2001)
33. John Torrance, ”An Investigation on the Effect of Surface Roughness on the Static Mechanical Properties of Thin-Wall Ductile Iron Castings” (2004)
34. Lucas P. Dix, “Processing-Microstructure-Properties Correlation for Lightweight Ductile Iron Castings” (2004)
35. Jonathan Woolley, “The Influence of Process Variables on Microshrinkage Formation in Thin Wall Ductile Iron” (2005)
36. April Pitts (2006)
37. Ramesh Rao, “An Investigation into the Production of Thin Wall Compacted Graphite Cast Iron” (2006)
38. Stephanie Collins, “Study of the Effect of the Casting Skin on the Tensile Properties of Light Weight Ductile Iron Castings” (2007)
39. Evan Standish, “Design of a Molten Materials Handling Device for Support of Molten Regolith Electrolysis” (2010)
PH.D. DISSERATIAIONS: 16
1. C.S. Kanetkar, "Mathematical Modeling of Micro-structural Evolution during Solidification of Cast Irons and Al-Si Alloys" (1988).
2. G.K. Upadhya, "Mathematical and Physical Modeling of Structural Transitions in Some Metallic Systems" (1991).
3. D.K. Banerjee, "Heat Transfer - Solidification Kinetics Modeling of Some Dendritic and Eutectic Alloys" (1992)
4. H.Tian, "Evaluation of some Material Parameters Associated with Solidification Kinetics of Fe-C-Si Alloys" (1992)
5. S Ahuja, "Theoretical and Experimental Investigations on the Interaction between Solid/Liquid Interfaces and Insoluble Particles" (1992)
6. S. Sen, "Solidification Processing, Interfacial Stability, and Mechanical Properties of Discontinuously Reinforced Ni3Al Matrix Composites" (1993)
7. S. Chang, "Numerical Modeling of Micro- and Macro-Segregation in Casting Alloys" (1994)
8. L. Nastac, “Simulation of Microstructure Evolution during Solidification Processes” (1995)
9. J. Haftek, “Simulation of Equiaxed Peritectic Solidification during Continuous Cooling” (1996)
10. S.R. Giese, “An Investigation of Cast Iron Metal Penetration Defects” (1996)
11. X. Guo, “Prediction of Selected Mechanical Properties of Ferrous Alloys Through Computational modeling of Solidification” (1997)
12. A.V. Catalina, “Mathematical Modeling of the Interaction between an Insoluble Solid Particle and a Solidifying Interface” (2000)
13. F.R. Juretzko, “Particle Engulfment and Pushing in Metal-Ceramic and Organic Metal-analogue Systems in Micro-Gravity (2000)
14. S. Charoenvilaisiri, “Microstructure Control of Compacted Graphite Iron for Thin Wall Iron Castings” (2001)
15. L. Beltran-Sanchez, “Quantitative Micro-modeling of Dendrite Growth Controlled by Solutal Effects in the Low Péclet Regime for Binary Alloys” (2003)
16. Jose Leon-Torres, “Thin-Wall Nodular Cast Iron: Numerical Modeling and Experimental Validation” (2003)
2. F. O. Martinez, "Development of Compacted/Vermicular Graphite Cast Irons in the Fe-C-Al System" (1983).
3. J. C. Hendrix, "Directional Solidification of Flake and Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron in Low and Normal Gravity Environment (1983).
4. J. T. Fowler, "Experiments on Producing Compacted/ Vermicular Graphite Cast Iron by the In-Mold Process" (1984).
5. C. S. Kanetkar, "Study of the Influence of Some Individual Rare Earths (Ce, La, Pr, Nd) and Yttrium in Cast Iron" (1985).
6. S. K. Biswal, "Neutralization of Deleterious Effects of Bismuth and Lead in Gray Cast Iron by Lanthanides Additions" (1986).
7. M. R. Fiske, "The Effects of Low Gravity on the Directional Solidification of Some Eutectic and Monotectic Alloys" (1986).
8. A. Aykut, "Study of Grain Refinement and Modification of Hypoeutectic Al-Si Alloys by Computer-Aided Thermal Analysis" (1987)
9. K. Singh, "The Role of Gravity during the Solidification of Miscibility Gap Alloys" (1987).
10. S. Kacar, "Interaction between Silicon Carbide Particles and the Solid-Liquid Interface in Aluminum Based Metal Matrix Composites." (1988).
11. D. K. Bandyopadhyay, "Influence of Variable Gravity Level on the Solidification of In-situ Iron-Vanadium Carbide Composites" (1988).
12. F. Rana, "SiC Particle Dispersion in Aluminum Alloy Metal-Matrix Composites" (l988).
13. Moitra, "Behavior of Source Particulate Metal Matrix Composites during Solidification on Ground and Micro-Gravity Conditions" (1988).
14. S. Sen, "Fabrication of High Temperature Super-conducting Bulk Materials and Wires through a Ceramic/Metal Composite Route" (1989).
15. S. Chang, "Modeling of the Solid State Transformation: the Eutectoid Reaction in Spheroidal Graphite Iron" (1990).
16. Y. Ko, "Processing and Characterization of Aluminum Alloys Reinforced with SiC Particles by Squeeze Casting" (1991)
17. J. M. Frost, "Melt Quality Assessment of Spheroidal Graphite Cast Iron Through Computer - Aided Cooling Curve Analysis" (1992)
18. J. Haftek, "Processing and Characterization of Amorphous Al-Y-Ni Matrix SiC Particulate Composites" (1992)
19. L. Nastac, "Mathematical Modeling of Equiaxed Dendritic Solidification - Second Generation of Computer Models" (1993)
20. S. Visvanathan, "Effect of Processing Parameters on Graphite Structure in Ductile Iron as Revealed by Cooling Curve Analysis" (1993)
21. S. R. Giese, "An Investigation on the Role of Sand-Metal Contact Angle in the Formation of Casting Penetration Defects" (1994)
22. R. V. Phalnikar, "Prediction of Distribution of Inclusions in Steel Castings" (1994)
23. H. Otsubo, “Evaluation and Analysis of Porosity Formation in Cu-Sn-Zn Alloys” (1995)
24. V. Catalina, ”Computational Modeling of Room Temperature Microstructure of Cast Iron” (1996)
25. F. R. Juretzko, “Experimental Evaluation of Some Models for Particle Pushing” (1997)
26. M. A. Pershing, “An Assessment of some Models for Micro- and Macro-segregation as applied to Cast Steel” (1997)
27. R. S. Bhamidipati, “Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of Pushing and Engulfment of Particles at the Solidifying Interface” (1997)
28. J. O. Barlow, “Steel Penetration in Sand Molds” (1998)
29. Kevin D. Hayes, “Mechanical and Chemical Penetration of Steel in Sand Molds” (1998)
30. Jose Torres, “Influence of Microgravity on Macrosegregation” (2000)
31. Sundeep Mukherjee, “An Experimental and Theoretical Study of Liquid Convection Effects on Particle Engulfment and Pushing” (2001)
32. Christie Corbitt, ”Optimization of Thin Wall Ductile Iron Castings” (2001)
33. John Torrance, ”An Investigation on the Effect of Surface Roughness on the Static Mechanical Properties of Thin-Wall Ductile Iron Castings” (2004)
34. Lucas P. Dix, “Processing-Microstructure-Properties Correlation for Lightweight Ductile Iron Castings” (2004)
35. Jonathan Woolley, “The Influence of Process Variables on Microshrinkage Formation in Thin Wall Ductile Iron” (2005)
36. April Pitts (2006)
37. Ramesh Rao, “An Investigation into the Production of Thin Wall Compacted Graphite Cast Iron” (2006)
38. Stephanie Collins, “Study of the Effect of the Casting Skin on the Tensile Properties of Light Weight Ductile Iron Castings” (2007)
39. Evan Standish, “Design of a Molten Materials Handling Device for Support of Molten Regolith Electrolysis” (2010)
PH.D. DISSERATIAIONS: 16
1. C.S. Kanetkar, "Mathematical Modeling of Micro-structural Evolution during Solidification of Cast Irons and Al-Si Alloys" (1988).
2. G.K. Upadhya, "Mathematical and Physical Modeling of Structural Transitions in Some Metallic Systems" (1991).
3. D.K. Banerjee, "Heat Transfer - Solidification Kinetics Modeling of Some Dendritic and Eutectic Alloys" (1992)
4. H.Tian, "Evaluation of some Material Parameters Associated with Solidification Kinetics of Fe-C-Si Alloys" (1992)
5. S Ahuja, "Theoretical and Experimental Investigations on the Interaction between Solid/Liquid Interfaces and Insoluble Particles" (1992)
6. S. Sen, "Solidification Processing, Interfacial Stability, and Mechanical Properties of Discontinuously Reinforced Ni3Al Matrix Composites" (1993)
7. S. Chang, "Numerical Modeling of Micro- and Macro-Segregation in Casting Alloys" (1994)
8. L. Nastac, “Simulation of Microstructure Evolution during Solidification Processes” (1995)
9. J. Haftek, “Simulation of Equiaxed Peritectic Solidification during Continuous Cooling” (1996)
10. S.R. Giese, “An Investigation of Cast Iron Metal Penetration Defects” (1996)
11. X. Guo, “Prediction of Selected Mechanical Properties of Ferrous Alloys Through Computational modeling of Solidification” (1997)
12. A.V. Catalina, “Mathematical Modeling of the Interaction between an Insoluble Solid Particle and a Solidifying Interface” (2000)
13. F.R. Juretzko, “Particle Engulfment and Pushing in Metal-Ceramic and Organic Metal-analogue Systems in Micro-Gravity (2000)
14. S. Charoenvilaisiri, “Microstructure Control of Compacted Graphite Iron for Thin Wall Iron Castings” (2001)
15. L. Beltran-Sanchez, “Quantitative Micro-modeling of Dendrite Growth Controlled by Solutal Effects in the Low Péclet Regime for Binary Alloys” (2003)
16. Jose Leon-Torres, “Thin-Wall Nodular Cast Iron: Numerical Modeling and Experimental Validation” (2003)
