Education:
B.S. (Met. Eng.), Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1960.M.S. (Met. Eng.), University of Illinois, 1962.
Ph.D. (Met. Eng.), University of Illinois, 1964.
Also:
L. H. and F. E. Van Vlack Professor EmeritusResearch Interests:
Current research is on structural materials, mainly metallic and intermetallic alloys, with an emphasis on fundamental micromechanical behavior and mechanistic understanding. This research includes interest in polymers, polymer composites and device materials through problems focusing on the importance of interface properties. Most of the current research is on intermetallics and bcc metals and involves investigation of ductility-enhancement mechanisms using surface films and precipitated second phases. Micromechanical mechanisms of deformation and fracture of thermoplastic polymers and composites and interface structure and properties of semiconductor and metallic superlattice structures prepared by molecular beam epitaxy have been examined. Additional continuing research interests include hydrogen in metals and structure and mechanical properties of amorphous solids.