I
came to the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering Department in 1985 from
National Steel's Research Laboratory and before that from NASA's Marshall
Space Flight Center. I quickly learned that the contemplative life of a
professor ended before I came, but have enjoyed teaching and doing research
with graduate and undergraduate students ever since. Over the years I have
taught Introduction to Materials, Measurements and Instrumentation, Microstructural
Analysis, Physics of Solid State Materials, and graduate courses in Instrumental
Analysis, Advanced X-ray Diffraction, Introduction to Ferromagnetic Materials,
and Introduction to Optoelectronic Materials. After almost ten years of
work in Plasma Welding, I recently have been doing research in Friction
Stir Welding in which our group has been investigating metal flow and weld
microstructure on welds made on both similar and dissimilar alloys and metals.
I have also maintained a research program with colleagues in the Electrical
Engineering Department on Thin Film CdTe/CdS solar cells. One of our major
thrusts has been to develop such devices on thin metal substrates instead
of glass. Such substrates have potential benefits in terms of weight (for
space applications) and manufacturability.
I
came to the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering Department in 1985 from
National Steel's Research Laboratory and before that from NASA's Marshall
Space Flight Center. I quickly learned that the contemplative life of a
professor ended before I came, but have enjoyed teaching and doing research
with graduate and undergraduate students ever since. Over the years I have
taught Introduction to Materials, Measurements and Instrumentation, Microstructural
Analysis, Physics of Solid State Materials, and graduate courses in Instrumental
Analysis, Advanced X-ray Diffraction, Introduction to Ferromagnetic Materials,
and Introduction to Optoelectronic Materials. After almost ten years of
work in Plasma Welding, I recently have been doing research in Friction
Stir Welding in which our group has been investigating metal flow and weld
microstructure on welds made on both similar and dissimilar alloys and metals.
I have also maintained a research program with colleagues in the Electrical
Engineering Department on Thin Film CdTe/CdS solar cells. One of our major
thrusts has been to develop such devices on thin metal substrates instead
of glass. Such substrates have potential benefits in terms of weight (for
space applications) and manufacturability.