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1M a t e r i a l s • S c i e n c e • a n d • E n g i n e e r i n g
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The Ohio State Univers i ty • Depar tment of Mater ia ls Sc ience and Engineer ing
Fall 2008
20th anniversary in 2008 • MRSEC awarded for emergent materials • Three new faculty
Watts News
Nano-islandsSelf-assembling nano-islands could bring interesting properties to optical and electronic applications. More on page 4.
Center for Emergent MaterialsThe National Science Foundation has awarded OSU its first MRSEC, The Center for Emergent Materials. More on page 3.
20th AnniversaryFormer Department Chair George St. Pierre reflects on the 1988 merger of Ceramic and Metallurgical Engineering. More on page 16.
20th Anniversary, p. 16
Alumni News, p. 14
Honors & Awards, p. 11
Research News, p. 3
Chair’s Letter, p. 2Cutting-edge research, new faculty, innovative
recruitment, and top-quality academics.
An NSF Center, our solidifcation program,
modeling, and how we fix a broken heart.
We’re proud of our faculty and students and
the recognition received for their hard work!
Alumni updates! Keep up-to-date with MSE
alums through social networking.
George St. Pierre looks back at the merger of
Ceramic and Metallurgical Engineering.
Faculty News, p. 9The Department welcomes new faculty in the
biomaterials and electronic materials fields.
Contents
Student News, p. 20It’s not just study and research for our students!
Get a glimpse into our students’ lives.
Development, p. 18New approaches to recruitment have led to
exciting opportunities for MSE at OSU.
2 T h e • O h i o • S t a t e • U n i v e r s i t y
Greetings and welcome to the 2008 edition
of Watts News! This is the 20th anniversary
of the Materials Science and Engineering
Department at Ohio State. As you peruse
the issue make sure to check the great
article authored by George St. Pierre
on the circumstances surrounding the
merger between Ceramic Engineering and
Metallurgical Engineering that resulted
in the formation of MSE. George shares
his perspectives on those times and the
resulting cascade of events that shaped
MSE at Ohio State.
We welcome a number of new faculty in 2008. Dr. Heather
Powell arrived in January as an Assistant Professor with a
joint appointment in MSE and Biomedical Engineering
(BME). Heather is one of our accomplished alums (PhD,
2004) who is most recently from Shriners Children’s Hospital
in Cincinnati. Heather’s specialties include tissue engineering
and regeneration, biomechanics, and tissue scaffolds. She joins
Professors Jianjun Guan and John Lannutti and colleagues
in BME and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
This infusion of talent is leading to a number of fascinating
initiatives at the materials science-biology-physiology frontier.
Biomaterials is an area that has been primed for growth on
campus for some time, and now that growth has a fantastic
outlet in our new biomaterials faculty.
Joining us this fall as Assistant Professors are Dr. Roberto
Myers and Dr. Siddharth Rajan. Both are most recently from
the University of California at Santa Barbara and are jointly
appointed in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and
MSE as a part of our Advanced Electronic Materials and Devices
Initiative. Their expertise and a $1.8M investment in facilities
represents the first exciting step in the Initiative. Roberto’s
interests lie in the areas of epitaxial growth of wide bandgap
semiconductors and generation of new types of quantum
structures including quantum wells, quantum dots, and two-
dimensional electron gases. Siddarth carries out research in the
areas of nano-scale semiconductor devices, molecular beam
epitaxy, and III-nitride semiconductors. Roberto and Siddarth
have already begun a close collaboration and we look forward
to having them both on campus.
If these initiatives sound new for MSE at Ohio State—they are.
However, activities in our traditional areas remain as strong
as ever. Dr. J.-C. Zhao also arrived on campus in January
coming from GE Global Research. J.-C., who joins us as an
Associate Professor, brings with him an expertise in high-
throughput materials research, materials property microscopy
tools, hydrogen storage materials and materials for energy,
thermodynamics and phase diagrams, and advanced alloys
and coatings. J.-C. adds considerably to our strengths in metals
research and is reinventing notions of what it means for new
faculty to “hit the ground running”. He has already won both
NSF and DOE funding.
I am pleased to announce a significant development in our
research enterprise--the Center for Emergent Materials (CEM).
The CEM is a $10.8M NSF-funded Materials Research Science
and Education Center (MRSEC). Including cost-sharing, CEM
expenditures exceed $17M over the next six years. Professors
Nitin Padture and Kathy Flores from MSE will serve as the Center
Director and the Education/Outreach Director, respectively.
The CEM comprises two Interdisciplinary Research Groups
(IRGs) involving about 21 faculty from MSE, ECE, Physics
and Chemistry. One IRG will carry out research aimed at
developing new understanding of electron-spin injection and
transport in low-dimensional spin-preserving materials like
silicon and carbon for next-generation information processing
and computing. The other IRG is aimed at design and control
of innovative double perovskite heterostrucutres and the
emerging field of oxide-based multifunctional electronics for
energy-efficient, fast computers with integrated memory and
logic.
To support the growth in our faculty ranks and in the research
program, we have engaged in a graduate enrollment initiative
aimed at taking our graduate student population from the low
90s to 120 by 2010. This initiative is being supported in part
by reprogramming elements of departmental funding and by
new research funding. Progress so far has been excellent and we
currently have 110 graduate students in the program.
We are also beginning a program of undergraduate enrollment
growth to coincide with the new college-wide enrollment
initiative. Our goal is to graduate 40 BS candidates per year.
Strong enrollments depend on successful recruiting. Early
indications are that our recruiting approaches are delivering as
we have admitted 50 new sophomores in the major this fall.
To learn more about these and many other activities going on
in MSE, I invite you to browse the 20th Anniversary issue of
Watts News or visit our website at mse.osu.edu. We are primed
for an engaging and rewarding year upcoming and hope the
same awaits you. As always, if your travels bring you to campus,
please stop in and say hello. Best Regards,
Cha ir ’sLet ter
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OSU Wins NSF Materials Research Science
and Engineering Center (MRSEC)
ResearchNews
A new $10.8 million interdisciplinary research center at Ohio
State University will study and develop materials for tomorrow’s
electronics.
We are pleased to announce that OSU has won its first ever
National Science Foundation (NSF) MRSEC, titled Center for
Emergent Materials (CEM). This is also the first and the only
MRSEC in the state of Ohio since the 1994 inception of this
highly competitive and prestigious NSF program. The OSU
CEM was established on September 1, 2008 for a duration
of six years with $10.8 million funding from NSF, which is
augmented by a $6.2 million OSU cost share and a significant
investment in the field of advanced materials. The OSU CEM is
the largest among the five new MRSECs selected for funding by
NSF from a pool of 87 applicants that competed in a national
competition held every 3 years. This MRSEC award puts OSU
squarely in the top echelon U.S. universities with significant
materials research programs.
The CEM will marshal Ohio
State’s considerable expertise in
electronic materials. From plastics
to semiconductors to unique
hybrid materials, the CEM faculty
are experts in understanding and
manipulating materials on the
atomic, molecular, nanometer,
and micrometer levels. “This is a
first for Ohio State and the state
of Ohio,” said Nitin Padture,
professor of materials science and
engineering at Ohio State and
Director of the CEM. “The fact
that we won this highly sought after center speaks volumes
about the outstanding quality of our faculty team and its
interdisciplinary research, and the excellent infrastructure and
support we enjoy.”
“The cornerstone of the CEM will be research into
magnetoelectronics,” he explained. This field, also known as
spintronics, utilizes the spin of electrons in molecules and
crystals for data storage and computing. Magnetoelectronics
could be the key to developing computers that store more data
in less space, process data faster, and consume less power. A
computer with this kind
of integrated magnetic
memory would function
as soon as it was switched
on, no “boot up” needed.
At the heart of the CEM
are two Interdisciplinary
Research Groups (IRGs).
IRG-1, titled Towards
S p i n - P r e s e r v i n g ,
Heterogeneous Spin
Networks, develops a
new understanding of
electron-spin injection
and transport in low-dimensional, spin-preserving
materials such as silicon and carbon. This understanding
provides a new materials-basis for creating novel high-density
spin networks for next-generation computing. IRG-2, titled
Double Perovskite Interfaces and Heterostructures, designs
and controls multifunctional properties of innovative double
perovskite heterostructures through the understanding
of structure, defects, and magnetotransport properties at
interfaces. This new understanding of magnetism in metallic
oxides enables important advances
in the emerging field of oxide-
based electronics.
Researchers must not only develop
new materials, but also find new
ways to study and manipulate
materials. The 21 CEM faculty
--in departments as diverse as
chemistry, physics, materials
science and engineering,
and electrical and computer
engineering--are collaborating
across disciplines to do just that. NSF’s
MRSEC program supports interdisciplinary materials research
and education, while addressing fundamental problems in
science and engineering. Universities that host MRSECs must
possess “outstanding research quality and intellectual breadth,
provide support for research infrastructure and flexibility in
responding to new opportunities, and strongly emphasize the
The CEM will marshal Ohio State’s considerable expertise in electronic materials.
CEM Director Nitin Padture, left, works with doctoral student Jenny Dorcena on materials that would boost computer memory and processing speed while consuming less power.
Scanning tunneling microscope image of individual Co atoms (scarlet) positioned on a Cu surface (gray). Image courtesy of J.A. Gupta (Physics)
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Atomistic simulation results showing density of states in a Si | GaP | Fe
heterostructure for electron spin injection in Si. Image courtesy of W. Windl
(MSE)
integration of research and education.”
In fact, of the 75 people at who will take part in the CEM, more
than half are students, both graduate and undergraduate. “A
significant number of undergraduates, graduate students, and
post-doctoral scholars will be educated and trained under the
auspices of the CEM,” Padture said. “The creation of this large
and diverse workforce in highly interdisciplinary materials
research will contribute
towards maintaining US
global leadership in the field of
advanced materials and related
technologies.”
The CEM also sponsors
a Seed Funding program,
which provides the necessary flexibility and vitality to the
CEM to develop into new areas within the rapidly-changing
landscape of advanced materials research. Integrated with the
research activities, the CEM enhances classroom education,
creates research internship opportunities, widens the Science-
Technology-Engineering-Math (STEM) “pipeline,” and
enhances diversity in STEM. Activities include an innovative
education research program aimed at cognition of materials
science concepts, K-12 outreach and visitation programs,
undergraduate research programs, and graduate-education
enhancement programs.
The multidisciplinary OSU advanced materials community
is already home to major world-class shared experimental
facilities, which are brought to bear on CEM research and
education.The CEM collaborates with the electronics, storage,
and instrumentation industries; national laboratories and
Only eight universities nationwide boast both an NSEC and a MRSEC
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Self-Ordered Nano-Islands
Recent research at OSU by Michael Rauscher, Suliman Dregia,
and Sheikh Akbar has led to the development of a novel and
inexpensive process to create a pseudo-periodic array of single
crystal ceramic nano-islands. The structure is created via a
simple two step process. First, a thin film of gadolinia-doped
ceria (GDC) is deposited on a single crystal substrate of yttria
stabilized zirconia (YSZ). After deposition, one needs only to
heat treat the film under proper conditions that lead to film
break up and self-ordering of nano-islands. The islands are
roughly 100-200 nm on an edge with channel gaps ranging
in size from 10-75 nm. On average, the islands have a 150 nm
square base and form into a truncated pyramid. The average
gap spacing is about 50 nm. An invention disclosure has been
filed for this process.
This research has both scientific
as well as technological impact.
First, the process provides an
inexpensive route to fabricating
self-assembled ceramic
nanostructures on a large scale
without requiring lithography. In
light of its interesting properties
(high-temperature stability
and oxygen ion conductivity),
the GDC-YSZ system may have
intrinsic usefulness for a range of potential optical, electronic,
and magnetic applications. Second, solely due to the morphology
of the structure, additional biological nano-fluidic applications
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On the Cover
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The Solidification/Casting Program
in the Dept. of Materials Science and
Engineering (MSE) at OSU is on the
move under the motto: The difficult
we will do today; the impossible will
have to wait a little longer. Rooted in
a long and glorious tradition (one
has just to look at the sculpture on
the Fontana building entrance) the
program has been revitalized over
the last three years with an influx of
new equipment, industry and private
donor cash contributions, and last,
but maybe most important, many
interested students.
The American Foundry Society (AFS) Student Chapter has
increased its membership from 1 in 2005 to 12 currently. The
chapter has been officially recognized as a University Student
Chapter by OSU. This recognition allows the chapter to obtain
OSU funds. Under the able and enthusiastic leadership of the
chapter chairman, Evan Standish, the student chapter has
undertaken a project to cast chess sets. Substantial interaction
with and advice form industry has helped the students. The
project attests to the students’ interest, as they receive no
credit hours or monetary reward for their effort, and has been
publicized by iMix on The Big Ten Network (http://www.wosu.
org/imix/?date=04/08/2008&id=0).
Our students also participate in another national metal casting
organization, The Foundry Educational Foundation (FEF).
The total number of registered FEF students has reached 12, the
highest number since 2003. In 2008 alone, they have received
$11,300 in scholarships from FEF.
The response of the industry to our request for support has
been exceptional. The Central Ohio AFS chapter has “adopted”
our student chapter and our program, and to date has donated
more than $23,000 in cash toward the equipment fund. The list
of cash donors includes FEF, Cummins, three private donors,
and ... the MSE department. At the initiative of Bill Massey
(Ashland), the immediate past president of the Central Ohio
AFS chapter, a challenge has been issued to other AFS chapters
across the nation to match cash donations, and contributions
have been received or pledged from the Southwestern Ohio
Chapter, the Central Illinois Chapter, and the Wisconsin
Chapter. To date, cash contributions have exceeded $46,000.
The Albert Klein Technology Group has donated engineering
time and produced the engineering drawings for the new
upgraded casting laboratory. Magmasoft has donated 11
positions with their mold filling and solidification software
in the MSE computer labs. The software is currently
used in both undergraduate and graduate classes, as well
as for research. Other important industrial equipment
donors include Tinker-Omega and Fairmont Minerals
(continuous mixer Tom 50S, 200lb flat top compaction
table) and Electronite (pyrometer, cup stands and cups for
thermal analysis). With the newly installed gravity roller
conveyer, the donated equipment up and running, and a
new 75kW 150lb ferrous Inductotherm induction furnace
becoming operational this year, the march forward of the
Solidification/Casting Program is unmistakable. To date,
the value of equipment donations has exceeded $121,000.
All these remarkable accomplishments would not have been
possible without the generous support of Ashland Specialty
Chemical that has financed the Ashland Designated Research
Professorship currently filled by Dr. Doru Stefanescu, and
has opened their casting laboratory to the OSU students for
teaching and research, as the OSU laboratory undergoes its face
lift.
So l id i f i ca t ion/cas t ing
research has also been re-
energized. Sponsorship
from NASA and AFS has
attracted to the program
three graduate students
and has resulted in
presentations at the
2008 AFS National
Convention in Atlanta
and at the 10th Asian
Foundry Conference in
Nagoya, Japan where
Dr. Stefanescu was the
plenary speaker.
Recognizing the
contributions that the
Solidification/Casting
Program at OSU will
bring to the national industry,
Caterpillar Inc. has presented the program with a $20,000
research grant. If you want to be part of this exhilarating ride
you can contribute to the Casting/Solidification Fund #312069;
Room 477 Watts Hall, 2041 College Road, Columbus, Ohio
43210.
To contact Dr. Stefanescu, please visit mse.osu.edu/faculty/
stefanescu/.
Detail, from relief carving on entryway of Fontana Labs.
OSU Solification and Casting Program
Doru Stefanescu
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Interfacial Segregation as Intrinsic Interface Property
Shrinking the dimensions of semiconductor devices makes
them faster, which allowed the semiconductor industry since
several decades to at least double the performance of integrated
circuits every 18 months (“Moore’s Law”). Today’s commercial
silicon devices have reached dimensions of only a few tens of
nanometers. One of the important factors for fabricating fast
nanoscale devices is to ensure a sufficiently high conductivity in
the silicon base material, which is reached by adding impurity
atoms (“dopants”) such as arsenic or boron. For the demands
on today’s devices, the dopant concentration needs
to significantly exceed the solid solubility limit.
Fabrication of such metastable alloys is highly
sophisticated by now, but still plagued by dopant
loss mechanisms. One of the most important
loss mechanisms is the pile-up of dopants at the
interface between silicon and insulating silicon
dioxide layers.
Following his 2006 Fraunhofer-Bessel Award
from the German Humboldt Foundation,
Wolfgang Windl spent a total of nine months at
the Fraunhofer Institute of Integrated Systems
and Device Technology in Erlangen, where he researched with
his colleagues the fundamentals of interfacial dopant loss for
the example of arsenic in silicon[1,2]. As a result, they could
show that segregation of arsenic to the interface between silicon
and silicon-dioxide is an intrinsic property of the interface. This
means that the segregated arsenic sheet concentration depends
only on the arsenic concentration in the silicon substrate, but has
negligible dependence on external conditions such as processing
temperature. Based on
dopant profiling with
sub-nm resolution
using a multitude
of characterization
methods, an
eng ine er ing- l e ve l
model for use in
commercial process
simulation software
was developed that
can now reliable
predict arsenic
segregation during
silicon device
fabrication (see
figure at left). Z-contrast image of arsenic-doped Si/SiO_2 interface and arsenic
concentration from calibrated electron-energy loss spectroscopy
(right).
1. L. Pei, G. Duscher, C. Steen, P. Pichler, H. Ryssel, E. Napolitani, D. De Salvador, A. M. Piro, A. Terrasi, F. Severac, F. Cristiano, K. Ravichandran, N. Gupta, and W. Windl, Detailed arsenic concentration profiles at Si-SiO2 interfaces, J. Appl. Phys. 104, 043507 (2008).2. C. Steen, A. Martinez-Limia, P. Pichler, H. Ryssel, S. Paul, W. Lerch, L. Pei, G. Duscher, F. Severac, F. Cristiano, and W. Windl, Distribution and Segregation of Arsenic at the SiO2/Si Interface, J. Appl. Phys. 104,
023518 (2008).
Identifying Flow Defects in Bulk Metallic Glasses
Professors Kathy Flores, Wolfgang Windl, and their students
are studying the nature and evolution of low atomic density
regions in bulk metallic glasses with atomic-scale modeling. Bulk
metallic glasses are novel engineered
amorphous metallic alloys with great
potential for future applications,
since they combine more than twice
the strength of titanium with the
processability of plastics. Regions
with low atomic density, sometimes
called “open” volume, are believed to
be the flow defects responsible for
plastic deformation of bulk metallic
glasses. Profs. Flores and Windl have
proposed a new method to identify
the ill-defined flow defects from
the electron density of the material, with densities
lower than what is found in crystalline material of analogous
composition defining regions of open volume. Further research
addresses the question of how the size and shape of open
volume regions is connected to the two observed deformation
mechanisms, which are uniform homogeneous flow (observed
at elevated temperatures) and discrete shear-band formation
(observed at
temperatures below
the glass transition).
This computational
work is comple-
mented by an on-
going experimental
study of plastic
deformation and
associated structural
changes in more
complex metallic
glass systems in
Prof. Flores’ group.
Cross section through the electron density (blue to red = low to high) in a Cu-Zr bulk metallic glass.
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Large-Scale Three-Dimensional Computer Simulations to Assist in Superalloy Design
Significant cost savings can be realized in materials design and
optimization by using computer modeling, reducing the amount of
experimental effort necessary. In close collaboration with colleagues
at CAMM, research by Prof. Yunzhi Wang has focused on the
development of computational models and simulation techniques.
Informed and validated by experimentation, these models provide
a fundamental understanding of the mechanisms underlying
microstructural evolution during phase transformations and plastic
deformation. Practical applications to microstructural engineering
of advanced materials are also developed using these tools.
Shown in the figures on the right are three-dimensional computer
simulation predictions of microstructural evolution in a Ni-base superalloy for jet engine
applications; (a) is the starting microstructure in a brand new turbine blade and (b) and (c)
are the microstructures after 9 hours continuous operation at 1300K (1027oC) under 152
MPa tensile and compressive stress, respectively. These quantitative simulation predications
provide valuable data for the assessment of the creep behavior and lifetime of turbine blades
that are a key component determining the safety, performance and fuel efficiency of a turbine
engine. The simulation predictions were made by Ning Zhou, a Ph.D. student in Prof. Wang’s
group in MSE. The simulation method used is the phase field method and the calculations
were carried out at the Ohio Supercomputer Center.
New Material Found in Rocket Nozzles?
Professors John Morral and Wolfgang Windl with their
students are studying the erosion mechanisms of a new
generation of rocket nozzles that will operate at higher
than normal temperatures and pressures. The nozzles
are made of artificial graphite, which consists of coke
particles in a binder matrix. Morral’s group is relating
the microstructure to experimental erosion rates that are
measured at Penn State, while Windl’s group is investigating the possible presence of
the elusive “carbyne” phase of carbon in the nozzles (with linearly bonded carbon) by
using ab initio calculations,
Raman spectroscopy, and x-
ray and electron diffraction.
The impact of the research
may be extended to other
applications of artificial
graphite including nuclear
materials and graphite
electrodes.
Microstructure of artificial graphite revealing striated coke particles in a chaotic binder matrix.
Example of an abnormal carbon structure predicted by ab initio calculations.
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J.-C. Zhao Receives DOE Funding to Explore Hydrogen Storage
Energy is an increasingly important
issue for human society. Materials
for energy generation, storage,
transportation, conversion,
conservation, and usage will
become an extremely important
area for research. These materials
include hydrogen and energy
storage materials, materials for
energy conversion (thermoelectric
materials, magnetocaloric materials,
photovoltaics, etc.), and materials
for nuclear energy generation,
among others.
A “grand challenge” to the implementation of hydrogen-powered
vehicles is the development of suitable on-board hydrogen
storage systems and materials that can satisfy the performance
targets proposed by the U. S. Department of Energy. As Dr.
Robert F. Service, an editor of the Science magazine put it “If
producing hydrogen cheaply has researchers scratching their
heads, storing enough of it on board a car has them positively
stymied.” (Science 2004). Mr. Masatami Takimoto, Executive
Vice President of Toyota also stated in 2006, “There exists the
necessity for an epoch-making advance in new materials for
hydrogen storage.... This is the hardest challenge.”
The new $1.1M DOE project “Aluminoborane Compounds for
On-Board Vehicular Hydrogen Storage” will be combined with
the existing $1.2M DOE project “Lightweight Intermetallics
for Hydrogen Storage” awarded to Professor Zhao earlier this
year to tackle the hydrogen storage “grand challenge.” For more
information, visit www.energy.gov/news/6480.htm.
Cardiac Patches for Broken Hearts
Research in assistant professor Jianjun Guan’s group focuses on the engineering of
cardiovascular tissues including small diameter
blood vessels and heart muscle. His group is
developing polymer based flexible biomaterials
that can mimic some key biological properties
of the proteins in the heart and blood vessel.
They have recently developed a technique
that can simultaneously assemble nanofibers,
stem cells, and bioactive macromolecules
under electrical field (electrospinning). This
permits the rapid formation of
heart patches, not only mimicking
the highly anisotropic structure
and mechanical properties of the
heart muscle, but also preserving
cell survival/growth. This technique
is capable of fabricating highly
cellularized heart patches within
one hour. It is advantageous over
traditional tissue engineering
techniques in terms of fabrication
time and cell population in the
tissue constructs. Traditional
tissue engineering follows a time-
consuming “seed and grow”
approach where cells are seeded
in the pre-formed 3-D scaffolds
and grow into high density. The
fabricated heart patches are found
to direct stem cells to grow into a
highly aligned structure similar to
the heart. They are working on the
differentiation of stem cells into
heart cells aiming to generate a
readily implantable, beating heart
muscle. These cardiac patches
may find application potential for
patients with chronic heart failure.
In another project, Dr. Guan’s
group is developing new stem cell
therapy techniques that may be
applied for patients with early heart
disease. They have developed a
stem cell delivery system containing
thermosensitive hydrogel and stem
cells. This can be injected at room
temperature and forms a flexible
hydrogel with mechanical properties
matching those of the native heart.
By tailoring the chemistry of the
3-D confocal microscopic image shows high density of stem cells are presented in the cardiac patch.
Thermosensitive hydrogel is injectable around room temperature, forms flexible hydrogel at body temperature.
The developed stem cell delivery system was injected into the murine heart.
hydrogels and incorporating growth factors, they are able
to retain survival of the stem cells. In collaboration with the
medical school at OSU, they have successfully injected the
developed stem cell delivery system in murine (laboratory
mice) hearts.
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Fontana Corrosion Center
“Over the past year, the FCC has initiated several large programs
in collaboration with other universities and corporations,”
states Fontana Corrosion Center Director Dr. Gerald Frankel. New funding from SERDP is supporting studies on chromate-
free inhibitors and coatings for Al alloys. This study is in close
collaboration with colleagues at Michigan State University
and United Technologies Research Center. A larger group of
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Facu l t yNews
MSE Welcomes Three New Faculty
Welcome Siddharth Rajan
Dr. Siddharth Rajan joined the faculty as Assistant
Professor with joint appointments in Electrical and
Computer Engineering and Materials Science and
Engineering in September 2008. He received dual
major degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering
from Birla Institute of Technology and Science,
Pilani, India in 2001. He received M.S. and Ph.D.
degrees in electrical and computer engineering from
University of California, Santa Barbara in 2004 and
2006, respectively. His past research involved high-
speed and high-performance electronic devices,
novel semiconductor device structures, and
molecular beam epitaxy of III-Nitrides. Currently, he is focusing
his research on nano-scale III-Nitride semiconductor devices,
Welcome Roberto Myers
Dr. Roberto Myers will join the
faculty at The Ohio State University
as an Assistant Professor in Materials
Science and Engineering with a
co-appointment in Electrical and
Computer Engineering starting in
Fall 2008. He received his B.Sc. in
materials science and engineering at
the University of Pennsylvania in 2001
and completed his PhD in materials
science in 2006 at the University
of California, Santa Barbara. Dr.
Myers is finishing a Post-Doctoral
Fellowship in the group of Professor David Awschalom in
the California NanoSystems Institute at UC Santa Barbara. At
Ohio State, Dr. Myers plans to setup a molecular beam epitaxy
system for the growth of group III-nitride heterostructures.
Electrons confined to nm length scales within these materials
are quantized into energy subbands that can reach energies
spanning the near-IR and into the visible spectrum. High
efficiency intersubband optical transitions could be utilized
for solid state lighting, telecommunication, and optical storage.
For more about Roberto’s research see mse.osu.edu/faculty/
myers/.
Welcome Heather Powell
Dr. Heather Powell, a new Assistant Professor of
Materials Science and Engineering and Biomedical
Engineering, conducts research on biomaterials
for tissue regeneration. Prior to her arrival at Ohio
State, Powell was a post-doctoral research fellow
at the Shriners Hospitals for Children where she
performed research on human bioengineered skin.
She received her doctorate in MSE from The Ohio
State University in 2004.
Dr. Powell’s research interests include biomaterials,
tissue engineering and biomechanics. Her research
utilizes principles of materials science, polymer chemistry,
cellular and molecular biology, and genetic engineering to
generate materials/devices that can be utilized to replace, restore
or improve the function of diseased or damaged tissues. In
tissue engineering, cells are commonly combined with a scaffold
of native or synthetic origin to guide cellular organization
and differentiation while providing mechanical strength and
integrity. The current generation of scaffolds does not possess
all of the necessary properties to replicate the native tissue. Dr.
Powell utilizes biomimetic and biomechanical strategies to
generate scaffolds which can provide the optimal balance of
mechanical properties and biological function. For more about
Heather’s research see mse.osu.edu/faculty/powell/. J.-C. Zhao Part of Select NAE “Frontiers of Engineering”
Symposium
Dr. J.-C. Zhao was among eighty-two of the nation’s brightest
young engineers selected to take part in the National Academy of
Engineering’s (NAE) 14th annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering
symposium. The participants, from industry, academia,
and government, were nominated by fellow engineers or
organizations and chosen from more than 230 applicants. “I
am honored to be selected to participate in this event,” says J.-
C. “I look forward to the opportunity of meeting and discussing
with many outstanding engineers and scientists.”
“America’s competitiveness will largely depend upon the next
generation of innovators,” said NAE President Charles M. Vest.
“The U.S. Frontiers of Engineering program brings some of
the country’s rising-star engineers, from a diverse range of
disciplines, together for an exchange of ideas that will surely
molecular beam epitaxy, energy-efficient semiconductor
devices, and new material technologies. Siddharth Rajan held
positions at the University of California, Santa Barbara and
General Electric Global Research. He received the JNC-ASR
Fellowship in 2000, CNID Fellowship in 2003, the EMC Best
Paper Award in 2005, and the WOFE Best Paper Award in 2007.
He has co-authored 50 journal and conference publications.
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Robert Wagoner Honored by Award, Serves as Visiting
Professor
Dr. Robert H. Wagoner has been selected
to receive the title of Doctor Honoris Causa
(Honorary Professor / Honorary Ph.D.
Degree) from the Technical University
of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania. The
award is based on his achievements in
materials science and metal forming, and
on his collaboration with Professor Dorel
Banabic. Recent recipients of the award
include William H. (Bill) Gates, then
CEO of Microsoft, and William Jefferson
(Bill) Clinton, former president of the
United States. Rob will travel to Cluj and
Bucharest, Romania, in the Spring of 2009 to accept the award
and to participate in a parade and other ceremonial festivities.
Also, this Fall Rob will visit the Swinburne University of
Science and Technology in Hawthorn, Australia in October and
November 2008 as a Visiting Professor. He will collaborate with
Professor John Beynon, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and
Industrial Sciences, in the area of forming of advanced high
strength steels. Then in the Spring of 2009, Rob will visit the
the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
in Trondheim, Norway. As a Visiting Professor, he will work
with Hans Jurgen Roven and Magnus Langseth on metal
forming, and automotive crash structural simulation. Rob will
be on Special Research Leave during Spring Quarter 2009.
Rob chaired an ad-hoc committee to review the governance
structure of TMS, the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society,
from March to July 2008. A 40-page report with 5 major
recommendations was presented to the TMS Board of
Directors on July 25. These involved new bylaws, new policy
manuals, a new document retention and destruction policy,
new committees and revised committee responsibilities. All
5 recommendations were accepted by the Board without
modification.
12th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors
Professor Sheikh Akbar hosted the 12th
International Meeting on Chemical
Sensors (IMCS) mse.osu.edu/imcs12
held in Columbus, Ohio from July 13-
16, 2008. This meeting is held every
other year and rotates around the
world. IMCS is an interdisciplinary
forum that focuses on all aspects
of chemical sensors encompassing
physics, chemistry, materials science,
engineering disciplines and industrial
applications. The Columbus meeting
was sponsored by the OSU Office of
Research, College of Engineering and College of Mathematical
and Physical Sciences; Case Western Reserve University;
US Department of Energy/NETL; Sensors Division of the
Electrochemical Society; and the IEEE Sensors Council.
This year’s meeting was attended by 310 scientists, engineers and
company representatives from 30 countries. The meeting held
49 technical sessions representing 210 oral presentations and
146 posters were presented. The topics covered many sensor-
related areas including semiconducting, electrochemical, optical
and piezo-electric sensors; sensors for health (biosensors),
safety and security; sensor arrays, electronic nose and signal
processing; mechanism, modeling and simulations; nano-
materials and nano-structures; novel approaches to sensing;
manufacturing and packaging. A banquet was held at COSI
and featured an exciting and inspiring talk by Professor Lonnie
Thompson entitled, “Global Climate Change: A Paleoclimate
Perspective from the World’s Highest Mountains”. The next
IMCS will be held in 2010 in Perth, Australia.
69th Annual Conference on Glass Problems
The 69th Annual Conference on Glass Problems will be held
on November 3 – 6, 2008 at the Fawcett Center for Tomorrow.
Dr. Charles H. Drummond, Director and Associate Professor,
says that the four-day meeting is expected to draw 300 – 400
domestic and foreign attendees from the glass industry and
suppliers to the glass industry. “This meeting is the largest glass
meeting the United States and has a tradition of discussing the
current issues facing the glass industry,” says Drummond.
The Glass Problems Conference, sponsored by Ohio State
since 1947, is believed to be the longest running university-
sponsored meeting in the industry. The meeting occurs every
year at Ohio State. Topics this year include firing and modeling
help contribute to keeping us at the forefront of technological
advancement and may even spark a breakthrough that changes
the way we live.”
The symposium was held Sept. 18-20, 2008 by Sandia National
Laboratories at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque,
and will examine emerging nanoelectric devices, cognitive
engineering, drug delivery systems, and understanding and
countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
F a c u l t y N e w s , c o n ’ t
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of glass furnaces, refractories
used in glass melting and
environmental issues. In
addition, short courses and
a workshop on safety are
planned. Tabletop displays
by suppliers to the glass
industry and hospitality
suites are part of the
meeting and promote a free
exchange of ideas between
glass manufactures. Further
information, registration,
and hotel reservation forms
can be found on the web site:
glassproblems.com.
Glass threads by this year’s Glass Problems Conference featured artist Mary Ann “Toots” Zinsky, © 1988 Toledo Museum of Art.
Students
Senior Scholar Recognition Awards Recognizing outstanding senior students.
Jonathan OrsbornJennifer Payler
Outstanding Junior Scholar Recognizing an outstanding junior student.
Greg Ebersole
George St. Pierre Award For scholarship and professional activities
in the MSE department.
Sarah Bertke
Faculty
Professor Emeritus Robert Rapp presented lectures at the
Norwegian Advanced Institute for Science and Techology
in Trondheim in September 2007. In October, he traveled
to Korea to serve on an External Advisory Committee for
MSE at KAIST (Korean Advanced Institute for Science and
Technology). Bob was also named an honorary member of
the Japan Institute of Metals in March 2008.
Former Assistant Professor Ju Li, now on faculty at the
University of Pennsylvania MSE department, won the Hardy
Award.
Nitin Padture won the Fulrath Award in 2007, as well as an
award from ACerS.
Robert Snyder, former chair of the department and current
chair of the MSE dept at Georgia Tech, was awarded the
TMS Educator Award for his leadership and contributions
to education in MSE.
Honors &Awards
MSE Faculty Honored at College Awards ‘07-’08
MSE faculty were honored to receive the following awards at
the College of Engineering’s 2007-2008 awards program and
banquet.
Charles E. MacQuigg Award, presented by students to faculty
members who have demonstrated their interest in and willingness
to help students:
Charles H. Drummond III
Lumley Interdisciplinary Research Award, recognizing a team
from at least two different departments who has established a
record of excellence in interdisciplinary research:
Edward “Ted” CollingsRobert Wagoner
Scott Faculty Award, honoring a senior faculty member who
has achieved both national and international status as a leading
educator and researcher:
James Williams
Robert Wagoner received the AIME Honorary Member award,
one of the highest honors AIME bestows on an individual.
The citation states: “For research accomplishments in
the mechanical behavior of materials, as an educator of
generations of students in these areas, and for reforming
AIME toward a sustainable future.”
Jim Williams was awarded the TMS Institute of Metals Lecturer
and Robert Franklin Mehl Award at the TMS Annual Meeting
in March 2008.
George St. Pierre and Sarah Bertke
Somnath Ghosh, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and
Adjunct Professor of MSE, will be hosting the 10th U.S. National
Congress on Computational Mechanics. The Congress will be
held in Columbus, OH July 16-19, 2009. For more, please visit
usnccm-10.eng.ohio-state.edu.
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ASM/TMS Chapter’s Ernie W. Christin AwardFor the student who best demonstrates how
industrial experience has influenced his or her
educational development.
Kent Pullins
Mars G. Fontana AwardTo the outstanding senior scholar conducting
research in metallurgy.
Tyler Rolfes
Foundry Educational Foundation Scholarship RecipientsJuniors, ‘07-’08 Sophomore
Daniel Owsley Daniel CampbellEvan StandishCraig Vanderbilt
Alan J. Markworth Memorial AwardTo the student who best reflects the personal and professional
talents of Professor Markworth.
Jessica Wolever
H o n o r s & A w a r d s , c o n ’ t
Kent Pullins,right, receives the
Christin award from last year’s
recipient, Tyler Rolfes.
Among 415 students participating in the 2008 Denman Undergraduate
Research Forum, held in May were MSE undergraduate students Abby McKain, Zachary Warchol, Katrina Altman, Caesar Buie, and Justin Bennett. The Forum is an opportunity to showcase outstanding student
research and encourage all undergraduates to participate in research as a
value-added element of their education.
Students were judged by faculty, corporate,
and external judges, with winners receiving
cash awards. Throughout the day the five MSE
students displayed posters detailing their research,
and answered questions from judges and the
university public.
Congratulations go to Caesar Buie, whose
project “Investigation of NiTi Dental Alloys”
earned second place in the Forum’s Engineering
category. Caesar’s project advisors
were MSE Professor William Clark
and William A. Brantley, Director
of the Graduate Program in Dental
Materials at OSU.
The Department Chair’s Award To the outstanding senior scholar
in the Materials Science and
Engineering program.
Katrina Altman
General Student Awards
Holly Oliver won third place
in the 2007-2008 NexTech Fuel
Cell Essay Contest.
Bradley A. Meibers was a 2008 ASM Materials Education
Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship Recipient. Brad was
awarded the George A. Roberts Scholarship at the MS&T
Leadership Luncheon in October, 2008.
Ed Herderick won the Diamond Award for Graduate
Excellence in Materials Science from the Basic Science Division
of the American Ceramic Society at the MS&T conference in
Pittsburgh in October 2008. The award was based on his work
“Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Metal-Oxide-
Metal Heterojunction Nanowires”. His advisor is Prof. Nitin
Padture.
Rudy Buchheit and Katrina Altman
Denman Undergraduate Research Forum
Clockwise, from bottom: Abby McKain (advised by Patricia Morris), Justin Bennet (advised by Katharine Flores), and Caesar Buie (advised by William Clark and William A. Brantley)
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MSE Students Receive Women in Engineering Awards at February Banquet
First-year Certificate of
Achievement
Yifan Jiang Tiffany Ngan Jacqueline Ohmura
Outstanding Academic Award
Sarah Bertke - Caterpillar, Inc.
Karen Domas - Honda R&D
Elizabeth Martin - EWI
Olivia Rumpke - Cummins
Katie Sherer - Northrop
Grumman
Stacey Vansickle -
ArcelorMittal
Jessica Wolever -
ArcelorMittal
Top Academic Award
Katrina Altman -
ArcelorMittal
Thank you for your service!
The following students gave generously of their time and
talents to serve as MSE Club officers in 2007-2008:
Zack Warchol, PresidentAbby McKain, Vice President
Sarah Bertke, TreasurerLeslie Andrews, Secretary
Scholarships
Our students benefit greatly from the generosity of our donors! The funds provided through these scholarships are a key tool used to attract and retain
top-notch students. Perhaps as a student you received one of these scholarships or would like to aid our students as they pursue a degree. If so, please
contact us for information on how you can help (numbers in parentheses indicate the number of students receiving funds in ‘08-’09).
John T. Boyd Scholarship (7)
George D. Brush Scholarship (3)
Ceramic Scholarship Fund (1)
W. E. Cramer Scholarship (1)
Dana J. Demorest Scholarship (2)
Arthur H. Dierker Scholarship (1)
Roger W. Edmonson Scholarship (3)
Jonathan William Ellinger
Memorial Scholarship (2)
Mars G. Fontana Scholarship (3)
H.V. Glunz Scholarship (12)
Carrie Maykuth Gordon Scholarship (3)
John Arthur and Theodore H. Harley
Family Scholarship (3)
Honda Research Institute (HRI)
USA Scholarship (1)
Harley C. and Elizabeth K. Lee
Endowment (5)
Charles R. Morin Scholarship (10)
Edward Orton, Jr. Ceramic
Foundation Scholarship (3)
Gordon W. Powell Scholarship (3)
Ralston Russell Undergraduate
Scholarship (2)
Robert L Snyder Scholarship (4)
Rudolph Speiser Fund (1)
Joseph W. Spretnak
Memorial Scholarship (2)
George R. St. Pierre Scholarship
Enhancement (2)
Arthur S. Watts Scholarship (4)
Douglas C. Williams Scholarship (1)
Howard Patterson Zeller Scholarship (1)
Ph.D. Student Lanlin Zhang Earns Perfect 4.0!
Ph.D. candidate Lanlin Zhang (advisor
Henk Verweij) will graduate this Fall
with a perfect 4.0 GPA! Ms Zhang, whose
hometown is Nanjing in east China, earned
her Bachelor’s degree from Fudan University
in Shanghai, majoring in materials science.
After graduating with Honors, she joined
our graduate program in September 2003.
Under the supervision of Dr. Verweij,
she is currently collaborating with the
ElectroScience Laboratory to create highly
innovative ceramic antenna structures.
Says Lanlin, “I am very proud to be one
of the pioneers to realize this sophisticated
antenna, from a design originated on paper, by using advanced
ceramic processing.”
Lanlin finds the diverse and interdisciplinary nature of materials science
compelling. “The professors have contributed to my learning by always
responding to my questions with kindness and patience,” says Lanlin. “In
addition, I enjoy the stimulating academic environment and cozy home-away-
from-home atmosphere created by all the professors, students, and staff.”
In her spare time, Lanlin watches movies, enjoys yoga, swimming, and reading
National Geographic magazine. A former hobby was making pastries, “until I
realized it was very difficult to reach the equilibrium between calories burned
and calories consumed!”
Ph.D. candidate Lanlin Zhang with Dept. Chair Rudy Buchheit
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Updates
1950’s
Robert (Bob) Henning (BS ‘54) retired
in 1995 from Sandia National Labs.
Bob was recipient of the 2003 ASM
International Putnam Award and
served for 25 years as the treasurer
of the Albuquerque Chapter of ASM.
Bob now lives in Los Lunas, NM.
John P. Hirth (MS ‘53) was awarded the
position of MRS Fellow, 2007-2008.
1960’s
Robert Eppich (MS ‘61) is currently
active as a consultant in the metal
casting industry.
Larry Hench (BC ‘61, PhD ‘64) was
awarded the OSU Alumni Association’s
‘Highest Professional Achievement’
award in November 2007.
AlumniNews R&D Americas, Inc. Rowdy resides in
Marysville, Ohio with wife Kelly and
children Ethan and Sydney. He also
serves on the MSE External Advisory
Committee and is past chair of ASM
Columbus Chapter.
Scott MacKenzie (BS ‘82) was named a
Fellow of ASM at the recent MS&T
Conference in Pittsburgh, PA.
Guy Raynaud (PhD ‘82) received the 2007
MSE Departmental Distinguished
Alumni Award in October 2007.
1990’s
Mark DeBruin (BS ‘98) lives in
Youngsown, OH and works as a high
school math teacher.
Brent Harle (MS ‘92) is married with
three kids, ages 5, 9 & 10. Now living
near Calgary, Alberta and working in
northern Alberta on the Horizon Oil
Sands Project since Sept. 2003.
Christopher Holt (MS ‘97) is president
/owner of Holt Scientific LLC
(holtscientific.com) in Bexley, OH.
Michael Launsbach (BS ‘91) works as
an Engineering Manager with Alcoa
Power and Propulsion - Howmet
Castings in Exeter, Devon UK.
Roger Cheong-Ling Tai (PhD ‘92) is Vice
President of Gemalto Limited N.V. in
Hong Kong.
Matthew Tangeman (BS ‘91) is President
of Custom Glass Machinery Ltd. in
Columbus, OH. Matthew recently
formed Custom Glass Machinery Ltd
to bring digital ceramic frit printing
technology and other related proceses
to the glass industry throughout North
America.
Mary Terfler Ticknor (MS ‘96) recently
resigned from Honda of America
Manufacturing after 19+ years. She
is currently enrolled in the Master of
Education program at OSU. She will
earn her Integrated Science licensure
Summer 2009. Her goal is to teach
high school physics and hopefully
introduce or strengthen existing high
school material science classes.
Michael Vinarcik (MS ‘90) is a Trim
Engineer with Ford in Dearborn, MI.
Send us your updates!
What’s happening in your life? Promotions,
awards, honors, retirement, children and more;
if you’d like to let others in the MSE community
know, please complete the on-line form found on
the web at “mse.osu.edu/alumni”. If you like, we’ll
post your update on the web site and include it in
next year’s Watts News!
1970’s
John Alexander (BS ‘77) is working
with AK Steel Corp. and lives in West
Chester, OH.
Peter Blau (PhD ‘79),
in recognition
of over twenty-
five years of
contributions to
the field of friction,
lubrication and
wear, was named
in May 2008 a Fellow
of the Society of Tribologists and
Lubrication Engineers (STLE). Over
the course of his career, launched by
graduate work under the mentorship
of Prof. David Rigney, Peter has
also been elected a fellow of ASM
International and ASTM International.
After leaving OSU in 1979, his career
took him to the National Bureau of
Standards (now NIST) and to Oak
Ridge National Laboratory, where
he now leads the Tribology Research
User Center in the Materials Science
and Technology Division. The second
edition of Peter’s book “Friction
Science and Technology: Concepts
and Applications” was published in
October 2008 by CRC/Taylor and
Francis Press.
James Houseman
(PhD ‘70) was
awarded the
OSU College
of Engineering
D i s t i n g u i s h e d
Alumnus Award
for his involvement
in several
professional and civic organizations.
1980’s
Rowdy Joseph (BS ‘86)
is Chief Engineer
and Manager
of the Vehicle
Research Dept in
the Motorcycle
Division for Honda Rowdy Joseph
Peter Blau
James Houseman
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He was elected to the College of Fellows
of the Engineering Society of Detroit
in 2008; also will be receiving the Allan
Ray Putnam Service Award from ASM
International at the Fall 2008 MS&T.
Michael just completed his second
term as ASM Detroit Chairman (was
past chairman in 2001-2002).
Leslie Wood (BS ‘96) is married with
three children (two girls and a boy).
He was recently promoted to Director,
Internatioinal Business Development
at Amsted Rail responsible for technical
and commercial activities for wheels,
axles, and wheel sets around the globe.
Leslie lives in Oswego, IL.
Joan Kertz Yurko (BS ‘99) received her MS
in Materials Science and Engineering
from Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in 2001, married to Jim
Yurko in 2002, gave birth to baby boy
Jake in 2006, and passed Patent Bar
Exam in 2007. Joan and her family live
in Holland, MI.
2000’s
Brian Barnhart (BS ‘05) was on the 2003
Homecoming Court at OSU. After
graduation, Brian hiked the 2,700
mile Pacific Crest Trail. He currently
works as a metallurgist in Pittsburgh
at Union Electric Steel Corporation,
while pursuing a MBA at CMU. Union
Electric Steel is the world’s leading
manufacturer of forged and cast-
hardened steel and iron rolls.
Michael Baughman (BS ‘08) works
with Caterpillar as a Senior Associate
Engineer.
Lukmaan Bawazer (MS ‘04) is earning
his PhD at the Univ. of California,
Santa Barbara.
Mohit Bhatia (PhD ‘07) works as a
Process Engineer for Intel Corp. in
Hillsboro, OR.
Jonathan Blank (PhD ‘08) works with
GE Aviation as a Materials Application
Engineering Team Leader.
Elizabeth Brannon (BS ‘08) works as
an engineer with CCTechnologies in
Dublin, OH.
Matthew Chalker (BS ‘08) currently lives
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The passing of dear friends
On February 2,
2008, Charles “Chuck” Morin
died peacefully at
his home in Aurora,
IL. Born in 1947
in Burlington, VT,
Chuck attended
OSU and met his
wife, Beth, whom
he married in 1968.
He earned both his
BS and MS degrees
in Metallurgical
Engineering at OSU and went on to hold a
number of key positions in industry. The full
text of Chuck’s obituary may be viewed through
the link found at mse.osu.edu/department/
news/.
On February 20, 2008, Dr. Franklin H. Beck Sr. passed away in Columbus, OH. Franklin
is survived by his loving wife of 64 years,
Jean C. Beck, as well as many children and
grandchildren. He served the MSE department
for many years, being widely known for his
work and publications on the topic of corrosion.
The full text of Frnklin’s obituary may be
viewed through the link found at mse.osu.edu/
department/news/.
Gary Keller (MetEng 1954) passed away at his
home in Palace Verdes, CA in 2007.
in Columbus performing research
for Professor Nitin Padture. He and
his fiance are preparing to move to
Melbourne, Australia where Matt
will be attending the University of
Melbourne for his Masters in Cultural
Materials Conservation, beginning in
March 2009.
Rakesh Dhaka (MS ‘07) is working with
US Steel Corp. as a Research Project
Engineer. He lives in Pittsburgh, PA.
Adam Dyer (BS ‘08) works as a Process
Engineer researching Stainless and
Silicon Steel processing with ATI -
Allegheny Ludlum in Brackenridge,
PA.
Andrew Emge (PhD ‘08) works as an
Engineer/Technologist with GE and
lives in Cincinnati, OH. He and his
wife are looking forward to the arrival
of their first child in Fall 2008.
Scott Gallagher (BS ‘02) works with
Panhandle Energy in Indianapolis,
IN where Scott serves as a Manager
of Engineering & Construction.
He provides overall direction for
Panhandle’s major capital projects.
Andrew Geiger (BS ‘05) works as a
Senior Sales Executive with Keyence
Corp. in Rolling Meadows, IL where
he is in charge of capitol sales of digital
light microscopy equipment.
Jon Guerrieri (BS ‘04) is working
as a Process Metallurgist at RTI
International Metals Inc. in Niles,
OH.
Andy Hohman (BS ‘00) Andy married
Jaylene Hade in Sept., 2006 and they
are expecting their first child in Spring
2008.
Tutty Hussin (MS ‘02) works with Alcoa
Fastening Systems in Torrance, CA.
She lives in the Los Angeles area where
she is married and has one daughter.
Sarah Jordan (BS ‘99, MS ‘04) Sarah is
the division metallurgist Commercial
Metals Corporation’s heat treating
division (Impact Metals). She works
to improve the heat treating of round
bars and structural steel used in
everything from cranes to rifles. Sarah
recently implemented and received
certification for ISO 9001 at the
Youngstown plant and is responsible
for the recently started implementation
at the Alabama facility. Sarah and
husband Mark Debuin (BS ‘98) live in
Youngstown, OH.
Hong Jin Kim (PhD ‘07) is a Senior
Engineer at Samsung Electronics in
South Korea. Hong Jin will serve as an
editor of the ‘Journal of The Korean
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The Formation of The Department of Materials Science and Engineering at
The Ohio State University
On July 1, 1988, the Department of Materials Science and
Engineering, MSE, was officially created following approval
by several bodies in the College of Engineering, the University
Faculty, and the Board of Trustees. Simultaneously, the
Departments of Ceramic Engineering and Metallurgical
Engineering were dissolved into the new MSE department
and the combined faculties became the first
faculty of Materials Science and Engineering at The Ohio State
University. But a great deal of discussion and planning during
the preceding eighteen months was necessary to bring about
this change.
During the 1970’s and early 1980’s, most of the departments of
metallurgy and metallurgical engineering in the USA changed
their names to MSE or incorporated materials into their names
and programs. For example, MIT changed its name from
metallurgy to MSE and Carnegie-Mellon changed its name
to MEMS, Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science.
The traditional professional metals societies followed suit. The
American Society for Metals (ASM) became ASM International
and changed the name of its center from Metals Park to Materials
Park. Similarly, The Metallurgical Society of AIME became The
Metals, Minerals, and Materials Society. These changes came
about because there was a growing national need to integrate
the study of metals, ceramics, polymers, and electronic materials
at a fundamental level. At most universities, this responsibility
fell to the metallurgy/metallurgical engineering department
because it was the only existing department focused on the
study of the relationships between the micro- and macro-
structure and properties of materials and the role of processing
in developing optimum properties for complex and demanding
material applications. So those departments smoothly became
MSE departments with a moderate amount of concern about
the underlying curriculum
implications, e.g., the need
for a stronger organic
chemistry base in polymer
science, etc.
By the mid-1980’s almost
all of the departments of
metallurgy had adopted
the MSE banner with
appropriate broadening
of faculties and academic
programs. Only a small
number of universities
had departments of
ceramic engineering
and some of those did
not have a department
of metallurgy, e.g.,
Alfred University. The
existing departments
of ceramic engineering
retained their separate
identity as did the
principal professional
body, The American
Ceramic Society.
20th
Ann iversary
Faculty of the newly formed Department of Materials Science and Engineering (c. 1989)
Back row, L-R: Sheikh Akbar, Valerie Powers, Prabhat Gupta, Dave Rigney, Yogesh Sahai, Carrol Mobley, Gary Dodge.
Second row, L-R: Jim Cawley, Pat Gallagher, John Lannutti, Hamish Fraser, Bob Rapp.
Front row, L-R: Suliman Dregia, Claire MacDonald, Lorie Boomershine, Donna Smith, Susan Smialowska, George St. Pierre,
Eric Kreidler, Glyn Meyrick, William Clark, Roland “Bud” Farrar.
Also part of the faculty at this time: Peter Anderson, Franklin Beck, Glenn Daehn, Mike Drory, Chuck Drummond, Bill Lee,
Dennis Ready, Paul Shewmon, and Rob Wagoner.
The gifts for a 20th wedding anniversary are said to be china and platinum. These are especially fitting as we look back on the joining of the Department of Ceramic Engineering and the Department of Metallurgical Engineering! Former Chair George St. Pierre offers his thoughts on the merger and the resulting Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
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At Ohio State, the situation was made complex because there
were two strong and long-standing separate departments
of ceramic engineering and metallurgical engineering with
independent faculties, student bodies, and degree programs.
Both departments had academic and research programs
focused on structure/processing/
properties relationships and
associated separate laboratories.
Dennis Readey chaired the Cer.E.
department and George St.Pierre
chaired the Met.E. department.
A healthy respect and spirit of
cooperation existed between the
two departments. Nevertheless,
the faculty of Met.E. felt a
strong necessity to incorporate
its programs within the context
of materials in the manner of
its peer departments at other
universities. On the other hand,
the faculty of Cer.E. was more
comfortable with the status
quo. Initially, Met.E. opened
discussions with Cer.E. on the
possibility of creating new degree
programs in materials science
and engineering combining the
efforts of both departments. Both
faculties engaged in this activity
enthusiastically with helpful
exchanges between all members
including, in particular, Kathy
Faber, David Rigney, John Hirth,
Dennis Readey, and George
St.Pierre.
Although some progress was made along those lines, it became
increasingly clear to the Met.E. faculty that a strong focus
on materials could only be established by the inclusion of
materials in its name. Whenever the possibility of combining
the two departments to encourage enhanced degree programs
in ceramics, metallurgy, polymers, and electronic materials
was introduced, it was quickly tabled. The Met.E. faculty
elected to follow the course of requesting to change its name
to the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials
Science. This left Ceramic Engineering free to maintain its own
independent status and to request an appropriate name change
as well. Dr. St.Pierre consulted with departmental alumni and
with the Met.E. industrial advisory committee. Concurrently,
he met with faculty members and chairs throughout the
College of Engineering including the Departments of Electrical,
Chemical, Mechanical, Ceramic, Civil, Industrial, and Welding
Engineering with the proposal for a departmental name
change incorporating materials science. After some discussion,
most of the sister departments adopted in principle the concept
of adding materials science to the name of the department
of metallurgical engineering. Dean of Engineering Donald
Glower called a meeting of his Executive Council at which
Met.E.’s proposal for a name
change was to be discussed.
Several members brought up
a discussion of the need to
bring materials science and
engineering into sharper focus.
The concept of merging Cer.
E. and Met.E. to form a new
materials-oriented department
was introduced by the Chair
of Electrical Engineering, H.C.
Ko. Although Cer.E. had serious
reservations there was a strong
sentiment by the other college
representatives to consider
such an approach. Dean Glower
asked to change the Met.E.
proposal for a name change to
a college proposal for a merger
of Cer.E. and Met.E. to form a
new department of MSE. The
proposal was approved by the
Dean’s Executive Committee
which included the Chairs
of all College of Engineering
departments.
It was a stressful time for both
departments as they worked
toward the creation of a new joint department. Several hurdles
remained to be cleared. First, the faculty of the College of
Engineering gave its approval to the proposal. Then, the
University Faculty Senate voted in favor of the proposal. Finally,
President Edward Jennings and Provost Myles Brand presented
the proposal to the Board of Trustees. The approval process
moved surprisingly fast considering the consecutive approvals
that were required. So in the late Spring of 1988 the Board
approved formation of the new MSE department effective July
1, 1988. The combined faculties of Ceramic and Metallurgical
Engineering elected George St.Pierre as the chair of the new
MSE department and the Dean, Provost, and Board of Trustees
made the appointment to take effect on July 1, 1988.
Thus, in the Autumn of 1988, the new Department of Materials
Science and Engineering began by building on its strengths
in both ceramics and metallurgy with the continuance of
Events in 1988:- George H. W. Bush defeats Michael Dukakis
in Presidential Election
- Sonny Bono elected Mayor of Palm Springs, CA
- Aloha Flight 243 loses several yards of its upper
fuselage while in flight
- Iran-Iraq War ends
- First prototype B-2 Stealth Bomber revealed
- Benazir Bhutto sworn in as Prime Minister of
Pakistan
Obits:- May 21, Sammy Davis Jr., singer/actor
- July 27, Frank Zamboni, inventor
- August 14, Enzo Ferrari, Italian car maker
- November 27, John Carradine, actor
- December 6, Roy Orbison, singer
Prices in 1988:- First-class stamp: $0.22
- Gallon of regular gas: $1.08
- Dozen eggs: $0.89
- Movie ticket: $3.50
- PC with 30 MB hard drive, 512K RAM, &
monitor: $1,249
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MSE Day & Scholarship Competition Winners
Friday, May 2, 2008, the
MSE department hosted
high school sophomores
and juniors and their
parents for our annual
MSE Day, a time of
introduction and
exploration of the field
of materials. Our guests
received an
overview of
the major, its
specializations,
and inform-
ation on job
prospects. Following this introduction the students
rotated through a series of brief demonstrations that
highlighted an important materials concept.
High School Teachers Learn New Approaches to Teaching Science
at “Materials Camp”
Materials are part of our lives every day. But
not many incoming college students know
what materials science is or what materials
science engineers do.
Faculty from Ohio State and officials from
ASM International are trying to change
that, by training high school science
teachers to take the science of materials
into their classrooms and laboratories.
This summer, high school
science teachers from across the
nation arrived at Ohio State for
the first ASM Advanced Materials Camp for Teachers.
The Advanced Materials Camp provided classroom
lesson plans and laboratory protocols as well as teacher
lab training, all free of charge to the participating
teachers.
ASM, the Materials Information
Society, is leading a national
effort to enlist the next generation
of scientists and engineers by training
high school teachers to introduce
materials science courses into high school
classrooms, to encourage more students
to prepare for careers in the STEM fields
and to build awareness of the exciting
opportunities in these areas.
Ohio State’s Advanced Materials Camp
was the only professional development
workshop of the 22 camps held
throughout North America that focused
on more advanced materials training of
teachers. All of the 25 teachers attending
the Ohio State camp
have previously
attended an ASM
Materials Camp for
Teachers, and plan to introduce materials
science into their own classrooms.
The Ohio State advanced camp provided
more in-depth training and new
instruction methods and laboratory
Deve lopment
experiences for the teachers to take back
not only to their own classrooms but to
their fellow teachers as well. Teachers
attending the Ohio State camp came
from eleven different states.
Materials science and engineering is an
interdisciplinary field that studies the
fundamental properties of matter, in order to create
materials, processes and components that improve
daily life. Materials science includes
elements of applied physics and
chemistry, two courses often taught
in high schools. By training teachers
to take the study of physics and
chemistry farther by introducing
materials science labs and
experiments into their classrooms,
ASM hopes that more students
will choose materials science and
engineering for their careers.
For more info, contact Dr. Glenn
Daehn at mse.osu.edu/faculty/daehn.
Few incoming college students know about materials science...OSU Materials and ASM International are working to change that by training high school science teachers to take MSE back to their classrooms. MSE undergrad Justin Bennet explains shape-memory alloy and its unique
behavior to high school students taking part in MSE Day.
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3M FoundationJohn Marshall Adams JrDr. Sheikh Ali Akbar Alcoa Foundation Matching Gift CenterLisa Elizabeth AllenAmerican Foundrymans Society
Southwestern Ohio Chapter, Dale O. Walsh
American Foundrymans Society Central Ohio Chapter, Edmond Krohn
Dr. Peter Martin AndersonAshland IncorporatedDr. Japnell Davis BraunC C TechnologiesCaterpillar Inc. Larry SeitzmanJames A Clum
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The MSE department wishes to thank each of its supporters for their generosity. It is by means of such kindness that this program is able to provide our
students with the high quality education that serves them so well. The department wishes to acknowledge each of our donors; if we have inadvertently
left off a donor’s name, please accept our apologies and contact us so we may correct our records.
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If you would like to learn more about how you might help support the department’s educational and research efforts, please contact the department at (614) 292-2553, e-mail us at [email protected],
or visit mse.osu.edu/alumni.
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OperationsGlobal Impact for Cardinal Health
Employees Care Program
Susan B GreenbergerDr. Prabhat K GuptaAmerican Honda Motor Car CompanyDr. Robert and Heidi RappDr. Larry Leroy HenchDr. William Herrnstein IIIDr. John and Martha HirthDr. James and Beverlee HousemanRobert Paul Johnston JrDr. Mary Catherine JuhasKing Saud UniversityL H Marshall CompanyCharles George MayerDaniel Edward Moderick, Jr. Dr. John MorralDavid L Rohe
Dr. Robert Edward SchafrikGregory Fritz SchieleitDr. David StahlElizabeth Ann and R Walter SteurDawn Garrow StubleskiGeorge and Nadine ValcoJoseph Michael VaneckoThe Vanguard Group FoundationJohn Allen VarholaDr. Yunzhi WangWashington Mutual Foundation
Matching Gift ProgramDr. James Anthony WoolleyDr. Gerald Wayne Worth
Social Networking: MSE Presence on the Web
Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Ning, Twitter, and blogs may seem
like teen-age time-wasters to the uninitiated, but for college
recruiters, social networking sites are the most efficient and
cost-effective means of getting their message to their audience.
In June, Mark Cooper, MSE graduate program coordinator,
and Megan Daniels, MSE undergraduate advisor, attended a
conference entitled Increasing Enrollment and Retention via
Technology: Blending High Tech and High Touch, hosted by
Innovative Educators of Boulder, Colorado. Web designers,
MSE undergrad Justin Bennet explains shape-memory alloy and its unique behavior to high school students taking part in MSE Day.
Following the demonstrations, our guests took part in a
scholarship competition. The students answered essay questions
on materials related topics such as “How has materials science
and engineering helped or advanced your favorite hobby or
pastime?” The essays were read by various MSE department
personnel and ranked according to creativity, communication,
and application of basic materials knowledge.
Two of our guests were winners of the MSE Day Essay
Competition, each winning a $1000 scholarship if they pursue
a degree in MSE at Ohio State.
recruitment professionals, and inform-
ation technology experts explained the
need for colleges to move into the arena
of the Web 2.0, as today’s students’ use
of the technology has become second-
nature. (See “MSE Undergrads are
Blogging” on page 20)
Promoting materials science and
engineering to high school students
as an educational option can be
daunting. Open houses and personal visits to the
department are helpful, but also time-consuming and limiting.
A free YouTube account now allows the department to post
videos of labs, demos, and interviews with faculty and students.
Viewers searching for information on shape memory alloys are
even entertained by MSE’s rendition of TBDBITL’s Script Ohio
(this video alone has received nearly 600 visits in two months).
We invite you to “drop by” our networking sites! Look for MSE
on several social networks, username “osumaterials.”
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/OSUMaterials
Facebook: search “ohio state materials”
Blog: osumaterials.wordpress.com
Social network: osumaterials.ning.com
Thank you Ceramphysics!
Thank you to Ceramphysics, Inc. ([email protected])
for donating a multi-year collection of Ferroelectrics
to the Science and Engineering Library.
Grad School? Save the date!
The MSE department will host its annual Graduate
Program Open House February 5 & 6, 2009. For
details, visit mse.osu.edu/goh.
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StudentNews
Back row, L-R: Matt Stuck, Eric Sher, Caesar Buie, Kent Pullins, Mitch Bruns, Usiosefe Aimiuwu; Third row, L-R: Zach Brown, Ally Stahl, Adam Dyer, Mike Baughman, Zack Warchol, Mike Gram; Second row, L-R: Melissa Walker, Libby Brannon, Karen Domas, Beau Billet, Matt Chalker, Tyler Rolfes; Front row,
L-R: Katie Sherer, Katrina Altman, Abby McKain, Leslie Andrews, Sarah Bertke, Jessica Wolever, Nat SheppardAlso graduating: Tim Wysong. Photo by Geoff Hulse.
MSE Undergrads are Blogging
Several undergraduate MSE students,
including two new incoming
freshmen, are sharing their student
experiences on a common blog:
osumaterials.wordpress.com.
Blogging has become more common
for the recruitment and retention of
college students as they seek authentic
information and advice from their
peers. Today’s millennial generation
is less likely than previous ones to
respond well to traditional print and
web material, which they perceive as public relations hype. They
use forums such as facebook, YouTube, and MySpace to get the
real story from each other. In response, the MSE department is
making an effort to have a presence in these arenas.
If you have materials-related videos, articles, and photos that
you would like to share with prospective and current students,
please send these to Megan Daniels at [email protected].
Congratulations 2008 Seniors!
Undergrad Summer Internship in Ceramic Engineering
Third-year MSE undergraduate
student Evan Uchaker spent his
summer as a ceramic engineering
intern with Morgan Electro Ceramics
in Bedford, Ohio, making prototype
parts for customers, and assisting in
their development and production.
“Every order is different, as per the
customer’s request,” says Uchaker. “I
have learned a great deal about the
properties of PZT (lead zirconium
titanate) and production methods,
such as: sputtering, dicing, firing,
screen printing, and photolithography.”
Uchaker met representatives of the company at OSU’s
Engineering Expo last autumn, followed up with an email,
and received the internship in the spring. As result of his
summer experiences, Uchaker says he is considering an MSE
specialization in either ceramic or electronic materials.
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Junior Seeks to Serve
MSE 3rd-year student Justin Bennett began working on shape
memory alloys research with
faculty member Katharine Flores
during spring quarter of his
freshman year. While learning
metallurgical preparation and
microscopy, Justin developed
a method for shaping memory
wire into a “Script Ohio.”
Justin regularly takes the
very popular shape memory
wire demonstration to student
recruitment events for the department.
This past year, as a sophomore, Justin was the youngest MSE
student to present his research at the university’s prestigious
Denman Undergraduate Research Forum. In addition,
Justin and MSE classmate Christopher Eastman worked as
undergraduate teaching assistants for the Fundamentals of
Engineering Honors program.
Beyond his studies Justin belongs to many organizations,
including St. Paul’s Outreach with whom he shares housing
with members in a dedicated Catholic lifestyle. Through this
group he has worked on California’s Pacific Crest Trail in the
High Sierra and has received mission training in Minnesota.
REU Provides Valuable Experience
Elizabeth Martin, a third-year MSE
undergraduate student, enjoyed a
California summer participating in a
Research Experience for Undergraduates
(REU) at the University of California,
Berkeley. Her REU research focused on
molecular biology, and Martin, who will
pursue a graduate degree in biomedical
engineering, believes her degree in MSE
with a specialization in Biomaterials and
the summer research experience will
strengthen her grad school application.
Summer REUs, which usually are funded by the National
Science Foundation are available for US undergraduate students
in all academic areas at universities around the country. REU
students typically receive housing, travel expenses, and a
stipend for 10 weeks in addition to the valuable experience of
working with research groups.MSE Royalty!
Gregory Ebersole, a fourth-year
MSE undergrad, was selected to
be on OSU’s Homecoming Court
for 2008. Homecoming Court
members are chosen based on
their leadership qualities, spirit,
integrity, and achievement
through their contributions and
involvement at Ohio State.
Ebersole’s extensive OSU
involvement includes being a
cabinet member of Phi Gamma
Delta fraternity and serving as a
presidential host greeting VIPs
at the home of OSU president
Gordon Gee. He has worked as a
summer orientation leader and as a physics TA for freshman
Morgan Electro Ceramics is a subsidiary of Morgan Crucible
Company. Their products are widely used in the automobile
(sensors), medical (ultrasound), and aquatic (radar)
industries.
honors engineering. Pursuing an MSE specialization in
biomaterials, a minor in general business, and pre-medicine
courses, Ebersole plans to continue his studies towards a PhD
in Biomedical Engineering.
A member of the highly-selective Sphinx Honorary, Ebersole
also received the MSE Department’s Outstanding Junior
Scholar Award last spring. Ebersole spent this past summer
in an internship with Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory near
Pittsburgh where he ran mechanical and material distortion
analysis of fuel elements in the reactor core and evaluated a new
finite element analysis program.
L-R: Clarrisa Yablinsky, Ben Morrow, Ed Herderick, and Andy Gledhill
show some Buckeye spirit at the top of Mt. Washington in Pittsburgh
after riding up the Duquesne Incline. They were in Pittsburgh for the
MS&T conference.
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Alumni! Stay in touch!This Summer the MSE department launched its own social network at osumaterials.ning.com. The site seeks to link all members of the OSU Materials family and provide a place on the web where we can connect. Sign up is simple and free! When you register, be sure to join the Alumni Group within the network.
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accredited B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degree programs in both
areas along with new degree programs in Materials Science
and Engineering. The combined faculty (See Fig. xx for a
photograph of some of its members.) worked in groups to
find opportunities for attracting and maintaining a strong
undergraduate and graduate student body, for consolidating
and enhancing some laboratories, and for pursuing programs
of faculty development and leading research.
Over the last twenty years, the Department of Materials
Science and Engineering has been successful in building on its
traditional strengths in atomic structure, physical and process
metallurgy, corrosion science, metal processing, mechanical
properties, ceramic processing, glass technology, and high-
temperature materials to develop enhanced programs of study
and research in computational approaches in materials science,
biomaterials and tissue engineering, electronic materials and
devices, and accelerated materials innovation and development
through a number of joint programs with other discipline
areas. The next twenty years will be equally exciting for the
MSE department with contnued improvements in the sensors,
structure characterization facilities, and small-scale in situ
instruments available for rapid analysis of materials, control of
processing, and prevention of failure.
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Society of Tribologists and Lubrication
Engineers’ through March, 2010. Also,
he recently gave an invited talk on the
‘46th Spring Conference of Korean
Society for Tribologists and Lubrication
Engineers’ Changwon University,
Gyeongnam, Korea,
June 19, 2008.
The talk title was
“ Un d e r s t a n d i n g
of Tribomaterial:
transfer, flow and
mixing”.
S u d h a k a r Mahajanam (PhD
‘05) is married
and working
as a Materials Engineer with
ConocoPhillips in Bartlesville, OK.
Ashley Manny (BS ‘07) works with Alcoa
Howmet in the Engineering Training
Program.
Abby McKain (BS ‘08) works in the
Edison Engineering Rotational
Program with General Electric in
Cleveland, OH.
Emily Meyer (BS ‘05) lives in Cincinatti
and works with Frost, Brown, Todd
as an Associate Attorney in the
Intellectual Property department.
Matthew Mottern (PhD ‘07) is working
with Intel and living in Hillsboro, OR.
Soumya Nag (PhD ‘08) is currently a
Post-Doc at the Univ. of North Texas
in Denton, TX.
Vishal Nazareth (MS ‘08) works as a
Materials Engineer with Del West in
Valencia, CA.
Barbara Padgett (PhD ‘08) is working for
CC Technologies (a DNV Company)
and lives in Columbus, OH.
Jayson Parrish (BS ‘07) is working with
Kohler Corp. as a Quality Engineer
and lives in Sheboygan, WI.
Paul Pavka (BS ‘06) spent the summer
of 2008 in Bayreuth, Germany where
he carried out mechanical testing and
characterization of different forms of
a triblock copolymer of styrene and
polyisobutylene, or “SIBS”.
Tyler Rolfes (BS ‘08) works as an Edison
Engineering Development Program
Associate with General Electric in
Cleveland, OH.
Gregory Thompson
(PhD ‘03) was
awarded the TMS
International Young
Leader Scholar
Award at the
March 2008 TMS
& AIME Awards
Presentation. Greg
received tenure and
was promoted to Associate Professor
in the Department of Metallurgical &
Materials Engineering, University of
Alabama, in August 2008.
Joshua Tuggle (MS ‘08) is working with
CC Technologies and lives in Grove
City, OH.
Kunal Vaed (MS ‘01) is an Operations
Strategy Associate with Booz Allen
Hamilton, a management consulting
firm in New York City. Kunal lives in
West New York, NJ.
Sudhakar Mahajanam
and his wife Sudha
at the 2007 NACE
Conference.
Matt Stuck (2008), Jon Hedrick (2007), Adam Dyer
(2008), and Usiosefe Aimiuwu (2008) show their
alumni spirit at the Fall 2008 Engineering Career
Expo. They were recruiting for ATI, Allegheny Ludlum.
Greg Thompson
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institutes; other U.S. universities; and international universities and
laboratories in China, Germany, India, and United Kingdom.
Ohio State is already home to another NSF-funded materials-related
center, the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC),
which supports research in nanotechnology. Only eight universities
nationwide boast both an NSEC and a MRSEC: University of
California, Santa Barbara; Cornell University; Harvard University;
University of Pennsylvania; Northwestern University; University of
Massachusetts; University of Wisconsin; and now The Ohio State
University.
Prof. Nitin P. Padture of MSE is the founding Director of the CEM.
Other MSE faculty members participating in the CEM are: Profs.
Katharine M. Flores, Hamish L. Fraser, Patricia A. Morris, Steven A. Ringel (courtesy appointment in MSE) and Wolfgang Windl. Prof. Flores leads the education and outreach effort for the CEM.
To contact Dr. Nitin Padture, CEM Director, visit his web site at
mse.osu.edu/faculty/padture.
High-resolution transmission electron microscope image of Sr2FeMoO6 double perovskite epitaxial thin film on a SrTiO3 substrate. Image courtesy of F. Yang (Physics), P.M. Woodward (Chemistry), and H.L. Fraser (MSE)
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including DNA and protein separations are attractive. Using
soft-imprint pattern transfer techniques, it is even conceivable
that the nanostructure could be used as a master template to
transfer the pattern to other materials of interest. The isolated
nano-islands may also be used as substrates to be capped
with other materials of interest by deposition techniques,
which is the approach used with semiconductors to produce
structures with interesting optical and field-emission
properties. In general, because the self-patterned structure
is extremely inexpensive to manufacture and the features
are self-organizing, a wide realm of nanotechnology-based
applications could be impacted by this process.
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participants in that project come from the US Army, Navy,
and Air Force, as well as Boeing and Henkel Corporations.
The FCC is also collaborating with the Univ. of Virginia,
Univ of Hawaii, and Univ. of Southern Mississippi to look at
the discrepancies between the behavior in field atmospheric
exposures and accelerated laboratory tests such as salt spray
chambers. This work, funded by the Office of the Secretary
of Defense, has already revealed interesting interactions of
UV radiation, ozone, humidity, and salt contamination,
generating highly reactive species that play critical roles in
atmospheric corrosion of silver. Finally, the connection
between the FCC and DNV has been strengthened with
additional support for the DNV chair, which is being used
to study SCC of steel in ethanol, adhesion of polymer films
on steel, and electrochemical reduction of CO2.
Jerry Frankel and Narasi
Sridhar of DNV co-
authored the cover article
“Understanding Localized
Corrosion” for the Oct. 2008
edition of MaterialsToday.
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Above: SEM micrograph of the self-ordered nano-islands of GDC on YSZ.Below: Growth of islands outward from a single point showing self-catalytic nature.
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