Faculty in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering

    
    Robert M. Aikin, Jr.        Associate Professor     (Joined 1992)
                B.S.    New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology   1980
                M.S.    Michigan Technological University       1984
                Ph.D.   Michigan Technological University       1987
    Research and Teaching Interests: Metal and composite processing; 
    solidification; microstructural development; phase equilibria; in 
    situ composites; intermetallics; structure-property relationships.
    
    James D. Cawley     Great Lakes Associate Professor of Ceramic Processing
        (Joined 1991)
                B.S.    Alfred University       1978
                Ph.D.   Case Western Reserve University 1984
    Research and Teaching Interests: Powder processing of ceramics; 
    aggregation phenomena; oxidation, diffusion, and solid state 
    reactions; silicate and active metal brazing of ceramics; ceramic 
    matrix composites.
    
    Alfred R. Cooper            Professor Emeritus      (Joined 1965)
                B.S.    Alfred University       1948
                D.Sc.   Massachusetts Institute of Technology   1961
    Research Interests: Thermodynamics; transport phenomena; glassy 
    state; mathematics in materials science; diffusion in ceramics; 
    ion exchange strengthening; processing of glass; topology of glass 
    networks; multicomponent diffusion.
    
    Mark R. DeGuire             Associate Professor     (Joined 1987)
                B.S.    University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)       1980
                M.S.    University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)       1982
                Ph.D.   Massachusetts Institute of Technology   1987
    Research and Teaching Interests: Electrical and magnetic 
    properties of ceramics, including dielectrics, ferroelectrics,
    superconductors, and fuel cell materials, in bulk and in thin-
    film form; high-temperature phase equilibria; defect chemistry; 
    chemical synthesis routes to multicomponent ceramics.
    
    Arthur H. Heuer     Kyocera Distinguished Professor (Joined 1967)
                B.S.    The City College of New York    1956
                Ph.D.   University of Leeds (England)   1966
                D.Sc.   University of Leeds (England)   1977
    Research and Teaching Interests: Transformation toughening and 
    plastic deformation of ceramics; phase transformations in 
    ceramics; biological ceramics; interphase interfaces in advanced 
    structural composites; high resolution and analytical electron 
    microscopy.
    
    Peter Lagerlof              Assistant Professor     (Joined 1987)
                B.Com.  Uppsala University, Sweden      1978
                M.S.    Uppsala University, Sweden      1979
                Ph.D.   Case Western Reserve University 1984
    Research and Teaching Interests: Electron microscopy; high-
    temperature mechanical properties; fracture mechanics and plastic 
    deformation of single crystals and polycrystals of oxide and 
    nitride ceramics; oxygen diffusion in oxide ceramics.
    
    John J. Lewandowski Associate Professor     (Joined 1986)
                B.S.    Carnegie Mellon University      1979
                M.E.    Carnegie Mellon University      1981
                Ph.D.   Carnegie Mellon University      1984
    Research and Teaching Interests: Mechanical behavior of materials; 
    microstructure/property relationships; micromechanisms of 
    deformation and fracture; environmental degradation of materials; 
    brittle fracture of steels; composite materials; ductile phase 
    toughening of brittle materials; high-pressure deformation and 
    fracture studies; hydrostatic extrusion.
    
    David Matthiesen    (Joined 1993)
                B.S.    University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)       1980
                M.S.    University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)       1983
                Ph.D.   Massachusetts Institute of Technology   1988
    Research and Teaching Interests: Crystal growth; electronic
    materials; materials processing in microgravity; effect of growth
    conditions on the microstructures and electrical properties of
    semiconductors; fluid dynamics and heat, mass, and momentum 
    transport. 
    
    Gary M. Michal      LTV Steel Associate Professor of Metallurgy
        (Joined 1983)
                B.S.    Case Western Reserve University 1975
                M.S.    Stanford University     1977
                Ph.D.   Stanford University     1979
    Research and Teaching Interests: Physical metallurgy; rapid 
    solidification technology; application of rapid annealing to 
    nonequilibrium precipitation reactions; transmission electron 
    microscopy; oxidation; surface science; composite materials; 
    interfacial phenomena.
    
    Joe H. Payer        Professor and Chairman          (Joined 1985)
                B.S.    Ohio State University   1966
                Ph.D.   Ohio State University   1971
    Research and Teaching Interests: Electrochemistry and corrosion; 
    reliability of electronic devices; corrosion monitors and sensors; 
    adhesion of metals to polymers; localized corrosion; stress 
    corrosion cracking and pitting; alloy dissolution, biomedical 
    corrosion; economics and failure analysis.
    
    Pirouz Pirouz               Professor               (Joined 1985)
                B.Sc.   Imperial College, London University (England)   1969
                M.Phil.Imperial College, London University (England)    1971
                Ph.D.   Imperial College, London University (England)   1973
    Research and Teaching Interests: Defects in semiconductors; 
    heteroepitaxial growth of electronic materials; diffraction 
    theory; transmission electron microscopy and its applications in 
    materials science; fiber-reinforced composites; synthetic growth 
    of diamond.
    
    Alexander Troiano   Professor Emeritus      (Joined 1949)
                A.B.    Harvard University      1931
                M.S.    Harvard University and MIT      1937
                Sc.D.   Harvard University      1939
    Research Interests: Phase transformations in steels; titanium 
    alloys; effect of dissolved gases on mechanical applications of 
    metals and alloys; environmental effects on materials; hydrogen 
    embrittlement; stress corrosion cracking.
    
    John F. Wallace             Professor Emeritus      (Joined 1954)
                S.B.    Massachusetts Institute of Technology   1941
                S. M.   Massachusetts Institute of Technology   1954
    Research Interests: Process metallurgy; casting; solidification; 
    welding; forming of metals; influence of structure on mechanical 
    properties of metals and alloys; toughness of steels; processing 
    of polymers; failure analysis; materials for space structures.
    
    Gerhard E. Welsch   Professor               (Joined 1979)
                Dipl. Ing. Rheinisch Westfaelisch Technische Hochschule,
                        Aachen, FRG     1968
                M. S.   Case Western Reserve University 1971
                Ph. D. Case Western Reserve University  1974
    Research and Teaching Interests: Structural and mechanical 
    metallurgy with emphasis on damping and fatigue properties of 
    metallic alloys and composites; ion implantation and thermal-
    mechanical processing for property modification and for design of 
    artificial microstructures; high temperature modification.
    
    Wendell S. Williams Professor               (Joined 1987)
                B. A.   Swarthmore College      1951
                Ph. D.  Cornell University      1956
    Research and Teaching Interests: Application of solid-state 
    physics to complex real materials; thermal, electrical, and 
    mechanical properties of hard compounds of refractory metals; 
    characterization of archaeological materials and art objects; 
    electromechanical transduction of biological materials.