Georgia Tech College of Engineering MRPL Research MRPL Research

The Carter N. Paden, Jr. Distinguished Chair in Metals Processing at Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech Faculty in Related Materials Research

Paden Chair Holder D.L. McDowell serves as Director of the Mechanical Properties Research Laboratory (MPRL) within the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech. Other GT faculty are also involved in metals research and many of them frequently interact with Dr. McDowell:

Mechanics of metallic materials (deformation, fracture, fatigue):
M. Cherkaoui, K. Gall, R.W. Neu, J. Qu, M. Zhou, and T. Zhu
Quantitative materials characterization for structure-property relations:
H. Garmestani, A. Gokhale
Sintering of metals/alloys and dynamic compaction:
N. Thadhani. T. Sanders
Modeling nanocrystalline metals, grain boundaries and fracture processes with atomistics:
K.I. Jacob, M. Zhou, T. Zhu
Thermodynamics and kinetics:
T.H.B. Sanders, T.Zhu
Processing and mechanical behavior of cellular alloys:
J. Cochran and T.H.B. Sanders
Experiments and modeling of metal honeycomb structures:
M. Doyoyo, G. Kardomateas, J. Holmes
Texture measurement and effects on properties:
H. Garmestani, R.W. Neu
Microstructure-sensitive materials design:
J.K. Allen, F. Mistree, H. Garmestani
Primary/secondary processing, machining:
S. Liang, M. Zhou, D. Baldwin
Fatigue of Materials:
R.W. Neu