Students

 

ROHIT BARDAPURKAR

Thesis Title: Development of New Coating Alloys
Degree Plan: Doctorate of Philosophy

 

MIRANDA BELL

Thesis Title: Quenching and Partitioning of Plate Steels for Dynamic Performance
Degree Plan: Master of Science

 

QUINN BRITT

Thesis Title: Bond Line Toughness of High Frequency Welded X65 Line Pipe Steel
Degree Plan: Doctorate of Philosophy

 

CASEY BROWN

Thesis Title: NbC-Added High Carbon Steel Grinding Media with Increased Wear Resistance
Degree Plan: Master of Science, Doctorate of Philosophy

 

AIDEN CARLEY-CLOPTON

Thesis Title: Strain Aging Effects on Sheared Edge Formability
Degree Plan: Master of Science

 

ADAM CHURCH

Thesis Title: Effect of Vanadium-Nitrides on Acicular Ferrite Formation and Toughness in the Heat-Affected Zone of HSLA Steel Plate
Degree Plan: Doctorate of Philosophy

 

JAKE COLBURN

Thesis Title: Mitigation of Liquid Metal Embrittlement of Resistance Spot Welds in 3rd Generation Advanced High Strength Steels
Degree Plan: Doctorate of Philosophy

 

MICHAEL COX

Thesis Title: Reducing the Effects of Texture on Phase Fraction Measurement of Retained Austenite Using X-Ray Diffraction
Degree Plan: Doctorate of Philosophy

 

JACK GALUARDI

Thesis Title: Intercritical Annealing of HY Steel to Improve Fracture Toughness
Degree Plan: Doctorate of Philosophy

 

JAMES GRUICH

Thesis Title: Effects of Thermomechanical Pretreatment on Abnormal Austenitic Grain Growth During Carburization 
Degree Plan: Master of Science

 

MICHAEL JACOBS

Thesis Title: Induction Tempering of Induction Hardened Shafts
Degree Plan: Doctorate of Philosophy

 

PAWAN KATHAYAT

Thesis Title: Microstructural Engineering to Achieve Low Cost, High Performance Solutions For Hydrogen Storage
Degree Plan: Master of Science

 

MICHELLE KENT

Thesis Title: The Effects of Thermal History on Crack Initiation and Growth of Precipitation Hardened Ni-Fe-Cr Alloys During In-Situ Hydrogen Charging in Downhole Oil & Gas Environments
Degree Plan: Doctorate of Philosophy

 

YURAN “JASON” KONG

Thesis Title: Microstructural Engineering of Mn-Alloyed Duplex Steels For Hydrogen Storage and Delivery
Degree Plan: Doctorate of Philosophy

 

DAVID LANDI

Thesis Title: Mitigating Hot-Shortness in Casting and Direct Hot Charging
Degree Plan: Doctorate of Philosophy

ANDY LEBOEUF

Thesis Title: Hydrogen-Affected Fracture Toughness of Line Pipe Steels 
Degree Plan: Masters of Science

 

DAVID MARSHALL

Thesis Title: Investigation on the Paint Bake Effect in Resistance Spot Welds of Advanced High Strength Steels
Degree Plan: Master of Science, Doctorate of Philosophy

STUART MIKLAS

Thesis Title: Microstructure and Property Evolution in Ultra-High Strength, High Toughness Steels Towards Enabling Industrial Implementation of QLT Steels 
Degree Plan: Masters of Science

LIV O’KEEFE

Thesis Title: The Effect of Microstructure on Edge Ductility and Fracture Toughness of Single and Multi-Phase (A)HSS Grades 
Degree Plan: Masters of Science

ASHLYN ORR

Thesis Title: Effect of Nickel and Retained Austenite on Rolling Sliding Contact Fatigue Resistance in Carburized Steel
Degree Plan: Master of Science

 

MICHAEL RUPINEN

Thesis Title: The Effect of Ni, Mo, and V on Microstructure and Property Evolution in 0.28C, 0.75Mn, 0.25Si, 1Cr Steel
Degree Plan: Doctorate of Philosophy

 

MATTHEW SCHREIBER

Thesis Title: Post-Processing Heat Treatments on Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of AM 316 Stainless Steel
Degree Plan: Master of Science

 

JESSIE SCHWEITZER

Thesis Title: Influence of Alloy Level, Retained Strain, and Post-Rolling Cooling Rate on Microstructure Development in Hot-Rolled Steels
Degree Plan: Master of Science

 

TOMÁS SCUSERIA

Thesis Title: Advanced Manufacturing of Low-Density Steels for Transportation Applications
Degree plan: Doctorate of Philosophy

MITCHELL SHIELDS

Thesis Title: Baintic TRIP Steel Grades for High Strength Parts with High Fatigue and High Toughness
Degree plan: Doctorate of Philosophy

DOUG SMITH

Thesis Title: Effect of Prior Microstructure on Quenched and Partitioned Steels
Degree Plan: Doctorate of Philosophy

 

MATTHEW STANLEY

Thesis Title: Unsupervised End-to-End Learning Framework for Scalable Human-Robot Hand Motion Mapping 
Degree Plan: Doctorate of Philosophy

 

BEN TANOUS

Thesis Title: Induction Hardening Parts With a Carburized Case
Degree Plan: Master of Science

 

MELISSA THRUN

Thesis Title: Controlling Austenite Stability in Advanced High Strength Steels
Degree Plan: Doctorate of Philosophy

 

SPENCER TOPPER

Thesis Title: Effects of Si and Cr Alloying on the Properties of Martensitic Steels Produced by Isothemal Holding around Martensite Finish
Degree Plan: Doctorate of Philosophy

ADDISON WONG

Thesis Title: The Influence of Vanadium Partitioning on Cementite and Steel Microstructure and Properties of Long Products 
Degree Plan: Masters of Science