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Richard D. Sisson, Jr.

Professor
George F. Fuller Professor
Director, Manufacturing and Materials

Department: Mechanical Engineering
Office: Washburn Shops, 246 B
Phone: +1-508-831-5335
Fax: +1-508-831-5178
sisson@wpi.edu

Related Information

• WPI Center for Heat Treating Excellence
• Course Module for ME 5XX - The Degradation of Polymers
• Manufacturing Engineering Program
• Materials Science and Engineering Program
• Materials Process Engineering

Educational Background

• B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1969
• M.S., Purdue University, 1971
• Ph.D., Purdue University 1975
  

Research & Teaching Interests

Heat Treatment of Steel and other Alloys; Materials process modeling and control; Hydrogen Embrittlement of Steels; Manufacturing Engineering; Corrosion; Environmental effects on metals and ceramics

Recent Publications

• Olga Karabelchtchikova, Christopher A. Brown, Richard D. Sisson, Jr., "The Effect of Surface Roughness on the Kinetics of Mass Transfer during Gas Carburizing", to be presented.

• Shuhui Ma, M. Maniruzzaman, Juan Chaves and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "The Effects of Surface Oxides on the Quenching Performance of AISI 4140 Steel in Commercial Mineral Oils", to be submitted to 'Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2006'.

• M. Fontecchio, Md. Maniruzzaman, R.D. Sisson, Jr., " Quench Factor Analysis and Heat transfer Coefficient Calculations for 6061 Aluminum Alloy Probed Quenched in Distilled Water", to be submitted to 'Journal of Materials Processing Technology.'

• Shuhui Ma, Juan Chaves, Md. Maniruzzaman and R.D. Sisson, Jr., "The Effects of Surface Oxidation of the Quenching Behavior of Steel in Oil", to be submitted to 'Metallurgical Transactions'.

• X. Wang, M. Maniruzzaman, Y. Rong, R. D. Sisson, Jr., "The Role of Cleaning in Heat Treatment Process", presented and to be published in 'Proceedings MS & T/HTS' 2007', Detroit, Michigan, Sept. 16-17, 2007.

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Honors & Awards

• Alpha Sigma Mu (Metallurgical Engineering Honor Society)
• Sigma Xi (Research Honor Society)
• Sigma Mu Epsilon (WPI's Manufacturing Engineering Honor Society)
• WPI's Trustees Award -- Teacher of the Year 1987
• ASM International - Fellow 1993
• ASM Board of Directors 2002 - 2005
• WPI, ME Outstanding Advisor, awarded Morgan Worcester Distinguished Instructorship for 2006
• Virginia Tech College of Engineering, Academy of Engineering Excellence 2006
• WPI, Chairman's Exemplary Faculty Prize 2007

Professional Societies/Memberships

• ASM International
  • Member, Academy for Metals and Materials Committee (1983 - 86)
  • Chairman of Surface Treating and Coating Division Council (1984 - 86)
  • Member, Atomic Transport Committee of the Materials Science Division (1988 - present)
    • Vice Chairman (1996 - 1999), Chairman (1998 - 2003)
  • Member, Surface Engineering Division Steering Committee (1989 - 96)
  • Board of Trustees (2002 - 2005)
  • Heat Treating Society (2005 - 2006)
  • Heat Treating Society, President (2007)
• TMS - The Materials Society
• ACS - American Ceramic Society
• ASEE - American Society for Engineering Education
• MRS - Materials Research Society
• MFPT - Machinery Failure Prevention Technology
  • Board of Directors (2002-2004)
• The Metallurgical Society of AIME
• Electrochemical Society
• National Association for Corrosion Engineers