Fatigue, fatigue crack growth, fracture
Design and optimization of materials for fatigue and fatigue crack growth resis…
Light metals (traditionally cast and semi-solid processed)
Advanced microstructure characterization and microstructure-performance relatio…
Physical metallurgy aspects of solidification processes of cast alloys
Impact of post-solidification operations (heat treatment) on mechanical propert…
Alloy/process development from fundamentals to production
Traditional and novel techniques to measure residual stress and new methods to …
Evaluate plasticity contributions to fatigue crack growth and fracture toughnes…
Closure and long-crack to small-crack correlations in fatigue crack growth
Fracture mechanics concepts and their application to residual stress and crack …
"On-line" residual stress, plasticity, and closure corrections techniques
Develop appropriate/compatible fatigue life prediction models
Powder metallurgy
Novel, forensic, and historic materials
