Expert Details
Materials Processing and Manufacturing
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ID: 712959
Ohio, USA
While studying as an undergraduate, Michael Breslin made the surprising discovery that if dense silica is immersed in liquid aluminum at a temperature around 1100 C the stable oxide, alumina, will form in a porous morphology and aluminum will fill the pores. This reaction takes place replicating the shape of the silica precursor. With Hamish Fraser, Expert has studied the kinetics, structure (right) and mechanical properties of these composites. Presently, the development of these and similar composites based on this flexible reaction scheme is being handled by a new venture.
Expert has teaching and research experience in mechanical metallurgy. He has taught undergraduate and graduate classes in material deformation, fracture, stress analysis, and high-temperature deformation or creep. He performs sponsored research on a range of topics related to the development of new materials, novel approaches to forming materials, and lifetime prediction methods. Research is currently sponsored by a number of agencies such as ARPA, NSF, ARO, and NASA.
Expert has published several papers in the area of creep. He has also taught graduate level courses, presented an international seminar, and is currently writing a book on this topic.
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 1988 | Degree: PhD | Subject: | Institution: Materials Science & Engineering - Stanford University |
Year: 1985 | Degree: MS | Subject: | Institution: Materials Science & Engineering - Stanford University |
Year: 1983 | Degree: BS | Subject: | Institution: Materials Science & Engineering - Northwestern University |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 1994 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Professor | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert has been on the Faculty since 1988 when he completed his formal education atNorthwestern University (B.S.) and Stanford University (M.S. and Ph.D.). He maintains wide interests in problems related to mechanical behavior, plasticity and mechanical processing in manufacturing. His research is in areas where fundamental principles can be applied in new ways to solve practical problems. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1992 to 1994 | Employer: Ohio State University | Title: Associate Professor | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1988 to 1992 | Employer: Ohio State University | Title: Assistant Professor | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1983 to 1987 | Employer: Stanford University | Title: Research Assistant | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
Career Accomplishments
Associations / Societies |
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He is a member of TMS, ASM International, the American Ceramic Society, and the Materials Research Society |
Awards / Recognition |
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National Science Foundation Young Investigator, Robert Lansing Hardy Gold Medal of TMS recipient, Grossman Young Author Award of ASM, Mars G. Fontana Professor of Metallurgical Engineering |
Publications and Patents Summary |
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Expert has over 35 publications in the areas of Thermal Cycling and Strain Mismatch Effects in Composites, High Velocity Forming, Co-Continuous Ceramic Composites, and Creep. He also has 5 patents |
Fields of Expertise
superplasticity, plasticity, ceramic composite, metal matrix composite, mechanical metallurgy, ceramic creep, metal creep, plastic creep, explosive forming, electromagnetic metal forming, aluminum metallurgy, metal deformation, metal mechanical behavior, low thermal expansion coefficient metal matrix composite, aluminum forming process design, metal powder pressing, sheet-metal fabrication, fiber-reinforced composite, aluminum-graphite composite, aluminum-boron composite, metal failure, forming limit diagram, formability, sandwich rolling, metal rolling, metal forming, metal extrusion, eutectic composite, cross rolling, aluminum