Watts News 2008

20 th anniversary in 2008 • MRSEC awarded for emergent materials • Three new faculty 1

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T he O h i o S t a te Un ivers i t y • D epar t ment of Mater ials Science and Eng ine er ing

20th Anniversary Former Department Chair George St. Pierre reflects on the 1988 merger of Ceramic and Metallurgical Engineering. More on page 16.

Contents Chair’s Letter, p. 2 Cutting-edge research, new faculty, innovative recruitment, and top-quality academics.

Research News, p. 3 An NSF Center, our solidifcation program, modeling, and how we fix a broken heart.

Center for Emergent Materials The National Science Foundation has awarded OSU its first MRSEC, The Center for Emergent Materials. More on page 3.

Faculty News, p. 9 The Department welcomes new faculty in the biomaterials and electronic materials fields.

Honors & Awards, p. 11 We’re proud of our faculty and students and the recognition received for their hard work!

Alumni News, p. 14 Alumni updates! Keep up-to-date with MSE alums through social networking.

Nano-islands Self-assembling nano-islands could bring interesting properties to optical and electronic applications. More on page 4.

20th Anniversary, p. 16 George St. Pierre looks back at the merger of Ceramic and Metallurgical Engineering.

Development, p. 18 New approaches to recruitment have led to exciting opportunities for MSE at OSU.

Student News, p. 20 It’s not just study and research for our students! Get a glimpse into our students’ lives.

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Chair’s Letter Greetings and welcome to the 2008 edition of Watts News! This is the 20th anniversary of the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Ohio State. As you peruse the issue make sure to check the great article authored by George St. Pierre on the circumstances surrounding the merger between Ceramic Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering that resulted in the formation of MSE. George shares his perspectives on those times and the resulting cascade of events that shaped MSE at Ohio State. We welcome a number of new faculty in 2008. Dr. Heather Powell arrived in January as an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in MSE and Biomedical Engineering (BME). Heather is one of our accomplished alums (PhD, 2004) who is most recently from Shriners Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati. Heather’s specialties include tissue engineering and regeneration, biomechanics, and tissue scaffolds. She joins Professors Jianjun Guan and John Lannutti and colleagues in BME and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. This infusion of talent is leading to a number of fascinating initiatives at the materials science-biology-physiology frontier. Biomaterials is an area that has been primed for growth on campus for some time, and now that growth has a fantastic outlet in our new biomaterials faculty. Joining us this fall as Assistant Professors are Dr. Roberto Myers and Dr. Siddharth Rajan. Both are most recently from the University of California at Santa Barbara and are jointly appointed in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and MSE as a part of our Advanced Electronic Materials and Devices Initiative. Their expertise and a $1.8M investment in facilities represents the first exciting step in the Initiative. Roberto’s interests lie in the areas of epitaxial growth of wide bandgap semiconductors and generation of new types of quantum structures including quantum wells, quantum dots, and twodimensional electron gases. Siddarth carries out research in the areas of nano-scale semiconductor devices, molecular beam epitaxy, and III-nitride semiconductors. Roberto and Siddarth have already begun a close collaboration and we look forward to having them both on campus. If these initiatives sound new for MSE at Ohio State—they are. However, activities in our traditional areas remain as strong as ever. Dr. J.-C. Zhao also arrived on campus in January coming from GE Global Research. J.-C., who joins us as an Associate Professor, brings with him an expertise in high-

throughput materials research, materials property microscopy tools, hydrogen storage materials and materials for energy, thermodynamics and phase diagrams, and advanced alloys and coatings. J.-C. adds considerably to our strengths in metals research and is reinventing notions of what it means for new faculty to “hit the ground running”. He has already won both NSF and DOE funding. I am pleased to announce a significant development in our research enterprise--the Center for Emergent Materials (CEM). The CEM is a $10.8M NSF-funded Materials Research Science and Education Center (MRSEC). Including cost-sharing, CEM expenditures exceed $17M over the next six years. Professors Nitin Padture and Kathy Flores from MSE will serve as the Center Director and the Education/Outreach Director, respectively. The CEM comprises two Interdisciplinary Research Groups (IRGs) involving about 21 faculty from MSE, ECE, Physics and Chemistry. One IRG will carry out research aimed at developing new understanding of electron-spin injection and transport in low-dimensional spin-preserving materials like silicon and carbon for next-generation information processing and computing. The other IRG is aimed at design and control of innovative double perovskite heterostrucutres and the emerging field of oxide-based multifunctional electronics for energy-efficient, fast computers with integrated memory and logic. To support the growth in our faculty ranks and in the research program, we have engaged in a graduate enrollment initiative aimed at taking our graduate student population from the low 90s to 120 by 2010. This initiative is being supported in part by reprogramming elements of departmental funding and by new research funding. Progress so far has been excellent and we currently have 110 graduate students in the program. We are also beginning a program of undergraduate enrollment growth to coincide with the new college-wide enrollment initiative. Our goal is to graduate 40 BS candidates per year. Strong enrollments depend on successful recruiting. Early indications are that our recruiting approaches are delivering as we have admitted 50 new sophomores in the major this fall. To learn more about these and many other activities going on in MSE, I invite you to browse the 20th Anniversary issue of Watts News or visit our website at mse.osu.edu. We are primed for an engaging and rewarding year upcoming and hope the same awaits you. As always, if your travels bring you to campus, please stop in and say hello. Best Regards,

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Research News OSU Wins NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) A new $10.8 million interdisciplinary research center at Ohio State University will study and develop materials for tomorrow’s electronics. We are pleased to announce that OSU has won its first ever National Science Foundation (NSF) MRSEC, titled Center for Emergent Materials (CEM). This is also the first and the only MRSEC in the state of Ohio since the 1994 inception of this highly competitive and prestigious NSF program. The OSU CEM was established on September 1, 2008 for a duration of six years with $10.8 million funding from NSF, which is augmented by a $6.2 million OSU cost share and a significant investment in the field of advanced materials. The OSU CEM is the largest among the five new MRSECs selected for funding by NSF from a pool of 87 applicants that competed in a national competition held every 3 years. This MRSEC award puts OSU squarely in the top echelon U.S. universities with significant materials research programs.

The CEM will marshal Ohio State’s considerable expertise in electronic materials.

The CEM will marshal Ohio State’s considerable expertise in electronic materials. From plastics to semiconductors to unique hybrid materials, the CEM faculty are experts in understanding and manipulating materials on the atomic, molecular, nanometer, and micrometer levels. “This is a first for Ohio State and the state of Ohio,” said Nitin Padture, professor of materials science and engineering at Ohio State and Director of the CEM. “The fact that we won this highly sought after center speaks volumes about the outstanding quality of our faculty team and its interdisciplinary research, and the excellent infrastructure and support we enjoy.” “The cornerstone of the CEM will be research into magnetoelectronics,” he explained. This field, also known as spintronics, utilizes the spin of electrons in molecules and crystals for data storage and computing. Magnetoelectronics could be the key to developing computers that store more data in less space, process data faster, and consume less power. A

computer with this kind of integrated magnetic memory would function as soon as it was switched on, no “boot up” needed. At the heart of the CEM are two Interdisciplinary Research Groups (IRGs). IRG-1, titled Towards Spin-Preserving, Heterogeneous Spin CEM Director Nitin Padture , left, works with doctoral student Jenny Dorcena on materi Networks, develops a als that would boost comput er memory and pro cess ing spee new understanding of d while consuming less pow er. electron-spin injection and transport in low-dimensional, spin-preserving materials such as silicon and carbon. This understanding provides a new materials-basis for creating novel high-density spin networks for next-generation computing. IRG-2, titled Double Perovskite Interfaces and Heterostructures, designs and controls multifunctional properties of innovative double perovskite heterostructures through the understanding of structure, defects, and magnetotransport properties at interfaces. This new understanding of magnetism in metallic oxides enables important advances in the emerging field of oxidebased electronics. Researchers must not only develop new materials, but also find new ways to study and manipulate materials. The 21 CEM faculty --in departments as diverse as chemistry, physics, materials Scanning tunneling microscope image of science and engineering, individual Co atoms (scarlet) positioned on a Cu sur and electrical and computer Gup face (gray). Image courtesy of J.A. ta (Physics) engineering--are collaborating across disciplines to do just that. NSF’s MRSEC program supports interdisciplinary materials research and education, while addressing fundamental problems in science and engineering. Universities that host MRSECs must possess “outstanding research quality and intellectual breadth, provide support for research infrastructure and flexibility in responding to new opportunities, and strongly emphasize the

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research will contribute towards maintaining US global leadership in the field of advanced materials and related technologies.”

es in a Si | GaP | Fe lts showing density of stat Atomistic simulation resu courtesy of W. Windl spin injection in Si. Image heterostructure for electron (MSE)

integration of research and education.” In fact, of the 75 people at who will take part in the CEM, more than half are students, both graduate and undergraduate. “A significant number of undergraduates, graduate students, and post-doctoral scholars will be educated and trained under the auspices of the CEM,” Padture said. “The creation of this large and diverse workforce in highly interdisciplinary materials

Only eight universities nationwide boast both an NSEC and a MRSEC

The CEM also sponsors a Seed Funding program, which provides the necessary flexibility and vitality to the CEM to develop into new areas within the rapidly-changing landscape of advanced materials research. Integrated with the research activities, the CEM enhances classroom education, creates research internship opportunities, widens the ScienceTechnology-Engineering-Math (STEM) “pipeline,” and enhances diversity in STEM. Activities include an innovative education research program aimed at cognition of materials science concepts, K-12 outreach and visitation programs, undergraduate research programs, and graduate-education enhancement programs. The multidisciplinary OSU advanced materials community is already home to major world-class shared experimental facilities, which are brought to bear on CEM research and education.The CEM collaborates with the electronics, storage, and instrumentation industries; national laboratories and

See “Emergent Materials” pg 23

er v o C e h t On Self-Ordered Nano-Islands Recent research at OSU by Michael Rauscher, Suliman Dregia, and Sheikh Akbar has led to the development of a novel and inexpensive process to create a pseudo-periodic array of single crystal ceramic nano-islands. The structure is created via a simple two step process. First, a thin film of gadolinia-doped ceria (GDC) is deposited on a single crystal substrate of yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ). After deposition, one needs only to heat treat the film under proper conditions that lead to film break up and self-ordering of nano-islands. The islands are roughly 100-200 nm on an edge with channel gaps ranging in size from 10-75 nm. On average, the islands have a 150 nm square base and form into a truncated pyramid. The average gap spacing is about 50 nm. An invention disclosure has been filed for this process.

This research has both scientific as well as technological impact. First, the process provides an inexpensive route to fabricating self-assembled ceramic nanostructures on a large scale without requiring lithography. In light of its interesting properties (high-temperature stability and oxygen ion conductivity), the GDC-YSZ system may have intrinsic usefulness for a range of potential optical, electronic, and magnetic applications. Second, solely due to the morphology of the structure, additional biological nano-fluidic applications

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OSU Solification and Casting Program The Solidification/Casting Program in the Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at OSU is on the move under the motto: The difficult we will do today; the impossible will have to wait a little longer. Rooted in a long and glorious tradition (one has just to look at the sculpture on the Fontana building entrance) the program has been revitalized over the last three years with an influx of new equipment, industry and private donor cash contributions, and last, but maybe most important, many interested students.

Doru Stefanescu

The American Foundry Society (AFS) Student Chapter has increased its membership from 1 in 2005 to 12 currently. The chapter has been officially recognized as a University Student Chapter by OSU. This recognition allows the chapter to obtain OSU funds. Under the able and enthusiastic leadership of the chapter chairman, Evan Standish, the student chapter has undertaken a project to cast chess sets. Substantial interaction with and advice form industry has helped the students. The project attests to the students’ interest, as they receive no credit hours or monetary reward for their effort, and has been publicized by iMix on The Big Ten Network (http://www.wosu. org/imix/?date=04/08/2008&id=0). Our students also participate in another national metal casting organization, The Foundry Educational Foundation (FEF). The total number of registered FEF students has reached 12, the highest number since 2003. In 2008 alone, they have received $11,300 in scholarships from FEF. The response of the industry to our request for support has been exceptional. The Central Ohio AFS chapter has “adopted” our student chapter and our program, and to date has donated more than $23,000 in cash toward the equipment fund. The list of cash donors includes FEF, Cummins, three private donors, and ... the MSE department. At the initiative of Bill Massey (Ashland), the immediate past president of the Central Ohio AFS chapter, a challenge has been issued to other AFS chapters across the nation to match cash donations, and contributions have been received or pledged from the Southwestern Ohio Chapter, the Central Illinois Chapter, and the Wisconsin Chapter. To date, cash contributions have exceeded $46,000. The Albert Klein Technology Group has donated engineering time and produced the engineering drawings for the new upgraded casting laboratory. Magmasoft has donated 11

positions with their mold filling and solidification software in the MSE computer labs. The software is currently used in both undergraduate and graduate classes, as well as for research. Other important industrial equipment donors include Tinker-Omega and Fairmont Minerals (continuous mixer Tom 50S, 200lb flat top compaction table) and Electronite (pyrometer, cup stands and cups for thermal analysis). With the newly installed gravity roller conveyer, the donated equipment up and running, and a new 75kW 150lb ferrous Inductotherm induction furnace becoming operational this year, the march forward of the Solidification/Casting Program is unmistakable. To date, the value of equipment donations has exceeded $121,000. All these remarkable accomplishments would not have been possible without the generous support of Ashland Specialty Chemical that has financed the Ashland Designated Research Professorship currently filled by Dr. Doru Stefanescu, and has opened their casting laboratory to the OSU students for teaching and research, as the OSU laboratory undergoes its face lift. Solidification/casting research has also been reenergized. Sponsorship from NASA and AFS has attracted to the program three graduate students and has resulted in presentations at the 2008 AFS National Convention in Atlanta and at the 10th Asian Foundry Conference in Nagoya, Japan where Dr. Stefanescu was the plenary speaker. Recognizing the contributions that the Solidification/Casting Detail, from relief carving on entryway of Fontana Lab s. Program at OSU will bring to the national industry, Caterpillar Inc. has presented the program with a $20,000 research grant. If you want to be part of this exhilarating ride you can contribute to the Casting/Solidification Fund #312069; Room 477 Watts Hall, 2041 College Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210. To contact Dr. Stefanescu, please visit mse.osu.edu/faculty/ stefanescu/.

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Interfacial Segregation as Intrinsic Interface Property Shrinking the dimensions of semiconductor devices makes them faster, which allowed the semiconductor industry since several decades to at least double the performance of integrated circuits every 18 months (“Moore’s Law”). Today’s commercial silicon devices have reached dimensions of only a few tens of nanometers. One of the important factors for fabricating fast nanoscale devices is to ensure a sufficiently high conductivity in the silicon base material, which is reached by adding impurity atoms (“dopants”) such as arsenic or boron. For the demands on today’s devices, the dopant concentration needs to significantly exceed the solid solubility limit. Fabrication of such metastable alloys is highly sophisticated by now, but still plagued by dopant loss mechanisms. One of the most important loss mechanisms is the pile-up of dopants at the interface between silicon and insulating silicon dioxide layers. Following his 2006 Fraunhofer-Bessel Award from the German Humboldt Foundation, Wolfgang Windl spent a total of nine months at the Fraunhofer Institute of Integrated Systems and Device Technology in Erlangen, where he researched with his colleagues the fundamentals of interfacial dopant loss for the example of arsenic in silicon[1,2]. As a result, they could show that segregation of arsenic to the interface between silicon and silicon-dioxide is an intrinsic property of the interface. This means that the segregated arsenic sheet concentration depends only on the arsenic concentration in the silicon substrate, but has negligible dependence on external conditions such as processing temperature. Based on dopant profiling with sub-nm resolution using a multitude of characterization methods, an e n g i n e e r i n g - l e ve l model for use in commercial process simulation software was developed that can now reliable predict arsenic segregation during silicon device fabrication (see nic and arse doped Si/SiO_2 interface Z-contrast image of arsenicy figure at left). cop tros spec tron-energy loss

1. L. Pei, G. Duscher, C. Steen, P. Pichler, H. Ryssel, E. Napolitani, D. De Salvador, A. M. Piro, A. Terrasi, F. Severac, F. Cristiano, K. Ravichandran, N. Gupta, and W. Windl, Detailed arsenic concentration profiles at Si-SiO2 interfaces, J. Appl. Phys. 104, 043507 (2008). 2. C. Steen, A. Martinez-Limia, P. Pichler, H. Ryssel, S. Paul, W. Lerch, L. Pei, G. Duscher, F. Severac, F. Cristiano, and W. Windl, Distribution and Segregation of Arsenic at the SiO2/Si Interface, J. Appl. Phys. 104, 023518 (2008).

Identifying Flow Defects in Bulk Metallic Glasses Professors Kathy Flores, Wolfgang Windl, and their students are studying the nature and evolution of low atomic density regions in bulk metallic glasses with atomic-scale modeling. Bulk metallic glasses are novel engineered amorphous metallic alloys with great potential for future applications, since they combine more than twice the strength of titanium with the processability of plastics. Regions with low atomic density, sometimes called “open” volume, are believed to be the flow defects responsible for plastic deformation of bulk metallic glasses. Profs. Flores and Windl have proposed a new method to identify the ill-defined flow defects from the electron density of the material, with densities lower than what is found in crystalline material of analogous composition defining regions of open volume. Further research addresses the question of how the size and shape of open volume regions is connected to the two observed deformation mechanisms, which are uniform homogeneous flow (observed at elevated temperatures) and discrete shear-band formation (observed at temperatures below the glass transition). This computational work is complemented by an ongoing experimental study of plastic deformation and associated structural changes in more complex metallic glass systems in Prof. Flores’ group.

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concentration from calibra (right).

Cross section through the electron density (blue to red = low to high) in a Cu-Zr bulk metallic glass.

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New Material Found in Rocket Nozzles? Professors John Morral and Wolfgang Windl with their students are studying the erosion mechanisms of a new generation of rocket nozzles that will operate at higher than normal temperatures and pressures. The nozzles are made of artificial graphite, which consists of coke particles in a binder matrix. Morral’s group is relating the microstructure to experimental erosion rates that are measured at Penn State, while Windl’s group is investigating the possible presence of the elusive “carbyne” phase of carbon in the nozzles (with linearly bonded carbon) by using ab initio calculations, Raman spectroscopy, and xray and electron diffraction. The impact of the research may be extended to other applications of artificial graphite including nuclear materials and graphite electrodes.

Microstructure of artificia l graphite revealing striated coke particles in a chaotic binder matrix.

Example of an abnormal carbon structure predicted by ab initio calculations.

Large-Scale Three-Dimensional Computer Simulations to Assist in Superalloy Design Significant cost savings can be realized in materials design and optimization by using computer modeling, reducing the amount of experimental effort necessary. In close collaboration with colleagues at CAMM, research by Prof. Yunzhi Wang has focused on the development of computational models and simulation techniques. Informed and validated by experimentation, these models provide a fundamental understanding of the mechanisms underlying microstructural evolution during phase transformations and plastic deformation. Practical applications to microstructural engineering of advanced materials are also developed using these tools. Shown in the figures on the right are three-dimensional computer simulation predictions of microstructural evolution in a Ni-base superalloy for jet engine applications; (a) is the starting microstructure in a brand new turbine blade and (b) and (c) are the microstructures after 9 hours continuous operation at 1300K (1027oC) under 152 MPa tensile and compressive stress, respectively. These quantitative simulation predications provide valuable data for the assessment of the creep behavior and lifetime of turbine blades that are a key component determining the safety, performance and fuel efficiency of a turbine engine. The simulation predictions were made by Ning Zhou, a Ph.D. student in Prof. Wang’s group in MSE. The simulation method used is the phase field method and the calculations were carried out at the Ohio Supercomputer Center.

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Cardiac Patches for Broken Hearts Research in assistant professor Jianjun Guan’s group focuses on the engineering of cardiovascular tissues including small diameter blood vessels and heart muscle. His group is developing polymer based flexible biomaterials that can mimic some key biological properties of the proteins in the heart and blood vessel. They have recently developed a technique that can simultaneously assemble nanofibers, stem cells, and bioactive macromolecules under electrical field (electrospinning). This permits the rapid formation of heart patches, not only mimicking the highly anisotropic structure and mechanical properties of the heart muscle, but also preserving cell survival/growth. This technique is capable of fabricating highly cellularized heart patches within one hour. It is advantageous over traditional tissue engineering techniques in terms of fabrication time and cell population in the tissue constructs. Traditional 3-D confocal microscopic image shows high tissue engineering follows a timedensity of stem cells are presented in the consuming “seed and grow” cardiac patch. approach where cells are seeded in the pre-formed 3-D scaffolds and grow into high density. The fabricated heart patches are found to direct stem cells to grow into a highly aligned structure similar to the heart. They are working on the differentiation of stem cells into heart cells aiming to generate a readily implantable, beating heart muscle. These cardiac patches Thermosensitive hydrogel is injectable around may find application potential for room temperature, forms flexible hydrogel at patients with chronic heart failure. body temperature.

The developed stem cell delivery system was injected into the murine heart.

In another project, Dr. Guan’s group is developing new stem cell therapy techniques that may be applied for patients with early heart disease. They have developed a stem cell delivery system containing thermosensitive hydrogel and stem cells. This can be injected at room temperature and forms a flexible hydrogel with mechanical properties matching those of the native heart. By tailoring the chemistry of the

hydrogels and incorporating growth factors, they are able to retain survival of the stem cells. In collaboration with the medical school at OSU, they have successfully injected the developed stem cell delivery system in murine (laboratory mice) hearts.

J.-C. Zhao Receives DOE Funding to Explore Hydrogen Storage Energy is an increasingly important issue for human society. Materials for energy generation, storage, transportation, conversion, conservation, and usage will become an extremely important area for research. These materials include hydrogen and energy storage materials, materials for energy conversion (thermoelectric materials, magnetocaloric materials, photovoltaics, etc.), and materials for nuclear energy generation, among others. A“grand challenge”to the implementation of hydrogen-powered vehicles is the development of suitable on-board hydrogen storage systems and materials that can satisfy the performance targets proposed by the U. S. Department of Energy. As Dr. Robert F. Service, an editor of the Science magazine put it “If producing hydrogen cheaply has researchers scratching their heads, storing enough of it on board a car has them positively stymied.” (Science 2004). Mr. Masatami Takimoto, Executive Vice President of Toyota also stated in 2006, “There exists the necessity for an epoch-making advance in new materials for hydrogen storage.... This is the hardest challenge.” The new $1.1M DOE project “Aluminoborane Compounds for On-Board Vehicular Hydrogen Storage” will be combined with the existing $1.2M DOE project “Lightweight Intermetallics for Hydrogen Storage” awarded to Professor Zhao earlier this year to tackle the hydrogen storage “grand challenge.” For more information, visit www.energy.gov/news/6480.htm.

Fontana Corrosion Center “Over the past year, the FCC has initiated several large programs in collaboration with other universities and corporations,” states Fontana Corrosion Center Director Dr. Gerald Frankel. New funding from SERDP is supporting studies on chromatefree inhibitors and coatings for Al alloys. This study is in close collaboration with colleagues at Michigan State University and United Technologies Research Center. A larger group of

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Faculty News MSE Welcomes Three New Faculty Welcome Heather Powell Dr. Heather Powell, a new Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, conducts research on biomaterials for tissue regeneration. Prior to her arrival at Ohio State, Powell was a post-doctoral research fellow at the Shriners Hospitals for Children where she performed research on human bioengineered skin. She received her doctorate in MSE from The Ohio State University in 2004. Dr. Powell’s research interests include biomaterials, tissue engineering and biomechanics. Her research utilizes principles of materials science, polymer chemistry, cellular and molecular biology, and genetic engineering to generate materials/devices that can be utilized to replace, restore or improve the function of diseased or damaged tissues. In tissue engineering, cells are commonly combined with a scaffold of native or synthetic origin to guide cellular organization and differentiation while providing mechanical strength and integrity. The current generation of scaffolds does not possess all of the necessary properties to replicate the native tissue. Dr. Powell utilizes biomimetic and biomechanical strategies to generate scaffolds which can provide the optimal balance of mechanical properties and biological function. For more about Heather’s research see mse.osu.edu/faculty/powell/.

Welcome Siddharth Rajan Dr. Siddharth Rajan joined the faculty as Assistant Professor with joint appointments in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering in September 2008. He received dual major degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India in 2001. He received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from University of California, Santa Barbara in 2004 and 2006, respectively. His past research involved highspeed and high-performance electronic devices, novel semiconductor device structures, and molecular beam epitaxy of III-Nitrides. Currently, he is focusing his research on nano-scale III-Nitride semiconductor devices,

molecular beam epitaxy, energy-efficient semiconductor devices, and new material technologies. Siddharth Rajan held positions at the University of California, Santa Barbara and General Electric Global Research. He received the JNC-ASR Fellowship in 2000, CNID Fellowship in 2003, the EMC Best Paper Award in 2005, and the WOFE Best Paper Award in 2007. He has co-authored 50 journal and conference publications.

Welcome Roberto Myers Dr. Roberto Myers will join the faculty at The Ohio State University as an Assistant Professor in Materials Science and Engineering with a co-appointment in Electrical and Computer Engineering starting in Fall 2008. He received his B.Sc. in materials science and engineering at the University of Pennsylvania in 2001 and completed his PhD in materials science in 2006 at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Myers is finishing a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the group of Professor David Awschalom in the California NanoSystems Institute at UC Santa Barbara. At Ohio State, Dr. Myers plans to setup a molecular beam epitaxy system for the growth of group III-nitride heterostructures. Electrons confined to nm length scales within these materials are quantized into energy subbands that can reach energies spanning the near-IR and into the visible spectrum. High efficiency intersubband optical transitions could be utilized for solid state lighting, telecommunication, and optical storage. For more about Roberto’s research see mse.osu.edu/faculty/ myers/.

J.-C. Zhao Part of Select NAE “Frontiers of Engineering” Symposium Dr. J.-C. Zhao was among eighty-two of the nation’s brightest young engineers selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) 14th annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium. The participants, from industry, academia, and government, were nominated by fellow engineers or organizations and chosen from more than 230 applicants. “I am honored to be selected to participate in this event,” says J.C. “I look forward to the opportunity of meeting and discussing with many outstanding engineers and scientists.” “America’s competitiveness will largely depend upon the next generation of innovators,” said NAE President Charles M. Vest. “The U.S. Frontiers of Engineering program brings some of the country’s rising-star engineers, from a diverse range of disciplines, together for an exchange of ideas that will surely

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help contribute to keeping us at the forefront of technological advancement and may even spark a breakthrough that changes the way we live.” The symposium was held Sept. 18-20, 2008 by Sandia National Laboratories at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, and will examine emerging nanoelectric devices, cognitive engineering, drug delivery systems, and understanding and countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Robert Wagoner Honored by Award, Serves as Visiting Professor Dr. Robert H. Wagoner has been selected to receive the title of Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Professor / Honorary Ph.D. Degree) from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania. The award is based on his achievements in materials science and metal forming, and on his collaboration with Professor Dorel Banabic. Recent recipients of the award include William H. (Bill) Gates, then CEO of Microsoft, and William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton, former president of the United States. Rob will travel to Cluj and Bucharest, Romania, in the Spring of 2009 to accept the award and to participate in a parade and other ceremonial festivities. Also, this Fall Rob will visit the Swinburne University of Science and Technology in Hawthorn, Australia in October and November 2008 as a Visiting Professor. He will collaborate with Professor John Beynon, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences, in the area of forming of advanced high strength steels. Then in the Spring of 2009, Rob will visit the the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. As a Visiting Professor, he will work with Hans Jurgen Roven and Magnus Langseth on metal forming, and automotive crash structural simulation. Rob will be on Special Research Leave during Spring Quarter 2009. Rob chaired an ad-hoc committee to review the governance structure of TMS, the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, from March to July 2008. A 40-page report with 5 major recommendations was presented to the TMS Board of Directors on July 25. These involved new bylaws, new policy manuals, a new document retention and destruction policy, new committees and revised committee responsibilities. All 5 recommendations were accepted by the Board without modification.

12th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors Professor Sheikh Akbar hosted the 12th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors (IMCS) mse.osu.edu/imcs12 held in Columbus, Ohio from July 1316, 2008. This meeting is held every other year and rotates around the world. IMCS is an interdisciplinary forum that focuses on all aspects of chemical sensors encompassing physics, chemistry, materials science, engineering disciplines and industrial applications. The Columbus meeting was sponsored by the OSU Office of Research, College of Engineering and College of Mathematical and Physical Sciences; Case Western Reserve University; US Department of Energy/NETL; Sensors Division of the Electrochemical Society; and the IEEE Sensors Council. This year’s meeting was attended by 310 scientists, engineers and company representatives from 30 countries. The meeting held 49 technical sessions representing 210 oral presentations and 146 posters were presented. The topics covered many sensorrelated areas including semiconducting, electrochemical, optical and piezo-electric sensors; sensors for health (biosensors), safety and security; sensor arrays, electronic nose and signal processing; mechanism, modeling and simulations; nanomaterials and nano-structures; novel approaches to sensing; manufacturing and packaging. A banquet was held at COSI and featured an exciting and inspiring talk by Professor Lonnie Thompson entitled, “Global Climate Change: A Paleoclimate Perspective from the World’s Highest Mountains”. The next IMCS will be held in 2010 in Perth, Australia.

69th Annual Conference on Glass Problems The 69th Annual Conference on Glass Problems will be held on November 3 – 6, 2008 at the Fawcett Center for Tomorrow. Dr. Charles H. Drummond, Director and Associate Professor, says that the four-day meeting is expected to draw 300 – 400 domestic and foreign attendees from the glass industry and suppliers to the glass industry. “This meeting is the largest glass meeting the United States and has a tradition of discussing the current issues facing the glass industry,” says Drummond. The Glass Problems Conference, sponsored by Ohio State since 1947, is believed to be the longest running universitysponsored meeting in the industry. The meeting occurs every year at Ohio State. Topics this year include firing and modeling

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of glass furnaces, refractories used in glass melting and environmental issues. In addition, short courses and a workshop on safety are planned. Tabletop displays by suppliers to the glass industry and hospitality suites are part of the meeting and promote a free exchange of ideas between Glass threads by this year’s Glass Problems Conference featured artist glass manufactures. Further Mary Ann “Toots” Zinsky, © 1988 Tol information, registration, edo Museum of Art. and hotel reservation forms can be found on the web site: glassproblems.com. Somnath Ghosh, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Adjunct Professor of MSE, will be hosting the 10th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics. The Congress will be held in Columbus, OH July 16-19, 2009. For more, please visit usnccm-10.eng.ohio-state.edu.

Honors & Awards Faculty Professor Emeritus Robert Rapp presented lectures at the Norwegian Advanced Institute for Science and Techology in Trondheim in September 2007. In October, he traveled to Korea to serve on an External Advisory Committee for MSE at KAIST (Korean Advanced Institute for Science and Technology). Bob was also named an honorary member of the Japan Institute of Metals in March 2008. Former Assistant Professor Ju Li, now on faculty at the University of Pennsylvania MSE department, won the Hardy Award.

MSE Faculty Honored at College Awards ‘07-’08 MSE faculty were honored to receive the following awards at the College of Engineering’s 2007-2008 awards program and banquet. Charles E. MacQuigg Award, presented by students to faculty members who have demonstrated their interest in and willingness to help students: Charles H. Drummond III Lumley Interdisciplinary Research Award, recognizing a team from at least two different departments who has established a record of excellence in interdisciplinary research: Edward “Ted” Collings Robert Wagoner Scott Faculty Award, honoring a senior faculty member who has achieved both national and international status as a leading educator and researcher: James Williams

Robert Wagoner received the AIME Honorary Member award, one of the highest honors AIME bestows on an individual. The citation states: “For research accomplishments in the mechanical behavior of materials, as an educator of generations of students in these areas, and for reforming AIME toward a sustainable future.” Jim Williams was awarded the TMS Institute of Metals Lecturer and Robert Franklin Mehl Award at the TMS Annual Meeting in March 2008.

Students Senior Scholar Recognition Awards Recognizing outstanding senior students. Jonathan Orsborn Jennifer Payler

Outstanding Junior Scholar

Nitin Padture won the Fulrath Award in 2007, as well as an award from ACerS.

Recognizing an outstanding junior student. Greg Ebersole

Robert Snyder, former chair of the department and current chair of the MSE dept at Georgia Tech, was awarded the TMS Educator Award for his leadership and contributions to education in MSE.

George St. Pierre Award

For scholarship and professional activities in the MSE department. Sarah Bertke

George St. Pierre and Sar ah Bertke

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Honors & Awards, con’t

ASM/TMS Chapter’s Ernie W. Christin Award

For the student who best demonstrates how industrial experience has influenced his or her educational development. Kent Pullins

Mars G. Fontana Award the Kent Pullins,right, receives year’s Christin award from last recipient, Tyler Rolfes.

To the outstanding senior scholar conducting research in metallurgy. Tyler Rolfes

Foundry Educational Foundation Scholarship Recipients Juniors, ‘07-’08 Daniel Owsley Evan Standish Craig Vanderbilt

To the outstanding senior scholar in the Materials Science and Engineering program. Katrina Altman

General Student Awards Holly Oliver won third place in the 2007-2008 NexTech Fuel Cell Essay Contest.

Rudy Buchheit and Katrina Altman

Bradley A. Meibers was a 2008 ASM Materials Education Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship Recipient. Brad was awarded the George A. Roberts Scholarship at the MS&T Leadership Luncheon in October, 2008.

Sophomore Daniel Campbell

Alan J. Markworth Memorial Award

The Department Chair’s Award

To the student who best reflects the personal and professional talents of Professor Markworth. Jessica Wolever

Ed Herderick won the Diamond Award for Graduate Excellence in Materials Science from the Basic Science Division of the American Ceramic Society at the MS&T conference in Pittsburgh in October 2008. The award was based on his work “Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Metal-OxideMetal Heterojunction Nanowires”. His advisor is Prof. Nitin Padture.

Denman Undergraduate Research Forum Among 415 students participating in the 2008 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum, held in May were MSE undergraduate students Abby McKain, Zachary Warchol, Katrina Altman, Caesar Buie, and Justin Bennett. The Forum is an opportunity to showcase outstanding student research and encourage all undergraduates to participate in research as a value-added element of their education. Students were judged by faculty, corporate, and external judges, with winners receiving cash awards. Throughout the day the five MSE students displayed posters detailing their research, and answered questions from judges and the university public. Congratulations go to Caesar Buie, whose project “Investigation of NiTi Dental Alloys” earned second place in the Forum’s Engineering category. Caesar’s project advisors were MSE Professor William Clark Clockwise, from bottom: Abby McKain (advised and William A. Brantley, Director by Patricia Morris), Justin Bennet (advised by of the Graduate Program in Dental Katharine Flores), and Caesar Buie (advised Materials at OSU. by William Clark and William A. Brantley)

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Ph.D. Student Lanlin Zhang Earns Perfect 4.0! Ph.D. candidate Lanlin Zhang (advisor Henk Verweij) will graduate this Fall with a perfect 4.0 GPA! Ms Zhang, whose hometown is Nanjing in east China, earned her Bachelor’s degree from Fudan University in Shanghai, majoring in materials science. After graduating with Honors, she joined our graduate program in September 2003. Under the supervision of Dr. Verweij, she is currently collaborating with the ElectroScience Laboratory to create highly innovative ceramic antenna structures. Ph.D. candidate Lanlin Zha ng with Dept. Chair Rudy Buc Says Lanlin, “I am very proud to be one hheit of the pioneers to realize this sophisticated antenna, from a design originated on paper, by using advanced ceramic processing.” Lanlin finds the diverse and interdisciplinary nature of materials science compelling. “The professors have contributed to my learning by always responding to my questions with kindness and patience,” says Lanlin. “In addition, I enjoy the stimulating academic environment and cozy home-awayfrom-home atmosphere created by all the professors, students, and staff.” In her spare time, Lanlin watches movies, enjoys yoga, swimming, and reading National Geographic magazine. A former hobby was making pastries, “until I realized it was very difficult to reach the equilibrium between calories burned and calories consumed!”

MSE Students Receive Women in Engineering Awards at February Banquet First-year Certificate of Achievement Yifan Jiang Tiffany Ngan Jacqueline Ohmura

Katie Sherer - Northrop Grumman Stacey Vansickle ArcelorMittal Jessica Wolever ArcelorMittal

Outstanding Academic Award Sarah Bertke - Caterpillar, Inc. Top Academic Award Katrina Altman Karen Domas - Honda R&D Elizabeth Martin - EWI ArcelorMittal Olivia Rumpke - Cummins

Scholarships Our students benefit greatly from the generosity of our donors! The funds provided through these scholarships are a key tool used to attract and retain top-notch students. Perhaps as a student you received one of these scholarships or would like to aid our students as they pursue a degree. If so, please contact us for information on how you can help (numbers in parentheses indicate the number of students receiving funds in ‘08-’09). John T. Boyd Scholarship (7) George D. Brush Scholarship (3) Ceramic Scholarship Fund (1) W. E. Cramer Scholarship (1) Dana J. Demorest Scholarship (2) Arthur H. Dierker Scholarship (1) Roger W. Edmonson Scholarship (3) Jonathan William Ellinger Memorial Scholarship (2) Mars G. Fontana Scholarship (3) H.V. Glunz Scholarship (12)

Carrie Maykuth Gordon Scholarship (3) John Arthur and Theodore H. Harley Family Scholarship (3) Honda Research Institute (HRI) USA Scholarship (1) Harley C. and Elizabeth K. Lee Endowment (5) Charles R. Morin Scholarship (10) Edward Orton, Jr. Ceramic Foundation Scholarship (3) Gordon W. Powell Scholarship (3)

Thank you for your service! The following students gave generously of their time and talents to serve as MSE Club officers in 2007-2008:

Ralston Russell Undergraduate Scholarship (2) Robert L Snyder Scholarship (4) Rudolph Speiser Fund (1) Joseph W. Spretnak Memorial Scholarship (2) George R. St. Pierre Scholarship Enhancement (2) Arthur S. Watts Scholarship (4) Douglas C. Williams Scholarship (1) Howard Patterson Zeller Scholarship (1)

Zack Warchol, President Abby McKain, Vice President Sarah Bertke, Treasurer Leslie Andrews, Secretary

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Alumni News Updates 1950’s Robert (Bob) Henning (BS ‘54) retired in 1995 from Sandia National Labs. Bob was recipient of the 2003 ASM International Putnam Award and served for 25 years as the treasurer of the Albuquerque Chapter of ASM. Bob now lives in Los Lunas, NM. John P. Hirth (MS ‘53) was awarded the position of MRS Fellow, 2007-2008.

1960’s Robert Eppich (MS ‘61) is currently active as a consultant in the metal casting industry. Larry Hench (BC ‘61, PhD ‘64) was awarded the OSU Alumni Association’s ‘Highest Professional Achievement’ award in November 2007.

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1970’s John Alexander (BS ‘77) is working with AK Steel Corp. and lives in West Chester, OH. Peter Blau (PhD ‘79), in recognition of over twentyfive years of contributions to the field of friction, lubrication and Peter Blau wear, was named in May 2008 a Fellow of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE). Over the course of his career, launched by graduate work under the mentorship of Prof. David Rigney, Peter has also been elected a fellow of ASM International and ASTM International. After leaving OSU in 1979, his career took him to the National Bureau of Standards (now NIST) and to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where he now leads the Tribology Research User Center in the Materials Science and Technology Division. The second edition of Peter’s book “Friction Science and Technology: Concepts and Applications” was published in October 2008 by CRC/Taylor and Francis Press. James Houseman (PhD ‘70) was awarded the OSU College of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Award for his involvement James Houseman in several professional and civic organizations.

1980’s Rowdy Joseph (BS ‘86) is Chief Engineer and Manager of the Vehicle Research Dept in the Motorcycle Division for Honda

Rowdy Joseph

R&D Americas, Inc. Rowdy resides in Marysville, Ohio with wife Kelly and children Ethan and Sydney. He also serves on the MSE External Advisory Committee and is past chair of ASM Columbus Chapter. Scott MacKenzie (BS ‘82) was named a Fellow of ASM at the recent MS&T Conference in Pittsburgh, PA. Guy Raynaud (PhD ‘82) received the 2007 MSE Departmental Distinguished Alumni Award in October 2007.

1990’s Mark DeBruin (BS ‘98) lives in Youngsown, OH and works as a high school math teacher. Brent Harle (MS ‘92) is married with three kids, ages 5, 9 & 10. Now living near Calgary, Alberta and working in northern Alberta on the Horizon Oil Sands Project since Sept. 2003. Christopher Holt (MS ‘97) is president /owner of Holt Scientific LLC (holtscientific.com) in Bexley, OH. Michael Launsbach (BS ‘91) works as an Engineering Manager with Alcoa Power and Propulsion - Howmet Castings in Exeter, Devon UK. Roger Cheong-Ling Tai (PhD ‘92) is Vice President of Gemalto Limited N.V. in Hong Kong. Matthew Tangeman (BS ‘91) is President of Custom Glass Machinery Ltd. in Columbus, OH. Matthew recently formed Custom Glass Machinery Ltd to bring digital ceramic frit printing technology and other related proceses to the glass industry throughout North America. Mary Terfler Ticknor (MS ‘96) recently resigned from Honda of America Manufacturing after 19+ years. She is currently enrolled in the Master of Education program at OSU. She will earn her Integrated Science licensure Summer 2009. Her goal is to teach high school physics and hopefully introduce or strengthen existing high school material science classes. Michael Vinarcik (MS ‘90) is a Trim Engineer with Ford in Dearborn, MI.

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He was elected to the College of Fellows of the Engineering Society of Detroit in 2008; also will be receiving the Allan Ray Putnam Service Award from ASM International at the Fall 2008 MS&T. Michael just completed his second term as ASM Detroit Chairman (was past chairman in 2001-2002). Leslie Wood (BS ‘96) is married with three children (two girls and a boy). He was recently promoted to Director, Internatioinal Business Development at Amsted Rail responsible for technical and commercial activities for wheels, axles, and wheel sets around the globe. Leslie lives in Oswego, IL. Joan Kertz Yurko (BS ‘99) received her MS in Materials Science and Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2001, married to Jim Yurko in 2002, gave birth to baby boy Jake in 2006, and passed Patent Bar Exam in 2007. Joan and her family live in Holland, MI.

2000’s Brian Barnhart (BS ‘05) was on the 2003 Homecoming Court at OSU. After graduation, Brian hiked the 2,700 mile Pacific Crest Trail. He currently works as a metallurgist in Pittsburgh at Union Electric Steel Corporation, while pursuing a MBA at CMU. Union Electric Steel is the world’s leading manufacturer of forged and casthardened steel and iron rolls. Michael Baughman (BS ‘08) works with Caterpillar as a Senior Associate Engineer. Lukmaan Bawazer (MS ‘04) is earning his PhD at the Univ. of California, Santa Barbara. Mohit Bhatia (PhD ‘07) works as a Process Engineer for Intel Corp. in Hillsboro, OR. Jonathan Blank (PhD ‘08) works with GE Aviation as a Materials Application Engineering Team Leader. Elizabeth Brannon (BS ‘08) works as an engineer with CCTechnologies in Dublin, OH. Matthew Chalker (BS ‘08) currently lives

in Columbus performing research for Professor Nitin Padture. He and his fiance are preparing to move to Melbourne, Australia where Matt will be attending the University of Melbourne for his Masters in Cultural Materials Conservation, beginning in March 2009. Rakesh Dhaka (MS ‘07) is working with US Steel Corp. as a Research Project Engineer. He lives in Pittsburgh, PA. Adam Dyer (BS ‘08) works as a Process Engineer researching Stainless and Silicon Steel processing with ATI Allegheny Ludlum in Brackenridge, PA. Andrew Emge (PhD ‘08) works as an Engineer/Technologist with GE and lives in Cincinnati, OH. He and his wife are looking forward to the arrival of their first child in Fall 2008. Scott Gallagher (BS ‘02) works with Panhandle Energy in Indianapolis, IN where Scott serves as a Manager of Engineering & Construction. He provides overall direction for Panhandle’s major capital projects. Andrew Geiger (BS ‘05) works as a Senior Sales Executive with Keyence Corp. in Rolling Meadows, IL where he is in charge of capitol sales of digital light microscopy equipment. Jon Guerrieri (BS ‘04) is working as a Process Metallurgist at RTI International Metals Inc. in Niles, OH. Andy Hohman (BS ‘00) Andy married Jaylene Hade in Sept., 2006 and they are expecting their first child in Spring 2008. Tutty Hussin (MS ‘02) works with Alcoa Fastening Systems in Torrance, CA. She lives in the Los Angeles area where she is married and has one daughter. Sarah Jordan (BS ‘99, MS ‘04) Sarah is the division metallurgist Commercial Metals Corporation’s heat treating division (Impact Metals). She works to improve the heat treating of round bars and structural steel used in everything from cranes to rifles. Sarah recently implemented and received certification for ISO 9001 at the

Youngstown plant and is responsible for the recently started implementation at the Alabama facility. Sarah and husband Mark Debuin (BS ‘98) live in Youngstown, OH. Hong Jin Kim (PhD ‘07) is a Senior Engineer at Samsung Electronics in South Korea. Hong Jin will serve as an editor of the ‘Journal of The Korean

See “Alumni Updates,”pg. 22

The passing of dear friends On February 2, 2008, Charles “Chuck” Morin died peacefully at his home in Aurora, IL. Born in 1947 in Burlington, VT, Chuck attended OSU and met his wife, Beth, whom he married in 1968. He earned both his BS and MS degrees in Metallurgical Engineering at OSU and went on to hold a number of key positions in industry. The full text of Chuck’s obituary may be viewed through the link found at mse.osu.edu/department/ news/. On February 20, 2008, Dr. Franklin H. Beck Sr. passed away in Columbus, OH. Franklin is survived by his loving wife of 64 years, Jean C. Beck, as well as many children and grandchildren. He served the MSE department for many years, being widely known for his work and publications on the topic of corrosion. The full text of Frnklin’s obituary may be viewed through the link found at mse.osu.edu/ department/news/. Gary Keller (MetEng 1954) passed away at his home in Palace Verdes, CA in 2007.

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20th Anniversary The gifts for a 20th wedding anniversary are said to be china and platinum. These are especially fitting as we look back on the joining of the Department of Ceramic Engineering and the Department of Metallurgical Engineering! Former Chair George St. Pierre offers his thoughts on the merger and the resulting Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

The Formation of The Department of Materials Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University On July 1, 1988, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MSE, was officially created following approval by several bodies in the College of Engineering, the University Faculty, and the Board of Trustees. Simultaneously, the Departments of Ceramic Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering were dissolved into the new MSE department and the combined faculties became the first

faculty of Materials Science and Engineering at The Ohio State University. But a great deal of discussion and planning during the preceding eighteen months was necessary to bring about this change. During the 1970’s and early 1980’s, most of the departments of metallurgy and metallurgical engineering in the USA changed their names to MSE or incorporated materials into their names and programs. For example, MIT changed its name from metallurgy to MSE and Carnegie-Mellon changed its name to MEMS, Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science. The traditional professional metals societies followed suit. The American Society for Metals (ASM) became ASM International and changed the name of its center from Metals Park to Materials Park. Similarly, The Metallurgical Society of AIME became The Metals, Minerals, and Materials Society. These changes came about because there was a growing national need to integrate the study of metals, ceramics, polymers, and electronic materials at a fundamental level. At most universities, this responsibility fell to the metallurgy/metallurgical engineering department because it was the only existing department focused on the study of the relationships between the micro- and macrostructure and properties of materials and the role of processing in developing optimum properties for complex and demanding material applications. So those departments smoothly became MSE departments with a moderate amount of concern about the underlying curriculum implications, e.g., the need for a stronger organic chemistry base in polymer science, etc.

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By the mid-1980’s almost all of the departments of metallurgy had adopted the MSE banner with appropriate broadening of faculties and academic programs. Only a small number of universities had departments of ceramic engineering and some of those did not have a department of metallurgy, e.g., Alfred University. The existing departments of ceramic engineering retained their separate identity as did the principal professional body, The American Ceramic Society.

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At Ohio State, the situation was made complex because there change incorporating materials science. After some discussion, were two strong and long-standing separate departments most of the sister departments adopted in principle the concept of ceramic engineering and metallurgical engineering with of adding materials science to the name of the department independent faculties, student bodies, and degree programs. of metallurgical engineering. Dean of Engineering Donald Both departments had academic and research programs Glower called a meeting of his Executive Council at which focused on structure/processing/ Met.E.’s proposal for a name properties relationships and change was to be discussed. associated separate laboratories. Several members brought up Events in 1988: Dennis Readey chaired the Cer.E. a discussion of the need to - George H. W. Bush defeats Michael Dukakis department and George St.Pierre bring materials science and in Presidential Election chaired the Met.E. department. engineering into sharper focus. - Sonny Bono elected Mayor of Palm Springs, CA A healthy respect and spirit of The concept of merging Cer. - Aloha Flight 243 loses several yards of its upper cooperation existed between the E. and Met.E. to form a new fuselage while in flight two departments. Nevertheless, materials-oriented department - Iran-Iraq War ends the faculty of Met.E. felt a was introduced by the Chair - First prototype B-2 Stealth Bomber revealed strong necessity to incorporate of Electrical Engineering, H.C. - Benazir Bhutto sworn in as Prime Minister of its programs within the context Ko. Although Cer.E. had serious Pakistan of materials in the manner of reservations there was a strong Obits: its peer departments at other sentiment by the other college - May 21, Sammy Davis Jr., singer/actor universities. On the other hand, representatives to consider - July 27, Frank Zamboni, inventor the faculty of Cer.E. was more such an approach. Dean Glower - August 14, Enzo Ferrari, Italian car maker comfortable with the status asked to change the Met.E. - November 27, John Carradine, actor quo. Initially, Met.E. opened proposal for a name change to - December 6, Roy Orbison, singer discussions with Cer.E. on the a college proposal for a merger possibility of creating new degree of Cer.E. and Met.E. to form a Prices in 1988: - First-class stamp: $0.22 programs in materials science new department of MSE. The - Gallon of regular gas: $1.08 and engineering combining the proposal was approved by the - Dozen eggs: $0.89 efforts of both departments. Both Dean’s Executive Committee - Movie ticket: $3.50 faculties engaged in this activity which included the Chairs - PC with 30 MB hard drive, 512K RAM, & enthusiastically with helpful of all College of Engineering monitor: $1,249 exchanges between all members departments. including, in particular, Kathy Faber, David Rigney, John Hirth, It was a stressful time for both Dennis Readey, and George departments as they worked St.Pierre. toward the creation of a new joint department. Several hurdles remained to be cleared. First, the faculty of the College of Although some progress was made along those lines, it became Engineering gave its approval to the proposal. Then, the increasingly clear to the Met.E. faculty that a strong focus University Faculty Senate voted in favor of the proposal. Finally, on materials could only be established by the inclusion of President Edward Jennings and Provost Myles Brand presented materials in its name. Whenever the possibility of combining the proposal to the Board of Trustees. The approval process the two departments to encourage enhanced degree programs moved surprisingly fast considering the consecutive approvals in ceramics, metallurgy, polymers, and electronic materials that were required. So in the late Spring of 1988 the Board was introduced, it was quickly tabled. The Met.E. faculty approved formation of the new MSE department effective July elected to follow the course of requesting to change its name 1, 1988. The combined faculties of Ceramic and Metallurgical to the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Engineering elected George St.Pierre as the chair of the new Science. This left Ceramic Engineering free to maintain its own MSE department and the Dean, Provost, and Board of Trustees independent status and to request an appropriate name change made the appointment to take effect on July 1, 1988. as well. Dr. St.Pierre consulted with departmental alumni and with the Met.E. industrial advisory committee. Concurrently, Thus, in the Autumn of 1988, the new Department of Materials he met with faculty members and chairs throughout the Science and Engineering began by building on its strengths College of Engineering including the Departments of Electrical, in both ceramics and metallurgy with the continuance of Chemical, Mechanical, Ceramic, Civil, Industrial, and Welding S e e “ 2 0 th A n n i v e r s a r y, ” p g . 2 2 Engineering with the proposal for a departmental name

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Development High School Teachers Learn New Approaches to Teaching Science at “Materials Camp” Materials are part of our lives every day. But not many incoming college students know what materials science is or what materials science engineers do. Faculty from Ohio State and officials from ASM International are trying to change that, by training high school science teachers to take the science of materials into their classrooms and laboratories. This summer, high school science teachers from across the nation arrived at Ohio State for the first ASM Advanced Materials Camp for Teachers. The Advanced Materials Camp provided classroom lesson plans and laboratory protocols as well as teacher lab training, all free of charge to the participating teachers.

Few incoming college students know about materials science... OSU Materials and ASM International are working to change that by training high school science teachers to take MSE back to their classrooms.

ASM, the Materials Information Society, is leading a national effort to enlist the next generation of scientists and engineers by training high school teachers to introduce materials science courses into high school classrooms, to encourage more students to prepare for careers in the STEM fields and to build awareness of the exciting opportunities in these areas.

Ohio State’s Advanced Materials Camp was the only professional development workshop of the 22 camps held throughout North America that focused on more advanced materials training of teachers. All of the 25 teachers attending the Ohio State camp have previously attended an ASM Materials Camp for Teachers, and plan to introduce materials science into their own classrooms. The Ohio State advanced camp provided more in-depth training and new instruction methods and laboratory

experiences for the teachers to take back not only to their own classrooms but to their fellow teachers as well. Teachers attending the Ohio State camp came from eleven different states. Materials science and engineering is an interdisciplinary field that studies the fundamental properties of matter, in order to create materials, processes and components that improve daily life. Materials science includes elements of applied physics and chemistry, two courses often taught in high schools. By training teachers to take the study of physics and chemistry farther by introducing materials science labs and experiments into their classrooms, ASM hopes that more students will choose materials science and engineering for their careers. For more info, contact Dr. Glenn Daehn at mse.osu.edu/faculty/daehn.

MSE Day & Scholarship Competition Winners Friday, May 2, 2008, the MSE department hosted high school sophomores and juniors and their parents for our annual MSE Day, a time of introduction and exploration of the field of materials. Our guests received an overview of MSE undergrad Justin Ben the major, its net explains shape-memory alloy and specializations, its unique behavior to high school stud ents taking and informpart in MSE Day. ation on job prospects. Following this introduction the students rotated through a series of brief demonstrations that highlighted an important materials concept.

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1. liberal in giving or sharing; unselfish; kind; willing to give and share. For examples, see below. The MSE department wishes to thank each of its supporters for their generosity. It is by means of such kindness that this program is able to provide our students with the high quality education that serves them so well. The department wishes to acknowledge each of our donors; if we have inadvertently left off a donor’s name, please accept our apologies and contact us so we may correct our records. 3M Foundation John Marshall Adams Jr Dr. Sheikh Ali Akbar Alcoa Foundation Matching Gift Center Lisa Elizabeth Allen American Foundrymans Society Southwestern Ohio Chapter, Dale O. Walsh American Foundrymans Society Central Ohio Chapter, Edmond Krohn Dr. Peter Martin Anderson Ashland Incorporated Dr. Japnell Davis Braun C C Technologies Caterpillar Inc. Larry Seitzman James A Clum

Hendrik Onno Colijn Computherm LLC Dr. James N Cordea Dr. Chandrashekhar Damle Richard Russell Daniel Ahmad Sabah Din The Dow Chemical Foundation Dr. Charles Henry Drummond III Exxon Mobil Foundation Foundry Educational Foundation Dr. Morgan Leo Gallagher GE Foundation General Motors Corp - North American Operations Global Impact for Cardinal Health Employees Care Program

Susan B Greenberger Dr. Prabhat K Gupta American Honda Motor Car Company Dr. Robert and Heidi Rapp Dr. Larry Leroy Hench Dr. William Herrnstein III Dr. John and Martha Hirth Dr. James and Beverlee Houseman Robert Paul Johnston Jr Dr. Mary Catherine Juhas King Saud University L H Marshall Company Charles George Mayer Daniel Edward Moderick, Jr. Dr. John Morral David L Rohe

Dr. Robert Edward Schafrik Gregory Fritz Schieleit Dr. David Stahl Elizabeth Ann and R Walter Steur Dawn Garrow Stubleski George and Nadine Valco Joseph Michael Vanecko The Vanguard Group Foundation John Allen Varhola Dr. Yunzhi Wang Washington Mutual Foundation Matching Gift Program Dr. James Anthony Woolley Dr. Gerald Wayne Worth

If you would like to learn more about how you might help support the department’s educational and research efforts, please contact the department at (614) 292-2553, e-mail us at [email protected], or visit mse.osu.edu/alumni. Following the demonstrations, our guests took part in a scholarship competition. The students answered essay questions on materials related topics such as “How has materials science and engineering helped or advanced your favorite hobby or pastime?” The essays were read by various MSE department personnel and ranked according to creativity, communication, and application of basic materials knowledge.

recruitment professionals, and information technology experts explained the need for colleges to move into the arena of the Web 2.0, as today’s students’ use of the technology has become secondnature. (See “MSE Undergrads are Blogging” on page 20)

Two of our guests were winners of the MSE Day Essay Competition, each winning a $1000 scholarship if they pursue a degree in MSE at Ohio State.

Promoting materials science and engineering to high school students as an educational option can be daunting. Open houses and personal visits to the department are helpful, but also time-consuming and limiting. A free YouTube account now allows the department to post videos of labs, demos, and interviews with faculty and students. Viewers searching for information on shape memory alloys are even entertained by MSE’s rendition of TBDBITL’s Script Ohio (this video alone has received nearly 600 visits in two months).

Social Networking: MSE Presence on the Web Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Ning, Twitter, and blogs may seem like teen-age time-wasters to the uninitiated, but for college recruiters, social networking sites are the most efficient and cost-effective means of getting their message to their audience. In June, Mark Cooper, MSE graduate program coordinator, and Megan Daniels, MSE undergraduate advisor, attended a conference entitled Increasing Enrollment and Retention via Technology: Blending High Tech and High Touch, hosted by Innovative Educators of Boulder, Colorado. Web designers,

Thank you Ceramphysics! Thank you to Ceramphysics, Inc. (cpi@infinet.com) for donating a multi-year collection of Ferroelectrics to the Science and Engineering Library.

We invite you to “drop by” our networking sites! Look for MSE on several social networks, username “osumaterials.” YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/OSUMaterials Facebook: search “ohio state materials” Blog: osumaterials.wordpress.com Social network: osumaterials.ning.com

Grad School? Save the date! The MSE department will host its annual Graduate Program Open House February 5 & 6, 2009. For details, visit mse.osu.edu/goh.

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Student News

Congratulations 2008 Seniors! Back row, L-R: Matt Stuck, Eric Sher, Caesar Buie, Kent Pullins, Mitch Bruns, Usiosefe Aimiuwu; Third row, L-R: Zach Brown, Ally Stahl, Adam Dyer, Mike Baughman, Zack Warchol, Mike Gram; Second row, L-R: Melissa Walker, Libby Brannon, Karen Domas, Beau Billet, Matt Chalker, Tyler Rolfes; Front row, L-R: Katie Sherer, Katrina Altman, Abby McKain, Leslie Andrews, Sarah Bertke, Jessica Wolever, Nat Sheppard Also graduating: Tim Wysong. Photo by Geoff Hulse.

MSE Undergrads are Blogging Several undergraduate MSE students, including two new incoming freshmen, are sharing their student experiences on a common blog: osumaterials.wordpress.com. Blogging has become more common for the recruitment and retention of college students as they seek authentic information and advice from their peers. Today’s millennial generation is less likely than previous ones to respond well to traditional print and web material, which they perceive as public relations hype. They use forums such as facebook, YouTube, and MySpace to get the real story from each other. In response, the MSE department is making an effort to have a presence in these arenas. If you have materials-related videos, articles, and photos that you would like to share with prospective and current students, please send these to Megan Daniels at [email protected].

Undergrad Summer Internship in Ceramic Engineering Third-year MSE undergraduate student Evan Uchaker spent his summer as a ceramic engineering intern with Morgan Electro Ceramics in Bedford, Ohio, making prototype parts for customers, and assisting in their development and production. “Every order is different, as per the customer’s request,” says Uchaker. “I have learned a great deal about the properties of PZT (lead zirconium titanate) and production methods, such as: sputtering, dicing, firing, screen printing, and photolithography.” Uchaker met representatives of the company at OSU’s Engineering Expo last autumn, followed up with an email, and received the internship in the spring. As result of his summer experiences, Uchaker says he is considering an MSE specialization in either ceramic or electronic materials.

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honors engineering. Pursuing an MSE specialization in biomaterials, a minor in general business, and pre-medicine courses, Ebersole plans to continue his studies towards a PhD in Biomedical Engineering.

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A member of the highly-selective Sphinx Honorary, Ebersole also received the MSE Department’s Outstanding Junior Scholar Award last spring. Ebersole spent this past summer in an internship with Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory near Pittsburgh where he ran mechanical and material distortion analysis of fuel elements in the reactor core and evaluated a new finite element analysis program.

MSE 3rd-year student Justin Bennett began working on shape memory alloys research with faculty member Katharine Flores during spring quarter of his freshman year. While learning metallurgical preparation and microscopy, Justin developed a method for shaping memory wire into a “Script Ohio.” Justin regularly takes the very popular shape memory wire demonstration to student recruitment events for the department. This past year, as a sophomore, Justin was the youngest MSE student to present his research at the university’s prestigious Denman Undergraduate Research Forum. In addition, Justin and MSE classmate Christopher Eastman worked as undergraduate teaching assistants for the Fundamentals of Engineering Honors program. Beyond his studies Justin belongs to many organizations, including St. Paul’s Outreach with whom he shares housing with members in a dedicated Catholic lifestyle. Through this group he has worked on California’s Pacific Crest Trail in the High Sierra and has received mission training in Minnesota.

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REU Provides Valuable Experience Elizabeth Martin, a third-year MSE undergraduate student, enjoyed a California summer participating in a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) at the University of California, Berkeley. Her REU research focused on molecular biology, and Martin, who will pursue a graduate degree in biomedical engineering, believes her degree in MSE with a specialization in Biomaterials and the summer research experience will strengthen her grad school application. Summer REUs, which usually are funded by the National Science Foundation are available for US undergraduate students in all academic areas at universities around the country. REU students typically receive housing, travel expenses, and a stipend for 10 weeks in addition to the valuable experience of working with research groups.

Gregory Ebersole, a fourth-year MSE undergrad, was selected to be on OSU’s Homecoming Court for 2008. Homecoming Court members are chosen based on their leadership qualities, spirit, integrity, and achievement through their contributions and involvement at Ohio State. Ebersole’s extensive OSU involvement includes being a cabinet member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and serving as a presidential host greeting VIPs at the home of OSU president Gordon Gee. He has worked as a summer orientation leader and as a physics TA for freshman

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Alumni Updates, from page 15 Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers’ through March, 2010. Also, he recently gave an invited talk on the ‘46th Spring Conference of Korean Society for Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers’ Changwon University, Gyeongnam, Korea, June 19, 2008. The talk title was “ Un d e r s t a n d i n g of Tribomaterial: transfer, flow and mixing”. Sudhakar Mahajanam S u d h a k a r and his wife Sudha Mahajanam (PhD at the 2007 NACE ‘05) is married Conference. and working as a Materials Engineer with ConocoPhillips in Bartlesville, OK. Ashley Manny (BS ‘07) works with Alcoa Howmet in the Engineering Training Program. Abby McKain (BS ‘08) works in the Edison Engineering Rotational Program with General Electric in Cleveland, OH. Emily Meyer (BS ‘05) lives in Cincinatti

and works with Frost, Brown, Todd as an Associate Attorney in the Intellectual Property department. Matthew Mottern (PhD ‘07) is working with Intel and living in Hillsboro, OR. Soumya Nag (PhD ‘08) is currently a Post-Doc at the Univ. of North Texas in Denton, TX. Vishal Nazareth (MS ‘08) works as a Materials Engineer with Del West in Valencia, CA. Barbara Padgett (PhD ‘08) is working for CC Technologies (a DNV Company) and lives in Columbus, OH. Jayson Parrish (BS ‘07) is working with Kohler Corp. as a Quality Engineer and lives in Sheboygan, WI. Paul Pavka (BS ‘06) spent the summer of 2008 in Bayreuth, Germany where he carried out mechanical testing and characterization of different forms of a triblock copolymer of styrene and polyisobutylene, or “SIBS”. Tyler Rolfes (BS ‘08) works as an Edison Engineering Development Program Associate with General Electric in Cleveland, OH.

2 0 th A n n i v e r s a r y, f r o m p a g e 1 7 accredited B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degree programs in both areas along with new degree programs in Materials Science and Engineering. The combined faculty (See Fig. xx for a photograph of some of its members.) worked in groups to find opportunities for attracting and maintaining a strong undergraduate and graduate student body, for consolidating and enhancing some laboratories, and for pursuing programs of faculty development and leading research. Over the last twenty years, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering has been successful in building on its traditional strengths in atomic structure, physical and process metallurgy, corrosion science, metal processing, mechanical properties, ceramic processing, glass technology, and hightemperature materials to develop enhanced programs of study and research in computational approaches in materials science, biomaterials and tissue engineering, electronic materials and devices, and accelerated materials innovation and development through a number of joint programs with other discipline areas. The next twenty years will be equally exciting for the MSE department with contnued improvements in the sensors, structure characterization facilities, and small-scale in situ instruments available for rapid analysis of materials, control of processing, and prevention of failure.

Gregory Thompson (PhD ‘03) was awarded the TMS International Young Leader Scholar Award at the March 2008 TMS & AIME Awards Greg Thompson Presentation. Greg received tenure and was promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, University of Alabama, in August 2008. Joshua Tuggle (MS ‘08) is working with CC Technologies and lives in Grove City, OH. Kunal Vaed (MS ‘01) is an Operations Strategy Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton, a management consulting firm in New York City. Kunal lives in West New York, NJ.

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This Summer the MSE department launched its own social network at osumaterials.ning.com. The site seeks to link all members of the OSU Materials family and pro vide a place on the web where we can connect. Sig n up is simple and free! When you register, be sure to join the Alumn i Group within the netwo rk.

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Materials • Science • and • Engineering Emergent Materials, from page 4 institutes; other U.S. universities; and international universities and laboratories in China, Germany, India, and United Kingdom. Ohio State is already home to another NSF-funded materials-related center, the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC), which supports research in nanotechnology. Only eight universities nationwide boast both an NSEC and a MRSEC: University of California, Santa Barbara; Cornell University; Harvard University; University of Pennsylvania; Northwestern University; University of Massachusetts; University of Wisconsin; and now The Ohio State University. Prof. Nitin P. Padture of MSE is the founding Director of the CEM. Other MSE faculty members participating in the CEM are: Profs. Katharine M. Flores, Hamish L. Fraser, Patricia A. Morris, Steven A. Ringel (courtesy appointment in MSE) and Wolfgang Windl. Prof. Flores leads the education and outreach effort for the CEM. To contact Dr. Nitin Padture, CEM Director, visit his web site at mse.osu.edu/faculty/padture.

High-resolution transmissio n electron microscope image of Sr FeM oO double 2 perovskite epitaxial thin film 6 on a SrTiO3 substrate. Image courtesy of F. Yang (Physics), P.M. Woodward (Chemistry ), and H.L. Fraser (MSE)

Nano-Islands, from page 4 including DNA and protein separations are attractive. Using soft-imprint pattern transfer techniques, it is even conceivable that the nanostructure could be used as a master template to transfer the pattern to other materials of interest. The isolated nano-islands may also be used as substrates to be capped with other materials of interest by deposition techniques, which is the approach used with semiconductors to produce structures with interesting optical and field-emission properties. In general, because the self-patterned structure is extremely inexpensive to manufacture and the features are self-organizing, a wide realm of nanotechnology-based applications could be impacted by this process.

FCC, from page 8 participants in that project come from the US Army, Navy, and Air Force, as well as Boeing and Henkel Corporations. The FCC is also collaborating with the Univ. of Virginia, Univ of Hawaii, and Univ. of Southern Mississippi to look at the discrepancies between the behavior in field atmospheric exposures and accelerated laboratory tests such as salt spray chambers. This work, funded by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, has already revealed interesting interactions of UV radiation, ozone, humidity, and salt contamination, generating highly reactive species that play critical roles in atmospheric corrosion of silver. Finally, the connection Jerry Frankel and Narasi Sridhar of DNV cobetween the FCC and DNV has been strengthened with authored the cover article additional support for the DNV chair, which is being used “Understanding Localized to study SCC of steel in ethanol, adhesion of polymer films 8 200 . Oct the for Corrosion” on steel, and electrochemical reduction of CO2. edition of MaterialsToday.

Above: SEM micrograph of the self-ordered nano-is lands of GDC on YSZ. Below: Growth of islands outward from a single poi nt showing self-catalytic nat ure.

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