Engineering Project

Srinath Viswanathan

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Tuscaloosa, AL 35405

Ph: 205-***-****

Email: *******.***********@*****.***

TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Processing, properties, and performance of alloys, intermetallics, and composites

• Modeling of processes, microstructure, and properties – Heat, fluid, mass, phase change, and stress; distortion, microstructure and defect prediction

• Joining, Bonding of dissimilar materials, Coating and surface modification.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.

M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261.

B.Tech. in Metallurgy, Department of Metallurgy, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India 600 036.

EXPERIENCE

Research Scientist, Institute of Materials Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3136, July 2011 to July 2012

Associate and FEF Key Professor, Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0202, August 2005 to August 2010

Principal Member of the Technical Staff, Materials and Process Sciences Center, Sandia National Laboratories, February 2003 to July 2005.

Senior Research Staff Member, Research Staff Member I and II, Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, October 1999 to January 2003.

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, October 1991-September 1992.

Research Associate, Casting Industries Science and Engineering Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, March 1991 to September 1991.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND FUNDING

$17 million as principal or co-principal investigator, from industry, professional societies, and government agencies

PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

Four Books edited (including ASM Handbook Vol 15, Casting), One Journal Volume, 100 publications and 120 presentations (including co-authored presentations), in the areas of casting and solidification, process modeling, and materials processing.

PATENTS (6)

U.S. Patent No. 6,895,795 – Continuous Severe Plastic Deformation Process for Metallic Materials.

U.S. Patent No. 6,450,237 – Compound Cast Product and Method for Producing a Compound Cast Product.

U.S. Patent No. 6,484,790 – Metallurgical Bonding of Coated Inserts Within Metal Castings.

U.S. Patent No. 6,443,211 – Metallurgical Bonding of Inserts Having Multi-Layered Coatings Within Metal Castings.

U.S. Patent No. 6,284,058 – Method of Aluminizing Metal Alloys By Weld Overlay Using Aluminum and Aluminum Alloy Filler Metal.

U.S. Patent No. 6,027,699 – Material Forming Apparatus Using a Directed Droplet Stream

AWARDS

2002 Fellow of ASM International

1997 R&D 100 Award for Development of the Metal Compression Forming Process as one of the 100 most technologically significant products of the year

2008 International Metallographic Contest, Class 1 (Light Microscopy – Metals and Metal Alloys), Chris Samuel and Srinath Viswanathan, "Metallographic Validation of Dilatometric Technique for Ductile Iron," Second Place

2008 International Metallographic Contest, Class 3 (Electron Microscopy – Transmission and Analytical), Partha Saha Mohammed Shamsuzzoha, and Srinath Viswanathan, "Engineering Efficient Zirconium-Based Grain Refiners for Magnesium Alloys," Third Place.

2008 AFS / FEF Student Technology Contest, 2008 AFS CastExpo, “Microstructural Characterization of Magnesium-Zirconium Alloys,” Partha Saha and Srinath Viswanathan, Poster Winner.

2008 TMS Annual Meeting, Graduate Student Poster Contest, C. Samuel and S. Viswanathan, “Specimen Configurations for Gleeble Dilatometry,”Best Poster, MPMD Division and Second in Show.

2006 Second Place, Artistic Microscopy (Class7), International Metallographic Contest, sponsored by the International Metallographic Society and ASM International.

2001 Oak Ridge National Laboratory Significant Event Award for achievement of special goals, milestones, and substantial impact on casting programs.

2000 American Foundrymen’s Society Team Award for project on Design and Product Optimization for Cast Light Metals

2000 Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation President’s Award for Continuous Improvement in recognition of outstanding contributions in Casting Program Development.

1998 Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation Development Accomplishment Award for Development of the Metal Compression Forming Process

1993 First Place, Scanning Electron Microscopy, International Metallographic Contest, sponsored by the International Metallographic Society and ASM International.

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