RESEARCH SUPERVISION

Ph.D. Thesis Supervised

1	K.S. Bang - Ph.D., July 1991,"Investigation of the Kinetics of Interfacial Reactions in Metal-to-Ceramic Brazing".
2	B.S. Han - Ph.D., August 1991, "Porosity Formation in Weld Metal".
3	F.C. Liao - Ph.D., July 1993, "Fundamental Understanding of the Role of Nitride Precipitates in the Weldability of High Nitrogen Structural Steels".
4	B. Madigan - Ph.D., March 1994, "Control of Gas Metal Arc Welding using Arc Light Sensing".
5	A. Sanchez - Ph.D., March 1994, "The Influence of Solidification on Inclusion Formation and Growth in Low Carbon Steel Underwater Wet Welds".
6	J.E. Ramirez - Ph.D., August 1994, "Synergistic Precipitation Strengthening Effect of Copper and Niobium in Advanced High Strength Steel Weld Metal".
7	A.Q. Bracarense - Ph.D., October 1994, "Chemical Composition and Mechanical Properties Variations Along a Shielded Metal Arc Weld".
8	P.R. Camilo de Camargo - Ph.D., April, 1995, "Effect of Oxygen on Metal-to-Ceramic Brazing".
9	A.M. Pope - Ph.D., May 1995, "Hydrogen and Oxygen Control in Underwater Wet Welding of Steels".
10	R.C. de Medeiros - Ph.D., May 1997, "Effect of Oxidizing Electrodes and Polarity on Hydrogen Mitigation in Underwater Wet Welding".
11	W. Wang - Ph.D., November 1998, "Copper-Niobium Precipitation in HSLA 100 Steel Weld Metals and Its Application in Development HSLA 100 Steel SMAW Electrodes".
12	R. Pieters - Ph.D., May 1999, "Surface Nitriding of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy Using Pulsed and Continuous Wave Nd:YAG Lasers".
13	D. Bucholz - Ph.D., September 1999, "Solid-State Diffusion Bonds using Ductile, Reactive Multilayers".
14	M. Matsushita - Ph.D., August 2001, - "Clarification of Hydrogen Reduction Mechanism in Steel Weld Metal by Means of Fluoride Additions in Welding Flux".
15	F. Martinez - Ph.D. - September 2004 - "Development of Compressive Residual Stress in Structural Steel Weld Toes by means of Weld Metal Phase Transformations".
16	J.A. Major - Ph.D. August 2005 - "The Occurrence of MAC Microconstituents - Martensite, Austenite, and Carbides - and Their Effects Properties of Self-Shielded Flux-Cored Arc Welds".
17	J.C. Madeni - Ph.D. April 2006 - "Investigation of Liquid Filler Metal Flow Process Through a Braze Gap".
18	F. Perez-Guerrero - Ph.D. April 2007 - "The Mechanism of Porosity Formation in Underwater Steel Welds using SMAW Process".
19	Ezequiel C.P. Pessoa, Ph.D. April 2007 - "Estudo da Variação da Porosidade ao Longo do Cordão em Soldas Subaquáticas Molhadas", (in Portuguese, Co-Advised wtih Dr. Alexandre Bracarense) Depto. de Engenharia Mecânica, Escola de Engenharia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.

M.S./M.Eng. Thesis Supervised

1	A. Chongapiratanakul - M.Eng., May 1986, "Simplified Hardfacing Design Method for the Mining Industry".
2	C.T. Su - M.S., June 1987, "High Speed Electroslag Welding".
3	H.G. Lan - M.S., August 1988, "Metal Transfer Mode in Gas Metal Arc Welding".
4	J.E. Ramirez - M.S., August 1989, "Transient Liquid Phase Brazing in The Nickel-Boron System".
5	E. Chen - M.S., May, 1990, "Microwave Curing of Foundry Sand Cores".
6	F.C. Liao - M.S., June 1990, "Effect of Deoxidation Sequence on Carbon Manganese Steel Weld Metal Microstructure".
7	P. Heald - M.S., September 1990, "Spray Metal Transfer in GMAW".
8	W. Wang - M.S., June 1991, "A Methodology for the Study of Metal Transfer Modes in Flux Cored Arc Welding".
9	G.L. Fredrickson - M.S., September 1992, "An Investigation of the CaCO3-CaF2-K2SiO3-SiO2-Fe Flux System Using the Submerged Arc Welding Process on HSLA-100 and AISI-1018 Steels".
10	J. Trimble - M.S., November 1993, "An Investigation of Al/Al2O3 Compact Powders".
11	M. Onsøien - M.S., March 1994, "Shielding Gas Oxygen Potential in Weld Metal Microstructure Optimization".
12	X. Xu - M.S., October 1994, "Study of Metal Transfer Modes in Shielded Metal Arc Welding".
13	K. Johnson - M.S., April 1998, "Consumable Development for Welding over Paint Primer".
14	M. Matsushita - M.S., February 1999, "Hydrogen Control in Steel Weld Metal by Means of Fluoride Additions in FCAW".
15	E. Bauné - M.S., July 1999, "High Performance Basic FCAW Electrode Development".
16	M. Rowe - M.S., November 1999, "Effect of Ferro-Additions and Depth on the Quality of Underwater Wet Welds".
17	J. Major - M.S., August 2002 - "Microstructural Evolution of Self-Shielded Flux-Cored Arc Welds".
18	G. Liberati - M.S., August 2002 - "Investigation on Fume Generation in 100% CO2 Shielded FCAW on Low Carbon Steels".
19	J. Madeni - M.S., October 2002 - "Mechanical Properties and Kinetics of Intermetallics Growth in Four Lead-Free Solder Alloys applied to Cu Substrates".
20	F. Perez-Guerrero - M.S., November 2002 - "Effect of Nickel on Rutile Electrodes for Underwater Wet Welding".
21	G. Chirieleison - M.S. - August 2004 - "Flux Cored Arc Welding of Titanium Alloys".
22	F. Martinez-Diez - M.Eng. - August 2004 - "The Effect of Carbon Content and Second Phase Particles on the Toughness of a Martensitic Steel Weld Metal".
23	J. Chandler - M.S. - August 2004 - "Consumables for High Strength Steel Welding with Optimized REM and Fluoride Additions".
24	C. Clasper - M.S. - September 2004 - "Consumables for High Strength Steel Welding with Optimized REM and Fluoride Additions".
25	G.Hevia Garcia - M.S. August 2005 - "Weld Pool Behavior in Underwater Wet Welding of Structural Steels".
26	F.M. Al-Abbas - M.E. May 2006 - "Comparison of Solidification Behavior Between Underwater Wet Welding and Dry Welding".
27	A.C. Rowe, M.S. June 2007 - "Joining Aluminum Alloy 5083 to type 304L Stainless Steel using Non-Welding Processes".
28	H. Al Monstaneer, M.E. May 2008 - "Optimizing Hot Tapping of Gas Pipelines using Fuzzy Logic Modeling".
29	K.L. Sham, M.S. November 2008 - "Flux System Design and Optimization of Shielded Metal Arc Welding for High Nickel Alloys".
30	B. Hansford, M.S. December 2008 - "Ignition Stability of Ti-Steel Clad in Oxidizing and High Pressure Environments".

Graduate Thesis in Development

1	C. Roepke - Ph.D. - "Laser Arc Hybrid Welding of High Strength Steels," - Expected Graduation Date: July 2009.
2	E. Lord - Ph.D. - "Marangoni Flow in Laser Welds," - Expected Graduation Date: July 2009.
3	J. Nickel - M.S. - "Thermite Welding of Heat Exchanger Tubes" - Expected Graduation Date: May 2009.
4	C. Hillier - M.S. - "Tubular Wire Manufacturing for Electron Beam Freeform Processing" - Expected Graduation Date: December 2009
5	C. Wilkins - M.S. - "Brazing Repair of Boiler Valve Material" - Expecgted Graduation Date: December 2009

Post-Doctoral/Sabatical Research Collaboration

1	Mr. Amnon Halperin - A.D.A. (Raphael), Israel - 08/1986 - 07/1987.
2	Dr. Sérgio D. Brandi - Escola Politénica da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil - 10/1992 - 09/1993.
3	Dr. Pieter Pistorius - University of Pretoria, South Africa - 07/1995 - 01/1996.
4	Mr. Teruo Yamaura - Kawasaki Steel Corporation, Japan - 07/1995 - 06/1997.
5	Dr. Kook-Soo Bang - Pukyong University, Korea - 02/2003 - 01/2004.
6	Dr. Fernando Martinez - CSM-CWJCR - 09/2004 - 12/2004.
7	Mr. Hiroshi Katsumoto - Sumitomo Metals Industries, Japan - 09/2005 - 08/2006.
8	Mr. Yoshiaki Murakami - JFE Steel Corporation, Japan - 10/2005 - 09/2007.
9	Dr. Carolina Payares-Asprino - Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezulea - 09/2005 - 08/2006.
10	Prof. Alex Landau - Ben Gurion University, Israel - 09/2006 - 07/2007

Undergraduate Research Student/Exchange Research Student Supervision

1	S. Uyeda (Senior) - Cast Iron Welding Consumables Development - 1988.
2	G. Fredricksen (Junior) - Cast Iron Welding Consumables Development - 1988/1989.
3	G. Fredricksen (Senior) - HSLA-130 Steel Welding Consumables Development - 1989/1990.
4	E. Raykin (Senior) - Cast Iron Welding Consumables Development - 1989.
5	M. Cooke (Junior) - Cast Iron Welding Consumables Development - 1989.
6	P. Jorgenson (Senior) - HSLA-130 Steel Welding Consumables Development - 1989.
7	M. Bellino (Senior) - Welding Laboratory Layout - 1989.
8	T. Yungenberg (Junior) - HSLA-130 Steel Welding Consumables Development - 1990.
9	D. Fazzina (Senior) - Effect of Electrode Preheating on Weld Composition Variation - 1992.
10	R. Chapin (Junior) - Effect of REM Oxides on GTAW Arc Stability and Electrode Integrity - 1996/1997.
11	B. Bridgford (Junior - Engineering Division) - Investigation of FCAW and MCAW Metal Transfer Behavior for Process Sensing and Control - 1997.
12	B. VanBuskirk (Senior - Engineering Division) - A/D Data Acquisition System for Arc Welding Processes - 1997.
13	C. Hughes (Senior - Engineering Division) - Investigation of Advanced FCAW Consumables Design - 1998/1999.
14	J. Gahan (Senior) - Underwater Wet Welding Consumables Design - 1998/1999.
15	J. Wang (Sophomore) - Welding Metallurgy Principles - 1999.
16	J. Madeni (Senior) - Webpage Design - 2000.
17	Ellen Van der Aa - Delft University - Underwater Wet Welding - 07/2000 - 09/2000.
18	J. Caver - W.P.H.S. - Influence of an Aqueous Environment on the Solidification Behavior of UWW - 2000/2001.
19	C. Clasper (Senior) - Hydrogen Mitigation in High Strength Steel Welding - 2001.
20	Aaron Langness (Junior) - Characterization of Underwater Wet Weldments - 2002.
21	Barry Sandall (Sophomore) - Image processing & Course preparation - 2003.
22	Loren Large (Junior) - Metallography of Titanium Welds - 2004.
23	Nolan Hannigan (Sophomore) - Course Preparation - 2004-2005
24	Ted Lawrence (Sophomore) - Course Preparation & Metallography of Titanium Welds - 2004/2005.
25	Scott Lemoine (Senior) - High Strength Steel Welding Consumable Characterization - 2004.
26	Gonzalo Hevia - Escuela de Minas, Spain - Underwater Wet Welding - 2004.
27	Kin Ling Sham - (Junior) - High Alloy Martensitic and Austenitic Steel Welds Characterization - 2005.
28	Kin Ling Sham - (Senior) - Welding Consumables Development for High Nickel Alloys - 2006.
29	Ted Lawrence - (Sophomore) - Preparation of CSM-CWJCR CD-ROM - 2005.
30	John Nickell - (Senior) - Characterization of Explosive Bonded Cu-Steel Couple using Light Microscopy - 2006.
31	Scott Gordon - (Sophomore) - Microfriction Stir Welding - 2006-2007.
32	Nolan Hannigan - (Junior) - Wettability of Disimilar Metals in Brazing - 2006.