mse - fall 2006

September 2006 Vol. 2, No. 1

Material NewsMSE UMR

A newsletter for the alumni of the Metallurgical, Ceramic and Materials Engineering programs of the Missouri School of Mines/University of Missouri-Rolla

Greetings from Rolla!Big changes on campus, big increases in student enrollments, and the

biggest corporate cash gift in UMR history are setting up MSE for

exciting times ahead.

Let’s start with the campus activities- Jack Carney has completed

his first year as chancellor, and he has certainly had an impact on cam-

pus business. He has set us on a path to a new administrative struc-

ture- one that no longer includes deans (and schools). We have hired a

new provost, Kent Wray from Michigan Tech University, to lead the

reorganization. He is on campus now- and we will be sure to let him

know how the faculty, students and alumni of the materials science and

engineering programs can help meet the strategic goal for UMR to

become one of the top technological universities in the US. What do

these changes mean for us? I expect that we will have greater flexibil-

ity in organizing the department and our undergraduate programs, and

we will have greater responsibility for developing relationships with

corporations and for developing financial support from our alumni. It

will be interesting.

This newsletter is, as you might expect, full of news about the depart-

ment. Let me note a couple of highlights about the faculty. Rajiv

Mishra and Matt O’Keefe were both promoted to professor of met-

allurgical engineering this year, and Jeff Smith earned tenure as an

associate professor of ceramic engineering. Kent Peaslee, professor

of metallurgical engineering, will be named ‘Curators’ Distinguished

Teaching Professor’ at the December 2006 graduation ceremony. Kent

will be our first DTP since Don Askeland retired in 2000, but will not

be the last. Four of our faculty members, Greg Hilmas, Ron Kohser,

Kent Peaslee and Jeff Smith, received ‘outstanding teaching awards’

last year, and Rajiv Mishra, Greg Hilmas, Matt O’Keefe, and Jeff

Smith received ‘faculty excellence awards’. (Not to brag, but over the

past four years, MSE faculty earned more teaching awards and more

faculty excellence awards than any department on campus- not bad for

a little department!) Bob Schwartz will be elevated to fellow of the

American Ceramic Society at the October 2006 Materials Science &

Technology (MS&T) in Cincinnati, and Delbert Day will be named a

‘Distinguished Life Member’ of ACerS at the same meeting.

Our undergraduate programs are building back up- we have had

good recruiting success the past several years and our sophomore

through senior classes are averaging over twenty students for both

metallurgical engineering and ceramic engineering. Overall we have

nearly 160 undergrads in the department (including freshmen), up over

10% compared to last year, and, once again, our department has been

tapped as one of the top fifty undergraduate MSE programs in the US

by US News & World Report. The growth of our undergraduate pro-

grams is due to many things, including the hard work of Mary

Reidmeyer and Ron Kohser, who organized our summer camps and

who ‘sell’ the opportunities in our disciplines to visiting high school

students throughout the year. Our alumni play a huge role in our

recruiting success- our ability to offer scholarships that supplement

other financial aid sets us apart from other UMR engineering programs

and often make the difference when a student makes their decision

about which program to join. Alumni connections to find that first job

or to host a summer intern or co-op position are also critical to our

recruiting efforts- new students pay attention to the opportunities that

are available to upper classmen and graduates- and the better those

opportunities are, the more attractive the future of ceramic engineering

and metallurgical engineering become.

Speaking of alumni- it was a connection through Gary Pennell

(MetE 1997) that produced the largest corporate gift in UMR history,

a $2M donation from Nucor Corporation to establish the KennethIverson Steel Technology Chair. We are now engaged in the search to

fill this position, and we see this as a means of ensuring that our met-

allurgical engineering program retains a strong connection to its steel

manufacturing roots.

Finally, let me share one more piece of good news. There are at least

52 companies that will visit the UMR Fall Career Fair at the end of

September, looking for students with metallurgical, ceramic, and mate-

rials degrees. This is the largest number of companies pursuing our

graduates, ever! Many of these companies will be represented by

MetE and CerE alumni- and we always look forward to ‘catching up’

on things when our alumni return. By the way- if you are returning to

UMR for the October 2006 MSM/UMR Homecoming, you should

know that the MSE Department will host an Ice Cream Social on

Friday, October 20, at 3:30-5:00 PM, at McNutt Hall. Come on by to

renew acquaintances with fellow alums and faculty- and meet some of

our current students. Immediately preceding the social (at 3 PM), we

will be dedicating the “Fred Kisslinger Metallographic Classroom”

in B5A McNutt Hall. Fred was a long-serving (1964-1990) member

of the Metallurgical Engineering Department. He still lives in Rolla

and has maintained ties to our program since his retirement. His gen-

erous donations have allowed us to overhaul and equip the metallo-

graphic lab we use for undergraduate training. If you are on campus

then, I hope you will join us in McNutt Hall for this dedication.

I look forward to the opportunity to share with you some of the

excitement in the department. Drop me a line or give me a call and let

us all know how you are doing!

Richard Brow

[email protected] or (573) 341-4711

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DEPARTMENT NEWS

CERAMIC ENGINEERS BECOME TV STARS

Students from the UMR Chapter of Keramos won the ‘mug

drop’ competition at the American Ceramic Society-sponsored

meeting in Cocoa Beach, FL in January, 2006, producing an alu-

mina-zirconia slip-cast body that survived a twelve-foot drop to

the pavement. News of the competition was picked up and distrib-

uted by several national science news venues, which brought our

students to the attention of a producer for the Discovery

Channel/Canada, who sent a film crew to Rolla to produce a short

feature on ceramic engineering. Jeff Rodelas (CerE ‘06) and

Sheena Foster (CerE ‘07) are the two stars of the film which first

aired in March 2006, and which can be viewed from the MSE

website at http//mse.umr.edu. Watch out CSI- our engineers will

be the next ‘hot’ TV property!

Jeff Rodelas and Sheena Foster exhibiting ‘star qualities’ in their television

debuts.

NUCOR ENDOWS STEEL TECHNOLOGYCHAIR AT UMR

Nucor Corp. has donated $2 million to endow a chair in the MSE

department, The Kenneth Iverson Steel Technology Chair, named

in honor of Nucor’s founding chairman, will provide support for

steelmaking research. The MSE Department plans to have the pro-

fessor in place for the start of the 2007-2008 academic year.

Nucor’s endowment supplements state-budgeted funds and will

be used to support graduate or post-doctoral students working

with the named faculty member. Funds will also be used to sup-

port travel, dues and professional enrichment.

“A partner with UMR for many years, Nucor appreciates our

commitment to providing a traditional metallurgical engineering

program that produces leading research and contributions to the

steel industry,” said UMR Chancellor John F. Carney III, during

a June 2006 campus reception with Nucor representatives UMR

faculty and students.

Nucor, based in Charlotte, N.C., manufactures carbon and steel

products. “Nucor has always embraced new technologies, from

thin-slab casting to environmentally friendly pig iron facilities,”

says Dan DiMicco, the company’s chairman, president and chief

executive officer. “This endowment will help support develop-

ment of tomorrow’s technologies in the steel industry.”

About half of the students who study metallurgical engineering

at UMR eventually take jobs related to the iron and steel indus-

tries.

Gary Pennell (MetE’97) presenting a ‘check’ for $2 M to Chancellor Jack Carney

UMR CERAMIC ENGINEER LANDS PAIR OFACADEMIC HONORS

Becca Kueny, a senior in the ceramic engineer-

ing program, earned a pair of academic awards in

June for her work in the classroom and on the ath-

letic field, as she was selected to ESPN TheMagazine’s Academic All-America team for the

2005-06 school year -- and selected as the Great

Lakes Vally, (GLVC) Conference’s scholar-athlete

of the year for women’s track and field. Becca had a personal-best

throw of 148'-6" during her first appearance at the national meet

in May. She was also the GLVC champion in the event when she

had a throw of 138'-6" -- her previous best prior to nationals -- at

the conference meet in early May to break the conference record

in the event. Earlier this year, Becca was named to the academic

all-district third team in women’s basketball, but earned first team

honors in track to make her eligible for Academic All-America

honors. Becca has maintained a perfect grade point average in

ceramic engineering and was the only student-athlete from a

GLVC institution named to this year’s national squad. She is the

first from UMR to earn one of the conference’s academic laurels

in the institution’s first year as a member of the GLVC.

Becca Kueny

Material News, Volume 2, Number 1 September 2006 3

UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS ANDENROLLMENT NEWS

We have started another academic year and UMR, with over 1150

new freshman and transfer students on campus, has its largest enter-

ing class in over 10 years. That brings the campus up to nearly 4500

undergraduate students and around 5400 total students (including

graduate students). The MSE department has a total of 116 under-

graduate students, sophomores through seniors, with 56 studying

ceramic engineering and 60 studying metallurgical engineering. In

addition, there are 43 freshmen that have made ceramic or metallur-

gical engineering their preference (19 with a ceramic engineering

preference and 24 with a metallurgical engineering preference). This

brings the total undergraduates in the department to approximately

160 students, the largest enrollment in the last five years. To wel-

come our freshman, the Materials Advantage student group cooked

lunch for 25 new metallurgical and ceramic engineering freshman on

campus (see photo).

One of the major advantages to students majoring in metallurgical

or ceramic engineering is the number of scholarships available to our

students. Because of the generosity of our alumni and corporate sup-

porters through our annual phonathon and through special scholar-

ships established for our students, almost every metallurgical engi-

neering and ceramic engineering student received financial assis-

tance from the department totaling over $230,000 in metallurgical or

ceramic engineering scholarships or scholarship loans; an average of

approximately $1,400 per student. Every new MSE freshmen this

year received a departmental scholarship, in addition to the scholar-

ship package they received from the university to help them attend

UMR.

Annual costs for a freshman studying engineering at UMR

(Educational fees - not including books, room, board, etc.)

In-state Out-of-state

1986 $2,324 $5,144

1996 $5,174 $12,395

2006 $9,414 $19,680

Scholarships are important today because the cost of education has

increased tremendously during the last few years. For several years,

the state of Missouri has reduced funding to higher education in the

state resulting in several large increases in educational fees charged

by UMR. Today, students studying metallurgical or ceramic engi-

neering are paying nearly $10,000 in educational fees ($20,000 if

out-of-state), figures that are nearly double the costs from just 10

years ago and 4 times the costs of 20 years ago. When the costs of

books, room and board, and other typical living expenses are added,

it costs between $15,000-$20,000 per year for an in-state student or

$25,000-$30,000 for an out-of-state student to attend UMR. Many

of our students are first generation college students and come to

UMR with financial needs which means that the scholarships pro-

vided by our alumni and corporate friends make a tremendous dif-

ference in their opportunity to study our disciplines. Thank you foryour generosity and for helping us provide the scholarship supportthat brings new students to MSE.

Lunch with the new freshmen in the metallurgical and ceramic engineering pro-grams.

MSE Chair Richard Brow congratulates Cheri Turner received a $1,000 schol-arship from the SW section of ACerS for the fall 2006 semester.

Hank Rawlins received the ($10,000) Henry DeWitt Smith Graduate Scholarshipfrom SME.


I would like to thank the Materials Science and Engineering

Department so much for their support in sending me to Rio

Colorado, Bolivia.

Our UMR Engineers without boarders team identified four oppor-

tunities to help students at the Rio Colorado School.

The first is to develop an ample supply of potable water and show-

er water. The second is to provide the school with an alternative

power source. This power will help increase water supplies and will

allow the use lights and electricity for longer periods of time.

Currently, the school’s power is run by generators that for financial

reasons are only run for three hours a day. Without power, the stu-

dents spend hours studying by candle light. Our third job is to design

and build shower facilities for 160 boys and 80 girls. These will be

the first and only shower facilities for the students. We will be inves-

tigating how to use resources in Bolivia to help build these facilities

and make them sustainable. The final job is to provide internet access

for the few computers the school has. This will allow the students to

see and understand the rest of the world.

I was also able to visit Inka Katurapi, Bolivia, where another EWB

team built latrines in May. We were able to make sure that the peo-

ple were following the design for the second latrine and let them

know that we have not forgotten them and will continue to return to

work with their community. This experience has changed my life

and my views on what I can do as an engineer. I know I would not

have experienced this very beautiful, very different part of the world

without the help of MS&E. Thank you again!

The boys’ well for bathing at the Rio Colorado School in Bolivia.

The well for drinking water at the Rio Colorado School in Bolivia.

Engineers Without Bordersby Lindsey Campbell, CerE ‘07

The MSE Department also supported six students who participat-

ed in a ‘clean water’ demonstration project in Guatemala over

the 2006 spring break. The students designed, installed and test-

ed different filtration systems for a village water source to fulfill

part of their senior design requirements.

Lindsey Campbell with students in Inka Katurapi, Bolivia.


In 1987, the metallurgical engineering and ceramic engineering

departments moved into the (then) brand new McNutt Hall. This

new building provided more laboratory space and included suffi-

cient funds to provide several of the undergraduate laboratories

with new, state-of-the-art equipment. After nearly 20 years of

training metallurgical and ceramic engineering students, many of

McNutt Hall’s undergraduate laboratories have begun showing

signs of wear with frequent equipment maintenance issues causing

student (as well as faculty) frustration. Also, several labs needed

technological upgrades. Therefore, in 2006, the department

upgraded the equipment in several labs to enhance students’

undergraduate learning experience. Because the university budg-

et does not provide funds for equipment replacement, the depart-

ment had to come up with $200,000 in funds for the new equip-

ment. Over $150,000 for the project was provided by direct gifts

to the department from alumni and corporations and through the

gifts received in the annual metallurgy and ceramic phon-a-thons.

These funds were supplemented by those from research projects

that also utilize the equipment.

Two new Buehler cut-off saws have been installed which make

metallographic sample preparation much easier. (We are sure

many of our recent graduates wish this upgrade had come a little

earlier.) In addition, the microscopy laboratory has been remod-

eled and upgraded with digital cameras and computers. This lab

will be dedicated as the Fred Kisslinger MetallographicClassroom during Homecoming, in honor of the many years Prof.

Kisslinger has supported metallurgy education through his work

as a UMR metallurgical engineering professor and his continued

support of our program after his retirement.

The SEM and TEM laboratories were upgraded by replacing

outdated data acquisition and computer systems, including that

used for the EDS system on the TEM, extending the capabilities

of the instrument and making the dissemination of data much eas-

ier.

Improvements in the mechanical testing lab include new

hydraulic systems for two of the MTS units along with a new high

cycle fatigue testing lab.

A new Struers Duramin-5 microhardness tester was purchased

and now resides in the department’s new mechanical properties

testing laboratory. This is a state-of-the-art Vickers microhardness

system that replaces the ancient Wilson-Tukon microhardness

tester (circa the 1950’s). This equipment will be used by both

ceramic and metallurgical engineering students. The new system

includes such features as PC integration, a high-resolution CCD

camera to image the diamond indents, automatic measurement of

indent diagonals, computer-generated graphical representation of

results, and automated indentation profiling.

Other new undergraduate laboratory equipment includes two

new uniaxial press and dies for compacting ceramic powders, ball

mills for processing ceramic powders, and new balances. This

equipment will be used in sophomore labs to introduce students to

the basic laboratory skills needed for processing and characteriz-

ing ceramic powders.

New equipment for metallurgical and ceramic

engineering undergraduate laboratories

New Buehler cut-off saws.Undergraduate students using the digital microscopy equipment in the new FredKisslinger Metallographic Classroom.


Six new laptops each equipped with wireless connectivity, data

acquisition cards and the National Instruments Educational

Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS), were pur-

chased. This will provide students with experiments in data acqui-

sition, programmable logic controls, and simulation of processes.

The department also purchased a small CNC lathe that can be

used to cut tensile bars and do machinability tests.

These new additions enhance the undergraduate laboratories in

the department and will help our students have far more meaning-

ful lab experiences at UMR. We thank all of the alumni and cor-

porations for their continued support in providing the funds for

these labs. Without their support, our students would not be pro-

vided with the same high quality education that is a trademark of

UMR.

If you are interested in learning more about how you or your

company might help us continue to upgrade our undergraduate lab

New high cycle fatigue lab equipment.

New Struers Duramin-5 microhardness tester in new mechanical properties test-ing laboratory.MTS Units with new hydraulic systems.

Dr. Richards teaching an undergraduate casting laboratory using the new CNClathe.

facilities, please contact Richard Brow ([email protected]) or Kent

Peaslee ([email protected]).

Are you attending the 2006 MS&Tmeeting in Cincinnati?

Be sure to attend the UMR Alumni

reception October 16, 2006 from 5:30 pm

to 7:00 pm on the mezzanine level of the

Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza Hotel. And, don’t forget to visit the

UMR/MSM exposition booth #226


Three distinguished alums received ‘professional degrees’ from UMR during the December 2005 and May 2006 graduation celebra-

tions. Dean Berger (BS MetE, ‘70) is a sales manager for MetalTek International, formerly Carondelet Foundry, where he is increas-

ingly involved with the petrochemical side of the business, specializing in cast components for high temperature applications. Flake

Campbell (MS MetE, ‘72) is with Boeing Corp. in St. Louis and is an adjunct professor at Washington University. He conducts research

on advanced metallics and composite materials, and has recently finished the drafts of his second textbook. Ray Fournelle (BS MetE,

‘64) is a member of the mechanical engineering faculty at Marquette University, where his research interests include soldering in elec-

tronics and dental biomaterials.

Dean Berger Flake Campbell Ray Fournelle

UMR MSE ALUMNI ADVISORY BOARD

The ‘Alumni Advisory Board’ for the Materials Science &

Engineering Department at the University of Missouri-Rolla

includes these alumni of UMR’s metallurgical engineering and

ceramic engineering programs:

Sam Conzone (Cer PhD, 1999)- Director, R&D, Schott NorthAmerica

Linda Harrell (Cer ‘88)- Program Manager, Caterpillar

Randal Hauser (Met ‘83)- CEO, Chicago Metal Fabricators

Dan Karraker (Cer ‘92)- Director, Product Development,Kohler

Rick Martin (Met ‘82)- Dept. Manager- Materials, ProcessesEngineering, Boeing – Integrated Defense Systems

Phil McPherson (Cer ‘83)- Sr VP Technology, Saint GobainContainers

Tom O’Keefe (Met, ‘80)- VP, Manufacturing & Engineering,Olin Brass

Lorna O’Rourke (Met ‘84)- VP, Northern Precision Casting

Gary Pennell (Met, ‘97)- Chief Metallurgist, Nucor-Yamato

John Remmers (Met ‘84)- Sr VP Mkt New Product Dev,Werner Co.

The Board met with Profs. Richard Brow and Kent Peaslee on

May 15, 2006 in St. Louis. to consider a number of issues facing

the MSE Department, including

• Undergraduate curricular changes that strengthen the UMRmetallurgical engineering and ceramic engineering under-graduate programs;

• Raising the national profile of careers in ceramic engineeringand metallurgical engineering;

• Strategic planning: What will the UMR MSE program looklike in ten years?

If any other alumni are interested in participating on this Board, or

would like to pass along their advice on these and other important

departmental matters, don’t hesitate to contact us! Alumni input is

always valuable- and is especially important as we prepare to renew

the accreditation of our programs in 2008.

Homecoming 2006Attention MSM/UMR Ceramic

and Metallurgical Engineers

Please join us for ourHomecoming Ice Cream Social

October 20th 3:30-5:00 PM

McNutt Hall


Thirty-five high school students spent the week of July 23-28 on

the UMR campus learning about the career opportunities in materi-

als engineering. This summer, ASM International sponsored three

residential materials camps, one at the world headquarters in

Cleveland, Ohio, one at Penn State, and one here at UMR. The stu-

dents, who will be entering either their junior or senior years of high

school, came from Arkansas, California, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky,

Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee,

Texas, Utah, Puerto Rico, and Manitoba Canada.

The students participated in discussions on Materials Engineering

as a Career Field (led by Ron Kohser), Environmental Aspects of

Materials (Kent Peaslee), High Temperature Ceramics (Bill

Fahrenholtz), Materials in Aerospace (Joe Newkirk), Thermal

Properties of Engineering Materials (Greg Hilmas and Jeff Smith),

and Engineering Ethics (Ron Kohser). During the morning hours,

the students broke into small groups and conducted projects under

the guidance of department faculty, grad students, and undergrads.

Project areas included: Evaporative pattern metal casting, glass pro-

cessing (colors and fluorescent behavior), piezoelectric ceramics,

friction-stir welding, microstructural characterization of cast irons,

metallurgical evaluation of inexpensive and quality hand tools, thin

film microelectronics, and the temperature variation of viscosity in

various fluids. The afternoon hours began with a brief instructional

class, followed by tours and demonstrations at the high temperature

materials lab, friction stir processing lab, foundry, mechanical testing

laboratory, ceramic processing lab, and the, materials research cen-

ter. To learn about electronic ceramics, the students disassembled

portable CD players under the guidance of Bob Schwartz and inves-

tigated the components. On Tuesday afternoon, the students left

campus and toured Mo-Sci Corporation (the company founded by

Delbert Day) and the die casting section of the Briggs and Stratton

facility, both of which are in the Rolla industrial park. The bulk of

Wednesday was an all-day field trip heading north on Highway 63.

We stopped at Quaker Window in Freeburg and toured their tem-

pered glass facility, then reboarded our bus and went on to Mexico,

Missouri, where we were the guests of Spartan Light Metal Products

and saw the die casting and finishing of aluminum and magnesium

automotive products destined for GM, Ford, Toyota and Honda.

Thursday evening was a capstone activity, beginning with a pres-

entation by Wayne Huebner highlighting research at UMR. This

was followed by our infamous “Walk-on-Water” contest. On

Monday, the students were grouped into six teams of 5-6 individuals

and challenged to design and build “shoes” that would attach to their

feet and allow a member of their group to “walk” across the Thomas

Jefferson Residence Hall swimming pool. They could spend up to

$50 on their “shoes” which needed to address the features of buoy-

ancy, stability and propulsion. Design commenced on Monday

night, and materials requisition lists were submitted on Tuesday

morning. The materials were delivered on Tuesday evening, and

construction commenced. Characteristic of future engineers, duct

tape was still being applied minutes before the actual contest.

Several teams made successful crossings of the pool, and the others

had fun trying and learned a bit about engineering design and mate-

rials.

One key feature of the ASM Materials Camps is the fact that they

are totally FREE for the student who attended! Financial sponsor-

ship for UMR’s program came from ASM International, Caterpillar

Tractor, and two divisions of Nucor Steel. If any alumni would like

their companies to be involved in sponsoring students for our 2007

Summer Camp, please contact the camp co-directors Ron Kohser

and Mary Reidmeyer.

2006 ASM/UMR Materials Camp

ASM Campers prepare to pour glass. Students setting up a Friction Stir Weld.


LEAD FREE SOLDER RESEARCH

Members of Prof. Matt O’Keefe’s group, including Dr. Martin

Perez, Richard Colfax, Vanessa Eckhoff and Ken Doering,

have been working with Boeing-St. Louis, Northrop Grumman

Interconnect in Springfield, MO and the Air Force investigating

the use of lead free (LF) solders for aerospace electronic assem-

blies. Due to environmentally-based legislation in Europe and

Japan, current PbSn solders that have been in use for decades are

being phased out. The ability to repair and rework solder joints

using the new alloys, many of which are based on Sn (96%)-Ag-

Cu compositions, is the current focus of the UMR work rework

issues which are important to the military and aerospace industry

due to the long service life of aircraft. Also, the potential for mix-

ing LF and PbSn alloys on assemblies is very likely, so studies are

also being conducted on LF/PbSn solder compositions. Thermal

cycling and vibration testing of circuit boards assembled and

repaired with LF and PbSn solders are being conducted along with

characterization of the resulting microstructures and failures.

Side view of a printed circuit board during vibration testing at the (+)first mode of vibration (board deflects upward in the middle as indicated by the

arrow).

Figure 2. Cross section image of a failed ball grid array solder joint after vibra-tion testing. There is a void and a crack along the top of the joint.

RESEARCH NEWS

A Partial List of New MSE Research Programs in FY06

• Fellowship Program in Graduate Education inInterdisciplinary in Materials Engineering, U.S. Dept

of Education (Robert Schwartz, et al.)

• Friction Stir Channeling: An Innovative Technique forHeat Exchanger Manufacturing, National Science

Foundation (Rajiv Mishra)

• Bio-Inspired Sources for Long-Lasting and HighEnergy Density Power Storage with EfficientConversions, US Department of Air Force (Fatih

Dogan, Matt O’Keefe)

• Inter-American Materials Collaboration (CIAM)Stability, Durability and Crystallization of IronPhosphate Glasses, National Science Foundation

(Mark Schlesinger, Richard Brow)

• Fabrication of Near Net-Shaped Ceramic Parts byRapid Freeze Prototyping and Freeze Drying, Air

Force Research Laboratory (Greg Hilmas, Fatih

Dogan)

• Lead-Free Solder Characterization, Air Force

Research Laboratory (Matt O’Keefe)

• Injection Molding and Micromolding of MetallicGlasses, Air Force Research Laboratory (Rajiv Mishra,

Scott Miller, Richard Brow)

• Geological Sequestration of CO2 by HydrousCarbonate Formation with Reclaimed Slag, American

Iron & Steel (Von Richards, Kent Peaslee, Jeff Smith)

• Design of Ultra High Temperature Ceramics forImproved Performance, Air Force Office of Scientific

Research (Bill Fahrenholtz, Greg Hilmas)

• Ni-Si Alloys for the S-I Reactor-Hydrogen ProductionProcess Interface, Department of Energy (Joe

Newkirk, Richard Brow)

• Multi-Laser Beam Open Atmosphere Surface CoatingTechniques Based on Precursor Excitation,Photodissociation and Controlled Cooling, ONR

MURI/Univ. Nebraska (Matt O’Keefe, Robert

Schwartz)

• Corrosion Finishing/Coating Systems for DODMetallic Substrates Based on Non-ChromateInhibitors and UV Curable, Zero VOC Materials, US

Army Corps of Engineers (Matt O’Keefe, Bill

Fahrenholtz, Tom O’Keefe)

• Development of a Novel Efficient Solid-Oxide Hybridfor Co-Generation of Hydrogen and Electricity UsingNearby Resources for Local Applications, Dept. of

Energy/MSRI (Harlan Anderson, et al.)Contact us at [email protected] if you would like to knowmore about these, or any other, research projects.


Ultra-high temperature ceramics (UHTCs) continue to be a focus

area for research in the MSE department. Dr. Greg Hilmas and Dr.

Bill Fahrenholtz collaborate on several projects that investigate

these unique materials. Recently, the group was awarded a three

year, $450,000 grant by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research

to go along with current projects funded by the U.S. Army Space

and Missile Defense Command, the Air Force Research Laboratory,

the National Science Foundation, and Advanced Ceramics

Research, Inc.

The new AFOSR project involves research on zirconium diboride

based ceramics for hypersonic aerospace vehicles. The materials

are needed for areas such as the nose cap, leading and trailing edges,

and the propulsion systems where temperatures of more than

2000°C may be encountered in use. The goal of the new project is

to understand the effect of composition, microstructure, and meso-

scale architecture on the oxidation behavior and mechanical per-

formance. Zirconium diboride is one of the few candidates for these

applications because of its ultra-high melting temperature (3250°C)

in combination with its strength at high temperature, oxidation

resistance, and chemical stability. In addition, zirconium diboride

has a significantly lower density than the refractory metal alloys

based on tungsten and rhenium that are commonly used for these

types of applications.

The UHTC research group (shown below) currently consists of

six graduate students and one research professor in addition to Drs.

Hilmas and Fahrenholtz. Former research group members,

Alireza Rezaie and Adam Chamberlain recently completed their

doctorate degrees. Adam now works for Rolls-Royce in

Indianapolis, IN and Ali is working for General Electric in

Schenectady, NY.

In the last year, the group has made significant progress in sever-

al areas. Most significantly, Adam Chamberlain, Shi Zhang, and

Sumin Zhu demonstrated, for the first time, that zirconium diboride

could be densified without the use of hot pressing or additives that

promoted liquid phase sintering. Some of the other notable activi-

ties of the group include Jim Zimmermann spending three months

at the Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics in Faenza,

Italy and Sean Landwehr completing two separate stints at the

Naval Surface Warfare Center-Carderock Division in the

Washington DC area. Finally, the group received $135,000 from

the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program for the

acquisition of a high temperature mechanical testing system and the

design of an ultra-high temperature (2500°C) furnace for testing

Ultra-high temperature ceramics

The UHTC research group at UMR consists of (left to right) Xiaohong Zhang,

Sean Landwehr, Sumin Zhu, Jim Zimmermann, (back row) Bill

Fahrenholtz, Harlan Shaklee-Brown, Andrew Buchheit, Shi Zhang, Ali

Rezaie, and Greg Hilmas.

UNDERGRADS STUDY ENVIRONMENTALIMPACT OF STEEL PRODUCTS

A team of materials science and engineering students at the

University of Missouri-Rolla has been awarded a total of $47,500

by the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) and the

Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST) to study the

environmental impact of steel construction and manufacturing

materials.

AISI and AIST awarded 2006 design grants to teams from two

universities, UMR and Carnegie Mellon University. The two

teams submitted winning proposals addressing the theme,

“Comparative Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Assessments of Steel

Products.” Each institution will receive $47,500 to support student

research.

Under the direction of Dr. Kent Peaslee, professor of metallur-

gical engineering, a team of about 10 UMR seniors will quantify

the energy requirements and greenhouse gas emissions of various

steel products through their life cycles, from extraction through

end use. The UMR students will then compare the steel products

to other materials in the same market. Products to be compared

include structural steel versus wood in residential construction,

steel cans versus plastic frozen food containers in the food con-

tainer market, steel roofing versus standard asphalt shingles in res-

idential construction and automotive-quality steel body panels

versus aluminum.

“The universities are addressing one of steel’s most important

attributes – sustainability – and we look forward to seeing the

progress the teams and projects make in the coming year,” says

Andrew Sharkey, president and chief executive officer of AISI.

“The design grant program will expose metallurgy and materials

science students and professors to real-life issues and enable them

to acquire better knowledge of the North American steel industry.”

“Not only will the design grant initiative bring practical working

knowledge in ferrous metallurgy to students, but it will also bring

the industry insight into how steel competes with other materials

with respect to environmental sustainability,” says Ronald

Ashburn, executive director of the AIST Foundation.


DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENVIRONMENTALLYFRIENDLY CORROSION COATING SYSTEM

With a total of $1.8M in funding over three years from the

Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program

(SERDP), Prof. Matt O’Keefe and Prof. Bill Fahrenholtz, grad-

uate students Philip Jones and Will Pinc, and undergraduate Kate

Oliver of the MSE Department, in collaboration with John

DeAntoni of Boeing Phantom Works-St. Louis and Dr. Ben

Curatolo of Light Curable Coatings in Cleveland, are developing

environmentally friendly corrosion coating systems for metallic

substrates to replace existing systems that use hexavalent chromi-

um and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Coating systems

used for military aircraft typically employ a hexavalent chromium

(Cr(VI)) conversion coating in direct contact with the metallic

substrate, a strontium chromate primer over the conversion coat-

ing, and a top coat over the primer. The approach being developed

would consist of a two layer coating system including a non-chro-

mate conversion coating layer and an ultra-violet (UV) light cur-

able, self-priming coating containing non-toxic corrosion inhibit-

ing materials (see figure below). A chromate-free primer devel-

oped as part of a previous UMR-Boeing effort that has been com-

mercialized by Deft Industrial Finishes is now being used on the

U.S. Air Force fleet of F-15s. However, non-chromate primers

and top coats require a significant amount of time to cure and still

contain undesirable VOCs and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). In

contrast, UV-curable systems do not contain VOCs or HAPs and

can be completely cured within seconds. Incorporation of environ-

mentally benign, corrosion inhibiting compounds into UV-curable

coatings is an attractive alternative to the existing systems as it

would reduce the complexity of the coating system by combining

the primer and topcoat into a single layer while at the same time

eliminating VOC’s. When used with a non-chromate conversion

coating, an environmentally friendly corrosion coating system

would be obtained.

The UMR part of the project is focusing on cerium oxide based

conversion coatings as potentially viable corrosion inhibitors and

replacements for chromate conversion coatings on aluminum

alloys. The CeCCs are deposited from aqueous solutions contain-

ing cerium chloride using processing technology that is very sim-

ilar to that currently used for the chromate system. To date, both

a current-driven (non-spontaneous electrolytic) process and spon-

taneous (immersion, spray, etc.) processes have been developed

(see figure above). The cerium oxide coatings are deposited on

the aluminum alloy surface by an electrochemically driven precip-

itation process. Typically, coatings are 100 to 500 nanometers

thick with a characteristic grain size of a few nanometers in diam-

eter. Depositions are done in less than 15 minutes and use com-

mercially available materials and equipment, making the overall

process compatible with industrial operations such as those

employed by current aircraft manufacturers.

Development of UV-curable coatings containing corrosion

inhibiting compounds is being led by Light Curable Coatings and

Boeing and has shown promise during initial studies. Results indi-

cate that UV curable self-priming topcoats can approach the cor-

rosion performance of chromated primer and topcoat systems

when applied over a chromated conversion coating. Optimizing

the corrosion resistance over various aluminum alloys coated with

cerium oxide conversion coatings is a major focus of the project,

with extension of the technology to other metallic substrates also

planned.

Figure 2. Spray deposition of a cerium oxide conversion coating (yellowish-orange) on an Al2024-T3 substrate.

Figure 1. Schematic representation (not to scale) showing (a) the three layers of a conventional chromate-containing corrosion protection system and (b) the twolayer system in the system being developed by the UMR-Boeing-Light Curable Coatings team.


PhD’s awarded in 2005/06

• Sachin Deshmukh, An Investigation of CreepThreshold Stress in Aluminum Alloys (Rajiv Mishra,

advisor)

• Oratai Jongprateep, Microstructural Control andSuperconducting Properties of YBa2Cu3O7-x MeltTextured Single Crystal (Fatih Dogan, advisor)

• Jingye Li, Metal Seed Deposition from OrganicSolutions for Subsequent Electroless Plating (Tom

O’Keefe, advisor)

• Martin Perez, Zinc Alloy Powders for AlkalineBatteries (Matt O’Keefe, advisor)

• Siddharth Sharma, Microstructural Modification forImproved Mechanical Properties in A356 Using FSP(Rajiv Mishra, advisor)

• Brad Tischendorf, Interactions between Water andPhosphate Glasses (Richard Brow, advisor)

2005/06 UMR MSE FACULTY NOTES AND

HIGHLIGHTS

• Richard Brow was elected to the Board of Directors of theAmerican Ceramic Society.

• Delbert Day has been named a ‘Distinguished Life Member’of the American Ceramic Society.

• Fatih Dogan organized and edited proceedings for a sympo-sium on “Advances in Electronic and ElectrochemicalCeramics”, American Ceramic Society 2005.

• Greg Hilmas is the President-Elect, Ceramic EducationalCouncil of the American Ceramic Society

• Scott Miller serves as President, Central States Microscopyand Microanalysis Society and as Assistant Director, UMRFreshmen Engineering Program

• Rajiv Mishra organized and edited proceedings for a sympo-sium on Creep Deformation and Fracture, Design, and LifeExtension, Materials Science and Technology 2005, andserves on the Board of Review, Metallurgical and MaterialsTransactions A

• Joe Newkirk is an Associate Editor, Journal of MaterialsEngineering and Performance

• Mohamed Rahaman has a new book, Ceramic ProcessingSintering (August 2006; CRC Press/Taylor & Francis).

• Von Richards is a Foundry Education Foundation ‘KeyProfessor’ for UMR.

• Bob Schwartz finished his term as President of the UMRAcademic Council.

• Jeff Smith is the North American Representative, UNITECRInternational Executive Board.

• David Van Aken received the 2005 Caterpillar Inc.‘Technology Excellence Award’.

FERROUS MICROSTRUCTURES TAUGHT AT

CATERPILLAR, INC.

A two day seminar on the physical metallurgy of ferrous alloys is

now being taught by Professor David Van Aken. The UMR course

was first offered at Caterpillar, Inc. in October of 2005 and was

taught for the second time this past summer. The course was

designed to teach materials engineers about steel and how

microstructure affects performance. “It’s much more than just met-

allography,” states Professor Van Aken, “it’s the physical metallur-

gy of iron-based alloys taught by looking through the oculars of an

optical microscope. In a 128 hour curriculum, materials science and

engineering programs typically can’t afford to teach a course devot-

ed to steel.” The class has been well attended with approximately 40

to 50 engineers each time offered. University of Illinois emeritus

professor Robert Bohl taught this course prior to 2005 and was one

of Dr. Van Aken’s instructors at Illinois. According to Professor Van

Aken “Creating this course was a wonderful opportunity to return to

Caterpillar, visit with UMR alumni and have some fun in the labora-

tory with steel microstructures.”

Microstructures of a quenched and tempered W-2 tool steel.

Recent MSE Patents

• “Methods for Fabricating Nanostructured Solid Oxide

Fuel Cell Components,” Harlan Anderson, Xiao-Dong

Zhou, and Wayne Huebner, USP 7,090,891, August 15,

2006.

• “A Method of Preparing a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell,” Greg

Hilmas and Dustin Beeaff, USP 7,090,938, August 15,

2006.

• “Cerium-based Spontaneous Coating Process for

Corrosion Protection of Aluminum Alloys,” James

Stoffer, Thomas J. O’Keefe, et al., USP 7,048,807, April

11, 2006.

• “Method for Preparing Nanometer Cerium-based Oxide

Particles,” Xiao-Dong Zhou, Wayne Huebner and Harlan

Anderson, USP 7,025,943, March 7, 2006.

• “Integral Channels in Metal Components and Fabrication

Thereof,” Rajiv Mishra, USP 6,923,362, June 14, 2005.


Jason Phillip Abbott, ‘00

Terry L. Adams, ‘84

Larry A. Addington, ‘70

Dr. John H. Ainsworth, ‘63

Gerald W. Allmon, ‘58

August Fredrich Altenbaumer, ‘99

Dean Alden Anderson, ‘82

Dr. Harlan Anderson

Dr. Charles R. Armstrong, ‘74

Brent Markham Babyak, ‘84

John G. Bartel, ‘52

Elizabeth A. Baumbach, ‘90

Justin Howard Bechtel, ‘03

Daniel Joseph Beck, ‘86

Duane D. Bequette, ‘75

Mark Edward Biznek, ‘89

James S. Blank, ‘50

David S. Blauvelt, ‘75

Jason Bodson, ‘01

Dr. Edward N. Boulos, ‘71

Jennifer Marie Boyd, ‘97

Dr. Christopher Brannon, ‘85

Mrs. Henry C. Brassfield, ‘48

Lana J. Bray-Scott, ‘76

Julie Lynn Brunner, ‘88

Dr. Vernon L. Burdick, ‘67

Gary M. Burks, ‘71

John F. Burst, ‘43

Kelly Jae Busch, ‘82

Jason Michael Canon, ‘95

Dr. William M. Carty, ‘85

James E. Cauthorn, ‘53

Adam Lee Chamberlain, ‘02

Dr. Jack Chen, ‘88

John Andrew Conrad, ‘91

Albert N. Copp, ‘62

Timothy Andrew Coppinger, ‘89

Brandon Lee Cordts, ‘93

Dr. Terry Alan Cruse, ‘91

Sarah Jane Cupps, ‘03

Dr. William H. Daniels, ‘64

Delbert E. Day, ‘58

Elizabeth Sandefur DeBraal, ‘02

William J. Denk, ‘60

Israel Denlow, ‘70

Fred R. Dice, Jr., ‘59

Thomas Allen Dinkins, IV, ‘95

Robert M. Doerr, ‘72

Clemens P. Drag, Jr., ‘68

Edward C. Duderstadt, ‘58

Howard W. Durham, ‘43

Dr. Roland E. Dutton, Jr., ‘76

Benjamin Todd Eldred, ‘96

Benita Carita Engle, ‘98

Robert J. Eoff, ‘70

Francilda A. Erickson, ‘79

Dr. Xiangyu Fang, ‘00

Dr. Brian K. Flandermeyer, ‘76

Mikael Robert Fredholm, ‘88

Aaron Todd Freese, ‘87

Tihana Fuss, ‘02

Ronald C. Gaus, ‘71

Carl M. Gioia, ‘73

Guy V. Givan, ‘69

David E. Goldammer, ‘84

Maurice E. Green, Jr., ‘64

Mary Elizabeth Grimm, ‘96

Dr. Robert M. Gruver, ‘56

William B. Guinn, ‘52

Dr. Gene H. Haertling, ‘54

Scott Arthur Haling, ‘93

John W. Halloran, ‘73

Timothy Emil Harster, ‘93

Robert L. Hart, ‘70

Wendell L. Haubein, ‘56

Dennis H. Headington, ‘62

Enrique S. Heller, ‘50

Edgar J. Hellriegel, ‘50

James Gordon Hemrick, ‘97

James L. Hill, ‘64

Katie Ann Hillstrom, ‘99

Emil C. Hrbacek, ‘52

Dr. Rong-Fong Huang, ‘82

Semone Dong Dong Huang, ‘94

Dr. Wayne Huebner, ‘82

Dr. Orville Hunter, Jr., ‘60

Paul L. Inman, ‘67

Timothy Philip Johns, ‘98

Laura Elizabeth Johnsen, ‘98

Raymond B. Jones, Sr., ‘46

Daniel Robert Kammler, ‘97

Christine Marie Kasitz, ‘98

Kenneth G. Kasten, ‘50

Matthew J. Kerper, ‘43

Irving Klaus, ‘50

H Jeffrey Korklan, ‘72

Daniel Scott Krueger, ‘94

Lawrence David Krull, ‘88

Donald L. Kummer, ‘55

Glen A. Larsen, Jr., ‘70

Valerie D. Latimer, ‘85

Billie E. Leach, ‘70

Christopher Travis Leach, ‘92

Douglas Dean Legel, ‘02

John W. Lewis, Jr., ‘47

Dr. Xuan Lin, ‘95

Michael Craig Long, ‘87

Mark Lynn Louder, ‘90

Peter J. Lucido, ‘52

George MacZura, ‘52

Mark Allen Martin, Sr., ‘68

Eric S. Mast, ‘87

Michael Wayne Matthews, ‘00

Dr. Ronald A. McCauley, ‘64

Willie E. McCullah, Jr., ‘68

Lane A. McCullough, Jr., ‘63

Robert J. McNamara, ‘68

Philip D. McPherson, ‘83

Elena D. Melnik, ‘01

Gilbert F. Metz, Jr., ‘57

Dr. Thomas Michael Miller, ‘91

Timothy James Miller, ‘00

John F. Mitchell, ‘59

Michael F. Modde, ‘63

Dr. David W. Moore, ‘67

Edward E. Mueller, ‘48

Dr. Robin A. Murphy, ‘76

Tod Michael Neidt, ‘88

Douglas Reed Niermeyer, ‘89

Tara Nolley, ‘01

Donald R. Orcutt, ‘74

Brian K. Osborne, ‘90

Dr. P Darrell Ownby, ‘62

Mrs. Ralph C. Padfield, ‘49

Jaideep Suresh Patwardhan, ‘00

Patrick J. Pautler, ‘82

Paul Michael Pericich, ‘86

Jason Edward Peters, ‘96

Jeffrey A. Phillips, ‘84

Jerry D. Plunkett, ‘53

Charles Pokross, ‘70

Jeffrey William Porter, ‘90

Neil S. Portnoff, ‘70

Darryl Dean Presley, ‘91

Edgar A. Quick, ‘68

Allen Richardson Reisinger, ‘00

Dr. Frances D. Rensvold, ‘72

Erika Maya Rezek, ‘99

Jessie L. Rife, ‘01

Don V. Roloff, ‘51

Kelly Katherine Rowden, ‘97

Heidi Leigh Rutz, ‘85

Paul E. Schlett, ‘72

Robert Arnold Schneider, ‘92

Keith Eugene Schoby, ‘92

Eric Glenn Schuenemeyer, ‘88

Ray F. Schumacher, ‘64

Douglas B. Schwarz, ‘72

Matthew Mark Seabaugh, ‘94

Narayan M. Sedalia, ‘62

Andrew Dean Selvy, ‘03

William S. Sexton, ‘97

Rebecca Ann Shawgo, ‘98

Ryan James Shawgo, ‘98

Dr. James E. Shelby, Jr., ‘65

Melvin D. Sherwood, ‘58

Kristine A. Shiffman, ‘01

Jennifer Sigman, ‘00

Andrew Jay Skoog, ‘86

Erica Marlene Skouby, ‘84

Ellis J Smith, ‘55

Geri E. Smith, ‘83

Jeffrey Lynn Smith, ‘82

R Thomas Smith, ‘58

Roger Smith, ‘01

Dr. Vincent L. Sprenkle, ‘92

William E. Steinkamp, ‘64

Jeffry W. Stevenson, ‘77

Alan E. Stricker, ‘64

David J. Suiter, ‘74

George H. Taylor, ‘64

Heather Kimberly Teitelbaum, ‘00

Dr. Patrick D. Tepesch, ‘91

Carl David Tucker, ‘89

Joseph Edward Tutka, ‘94

Maurice E. Vandenbergh, ‘74

Natalie N. Vanderspiegel, ‘02

Harry N. Walker, ‘51

Jeremy Lee Watts, ‘02

Kent Weisenstein, ‘60

Roy C. Werner, ‘43

Thomas A. Wetteroth, ‘79

Justin David Wieduwilt, ‘04

Sara Ellen Wilke, ‘81

Eric G. Wilkins, ‘90

Daniel Raiford Wilson, ‘91

Andrew Kenneth Wittenauer, ‘00

Sarah Jane Wohldmann, ‘03

Dr. Weiming Zhang, ‘97

Haifeng Zhou, ‘01

Ceramic Gifts

Ceramic Corporate GiftsEngineering Consulting Services

J.B. Arthur FDN Charitable Trust

Refractories Institute

Zircoa

American Restoration Title Inc.

Birkenmeier Chiropractic Ctr. LLC

Ceramics Consultants, INC

Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago

Ozark Technical Ceramics INC

Technology Services Co

VanceCeramics101 INC

Every year, the MSM/UMR Alumni Office provides us with lists of alumni who made donations to support the metallurgical engi-

neering and ceramic engineering programs. Listed below are the names of alumni who donated hard-earned dollars to our programs

between September 2005 and August 2006, either through our annual phon-a-thon or by other means. If we missed including your name,

please let us know (and accept our apologies). We very much appreciate the support, financial and otherwise, of all our alumni andfriends!


Allen L. Affolter, ‘62

Becky A. Akers, ‘84

David Allen Akers, ‘99

Charles Akmakjian, ‘60

Jay W. Alford, ‘65

Jeanne Kay Allen, ‘92

Joseph D. Allen, Jr., ‘48

Jerrold M. Alyea, ‘60

Harvey A. Anderson, Jr., ‘49

Bruce C. Bachman, ‘79

David E. Ballantyne, ‘72

Aaron Keith Barklage, ‘00

Mrs. William J. Barnett, ‘44

Robert B. Barrow, ‘51

Heather L. Barstad, ‘90

Barry L. Basden, ‘66

Mary F. Becher, ‘91

Charles P. Becker, Jr., ‘63

April Lynn Beisiegel, ‘95

Dr. Christel M. A. Bemelmans, ‘94

Mike W. Bench, ‘85

Heather Benhardt, ‘00

Dr. Robert L. Benner, ‘61

Ralph H. Berglund, ‘69

Gerald W. Bersett, ‘65

Irving G. Betz, ‘50

Stanley Wayne Bevans, ‘85

Kevin Stewart Biggers, ‘95

Allen T. Birschbach, ‘01

David K. Bishop, ‘69

Steven L. Blair, ‘77

Richard J. Bloch, ‘75

David J. Blume, ‘64

Dennis L. Blunier, ‘70

Jesse R. Bodine, ‘50

Ronald J. Bohac, ‘65

Alex Duane Bowman, ‘97

Scott S. Boyd, ‘74

Aaron Kent Boyll, ‘94

Dr. Bruce L. Bramfitt, ‘60

Denise C. Brandt, ‘90

Dennis R. Brauer, ‘65

Craig Alan Brice, ‘98

Matthew Miles Brueckner, ‘00

Stephen C. Brunts, ‘78

Robert W. Buel, ‘50

Melvin A. Buettner, ‘51

Mark Joseph Buhr, ‘89

Edson S. Bumps, ‘43

Gregory Kirk Bundy, ‘97

Alan B. Burgess, ‘54

John Michael Burgess, ‘85

Flake C. Campbell, ‘72

Timothy Scott Carr, ‘93

James V. Carroll, ‘43

Jason Andrew Carter, ‘02

Jeffrey D. Carter, ‘76

Laura Lee Castle, ‘04

Lawrence W. Castor, ‘76

Joseph C. Chang, ‘79

Pinakin C. Chaubal, ‘81

Dr. Szu-Chain F. Chen, ‘80

Dr. David J. Cho, ‘72

Thomas G. Chronister, ‘64

Shannon Lynette Cismoski, ‘97

Drake Matthew Clarke, ‘94

Frank J. Coffey, ‘58

Richard E. Cole, ‘47

Zayna Marie Connor, ‘93

William C. Connors, ‘66

Thomas W. Cook, ‘65

William E. Coolbaugh, ‘50

Donald G. Cooper, ‘60

Christine L. Corum, ‘85

Kenneth T. Cotter, ‘82

Ricky H. Cottrell, ‘76

Bobby T. Cox, ‘68

H. Cliff Dameron, ‘47

Glenn E. Dean, ‘44

Randall L. Dean, ‘76

Michael L. Deelo, ‘67

Dr. Adrian Christian Deneys, ‘98

Robert R. Denison, ‘44

George W. Detrick, III, ‘81

Morton Deutch, ‘50

William A. Dibert, ‘86

Albert C. Dillingham, Jr., ‘63

Dionne Ann Dillon, ‘96

Rudolf Dirscherl, ‘69

Jennifer Kay Diskin, ‘91

Larry L. Dix, ‘61

Darrell W. Donis, ‘63

Paul T. Dowling, ‘40

Dennis G. Dreyer, ‘64

Raymond Lloyd Drury, III, ‘81

Mark John Dunlay, ‘81

Jason Phillip Eckert, ‘99

Jerome K. Elbaum, ‘51

Richard C. Enochs, ‘48

Joseph Epperson, ‘78

Leif Erickson, ‘71

Robert H. Erskine, ‘50

Aaron Robert Felder, ‘04

David A. Ferrill, ‘63

Dennis J. Fesler, ‘68

Armin F. Fick, ‘41

Alicia Jean Field, ‘02

Robert John Fischer, ‘90

Lee A. Flanigan, ‘60

Paul I. Fleischut, ‘85

Charles M. Fleming, ‘70

Gery R. Foehrweiser, ‘81

Dr. Donald R. Fosnacht, ‘78

Dr. Raymond A. Fournelle, ‘64

John W. Frame, ‘37

Donald R. Freese, ‘64

Philip Frerking, ‘90

Vincent Frick, ‘48

Ryan Charles Fritchley, ‘01

Dr. Harold H. Fukubayashi, ‘66

Gale Fulghum, ‘47

Robert Allen Fyalka, ‘84

Rhonda L. Galaske, ‘79

Paul William Galbraith, ‘89

Jack C. Gates, ‘61

Matthew Ryan Gaw, ‘99

James Theodore Gee, ‘72

Lawrence L. Gidley, ‘55

Kenneth W. Gieg, II, ‘83

Kenneth D. Gielow, ‘70

Daniel S. Gnanamuthu, ‘62

Douglas Kevin Goedecke, ‘85

Edwin C. Goetemann, ‘44

Ronald A. Graham, ‘71

Jennifer Lynn Graham-Rateliff, ‘91

David C. Grimm, ‘50

Myron E. Grizio, ‘62

Joseph M. Grosko, ‘86

Thomas Gerard Grosko, ‘86

Cynthia S. Gross, ‘80

Michael Joseph Gross, ‘88

Daniel E. Groteke, ‘54

Ronald R. Guyer, ‘57

Alden G. Hacker, ‘41

John P. Hager, ‘60

Denise E. Hale, ‘00

George S. Hall, ‘61

William L. Hallerberg, PhD., ‘62

William M. Hallett, ‘55

John S. Ham, ‘74

Kevin Dwayne Hamann, ‘91

James F. Hamilton, ‘65

David A. Hampton, ‘80

David C. Hatfield, ‘62

Paul H. Hausner, ‘52

Harry D. Hays, ‘56

Carl J. Hechinger, ‘48

Daniel K. Heitzman, ‘89

Daniel A. Hellickson, ‘82

William A. Henning, ‘61

Joseph T. Hepp, ‘48

James R. Hesse, Sr., ‘62

Barry S. Heuer, ‘65

Charles A. Heuer, ‘42

James L. Hickernell, ‘56

Mrs. Fred H. Hoener, ‘41

Frederick J. Hohenberger, ‘70

William David Hollander, ‘67

Robert L. Hollenbeck, ‘67

William Hollis, ‘50

Dr. Michael E. Holm, ‘95

Michael L. Holt, ‘72

Alan S. Holtz, Jr., ‘78

Dr. William E. Horst, ‘51

John D. Howell, ‘66

Richard B. Howell, ‘48

James A. Hubeli, ‘54

Audrey A. Huddleson, ‘51

Gary W. Hudiburgh, Jr., ‘74

John T. Hughes, ‘61

Timothy J. Hurley, ‘69

Lindell R. Hurst, Jr., ‘74

Dr. Santiago J. Ibarra, Jr., ‘72

Dr. Ersan Ilgar, ‘93

Clarence A. Isbell, Jr., ‘50

Nathan David Jaffe, ‘41

Susan Elaine Schumacher-James, ‘87

George M. Johns, ‘70

Craig Scott Johnson, ‘82

Gregory Wayne Johnson, ‘88

Robert L. Johnson, ‘66

Ralph E. Johnston, Jr., ‘50

Richard L. Jones, ‘55

Richard W. Jones, ‘59

Ronald L. Jones, PE, ‘73

Shin S. Kang, ‘71

E. Louis Kapernaros, ‘50

John M. Keating, ‘73

William R. Kehr, ‘71

Charles Raymond Keim, ‘01

Dr. James R. Keiser, ‘71

Michael E. Kelahan, ‘69

Franklin T. Kelley, ‘70

George H. Kelley, ‘50

J Paul Kemper, ‘60

Chang Don Kim, PHD, ‘63

Hugh C. Kind, ‘76

Fred Kisslinger, ‘42

Kris Everett Kitchen, ‘01

Kip D. Klein, ‘72

Andrew J. Kleinert, ‘73

Paul W. Kloeris, Jr., ‘42

Brian Allen Klotz, ‘82

George L. Knight, ‘51

Dr. John R. Knoepke, ‘79

Dr. Harold A. Koelling, ‘54

Robert D. Koester, ‘63

William Samuel Kolnik, ‘85

Paul Stephen Korinko, ‘87

Zelma Jean Kostyshak, ‘87

William L. Kovacich, ‘85

Donald K. Kozeni, ‘44

Randall Charles Krause, ‘96

Richard A. Krieger, ‘77

Francis M. Krill, ‘43

Shrirang A. Kulkarni, ‘79

John E. Lamble, ‘78

Kelly Lane, ‘00

Stephen Michael Lane, ‘94

Merritt E. Langston, ‘50

Charles R. LaPresta, ‘68

Mrs. Edward P. Lasko, ‘50

John O. Latimer, ‘66

Gregory George Lea, ‘93

Ronald M. Ledbetter, ‘67

Daniel J. Lichtenwalner, ‘85

Warren Lieberman, ‘56

Floyd E. Loftin, ‘61

Warren L. Loveridge, ‘41

Spencer Otto Luke, ‘88

Charles P. Lusher, Jr., ‘69

Louis H. Luth, III, ‘74

Leonard J. Lutz, ‘76

Gregory A. Lynch, ‘83

Dennis D. Madigan, ‘59

Linda J. Madigan, ‘88

William H. Magruder, ‘49

Elisabeth Maguire, ‘00

Sumita Majumdar, ‘93

Purushottam G. Manusmare, ‘71

Douglas W. Marquart, ‘82

Richard L. Martin, ‘63

Kenneth Michael Martinez, ‘95

Anthony Mascalco, Jr., ‘84

Michael Ralph Mayer, ‘85

William T. McClane, ‘57

Thomas Patrick McClenahan, ‘88

Leslie Joe McDaniel, ‘03

Chris J. McReynolds, ‘84

Richard W. Meek, ‘53

Thomas Edward Meiser, ‘95

Chun-Ping J. Meng, ‘82

Carolyn Louise Merritt, ‘85

Robert M. Merryfield, ‘62

Kenneth L. Metz, Jr., ‘70

Gene Ray Meyer, ‘84

David J. Michel, ‘64

Kevin M. Millar, ‘81

Metallurgical Gifts


Brett Andrew Miller, ‘84

Dr. F. Scott Miller, ‘99

Pamela Ann Miller, ‘86

Michael James Minard, ‘04

Francis J. Minden, ‘72

Francis E. Moore, Jr., ‘75

Randall L. Moore, ‘77

Georgina More, ‘63

Edward A. Moss, ‘66

Richard A. Mueller, ‘62

Steve C. Mueller, ‘69

Walter C. Mulyca, ‘65

John E. Munsey, ‘67

Sherri Dawn Murrish, ‘96

Brent Larson Mydland, ‘98

Charles C. Myers, ‘58

James L. Nagy, ‘60

Martin Mark Nash, ‘83

Francis M. Nataluk, ‘62

Eric Jeremy Neal, ‘98

Leander A. Neumeier, ‘59

Marvin E. Nevins, Jr., ‘41

Robert E. Newcomer, ‘55

Mrs. Melvin E. Nickel, ‘38

Jeremy B. Niedens, ‘97

Fred William Niemeier, ‘95

Kenneth E. Niewoehner, ‘48

Daniel Carl Nix, ‘88

Roger E. Nowlin, ‘48

William F. Oberbeck, Sr., ‘39

Matthew J. O’Keefe, ‘85

Dr. Thomas J. O’Keefe, ‘58

Thomas J. O’Keefe, ‘80

Robert F. O’Rourke, ‘83

Kenneth E. Oster, ‘73

Joseph L. Ostermann, ‘70

Peter E. Otten, ‘62

Donald N. Overall, ‘62

Mario A. Padilla, ‘60

Ray A. Parker, Jr., ‘60

Larry L. Parkinson, ‘64

John Bradsher Pautler, ‘88

Dr. Kent Peaslee, ‘94

Kenneth I. Pendleton, ‘60

Gary Dean Pennell, ‘97

Robert E. Peppers, ‘50

Martin Gerardo Perez, ‘00

Michael A. Perkins, ‘67

Richard A. Perkins, ‘67

Terry E. Perkins, ‘67

Jorg Jens Peter, ‘02

Donald G. Pfanstiel, ‘58

Ronald R. Pfeuffer, ‘61

Joel Alan Philliber, ‘91

John O. Phipps, ‘72

Ravi Pillai, ‘90

Charles Andrew Porter, ‘92

Stephen Eric Post, ‘95

Tim R. Postlewait, ‘72

Vernon C. Potter, ‘52

Kenneth A. Poush, ‘63

David E. Price, ‘60

Joseph Edward Price, ‘91

Siri Ram Rai, ‘75

Otto James Rajtora III, ‘02

Craig W. Ralston, ‘01

Dr. Christopher W. Ramsay, ‘83

Darlene Susan Ramsay, ‘84

Wesley J. Ranard, ‘80

Richard H. Redline, ‘61

John G. Reilly, Jr., ‘49

Christopher Michael Reiter, ‘95

John M. Remmers, ‘84

Mrs. Walter E. Remmers, ‘23

Brandon Lee Reneau, ‘97

William F. Ricketts, Jr., ‘50

Dr. Kenneth R. Riggs, ‘63

Charles M. Roberson, ‘61

Melanie E. Robertson, ‘93

Frederick J. Rocchio, Jr., ‘70

Robert Rock, ‘48

Diego Rodriguez Risco, ‘93

Dr. Gerald J. Roe, ‘65

Gary Paul Rogles, ‘84

Harvey D. Ross, ‘49

William Edward Rowden, ‘05

Joseph D. Rupp, ‘72

William J. Ruprecht, Jr., ‘68

Martin Anthony Rust, ‘03

David W. Sandusky, ‘68

Carl A. Sauer, ‘83

Stanley R. Scales, ‘50

Robert J. Scanlon, ‘73

Jeffrey J. Schaefer, ‘93

Seth C. Schaefer, ‘63

Christopher Michael Scheiblhofer, ‘95

Eric Victor Schelin, ‘81

Dr. Royce G. Schierding, ‘59

Suzanne Marie Schlemeier, ‘88

Mark E. Schlesinger, ‘80

Sandra Kristine Schlortt, ‘95

Richard L. Schmidt, ‘64

Robert F. Schmidt, ‘45

James Lee Schoen, ‘84

Kevin C. Schoolcraft, ‘83

John E. Schork, ‘47

Wade Hampton Schott, IV, ‘94

Karol K. Schrems, ‘84

James B. Schroer, ‘66

Lonnie Eugene Schubert, ‘91

Arthur A. Schweizer, ‘70

Lisa Marie Sciubba, ‘87

Daniel E. Scott, ‘70

Tejinder S. Sedeora, ‘64

Allan A. See, ‘85

Joseph G. Sevick, ‘49

Lonnie J. Shalton, ‘63

Melvin A. Sharp, Jr., ‘55

Nancy J. Shaw, ‘65

James L. Sherman, ‘68

Paul L. Silvers, Jr., ‘65

Buddie R. Smith, ‘60

John H. Smith, ‘59

Thomas E. Smith, ‘51

Warren A. Smith, III, ‘82

James L. Spehr, ‘64

Dr. Vijay Srinivasan, ‘87

Dennis E. Stanfield, ‘71

Gilbert Starkweather, ‘58

Gary L. Steckel, ‘71

Richard Edward Stehlin, ‘91

Adam J Steimel, ‘03

John F. Steimley, ‘65

Joseph Bradley Steinkamp, ‘90

Mark Alan Stennett, ‘86

Peter G. Stern, ‘61

Leslie D. Stewart, Jr., ‘66

Peter Scott Stewart, ‘94

Bart Stoessel, ‘00

Christopher Stone, ‘85

Dana Lynn Stroup, ‘91

Yu-Ming Su, ‘67

James D. Sullivan, ‘47

Steven M. Sullivan, ‘79

David Andrew Swartz, ‘03

Glenn I. Swartz, ‘60

Roger M. Swenson, Jr., ‘81

Nathan Todd Switzner, ‘04

Kearney Jane Szevery, ‘02

Richard Emil Szevery, ‘02

Edwin R. Szumachowski, ‘50

Dr. Xuewen Tang, ‘96

Clarence M. Tarr, Jr., ‘52

Gerald M. Tarr, ‘80

Andrew J. Tayon, Jr., ‘80

Thomas A. Theobald, ‘61

F Wayne Thielsen, ‘61

Carlos H. Tiernon, ‘54

Milton M. Tilman, ‘60

Bruce R. Tipton, ‘78

Mrs. David W. Tittman, ‘49

Lamar S. Todd, ‘60

Sarah Jane Todd, ‘83

Dr. Robert C. Tooke, ‘62

Regina Rose Topi, ‘88

Richard J. Toth, ‘78

Jeanne M. Treasurer, ‘01

Katherine Leigh Trout, ‘99

Adam Giles Truska, ‘05

Robert E. Turner, Sr., ‘67

Linda Marie Tutko, ‘87

Craig Curtis Tyhurst, ‘95

Lester A. Unnerstall, ‘58

James E. Urbon, ‘98

Michael R. Van Dorfy, Jr., ‘88

Steven Jeffrey Van Hoose, ‘02

Mark Daniel Varwig, ‘86

James L. Vasher, ‘88

Kerri A. Vencato, ‘00

Dr. Scott Lee Volner, ‘83

Neal T. Wagenheim, ‘60

Robert Scott Wagner, ‘84

Douglas J. Walker, ‘86

Dr. Chwan-Tsann Wang, ‘83

Joseph R. Ward, ‘72

Charles A. Washburn, ‘59

Stanley Waxman, ‘59

Douglas Trent Weaver, ‘97

Dr. Samuel C. Weaver, ‘64

Mrs. Robert B. Webb, ‘57

Wilbern L. Weddle, ‘48

Baltasar R. Weiss, ‘70

David Michael Welsh, ‘67

Dr. Thomas E. Weyand, ‘66

Gary Douglas White, ‘85

Larson E. Wile, ‘51

Kimberly Kay Williams, ‘91

Benjamin P. Winter, ‘81

William E. Wistehuff, ‘61

Douglas Dean Wood, ‘98

Frank D. Wood, ‘63

Shen K. Yeh, ‘71

Sunila Young, ‘91

William J. Zenik, ‘52

Dr. Sanhong Zhang, ‘00

Dr. Zeyang Zhou, ‘97

Dr. Alan Douglas Zunkel, ‘64

Metallurgical Corporate GiftsApplied Research and Dev INC

Diane Epstein

Haber Metals, LLC

JTF Enterprises

Metro Metals Services INC

Quality Testing Services, INC

Southern Cast Products, INC

Boeing/McDonnell Douglas Foundation

Caterpillar Foundation

Caterpillar INC

Chevron Corporation

FOSECO Metallurgical INC

General Motors Foundation

MagmaSoft

NEV 2/11 Foundation

Nucor Corp

Nucor Sheet Mill Group

Nucor-Yamato Steel Company

Olin Corporation Charitable Trust

Progress Energy INC

Phonathon 2006

October 19, 22-26 & 29

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Rolla, MO

University of Missouri-Rolla

Materials Science & Engineering

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