Vijay K. Vasudevan, Fasm

Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0012 Tel: (513) 556-3103; Fax: (513) 556-3773; E-Mail: vasudevk@email.uc.edu URL: http://www.eng.uc.edu/~vvasudev

Education

Ph. D.     Materials Science and Engineering  -  University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1986
M. S.       Materials Science and Engineering  -  University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1982
B. Tech.   Metallurgical Engineering  -  Indian Institute of Technology, India, 1979

Experience

Sept 2002–present Sp   Sept 2002- Present                 Special Term Faculty Appointee, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
June–Sept. 2000-2002            Faculty Research Participant, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
April 1999–Sept. 1999           Fulbright Senior Scholar, University of Antwerp (RUCA) EMAT, Antwerp, Belgium
Sep. 1998–Dec. 1998             JSPS Fellow, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Sep. 1998–present                 Professor, Dept. of Chemical & Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221
Sep. 1994–Aug. 1998            Associate Professor, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221
June-Sep. 1989, ‘93, ’98          Visiting Scientist, Air Force Research Lab, Materials Directorate, WPAFB, Dayton, OH.
Sep. 1988–Aug. 1994             Assistant Professor, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0012.
1987–88                               Visiting Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
                                            61801.
1986-87                                Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801.
1980-86                                Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
                                             RA ~4 years; TA 2 years.
1979-80                                Graduate Trainee, Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company, Jamshedpur, India.
Summers 1976-78                  Cooperative Trainee, in integrated steel plants, foundries producing heavy steels, alloy steels, and heat and corrosion
                                            resistant alloys.

Honors and Awards

·   Champion H. Mathewson Medal for Most Notable Contribution to Metallurgical/Materials Science, TMS, Warrendale, PA (2005).

·   Neil Wandmacher Outstanding Teaching Award , College of Engineering, University of Cincinnati (2000)

·   A. B. (Dolly) Cohen Award  for Excellence in Teaching, University of Cincinnati, Nominated (1997).

·   ASMI Bradley Stoughton Young Teachers Award , Nominated by the University of Cincinnati (1992).

·   Recognized for Outstanding Teaching, Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Engr., University of Illinois, Urbana, IL  (1988).

·   Outstanding Teaching Award, Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Engr., University of Tennessee-Knoxville (1985).

·   Award for Excellence in Mentoring of Doctoral Students, University of Cincinnati, Nominated (2001).

·   Fellow, American Society for Materials International (2000).

·   Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, University of Antwerp (RUCA), Antwerp, Belgium (1999).

·   Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (1998).

·   Sigma Xi Young Investigator Award for Scientific Research,  Univ. of Cincinnati (1997).

·   Elected to Board of Review, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, Jan (1996) - Dec. (1998).

·   Elected to Review Panel on Intermetallics for DoE, Fossil Energy Program, Feb. (1995).

·   Best Poster Paper Award, with M. Kumar, S. Sriram and A. J. Schwartz, Materials Research Society Symposium

    on High Temperature Ordered Intermetallic Alloys - VIII, Boston, MA, December (1998).

·   Best Poster Paper Award, with S. Sriram and D. M. Dimiduk, International Symposium on Gamma Titanium Aluminides, TMS-AIME,
LasVegas, NV, February (1995).

·   Best Poster Paper Award, with D. Veeraraghavan, Materials Research Society Symposium on High Temperature Ordered Intermetallic Alloys  VI, Boston, MA, December (1994).

·    Indian Institute of Metals Gold Medal, with M. Kumar, International Conference on Advances in Physical Metallurgy, Bhabha Atomic Energy Research Center, Bombay, India, March (1994).

·    Indian Institute of Metals Silver Medal, with S. Sriram and D. M. Dimiduk, Intern. Conf. on Advances in Physical Metallurgy, Bhabha Atomic Energy Research Center, Bombay, India, March (1994).

·    Best Poster Paper Award, with G. Ramanath, Materials Research Society Symposium on High Temperature Ordered  Intermetallic Alloys - V,Boston, MA, December (1992).

·     Honorable Mention, Optical Microscopy Class, International Metallographic Society Exhibition (1984).

·     Certificate of Recognition and Appreciation for Outstanding Service, TMS (2002), (1997) and (1992).

Fields of Special Interest: Physical metallurgy, phase transformations, mechanical behavior, structure-property relations and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy of nanoscale materials, advanced high temperature alloys, intermetallics, thin films, interconnect materials, metal-matrix and intermetallic-matrix composites.   

Presentations: Total 169:  54 invited, 115 contributed     

Relevant Recent Publications (out of 116)

1.   M. Ranjan, R. Tewari, W. Van Ooij and V. K. Vasudevan, “Effect of Ternary Additions on the Structure and Properties of Coatings
      Produced by a High Aluminum Galvanizing Bath,” Metall. Mater. Trans., in print (2004).

2.    V. V. Guliants, R. Bhandari, J. N. Al-Saeedi, R. Soman, O. Guerrero-Pérez, M. A. Bañares and V. K. Vasudevan, “Bulk Mixed Mo-V-Te-O
       Catalysts for Propane Oxidation to Acrylic Acid,” Appl. Catalysis. A: General, 274 (1-2), pp. 123-132 (2004).

3.     J. M. Howe, W. T. Reynolds and V. K. Vasudevan, “Atomic Structure and Dynamics of Massive Transformation Interfaces in TiAl Alloy,”
       Z. Metallk., 4, pp. 275-278 (2004).

4.     D. Veeraraghavan, P. Wang and V. K. Vasudevan, “Nucleation Kinetics of the a®g_m Massive Transformation in a Ti-47.5 At.% Al Alloy,
        Acta Mater., 51(6), pp. 1721-1740 (2003).

 5.     L. T. Zhang, K. Ito, H. Inui, V. K. Vasudevan and M. Yamaguchi, “Microstructures with Martensitic Features Induced by Absorption of a
        Large Amount of Hydrogen in a B2 Single-Phase Ti-22Al-27Nb Alloy,” Acta Mater., 51, pp. 781-788 (2003).

 6.     P. Wang, D. Veeraraghavan, M. Kumar and V. K. Vasudevan, “Massive-Parent Interphase Interfaces and Their Implications on
        Mechanisms of the a®g_m Massive Transformation in Binary Ti-Al Alloys,” Metall. Mater. Trans., 33A, pp. 2353-2371 (2002).       
7.     J. M. Howe, W. T. Reynolds and V. K. Vasudevan, “Static and In situ HRTEM Studies of Massive Transformation Interfaces in a Ti-Al
        Alloy,” Metall. Mater. Trans., 33A, pp. 2391-2411 (2002).

8.    A. Arya, G. K. Dey, V. K. Vasudevan and S. Banerjee, “Effect of Cr Addition on the Ordering Behavior of a Ni-Mo Alloy,” Acta Mater.,
       50, pp. 3301-3315 (2002).

9.    V. K. Vasudevan and J. A. Sekhar, "Transformation Behavior in Nanoscale Binary Aluminum Alloys," in: Advances in the Metallurgy of
       Aluminum Alloys, TMS, Warrendale, PA, pp. 398-405 (2001).

10.   G. B. Viswanathan, S. Karthikeyan, M. J. Mills and V. K. Vasudevan, “Creep Properties of a Fully Lamellar Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb Alloy, Mater.
        Sci. Engrg., 319-321, pp. 833-837 (2001).

11.  K. Ito, L. T. Zhang, V. K. Vasudevan and M. Yamaguchi, “Multiphase Effects on Hydrogen Absorption/Desorption Behavior of a Ti- 
      22Al-26Nb Alloy,” Acta Mater., 49(6), pp. 963-972 (2001).

12.   K. J. Leonard, J. C. Mishurda and V. K. Vasudevan, “Examination of Solidification Pathways and the Liquidus Surface in the Nb-Ti-Al
       System,” Metall. Mater. Trans., 31B, pp. 1305-1321 (2000).

13.   P. Wang, M. Kumar and V.K. Vasudevan, “Geometrical and Structural Characteristics of Stacking Fault-Antiphase Boundary Interactions in
       the Massive g_m Phase in a Quenched Ti-46.5Al Alloy," Philos. Mag. A, 80, 185-199 (2000).

14.   D. Veeraraghavan, P. Wang and V. K. Vasudevan, “Kinetics and Thermodynamics of the a®g_m Massive Transformation in a Binary Ti-47.5
       At.% Al Alloy,” Acta Mater., 47(11), 3313-3330 (1999).

Current Funding:

AFRL/Rolls-Royce, $205K, (02-05), “Complex Niobium Intermetallic Alloys for Aeroengine Applications”

DoE/ORNL, $225K, (02-05), “Characterization of Boiler Materials for Ultra Supercritical Coal Powerplants”

Cummins Inc., $64K, (02-04), “High-Temperature Cast Aluminum Alloys for Diesel Engine Applications”

DoE/NETL, $200K, (03-06), “Creep Behavior of Mo-Si-B Intermetallic Alloys”

Ohio Board of Regents, $250K, (03-05), “Center for the Accelerated Maturation of Materials

UES/sub-AFRL, $90K, (04-05), “A Study of the delamination and Fracture Behavior of Al-Li Alloys

DoE, $375K, (04-07), co-PI with V. Guliants, V-Mo-Te-O Mixed Metal Oxide Catalysts of Propane Oxidation

GE Aircraft Engines, $300K, (05-07), Effects of Laser Shock Peening on Microstructure of Ti and Ni-Base Alloys

Advisors: Ph.D.: Prof. E. E. Stansbury; Postdoctoral: Profs. Hamish L. Fraser and C. Marvin Wayman

Collaborators in the Last Four Years: H. I. Aaronson, J. M. Howe, W. T. Reynolds, M. Yamaguchi, K. Ito, H. Inui, D. Schryvers, Y. A. Chang, D. M. Dimiduk, M. J. Mills, K. J. Hemker, S. Banerjee, G. K. Dey, A. Arya, M. Kumar, D. Veeraraghavan, P. Wang, G. B. Viswanathan, K. J. Leonard, J. C. Mishurda, Y-Q. Sun, L. Kaufman, V. Guliants
 

Advising:

Past: 2 Postdocs, 8, Ph.D., 13 M.S., 25 B.S.;
Postdoc: K. Madangopal, K. J. Leonard;
Ph.d. students: M. Kumar, S. Sriram, P. Wang, S. Christy, D. Veeraraghavan, G. B. Viswanathan, J. Mishurda, K. J. Leonard;
M.S. students: M. Kumar, S. Yang, P. Wang, G. Ramanath, A. Yu, C. English, J. Yang, N. Giridhar, B. Natarajan, U. Pilchowski. S. Jagga, M. Jain, R. Schneider, R. Vanover, J. Hahn, D. Schorr Current: Postdoc: R. Tewari; Ph.D. F. Ritzert, J. Han, Q. Wu, B. Riestenberg; M.S.  K. Cherukuri, P. Prasad, H. Song, M. Xu, A. Gill;
B.S. S. McDougal, R. Mullen
 

Teaching Experience: Phase Transformations, Electron Microscopy, Advanced Thermodynamics, X-Ray Diffraction, Advanced Physical Metallurgy, Dislocations and Mechanical Properties of Metals, Intro to Metallurgy, Nature and Properties of Materials, Science of Materials, Advanced Materials Techniques, Phase Analysis in Materials Engineering
 

Professional Activities: Member ASMI, TMS; Chairman, ASMI Structures Comm. (1999-2001); Chairman, ASMI Phase Transformation Comm. (1997-99); Key Reader Metall. Mater. Trans.; Reviewer for many agencies and journals