DAVID C. VAN AKEN, P.E.Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor

Department of Materials Science and EngineeringMissouri University of Science and Technology

Rolla, MO 65409-0340Phone: (573) 341- 4717

FAX: (573) 341- 6934e-mail: dcva@mst.edu

Scholarly Activity

TEXTBOOKS

1. David C. Van Aken and William F. Hosford, Reporting Results; a practical guide for engineers and scientists, Cambridge University Press 2008

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (Edited)

1. Microcomposites and Nanophase Materials, Proceedings of a Symposium sponsored by the Physical Metallurgy Committee, held at the Annual Meeting of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society in New Orleans, Louisiana, February 17-21, 1991. co-edited with G.S. Was and A. K. Ghosh.

PATENTS

1. “GLAZE FOR CERAMIC SUPERPLASTIC FORMING (SPF) DIES,” U.S. Patent #6692844 issued 2/17/2004.

2. “METHOD AND SEALANT FOR WELD JOINTS,” U.S. Patent #6,905,060 issued 6/14/05.

3. “SEALANTS FOR STRUCTURAL MEMBER JOINTS AND METHODS OF USING SAME,” U.S. Patent #7,732,033 issued 6/08/10.

JOURNAL or REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:

1. D.C. Van Aken and H.L. Fraser, “The Microstructure of Rapidly Solidified Hyper-eutectic Al-Be Alloys,” Acta Metallurgica 33, 963-974 (1985).

2. D.C. Van Aken and H.L. Fraser,”Monotectic Solidification in Rapidly Solidified Al-In Alloys,” International Journal of Rapid Solidification 3, 199-222 (1988).

3. J.G. Webber and D.C. Van Aken, “Studies of a Quasi-binary -NiAl and -Re Eutectic,” Scripta Metallurgica 23, 193-196 (1989).

4. B.A. Ross and D.C. Van Aken, “Damping Behavior of Incramute Modified by the Addition of Erbium to Eliminate Room Temperature Aging,” Scripta Metallurgica 23, 2085-2090 (1989).

5. G.M. Vyletel, D.C. Van Aken and J.E. Allison, “Effect of Microstructure on the Cyclic Response and Fatigue Behavior of an XD Aluminum Metal Matrix Composite,” Scripta Metallurgica 25, 2405-2410 (1991).

6. R. Gibala, A. K. Ghosh, D.C. Van Aken, D.J. Srolovitz, A. Basu, H. Chang, D.P. Mason and W. Yang, “Mechanical Behavior and Interface Design of MoSi2-based Alloys and Composites,” Materials Science and Engineering A155, 147-158 (1992).

7. A.K. Malhotra and D.C. Van Aken, “An Internal friction Study of Melting in Aluminum-Indium and Aluminum-lead Alloys,” M3D: Mechanics and Mechanisms of Materials Damping (M3D), ASTM STP 1169, V. K. Kinra and A. Wolfenden, EDS., American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, 1992, pp. 262-281.

8. G.M. Vyletel, P.E. Krajewski, D.C. Van Aken, J.W. Jones, and J.E. Allison, “Effect of Cold Work on the Recrystallized Grain Size in a Particle Reinforced Aluminum Alloy,” Scripta Metallurgica 27, 549-554 (1992).

9. D.P. Mason and D.C. Van Aken, “The Effect of Microstructural Scale on Hardness of MoSi2-Mo5Si3 Eutectics,” Scripta Metallurgica 28, 185-189 (1993).

10. A.K. Malhotra and D.C. Van Aken, “Experimental and Theoretical Aspects of Internal Friction Associated with the Melting of Embedded Particles,” Acta Metall. Mater. 41, 1337-1346 (1993).

11. A.K. Malhotra and D.C. Van Aken, “Composite Damping of Aluminum -Indium Alloys at Room Temperature,” Metallurgical Transactions 24A, 1611-1619 (1993).

12. D.C. Van Aken, D.P. Mason, S.G. Malhotra and J.G. Webber, “An Electron Microscopy Study of the Precipitation of Rhenium in the B2 Nickel Aluminide,” Journal of Materials Research 8, 2524-2533 (1993).

13. G.M. Vyletel, J.E. Allison and D.C. Van Aken, “The Influence of Matrix Microstructure and TiC Reinforcement on the Cyclic Response and Fatigue Behavior of 2219 Aluminum,” Metallurgical Transactions 24A, 2545-2557 (1993).

14. D.P. Patrick and D.C. Van Aken, “Microstructural Analysis and High Temperature Mechanical Behavior of a Directionally Solidified Er2Mo3Si4/MoSi2 Eutectic,” Scripta Metallurgica 30, 981-985 (1994).

15. D.P. Patrick and D.C. Van Aken, “Processing, Microstructure, and Elevated Temperature Mechanical Properties of MoSi2 Containing Er2Mo3Si4 and Er2O3 Particles,” Materials Science and Engineering A189, 15-27 (1994).

16. D. P. Mason, D. C. Van Aken and J.F. Mansfield, “On the Microstructure and Crystallography of Directionally Solidified MoSi2-Mo5Si3 Eutectics,” Acta Metall. Mater. 43, 1189-1199 (1995).

17. D.P. Mason and D.C. Van Aken, “On the Creep of Directionally Solidified MoSi2-Mo5Si3 Eutectics,” Acta Metall. Mater. 43, 1201-1210 (1995).

18. S. Laddha and D.C. Van Aken, “On the Application of Magnetomechanical Models to Explain Damping in an Antiferromagnetic Copper-Manganese Alloy,” Metall. Mater. Trans. 26A, 957-964 (1995).

19. A.K. Malhotra and D.C. Van Aken, “On the Effect of Matrix Relaxation During Melting of Embedded Indium Particles,” Philosophical Magazine A 71, 949-964 (1995).

20. D.C. Van Aken, G.M. Vyletel, P.E. Krajewski, J.W. Jones, and J.E. Allison, “Recrystallization and Grain Growth Phenomena in a Particle Reinforced Aluminum Composite,” Metall. Mater. Trans. 26A , 1395-1405 (1995).

21. G.M. Vyletel, J.E. Allison and D.C. Van Aken, “The Effect of Matrix Microstructure on Cyclic Response and Fatigue Behavior of Particle-Reinforced 2219 Aluminum: Part I. Room Temperature Behavior,” Metall. Mater. Trans. 26A, 3143-3154 (1995).

22. G.M. Vyletel D.C. Van Aken, and J.E. Allison, “The Effect of Matrix Microstructure on Cyclic Response and Fatigue Behavior of Particle Reinforced 2219 Aluminum: Part II. 150°C Behavior,” Metall. Mater. Trans. 26A, 3155-3162 (1995).

23. Junsheng Lu and D. C. Van Aken, “Analysis of Damping in Particle Reinforced Superplastic Zinc Composites,” Metall. Mater. Trans. 27A, 2565-2573 (1996).

24. S. Laddha, D.C. Van Aken, and H-T. Lin, “The Effect of Carbon on the Loss of Room Temperature Damping Capacity in Copper-Manganese Alloys,” Metall. Mater. Trans. 28A, 105-112 (1997).

25. J.A. Switzer, C.J. Hung, E.W. Bohannan, M.G. Shumsky, T.D. Golden and D.C. Van Aken, “Electrodeposition of Quantum-Confined Metal/Semiconductor Nanocomposites,” Advanced Materials 9, 335-338 (1997).

26. Junsheng Lu, and David C. Van Aken, “Factors Affecting the Damping Capacity of TiC Particle Reinforced Zinc- 22 wt.% Aluminum Composites,” M3D: Mechanics and Mechanisms of Materials Damping III (M3D), ASTM STP 1304, V. K. Kinra and A. Wolfenden, EDS., American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, 1997, pp. 288-301.

27. Junsheng Lu, David C. Van Aken, and H.P. Leighly, “A Study of the Internal Friction Associated with Discontinuous Precipitation in Lead-Tin Alloys,” M3D: Mechanics and Mechanisms of Materials Damping III (M3D), ASTM STP 1304, V. K. Kinra and A. Wolfenden, EDS., American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, 1997, pp. 46-61.

28. S. Laddha and D.C. Van Aken, “A Review of the Physical Metallurgy and Damping Characteristics of High Damping Cu-Mn Alloys,” M3D: Mechanics and Mechanisms of Materials Damping III (M3D), ASTM STP 1304, V. K. Kinra and A. Wolfenden, EDS., American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, 1997, pp. 365-382.

29. Huh-Tswen Lin, David C. Van Aken and Wayne Huebner, “Modeling the Dielectric Response and Relaxation Spectra of Relaxor Ferroelectrics,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 82, 2698-2704 (1999).

30. D.T. Weaver, D.C. Van Aken and J.D. Smith, “The Role of Bulk Nucleation in the Formation of Crystalline Cordierite Coatings Produced by Air Plasma Spraying,” Materials Science and Engineering A339, 96-102 (2003).

31. F.G. Razavy, D.C. Van Aken and J.D. Smith, “Effect of Laser Surface Melting Upon the Devitrification of Plasma Sprayed Cordierite,” Materials Science and Engineering A362, 213-222 (2003).

32. Von L. Richards, David C. Van Aken, and Wayne Nicola, “Age Strengthening of Gray Cast Iron: Kinetics, Mechanical Property Effects,” AFS Trans. 111, paper 03-037 (2003).

33. V. L. Richards, D.C. Van Aken and W. Nicola, Age strengthening of Gray Cast Iron, Int. J. Cast Metals Research 16, 275-280 (2003).

34. D.T. Weaver, D.C. Van Aken and J.D. Smith, “The Role of TiO2 and Composition in the Devitrification of Near-Stoichiometric Cordierite,” J. Mater. Sci. 39, 51-59 (2003).

35. Y. Kato and D.C. Van Aken, “Undercooling and Microstructure of Plasma Sprayed Aluminum-Germanium Eutectic,” Scripta Mater. 50, 445-448 (2004).

36. V. Richards, D. Van Aken, O Mereau, and W. Nicola, “Age Strengthening of Ductile Iron : Initial Indications,” American Foundry Society Cast Iron Division Best Paper Award for 2004 AFS Transactions, paper 04-038.

37. V. Richards, V.A. Thottathill, S. Lekakh and D. Van Aken, “Composition effects on Age Strengthening of Gray Iron,” AFS Trans 114,” paper 06-047 (2006).

38. V. Richards, T. Anish, S. Lekakh and D. Van Aken, “Age Strengthening of Gray Iron-Kinetics Study, AFS Trans. 115, paper 07-060 (2007).

39. V. Richards, T. Anish, S. Lekakh and D. Van Aken, “Age Strengthening of Gray Iron-Kinetics Study, Int. J. Metalcasting, 2, 7-17 (2007).

40. R. Howell, S. Lekakh, D. Van Aken and V. Richards, “The Effect of Silicon Content on the Fluidity and Microstructure of Fe-Mn-Al-C Alloys,” AFS Trans. 116, pp. 867-878 (2008).

41. R.A. Howell and D.C. Van Aken, “A Literature Review of Age Hardening Fe-Mn-Al-C Alloys,” AIST Trans. 6 (3), pp. 193-212 (2009).

42. R.A. Howell, T. Weerasooriya, and D.C. Van Aken, “Tensile, High Strain Rate Compression and Microstructural Evaluation of Lightweight Age Hardenable Cast Fe-30Mn-9Al-XSi-0.9C-0.5Mo Steel,” AFS Trans. 117, pp. 751-763 (2009).

43. A.S. Murthy, S. Lekakh, V.L. Richards, and D.C. Van Aken, “Microstructure and Properties of Nb, V, and N Modified 17-4 PH Steel,” AFS Trans. 117, pp. 777-787 (2009).

44. R.A. Howell, J. S. Montgomery, and D.C. Van Aken, “Advancements in Steel for Weight Reduction of P900 Armor Plate,” AIST Trans. 6 (5), pp. 168-176 (2009).

45. N.I. Medvedeva, D. Van Aken, and J.E. Medvedeva “Magnetism in bcc and fcc Fe with carbon and manganese,” J. Phys. Cond. Matter 22, 316002 (2010).

46. N.I. Medvedeva, R. A. Howell , D. C. Van Aken, and J.E. Medvedeva, “Effect of phosphorus on brittle fracture in –carbide,” Phys. Review B 81, 012105 (2010).

47. R.A. Howell, T. Weerasooriya, and D.C. Van Aken, “Tensile, High Strain Rate Compression and Microstructural Evaluation of Lightweight Age Hardenable Cast Fe-3Mn-9Al-XSi-0.9C-0.5Mo Steel” Int. J. Metalcasting, Volume 4, Issue 1, pp. 7-18, (2010).

48. A.S. Murthy, S. Lekakh, V.L. Richards, and D.C. Van Aken, “Microstructure and Properties of Nb, V, and N Modified 17-4 PH Steel,” Int. J. Metalcasting, Volume 4, Issue 2, pp. 59-69 (August 2010).

49. A.M. Schulte, S.N. Lekakh, D.C. Van Aken and V.L. Richards, “Phosphorus Mitigation in Cast Lightweight Fe-Mn-Al-C Steel,” AFS Trans. 118, pp. 451- 463 (2010)

50. A.M. Schulte, S.N. Lekakh, V.L. Richards, and D.C. Van Aken, “Modeling for Improved Casting Quality of High Aluminum Steels,” AFS Trans. 118, pp. 437-449 (2010).

51. L. N. Bartlett, D. C. Van Aken, K. D. Peaslee, and R.A. Howell, “Effect of Phosphorus and Silicon on the Precipitation of -carbides in the Fe-30%Mn-9%Al-X%Si-0.9%C-0.5%Mo Alloy System,” AFS Trans. 118, pp. 413- 423 (2010).

52. N. I. Medvedeva, D.C. Van Aken, and J.E. Medvedeva, “The effect of carbon distribution on the manganese magnetic moment in bcc Fe-Mn alloy,” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 23, 326003 (2011).

53. L.N. Bartlett, D.C. Van Aken, S. Lekakh, and K.D. Peaslee, “Mechanical Properties of Cerium-Treated Fe-Mn-Al-C Steel Castings” AFS Trans vol.119 p. 545-560 (2011).

54. M. Kuba and D.C. Van Aken, “Plastic strain accommodation and acoustic emission during melting of embedded particles,” Materials Letters vol. 77, 89-92 (2012).

55. M.C. McGrath and D.C. Van Aken, “On the Crystallography of Peritectic Austenite and the Role of Primary Ferrite in High Manganese and Aluminum Steels,” Int. J. Metalcasting Vol. 6 , Issue 3, pp. 35-50 (August 2012).

56. Soumya De, Kapil Gupta, R. Joe Stanley, Reza Zoughi, Kenneth Doering, David Van Aken, Gary Steffes, Matt O'Keefe & Donald Palmer, “A Comprehensive Structural Analysis Process for Failure Assessment in Aircraft Lap-Joint Mimics Using Intramodal Fusion of Eddy Current Data,” Research in Nondestructive Evaluation, 23:3, pp. 146-170 (2012).

57. M.C. McGrath and D.C. Van Aken, “On the Crystallography of Peritectic Austenite and the Role of Primary Ferrite in High Manganese and Aluminum Steels,” AFS Trans. vol.120, pp. 457-468 (2012).

58. L.N. Bartlett, A. Dash, D.C. Van Aken, V.L. Richards, and K.D. Peaslee, Dynamic Fracture Toughness of High Strength Cast Steels,” AFS Trans vol.120, pp. 469-486 (2012).

59. A. Dash, S. N. Lekakh, V.L. Richards, and D.C. Van Aken, Effect of Ni on Fluidity of Cr-Mo Steels,” AFS Trans vol.120, pp. 441-448 (2012).

60. N. I. Medvedeva, M. S. Park, D. C. Van Aken, and J. E. Medvedeva, “First-principles study of the Mn, Al and C distribution and their effect on the stacking fault energies in austenite,” J. Alloys and Compounds, vol. 582, 475-482 (2013).

61. A.S. Murthy, J.E. Medvedeva, D. Isheim, S.L. Lekakh, V.L. Richards, and D.C. Van Aken, “Copper precipitation in cobalt alloyed precipitation hardened stainless steel,” Scripta Mater. vol. 66, 943-946 (2012).

62. M. M. Kuba and D.C. Van Aken, “Analysis of acoustic emission during the melting of embedded indium and aluminum: a study of plastic strain accommodation during phase transformation,” Met. Mater. Trans. A vol. 44A, pp.3444-3455 (2013).

63. M.C. McGrath, D.C. Van Aken, N.I. Medvedeva, J. E. Medvedeva, Work hardening behavior in a steel with multiple TRIP mechanisms, Met. Mater. Trans. A vol. 44A, pp. 4634- 4643 (2013).

64. M. C. McGrath, D. C. Van Aken, K. Song, “Nucleating Acicular Ferrite with Galaxite (Al2O3MnO) and Manganese Oxide (MnO2) in FeMnAlC steels,” submitted to Met. Mater.

Trans. A. manuscript under revision; arXiv: 1209.4546v1 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci], 2012.

65. N. I. Medvedeva, A. S. Murthy, V. L. Richards, D. C. Van Aken and J. E. Medvedeva, “First principle study of cobalt impurity in bcc Fe with Cu precipitates,” J. Mater Sci. vol. 48, 1377-1386 (2013). DOI 10.1007/s10853-012-6884-2

66. S. De, K. Gupta, R.J. Stanley, R. Zoughi, K. Doering, D. Van Aken, G. Steffes, M. O’Keefe, D. Palmer, “A comprehensive multi-modal NDE data fusion approach for failure assessment in aircraft lap-joint mimics,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 814-827, 2013. 

67. S.A. Buckholz, D.C. Van Aken and L.N. Bartlett On the Influence of Aluminum and Carbon on Abrasion Resistance of High Manganese Steels,” AFS Trans vol.121, pp. 495-510 (2013).

68. L.N. Bartlett and D.C. Van Aken, “Effect of Aluminum and Carbon on the Dynamic Fracture Toughness of Fe-Mn-Al-C Steels” AFS Trans vol.121, pp. 511-534 (2013).

69. L.N. Bartlett, D.C. Van Aken, J. Medvedeva, D. Isheim, N. Medvedeva, and K. Song, “An Atom Probe Study of κ-carbide Precipitation and the Effect of Silicon Addition,” Met. Mater. Trans. 45A, pp. 2421-2435 (2014).

70. L.N. Bartlett, D.C. Van Aken, J. Medvedeva, D. Isheim, N. Medvedeva, and K. Song, “Atom Probe Tomographic Study of κ-carbide Precipitation in Lightweight Steel: Part II. Effect of phosphorus,” submitted to Met. Mater. Trans. A. manuscript under revision.

71. L.N. Bartlett, A. Dash, D.C. Van Aken, V.L. Richards, and K.D. Peaslee, Dynamic Fracture Toughness of High Strength Cast Steels,” Int. J. Metalcasting Vol. 7, Issue 4, pp. 17-33 (2013).

72. S.T. Pisarik and D.C. Van Aken, “Crystallographic Orientation of the ε→α’ Martensitic (Athermal) Transformation in a FeMnAlSi Steel,” Met. Mater. Trans. 45A, Issue 8, pp. 3173-3178 (2014) DOI 10.1007/s11661-014-2303-4.

73. Terrell Webb, David Van Aken, and Simon Lekakh, “Evaluating Chemical Homogeneity in the Performance of Eglin Steel,” AFS Trans vol.122, pp. 317- (2014)

74. Nadezhda. Medvedeva, D. C  Van Aken, Prof.;  J. E.  Medvedeva , Prof., “Stability of binary and ternary M23C6 carbides from first principles,” Computational Materials Science vol. 96(2015) pp.159-164. DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2014.09.016

75. L.N. Bartlett and D.C. Van Aken, High Manganese and Aluminum Steels for the Military and Transportation Industry,” JOM Vol. 66 (9) (2014) pp 1770-1784. DOI: 10.1007/s11837-014-1068-y

76. Krista R Limmer, Julia E Medvedeva, David C Van Aken, and Nadezhda I Medvedeva, “Ab-initio simulation of alloying effect on stacking fault energy in fcc Fe,” Computational Materials Science, vol. 99 (2015) pp.253-255.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2014.12.015

77. R.A. Howell and D. C. Van Aken, Microstructural and Fracture Behavior of Phosphorus Containing Fe-30Mn-9Al-1Si-0.9C-0.5Mo Alloy Steel, Met. Mater. Trans. 46A (2015) pp3309-3316 , DOI 10.1007/s11661-015-2971-8.

78. S.T. Pisarik and D.C. Van Aken, "Thermodynamic Driving Force of the γ→ε Transformation and Resulting Ms Temperature in High Mn Steels,” submitted to Met. Mater. Trans. 47A (2016) pp.1009-1018, DOI: 10.1007/s11661-015-3265-x

79. D. Field and D. Van Aken, “Nanocrystalline Advanced High Strength Steel Produced by Cold Rolling and Annealing,” Met. Mater. Trans. 47A (2016) pp. 1912-1917. DOI: 10.1007/s11661-016-3374-1

80. Jingjing Qing, Von Richards, and David Van Aken, "Examination of Spheroidal Graphite Growth and Austenite Solidification in Ductile Iron" Met. Mater. Trans.E-TP-16-430-A

81. D. M. Field, Dan Baker, Todd Link and David C. Van Aken, “On the prediction of -martensitic transformation in medium manganese steels,” submitted to Met. Mater. Trans. A.

PUBLICATIONS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

1. “Microstructure of Some Rapidly Solidified Al-Base Alloys,” Proceedings: Fifth International Conference on Rapidly Quenched Metals, p. 941 (edited by S. Steeb and H. Warlimont), Elsevier Science Publishers (1985), with M. J. Kaufman, J.T. Stanely, R.D. Field and H.L. Fraser.

2. “Mechanical Properties of Rapidly Solidified Al-Fe-X and Al-Be Alloys,” Mechanical Behavior of Rapidly Solidified Materials, p.189 (edited by S. M. L. Sastry and B. A. MacDonald), Metallurgical Society, Inc. (1986), with J. W. Zindel, R. D. Field, P. Kurath and H. L. Fraser.

3. “The Elastic Modulus of Rapidly Solidified Al-Mn and Al-Be Alloys,” High Strength Powder Metallurgy Aluminum Alloys II, p. 387 ( edited by G. J. Hildeman and M. J. Koczak), Metallurgical Society, Inc. (1986), with D. Miller, P. Kurath and H. L. Fraser.

4. “Mechanical Properties of Rapidly Solidified Al-4Be,” International Conference on Aluminum Alloys; Their Physical and Mechanical Properties, p. 295 ( edited by T.H. Sanders and E. A. Starke), Metallurgical Society, Inc. (1986), with P. Kurath and H. L. Fraser.

5. “Nucleation in the Presence of a Metastable Liquid Miscibility Gap in the Al-Be System,” Undercooled Alloy Phases, p. 413 (edited by E.W. Collings and C.C. Koch) Metallurgical Society, Inc. (1987), with H.L. Fraser.

6. “Crystallographic Orientation Relationships Observed in rapidly Solidified Al-Be Alloys,” Dispersion Strengthened Aluminum Alloys, p.143 (eds. Y.W. Kim and W.M. Griffith), Metallurgical Society, Inc. (1988).

7. “Damping Associated with Incipient melting in Aluminum-Indium Alloys,” proceedings to the Damping ‘89 conference, with O. Diehm and C.R. Wong. Also Gov. report DTRC-SME-89/95.

8. “Damping Capacity of Aluminum 6061-Indium Alloys,” proceedings to the Damping ‘89 conference, with O. Diehm and C.R. Wong. Also Gov. report DTRC-SME-89/111.

9. “Peritectic Solidification and Precipitation of -Re in -NiAl Alloys Containing Re Additions,” p. 310, Proceedings 47th Annual Meeting Electron Microscopy Society of America, with J.G. Webber.

10. “Microstructural Studies of -NiAl and -Re Composites Produced by Eutectic Solidification,” Intermetallic Matrix Composites, p.341(eds. D.L. Anton, P.L. Martin, D.B. Miracle and R. McMeeking) Mater. Res. Soc. vol. 194 (1990), with D.P. Mason, and J.G. Webber.

11. “Damping Characteristics of Aluminum with Viscoelastic Inclusions,” Structural Composites: Design and Processing Technologies, p. 451, with P.J. Mathias, A.K. Malhotra, and O. Diehm.

12. “Damping in Incramute Materials,” Composite Material Technology-1991, p.7, Eds. D. Hui and T.J. Kozik, PD-Vol. 37, ASME, New York, NY (1991), with S. Laddha, and B.A. Ross.

13. “Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Near Eutectic -NiAl Plus -Re Alloys Produced by Rapid Solidification and Extrusion,” High Temperature Ordered Intermetallic Alloys Intermetallics IV, p. 1033, (eds. L.A. Johnson, D.P. Pope, and J.O. Stiegler) Mater. Res. Soc. vol. 213 (1991),with D.P. Mason, R.D. Noebe, I.E. Locci, and K.L. King.

14. “Microlaminates from the Mo-Si System Developed by Vapor Phase Synthesis,” Microcomposites and Nanophase Materials, p.137, (eds. D.C. Van Aken, G. S. Was and A.K. Ghosh) The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, Warrendale, PA, with B. Vyletel and A.K. Ghosh.

15. “Electron Microscopy Studies of Mo5Si3-MoSi2 Eutectic Composites Modified by Erbium Additions,” Intermetallic Matrix Composites II, p. 289 (eds. D.B. Miracle, D.L. Anton, and J.A. Graves) Mater. Res. Soc. vol. 273 (1992),with D.P. Mason and J.F. Mansfield.

16. “The Structure and Properties of Mo5Si3-MoSi2 Composites,” Intermetallic Matrix Composites II, p. 241 (eds. D.B. Miracle, D.L. Anton, and J.A. Graves) Mater. Res. Soc. vol. 273 (1992), with H. Kung, D.P. Mason, A. Basu, H. Chang, A.K. Ghosh and R. Gibala.

17. “Effect of TiC Reinforcement on the Internal Friction and Mechanical Properties of Superplastic Zinc,” Damping of Multiphase Inorganic Materials, p. 29 (ed. R.B. Bhagat) ASM Int., Materials Park, OH (1993) with C.M. Christenson.

18. “A Study of Carbon and Sulfur Solute on Room Temperature Strain Aging in Incramute Alloys,” Damping of Multiphase Inorganic Materials, p. 17 (ed. R.B. Bhagat) ASM Int., Materials Park, OH (1993) with S. Laddha.

19. “Effect of Matrix Microstructure and Particle Reinforcement on the Fatigue Behavior of 2219 Al,” Fatigue 93 Vol.II, p.1161 (eds. J.-P. Bailon and J.I. Dickson) Engineering Materials Advisory Services LTD. U.K. with G.M. Vyletel and J.E. Allison.

20. “Creep Deformation Studies in Directionally Solidified MoSi2-Mo5Si3 Eutectics,” High Temperature Ordered Intermetallic Alloys Intermetallics V, p. 1129, (eds. I. Baker, R. Darolia, J.D. Wittenberger, and M.H. Yoo) Mater. Res. Soc. vol. 288 (1993),with D.P. Mason.

21. “Physical and Mechanical Properties of a MoSi2-Er2Mo3Si4 Composite,” High Temperature Ordered Intermetallic Alloys Intermetallics V, p. 1135, (eds. I. Baker, R. Darolia, J.D. Wittenberger, and M.H. Yoo) Mater. Res. Soc. vol. 288 (1993),with D.K. Patrick.

22. “Phase Identification in Rapidly Solidified Al-In Alloys Using High Resolution Synchrotron Radiation Diffraction and Transmission Electron Microscopy,” Applications of Synchrotron Radiation Techniques to Materials Science, p. 299 Mater. Res. Soc. vol. 307 (1993), with J. Tao and J.C. Bilello.

23. “Development of Cordierite Coatings for Low Thermal Expansion Refractory Concretes,” Thermal Spray: surface engineering via applied research, p. 829, ASM International Inc, Materials Park, OH (2000), with D.T. Weaver, F.S. Miller and J. D. Smith.

24. “Age Strengthening of Gray Cast Iron,” Seventh International Symposium on the Science and Processing of Cast Iron, September 2002, paper 76, with V.L. Richards and Wayne Nicola

25. “Prevention of Nozzle Clogging by the Reduction of Refractory Permeability,” Advances in Refractoriesfor the Metallurgical Industries IV, eds. M.Rguad and C. Allaire, 855-864 (2004), with O.J. Rajtora and J.D. Smith.

26. “Development of Ni-Si-Nb APS Coatings for Sulfuric Acid Resistance,” Proceedings of the 3 rd International Surface Engineering Congress , p.18 ASM International Inc, Materials Park, OH (2005) with K. McNelis and J. Newkirk.

27. “Salt Fog Corrosion Testing of Al-Y-Co based Nanocrystalline and Amorphous Coatings

Produced by Atmospheric Plasma Spray” Proceedings of the 3 rd International Surface Engineering Congress, p.28 ASM International Inc, Materials Park, OH (2005) with Y. Kato

28. Distributed cable sensors for structural damage detection: Implementation issues, Proceedings of the Structures Congress and Exposition 2006 , pp. 88, American Society of Civil Engineers (2006) with M. Brower, Z. Royer, G. Chen, and D. Pommerenke.

29. “Lime-based Plasma Spray Coatings on Steelmaking Nozzles,” Proceedings of the 4 th International Surface Engineering Congress p. 306, ASM International Inc, Materials Park, OH (2006) with J.D. Smith and K. Peaslee.

30. “Microstructural Analysis of Plasma Sprayed Al-based Amorphous Alloys: a comparison with melt-spinning technique,” Proceedings of the 4 th International Surface Engineering Congress p. 312, ASM International Inc, Materials Park, OH (2006) with Y. Kato and F.S. Miller.

31. “Corrosion-fatigue studies of friction stir welded lap joints,” Fatigue 2006: 9th International Fatigue Congress, Atlanta, GA, paper FT 118, with R.J. Lederich and D.L. Ballard.

32. “Quench Sensitivity of Cast Fe-30Mn-9Al-1Si-0.9C-0.50Mo Lightweight Steel,” AISTech 2009 Proceedings Vol. II, pp. 681-698 (2009). May 4-7, 2009 with R.A. Howell and S. Lekakh

33. “Developing Lightweight Steels for the Transportation Industry,” NSF CMMI Research and Innovations Conference 2009, June 22-25, 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii, with Julia E. Medvedeva, Meghan C. McGrath, Nadezda I. Medvedeva, Von L. Richards.

34. “Casting P900 Armor with Lightweight Steel,” 63rd Technical & Operating Conference of the Steel Founders’ Society of America, paper 3-2, December 10-12, 2009, Chicago, IL with R. A. Howell, L. N. Bartlett, A. M. Schulte, S. N. Lekakh, J. E. Medvedeva, V.L. Richards, K.D. Peaslee.

35. “Role of Niobium and Effect of Heat Treatments on Strength and Toughness of Modified 17-4 PH Stainless Steel,” 63rd Technical & Operating Conference of the Steel Founders’ Society of America, paper 3-4, December 10-12, 2009, Chicago, IL by A.S. Murthy, S. N. Lekakh, V.L. Richards, and D.C. Van Aken.

36. “Fe-Mn-Al-C AUSTENITIC STEELS TREATED BY Ca AND Ce,” Extraction and Processing Division Symposium Proceedings of 2010 TMS Annual Meeting, February 14-18, 2010, Seattle, WA by S. N. Lekakh, V. L. Richards, A. M. Schulte, and D. C. Van Aken.

37. “Mechanical Properties and Their Dependence on Microstructure in Hot-Rolled 3rd Generation Advanced High Strength Steels,” Proceedings of 2010 TMS Annual Meeting

Extraction and Processing Division Symposium, February 14-18, 2010, Seattle, WA, by M.C. McGrath, D.C. Van Aken, and V.L. Richards.

38. “Effect of Cerium on the Inoculation of Acicular Ferrite in Hot-Rolled FeMnAlC Steel,” AISTech 2010 Proceedings Vol. II, pp.1007-17 (2010). May 3-6, 2010 by M.C. McGrath, D.C. Van Aken, and V.L. Richards.

39. “A Review of the Physical and Mechanical Properties of a Cast High Strength and Lightweight Fe-Mn-Al-C Steel,” in MS&T10: Steel Product Metallurgy and Applications, pp.1941-1953, October 17-21, 2010 Houston, TX by L. Bartlett, A. Schulte, D. Van Aken, K. Peaslee, and R. Howell

40. “Mechanical Properties Dependence On Microstructures Of Hot Rolled 3rd Generation Advanced High Strength Steels,” in MS&T10: Steel Product Metallurgy and Applications, pp.1926-1940, October 17-21, 2010 Houston, TX by M. McGrath, D. Van Aken, J. Medvedeva, V. Richards and N. Medvedeva.

41. Alloy Modifications for Strength and Notch Toughness Enhancement in 17-4PH Stainless Steel,” 64th Technical & Operating Conference of the Steel Founders’ Society of America, paper 3-4, December 9-11, 2010, Chicago, IL, Paper 5.8 by Arpana S. Murthy, Simon Lekakh, Von L. Richards, and David C. Van Aken

42. L.N. Bartlett, D.C. Van Aken, S. Lekakh, and K.D. Peaslee, “Mechanical Properties of Cerium-Treated Fe-Mn-Al-C Steel Castings” AFS proceedings of the 115th Metalcasting Congress paper 11-035, Schaumburg, IL April 5-8, 2011. Best Paper Award in Steel Division.

43. Andrew O’Loughlin, Kent D. Peaslee and David C. Van Aken, “Development of High Strength (200ksi) Cast Steel Alloy,” 65th Technical & Operating Conference of the Steel Founders’ Society of America, paper X-V, December 8-10, 2011, Chicago, IL.

44. Von Richards, Arpana Murthy, .Simon Lekakh, David Van Aken, “Effect of Co Addition on the Structure and Mechanical Properties of 17-4 PH,” 65th Technical & Operating Conference of the Steel Founders’ Society of America, paper X-V, December 8-10, 2011, Chicago, IL.

45. M.C. McGrath and D.C. Van Aken, “On the Crystallography of Peritectic Austenite and the Role of Primary Ferrite in High Manganese and Aluminum Steels,” AFS proceedings of the 116th Metalcasting Congress paper 12-052, Columbus, OH April 17-21, 2012. Best Paper Award in Steel Division.

46. L.N. Bartlett, A. Dash, D.C. Van Aken, V.L. Richards, and K.D. Peaslee, Dynamic Fracture Toughness of High Strength Cast Steels AFS proceedings of the 116th Metalcasting Congress paper 12-054, Columbus, OH April 17-21, 2012.

47. A. Dash, S. N. Lekakh, V.L. Richards, and D.C. Van Aken, EFFECT OF Ni ON FLUIDITY OF Cr-Mo STEELS, AFS proceedings of the 116th Metalcasting Congress paper 12-030, Columbus, OH April 17-21, 2012.

48. D.C. Van Aken, S.A. Buckholz, and L. N. Bartlett, “Abrasion Resistance of High Manganese and Aluminum Steels,” paper 3.2 Steel Founders of America 66th Technical and Operating Conference, Chicago, IL, December 13, 2012.

49.V.L. Richards, A. Murthy, S. Lekakh, and D.C. Van Aken, “The effect of Cobalt Addition to 17-4PH Cast Stainless Steel,” paper 5.7 Steel Founders’ Society of America 66th Annual Technical and Operating Conference, Chicago, IL, December 15, 2012.

50. S.A. Buckholz, D.C. Van Aken and L.N. Bartlett On the Influence of Aluminum

and Carbon on Abrasion Resistance of High Manganese Steels,” AFS proceedings of the 117th Metalcasting Congress paper 13-1343, St. Louis, MO, April 6-9, 2013.

51. L.N. Bartlett and D.C. Van Aken, “Effect of Aluminum and Carbon on the Dynamic Fracture Toughness of Fe-Mn-Al-C Steels” AFS proceedings of the 117th Metalcasting Congress paper 13-1344, St. Louis, MO, April 6-9, 2013.

52. D.C. Van Aken, Scott Pisarik, and M.C. McGrath, “TRIP Behavior of Austenite and -martensite Microstructures,” International Symposium on New Developments in advanced High Strength Sheet Steels, pp. 119-129, Vail, CO, June 23-27, 2013.

53. David C. Van Aken, Terrell O. Webb, Simon N. Lekakh, “The Role of Tungsten and Chemical Homogeneity in the Performance of Eglin Steel,” Steel Founders of America Technical and Operating Conference, paper 4.2, Chicago, IL, December 13, 2013.

54. Terrell Webb, David Van Aken, and Simon Lekakh, “Evaluating Chemical Homogeneity in the Performance of Eglin Steel,” AFS proceedings of the 118th Metalcasting Congress paper 14-017, Schamburg, IL, April 10, 2014.

55. S.T. Pisarik, D.C. Van Aken, K. Limmer, and J.E. Medvedeva, “ Developing a 3rd Generation Advanced High Strength Steel with Two-Stage TRIP Behavior,” AISTech 2014 Proceedings Vol. II, pp.1007-17 (2010). May 3-6, 2014.

56. K.R. Limmer, D.C. Van Aken, and J.E. Medvedeva, “Effect of Nickel, Copper, and Chromium on Stacking Fault Energy in FCC Iron,” AISTech 2014 Proceedings Vol. II, pp. 1007-17 (2010). May 3-6, 2014.

57. T.O. Webb and D.C. Van Aken, An Innovative Heat Treatment to Improve the Ductility of High Strength Steels,” Steel Founders’ of America Technical and Operating Conference paper 2.1, Chicago, IL, December 13, 2014.

58. D.C. Van Aken, T.O. Webb, R.D. Foley, and J.A. Griffen, “Porosity and Cleanliness Limitations on High Strength Steels,” Steel Founders’ of America Technical and Operating Conference paper 5.5, Chicago, IL, December 13, 2014.

59. Jingjing Qing, Von L. Richards, Simon Lekakh and David Van Aken, “Examination of Nodular GraphiteFormation amd Austenite Solidification in Ductile Iron,” AFS proceedings of the 119th Metalcasting Congress paper 15-072, Schamburg, IL, April 10, 2015.

59. D.C. Van Aken, T.O. Webb, and J. D. Green, “Grain refinement strategies in high strength cast steel,” Steel Founders’ of America Technical and Operating Conference paper 5.6, Chicago, IL, December 12, 2015.

60. D.C. Van Aken, T.O. Webb, and J. D. Green, “Grain refinement strategies in high strength cast steel,” 23rd IFHTSE Congress, ASM publication.

INDUSTRIAL HEATING: The Journal of Thermal Technology Contributing Author for “Engineering Concepts”

1. “Engineering the Process of Materials Selection,” January 1998, p. 210.

2. “Fatigued by Definitions,” March 1998, p.182.

3. “Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data- Part 1: Errors and Calibration,” May 1998, p.118.

4. “Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data- Part 2: Uncertainty and Confidence Level,”July 1998, p.22.

5. “Formation of Austenite,” September 1998, p.22.

6. “First Steps Towards Taking Good Photomicrographs,” November 1998, p.18.

7. “Determination of a Carbon Profile,” January 1999, p.16.

8. “Image Analysis: Volume Fraction Measurements,” February 1999, p. 16.9. “Effect of Undercooling on the Transformation of Steel,” March 1999, p.18.

10. “The Rockwell Hardness Test,” April 1999, p.20.

11. “Analysis of Heat Treated Aluminum: Differential Scanning Calorimetry,” May 1999, p.18.

12. “Svant Arhenius’ Rate Equation,” June 1999, p. 18.

13. “Observing Microstructure,” July 1999, p.22.

14. “Continuous Cooling Transformation Diagrams,” August 1999, p. 20.

15.”ASTM Grain Size Number,” September 1999, p.18.

16. “Diffusion Bonding,” October 1999, p. 18.

17. “A Generalist’s View of Bainite,” November 1999, p. 25.

18. “Voids Formed During Solution Heat Treatment of Aluminum,” December 1999, p. 18.

19. “Cooling Transformations of Austenite,” January 2000, p.18.

20. “High Temperature Corrosion of Stainless Steels,” February 2000, p. 16.

21. “Grain Structure Calculations based upon the Tetrakaidecahedron,” March 2000, p. 16.

22. “Decarburization of Steel and Graphitization,” April 2000, p.14.

23. “Diffusion by Numerical Analysis,” May 2000, p. 14.

24. “Weibull Statistics,” June 2000, p.14.

25. “Residual Stress,” July 2000, p. 20.

26. “Residual or Persistent Carbides,” August 2000, p. 22.

27. “Thermocouple Tidbits,” September 2000, p. 20

28. “CO Disintegration of Refractory Ceramic,” October 2000, p.18.

29. “Formation of Annealing Twins,” November 2000, p. 18.

30. “The Error Function and Carburization,” December 2000, p.14.

31. “Strength of Tempered Martensite,” January 2001, p.12.

32. “Laser Shock Processing,” February 2001, p.14.

33. “Relationship Between Hardness and Strength,” March 2001, p.16.

34. “Segregation and Banding in Steel,” April 2001, p. 16.

35. “Homogenization,” May 2001, p. 16.

36. “Grains that grow and secondary recrystallization,” June 2001, p. 18.

37. “Ternary Phase Diagrams and Compositions,” July 2001, p. 22.

38. “Transformation induced Residual Stresses,” August 2001, p. 16.

39. “PID Controllers,” September 2001, p. 16.

40. “Hydrogen Embrittlement of Copper,” October 2001, p.18.

41. “Undissolved Ferrite Can Affect Performance,” November 2001, p.2.

42. “Fatigue Endurance Limit of Steel,” December 2001, p.14.