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Faculty: Ian Baker
Ian.Baker@Dartmouth.edu | Telephone: (603) 646-2184 | Fax: (603) 646-3856
Baker obtained both his B.A. and D. Phil. in metallurgy and science of materials from Oxford University. He joined the Thayer School faculty in 1982 and has served as both Chair of the Engineering Sciences Department and Director of the M.S. and Ph.D. programs, and currently serves as the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. He is a Fellow of both ASM International and The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. Baker is a Chartered Engineer (U.K.), and is listed in the ISI citation index of highly-cited Materials Scientists. Recently, he became the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Materials Characterization.
Baker's research focuses on both metals and ice. His most recent initiative involves the development of iron nanoparticles for cancer treatment, either for localized magnetic hyperthermia or as a thermal trigger for drugs delivered in vesicles. Additional ongoing projects in metals research include developing a new series of high-strength magnetic materials. Magnets that work and stay strong at high temperatures have many applications such as for power-generation systems.
Current Students
| Name | Degree | Project Title |
|---|---|---|
| Yifeng Liao | Ph.D. | The Yield Anomaly and the Role of APBs in L21-structured Fe2AlX Compounds and Related Alloys |
| Si Chen | Ph.D. | Dry Snow Metamorphism |
| Xiaolan Wu | Ph.D. | Structure and properties of FeNiMnAl Spinodal Alloys |
| Shiraz Cassim | M.S. | Surface Engineering Iron/Iron Oxide for Magnetic Hyperthermia |
| Michael Gwaze | M.S. | Wear of Nanocrystalline Metals and Alloys |
| Kaitlin Keagan | Ph.D. | Characterization of the NEEM Firn Core |
| Fanling Meng | Ph.D. | Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of FeNiMnAl Eutectic Alloys |
| Dermott McHugh | M.S. | Novel High-Temperature Austenitic Alloys for Energy Conversion Applications |
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Past postdoctoral fellows.
| Name | Dates | Project Title |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Löic Nazé | Nov. 1987 - July 1989 | Transmission Electron Microscopy of Dislocations in Ice |
| Dr. Paul R. Munroe | Oct. 1987 - Sept. 1990 | Transmission Electron Microscopy in B2 Compounds |
| Dr. Fuping Liu | Aug. 1993 - Nov. 1994 | Synchrotron X-ray Topographic Studies of Dislocation/Grain Boundary Interactions in Ice |
| Dr. Xavier Pierron | Feb. 1995 - May 1997 | Fracture of FeAl |
| Dr. Huan Li | Dec. 1998 - April 1999 | Mechanical Behavior of Intermetallics |
| Dr. Adebayo Y. Badmos | Jan. 1999 - Dec. 2002 | Computer Simulation of Directional Recrystallization |
| Dr. Daniel Iliescu | Jan. 2000 - Sept. 2005 | Structure and Properties of Lake and River Ice |
| Dr. Markus Wittmann | Sept. 2003 - Jan. 2006 | Investigations of Two-Phase Magnetic Intermetallics |
| Dr. Qi Zeng | Nov. 2003 - Jan. 2007 | Studies of Novel Nanocrystalline Magnetic Alloys |
| Dr. Guandong Zhang | Feb. 2008 - Sept. 2008 | Nanoparticle Development for Magnetic Hyperthermia |
Graduate Students
Former graduate students and their theses.
| Name | Degree | Year | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. Huang# | M.S. | 1986 | The Effect of Boron on Yield Strength, Recrystallization and Grain Growth in Ni3Al |
| T. Weber | B.E. | 1987 | The Effect of Boron on the Microstructure of Ni3Al |
| D. Smyers | M.S. | 1988 | Electrical Resistance and Mechanical Shear Strength of Gold Bonds to Aluminum Films |
| L. Maiocco | M.S. | 1988 | Intermetallic Growth in Wire Bonds to Aluminum Metallization Layers |
| B. Schmidt | B.E. | 1988 | Grain Growth and Oxidation Studies of FeAl |
| S. Kadiyala | M.E. | 1989 | Growth of Au-Al Intermetallic Phases in Gold Wires Bonded to Aluminum Metallizations Containing Cu and Si |
| F.S. Ichishita | M.E. | 1990 | Investigation of the Effects of Al-Cu and Al-Cu-Si Thin Film Composition and Microstructure on the Reactive Ion Etching Results |
| N. Khasgiwale | M.S. | 1990 | The Effect of Extraneous Factors on Gold Aluminum Bonds on Semiconductor Chips |
| M. Kryska | M.S. | 1991 | The Effect of Low Temperature on the Flexural Fatigue and Fracture of Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composites |
| P. Nagpal | Ph.D. | 1992 | The Structure and Properties of Grain Boundaries in NiAl |
| S. Guha | Ph.D. | 1992 | Improving the Low Temperature Ductility of NiAl-based Alloys |
| L. Zhao | M.S. | 1993 | Mechanical Properties and Microstructures of FeCo Alloys |
| F. Liu | Ph.D. | 1993 | X-ray Topography of Polycrystalline Ice |
| O. Klein | M.S. | 1993 | Effects of Temperature and Strain Rate on the Mechanical Behavior of FeAl |
| L. Liu | M.S. | 1994 | Recrystallization of Copper and Nickel |
| H. Xiao | M.S. | 1994 | Defect Structure and Properties of Some B2-Structured Compounds |
| B. Johnson* | M.S. | 1995 | Wear of NiAl |
| K. Jia | M.S. | 1995 | X-ray Topography of Dislocation/Grain Boundary Interactions in Ice |
| D. Mandal | M.S. | 1995 | Recrystallization of Polycrystalline and Dispersion-Hardened Monocrystalline Copper |
| X. Li | M.S. | 1996 | Effect of Boron and Strain Rate on the Mechanical Properties of FeAl |
| M. George* | M.S. | 1996 | Wear of Ductile-Phase Toughened NiAl |
| Yuhong Wu | M.S. | 1997 | Simple Shear Processing of Materials |
| Jian Yu | M.S. | 1997 | Directional Recrystallization of Tungsten Heavy Alloys |
| Xiaohong Hu | Ph.D. | 1998 | X-ray Topography of Freshwater Ice |
| Ying Li Trickett | M.S. | 1999 | The Mechanical Properties of Ice Single Crystals |
| Yong Yang | Ph.D. | 1999 | Mechanical and Magnetic Properties of Single Crystals of FeAl |
| Guofeng Bai^ | M.S. | 2000 | Study of Dislocations in II-VI Compounds using Scanning Probe Microscopy |
| Cheng Chen^ | M.S. | 2001 | On the Properties of Moving Dislocations in ZnS Semiconductor |
| Markus Wittmann | Ph.D. | 2002 | The Yield Strength Anomaly in B2 Compounds |
| Xiang Li | M.S. | 2002 | The Effect of Sulfuric Acid on the Mechanical Properties of Ice Single Crystals |
| Daniel Cullen | Ph.D. | 2002 | The Microstructural Location of Impurities in Ice Cores |
| Dongmei Wu | Ph.D. | 2003 | The Mechanical Properties and Strain-Induced Ferromagnetism in B2-Structured Fe-Al Single Crystals |
| Beatrice Iliescu | M.S. | 2003 | Characterization of Directionally Recrystallized Cold-Rolled Nickel and MA 754 Superalloy |
| Jiying Li | Ph.D. | 2003 | Directional Recrystallization of Copper and Nickel |
| James Hanna | M.S. | 2004 | Investigations of Fe30Ni20Mn25Al25: A New High-Strength Spinodal Alloy |
| Min Song+ | Ph.D. | 2005 | Effects of Particles on Anelasticity, Creep and Microstructural Evolution of Granular Ice |
| Scott Lish | M.S. | 2005 | Investigations of the FeCoMnAl Alloy System |
| Rachel Obbard | Ph.D. | 2006 | Microstructural Determinants in Glacial Ice |
| Hui Chang | Ph.D. | 2006 | Directional Recrystallization of Nickel |
| Johnathan Loudis | M.S. | 2007 | Microstructural Evolution and Dislocation Behavior in Coherent B2/BCC Alloys: Fe44Ni28Al28 and Fe30Ni20Mn25Al25 |
| Katherine Sieg | M.S. | 2008 | Examination of the Fine-grained Region of the Siple Dome Ice Core |
| James Hanna | Ph.D. | 2009 | Shear Consolidation of Powders |
| Rachel Lomonaco | M.S. | 2009 | Studies of Ice and Firn Cores |
#Co-Advisor - Prof. E.M. Schulson
*Co-Advisor - Prof. F.E. Kennedy
^Co-Advisor - Prof. V.F. Petrenko
+Co-Advisor - Dr. D. Cole of USA CRREL
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