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Ian Baker

Ian Baker

Sherman Fairchild Professor of Engineering
Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
1-603-646-2184
Ian.Baker@Dartmouth.edu

Education

  • B.A., Metallurgy and Science of Materials, University of Oxford 1979
  • D.Phil, Metallurgy and Science of Materials, University of Oxford 1982

Research Interests

Mechanical behavior, including deformation and fracture of metals, compound semiconductors, intermetallic compounds and ice; processing and development of intermetallic compounds; recrystallization phenomena, particularly the effect of particles on recrystallization kinetics and processing by directional recrystallization; interdiffusion phenomena in metallic thin films and their influence on mechanical properties; applications of electron microscopy and x-ray topography, particularly in-situ deformation experiments to elucidate mechanical behavior; applications of x-ray diffraction and electron channeling, particularly for atom site location in intermetallic compounds; processing by rapid solidification and mechanical alloying, particularly for the production of nanocrystalline (magnetic) materials; the structure, chemistry and properties of ice cores, firn and snow; production and properties of nanocrystalline, particularly magnetic, materials.

Current Research Projects

Teaching, 2009-2011

Selected Publications

  • "Experiments and Simulations of Directionally Annealed ODS MA 754," I. Baker, B. Iliescu, J. Li and H.J. Frost, Materials Science and Engineering A, 492 (2008) 353-363.
  • "Effects of Impurities and their Redistribution during Recrystallization of Ice Crystals," D. Iliescu and I. Baker, Journal of Glaciology, 54 (2008) 362-370(9).
  • "Fe/Fe oxide Nanocomposite Particles with Large Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) for Hyperthermia," Q. Zeng, I. Baker, J. A. Loudis, Y. Liao, P.J. Hoopes, J. B. Weaver, Applied Physics Letters, 90 (2007) 233112-233114. Also available in the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, 13(12) (2007).
  • "The Yield Strength Anomaly of Single-Slip-Oriented Fe-Al Single Crystals," D. Wu, I. Baker, P.R. Munroe and E.P. George, Intermetallics, 15 (2007) 103-107.
  • "Nanostructured Mn-Al-C permanent magnets produced by mechanical milling," Q. Zeng, I. Baker and Z.C. Yan, Journal of Applied Physics, 99 (2006), E08902-1 - E08902-3.

Awards

  • 1993 Chartered Engineer (C.Eng.) of The Engineering Council (U.K.)
  • 2001 Fellow, ASM international
  • 2002 Fellow, The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (U.K.)
  • 2003 Listed in ISI citation index of highly-cited Materials Scientists
  • 2005 Top ten reviewer Scripta Materialia

Selected Patents

  • "Iron/Iron Oxide Nanoparticle and Use Thereof," Ian Baker and Qi Zeng; Filed: 1/9/08, PCT/US2008/050557
  • "High-Strength Eutectoid Alloys and Methods for Production Thereof," Ian Baker and Yifeng Liao; U.S. Provisional Patent Application filed February, 2008
  • "Joining via magnetic heating of milled powders," Ian Baker; Filed May, 2008

Professional Activities

  • Editor in Chief, Materials Characterization (2009-)
  • Associate Editor, Materials Science Forum (2000-)
  • Editorial Board of NanoLife Sciences (2009-)
  • Editorial Board of International Materials Reviews (2002-)
  • Editorial Advisory Board of Intermetallics (1998-)
  • Reviewer for various U.S., Canadian and Australian government agencies and journals.
  • Consulting to various companies on microstructural characterization and materials processing
  • Editor of the proceedings of five conferences

Press Releases

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In Dartmouth Engineer Magazine