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Erland M. Schulson

George Austin Colligan Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Chair, Engineering Sciences Department
Director, Ice Research Laboratory

1-603-646-2888
erland.m.schulson@dartmouth.edu

Education

B.A.Sc., Metallurgical Engineering, University of British Columbia 1964
Ph.D., Metallurgical Engineering, University of British Columbia 1968

Research Interests

Flow and fracture of ice; mechanical behavior of metals and alloys; physical metallurgy and materials science

Current Research Projects

Ice mechanics

Teaching

ENGS 130: Mechanical Behavior of Materials
ENGS 132: Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Condensed Phases

Selected Publications

Creep and Fracture of Ice, Erland M. Schulson and Paul Duval, Cambridge University Press (2009)
"Velocity-Dependent Friction on Coulombic Shear Faults in Ice," A.L. Fortt and E.M. Schulson, Acta Mater. (2009, in press)
"Coulombic Faulting from the Grain Scale to the Geophysical Scale," Jerome Weiss and Erland M. Schulson, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. (2009, in press)
"Transition in Brittle Failure Mode in Ice under Low Confinement," L.M. Wachter, C.E. Renshaw and E.M. Schulson, Acta Materialia, 57 (2009) 345-355.
"Limits on Rock Strength under High Confinement", C.E. Renshaw and E.M. Schulson, Earth & Planet. Sci. Letts., 258 (2007) 307-314

Awards

Fellow, TMS (The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society), 2006
Fellow, ASM International, 2003
George Austin Colligan Distinguished Professorship, 1999
Fulbright Fellow (France), 1998/9
Visiting Research Fellowship, General Electric Company, 1988

Selected Patents

"High Strength Corrosion-Resistant Zirconium Aluminum Alloys," with D.J. Cameron: Canadian Patent No. 988,749 (May 11, 1976);U.K. Patent No. 1,465,960 (March 2, 1977); Italian Patent No. 1,14,159 (1977); West German Application No. P24 22 578.3-24
"Preparation of Zirconium Alloys," with D.J. Cameron, U.S. Patent No. 4,094,705 (June 13, 1978)
"Electron Beam Apparatus," with C.G. van Essen and R.H. Donaghay, U.K. Patent Application No. 2829/70 and 32059/70; U.S. Patent Application No. 108,408
"Heat-Treated Zirconium Alloy Product," with D.J. Cameron, U.S. Patent No. 4,226,647 (October, 1980)

Professional Activities

Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) (Fellow)
ASM International (Fellow)
American Geophysical Union
International Glaciological Society
Highly cited materials scientist HighlyCited.com

News

Cold Truths: new issue of Dartmouth Engineer
Dartmouth Now
March 9, 2012
Ode To Ice
NPR
January 27, 2012
Thayer studies granted $2.5 mil.
The Dartmouth
September 26, 2011
Federal agency awards contract for sea ice study
Associated Press via Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
September 22, 2011
Engineering sees increased interest
The Dartmouth
October 22, 2009
Kudos: Recognition for Dartmouth faculty, staff, and students
VOX of Dartmouth
August 21, 2006
Cold Call
VOX of Dartmouth
February 7, 2005
NASA grows ice for space shuttle testing
Spaceflight Now
November 5, 2004
Crushing Mechanism Revealed
Dartmouth News
August 30, 2001
Universal Behaviour in Compressive Failure of Brittle Materials
Nature
August 30, 2001

In Dartmouth Engineer Magazine

Cold Truths: From the microstructure of snow to the massiveness of ice sheets, from fundamental science to practical applications, from Thayer’s ice lab to the earth’s polar regions, Thayer researchers are uncovering what snow and ice reveal about the world.
Winter 2012
Publications: Faculty Books
Winter 2010
Kudos
Fall 2006
Lab Reports: Ice Engineer Aids NASA
Spring 2005