Research interests:

Friction and wear behavior of materials; design of friction and wear testing instruments; selection and development of friction and wear tests for specific applications; nature and significance of hardness of solids; understanding transient phenomena in friction and wear, like break-in and wear-in; standards for friction and wear testing.

Education:

• 1979, Ph.D., Metallurgical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio

• 1973, B.S. and M.S. in Metallurgy and Materials Science from
  Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Research Experience:

• Presently, task leader for tribology research in the Metals and Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• 1986-87, served as acting Scientific Officer for the Office of Naval Research Tribology Program
• 1979 – 1987, conducted tribology and microindentation research at the National Bureau of Standards (now NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland

Honors and Awards:

• Fellow, ASM International
• Fellow, ASTM
• ASTM Award of Merit
• ASTM Committee G-2 Frank C. Brautigam Award for standards development
• ASME Undergraduate Student Paper Competition – National First Place Award (1971)
• Olin Corporation Student Scholar
• Member, NASA Apollo Lunar Sample Examination Program
• Distinguished Graduate, U.S. Air Force ROTC Program

Professional Societies:

• Formal Paper Editor, 2003 International Conference on Wear of Materials
• Chairman, 1997 ‘International Conference on Wear of Materials’
• President and founding member, Wear of Materials, Inc.
• Member, Board of Visitors, National Science Foundation , SET Program
• President, Tribomaterials Investigative Systems
• Chairman, ASTM Committee G-2 on Wear and Erosion, LLC
  
• Chairman, ASTM Committee G-2, Wear Terminology Subcommittee and the Long-Range Planning Committee
• Member, ASTM Central Committee on Terminology
• Past Chairman, ASM International Specialty Materials Division, and ASM Technical Divisions Board Member
• Co-Chairman, International Metallographic Society, 1984 Annual Technical Symposium on Microindentation Hardness Testing
• Co-Chairman, ASM Conference on the ‘Tribology of Composite Materials"
• Co-Chairman, ASM Conference on "Engineered Materials for Advanced Friction and Wear Applications"
• Chairman ASTM symposium on "Needs and Challenges in Precision Wear Measurement and Monitoring"
• Past Chairman, ASM Washington DC Chapter
• Board member, ASM Dayton Chapter, ASM Washington DC Chapter, and ASM Oak Ridge Chapter

Publications:

• Author of two tribology books
• Volume Chairman, ASM Handbook, Vol. 18 on Friction, Lubrication, and Wear Technology
• Section Chairman, ASM Handbook, Vol. 8, Mechanical Testing
• International Editorial Advisory Board, Tribology International
• Friction Science and Technology, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1996
• Friction and Wear Transitions of Materials, Noyes Pub., Park Ridge, NJ, 1989
• Co-editor of several ASTM Special Technical Publications involving wear and micro-indentation hardness testing
• Author or co-author of over 100 journal articles and other technical publications

Other:

• Guest Scientist, Ford Motor Company, Scientific Research Laboratories, Dearborn, Michigan
• Adjunct Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Technical society dinner speaker - ASM - Lexington, KY; AIME - Boston, MA; Central Ohio Metallographic Society - Columbus, OH; Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers - Dayton, OH
• Graduate seminars and special symposia - Ohio State University, Lehigh University, Cambridge University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, Rutgers University, Northwestern University, University of Tennessee, University of Maine/Orono
• Consultant - various companies and the U.S. Navy
• Conducted tribology and microindentation research at the National Bureau of Standards (now NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland, 1979 to 1987
• Served as acting Scientific Officer for the Office of Naval Research Tribology Program, 1986 to 1987
• Served on active duty at the Air Force Materials Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, between 1973 and 1976
  

Group Members

Surface Processing and Mechanics Group