Thomas R Watkins

Bio

Scope of Research:

• Understanding residual stresses in ceramics, coatings and metals.
• Applications of grazing incidence x-ray diffraction.
• Measurement of residual stresses at high temperatures using x-ray diffraction.
• Understanding the relationship between the macroscopic and crystallographic responses of materials under mechanical load.

Broad Fields of Endeavor:

• X-ray diffraction, residual stress and mechanical properties of materials.

Education:

• Ph.D. (Ceramic Science) from The Pennsylvania State University, 1992
• MS (Ceramic Science) from The Pennsylvania State University, 1988
• BS (Ceramic Engineering) from Alfred University, 1985

Education Discipline:

• Ceramic Science

Professional Societies:

• American Ceramic Society
• International Centre for Diffraction Data
• TMS

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