Thomas Bieler
Thomas Bieler
Professor
Research Biography
High temperature creep, superplasticity, hot working, high strain rate deformation, electron microscopy; texture and microtexture of metals, damage nucleation; intermetallics, solders, titanium alloys, refractory metals.
Selected Publications
- The effects of HIP pore closure and age hardening on primary creep and tensile property variations in a TiAl XD™ alloy with 0.1 wt.% carbon, R.J. Simpkins II, M.P. Rourke, T.R. Bieler, P.A. McQuay, Materials Science and Engineering A 463 (1-2), 2007, pp. 208-215.
- Mechanical properties of high RRR niobium with different texture, H.Jiang, D. Baars, A. Zamiri, C.Antonie, P.Bauer, T.R.Bieler, F. Pourboghrat, C. Compton, T.L. Grimm, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 17 (2), 2007, pp. 1291-1294.
- Microstructural refinement of niobium for superconducting RF cavities, K.T., Hartwig, J. Wang D.C. Baars T.R. Bieler, S.N. Mathaudhu, R.E. Barber, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 17 (2), 2007, pp. 1305-1309.
- Incremental recrystallization/grain growth driven by elastic strain energy release in a thermomechanically fatigued lead-free solder joint, Telang, A.U., Bieler, T.R., Zamiri, A., Pourboghrat, F., Acta Materialia 55(7), 2007, pp. 2265-2277.
- Pb-Free Solder: New Materials Considerations for Microelectronics Processing, Peter Borgesen, Thomas Bieler, L.P. Lehman, and E.J. Cotts, MRS Bulletin 32, 2007, pp. 360-5. (COVER PHOTO)