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Project Title: NSF DMREF: MultiScale Modeling and Characterization of Plasticity and Fracture in Magnesium Alloys. Faculty Name / Department / Office # / Email / Phone #: Haitham El Kadiri Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department 215 Carpenter building Phone: (662) 325 4777 Brief Project Description [35 sentences]: Work requires performing in situ EBSD analyses on bending and post mortem texture analyses to identify the role of {1012} and {1011} twinning in damage progression in Mg. The overarching goal of this Obama Material Genome Initiative project is to relieve current industrial frustrations with wrought Mg alloys, which could lead to a rapid end to the current renaissance in Mgbased material research and development. Required Qualifications ( optional ): Mechanical Engineering, and GPA ≥ 3.5 Preferred Qualifications ( optional ): GPA = 4.0 Expected Number of UG Researcher Positions: Two Expected Number of Hours per Week: For each student, 12 hours in Fall/Spring, 30 hours in Summer. Figure/Graphic ( optional ): Figure 1 . Inverse pole figure maps obtained by in situ EBSD on a same grain at three compressive plastic strain levels. This grain experiences a doublevariant of {1012} twinning. Both variants grew under Schmid’s factor values of 0.49. The twins (in red) grew in a parent matrix (in blue).
