THOMAS W. EAGAR

 

 

MIT, Room 4-136

77 Massachusetts Ave

Cambridge, MA 02139

Voice: (617) 253-3229

FAX: (617) 252-1773

 

 

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:

 

Materials processing and manufacturing; special interests in welding and joining of metals, ceramics and electronic materials; deformation processing; alternate manufacturing processes; manufacturing management; materials systems analysis; selection of materials and failure analysis.

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

S.B.        Metallurgy and Materials Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972

Sc.D.     Metallurgy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975

---            Business Administration, Lehigh University, 1975 - 1976

---            Program for Senior Executives, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988

 

 

EMPLOYMENT:

 

Bethlehem Steel Corporation

         Homer Research Laboratories

                  Research Engineer, 1974 - 1976

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

         Department of Materials Science and Engineering

                  Assistant Professor of Materials Engineering, 1976 - 1980

                  Associate Professor of Materials Engineering, 1980 - 1987

US Office of Naval Research - Tokyo

         Liaison Scientist, 1984 - 1985

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

         Professor of Materials Engineering, 1987 -

         Professor of Engineering Systems, 2000 -

         Leaders for Manufacturing Professor, 1988 - 1993

         Department Head, Materials Science and Engineering (Acting), March 1989 - August, 1989

         Richard P. Simmons Professor of Materials Engineering, 1990 - 1993

         Director, Materials Processing Center, 1991 - 1993

         POSCO Professor of Materials Engineering, 1993 - 1999

         Co-Director, Leaders for Manufacturing Program, 1993 - 1995

         Department Head, Materials Science & Engineering, 1995 - 2000

         Thomas Lord Professor of Materials Engineering and Engineering Systems, 2001 -

         Professor of Materials Engineering and Engineering Systems, 2005 - 

 

 

HONORS AND AWARDS:

 

International Junior Civitan of the Year, 1968 

Dennison K. Bullens Scholarship, 1969 - 1971

Foundry Educational Foundation Scholarship, 1970 - 1971

Phi Lambda Upsilon, Member 1971

Tau Beta Pi, Member, 1971; Distinguished Service Award, 1980

National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1972 - 1974

Metallurgy and Materials Prize, Boston Section AIME, 1972

Adams Memorial Membership Award, American Welding Society, 1979 - 1983

Charles H. Jennings Memorial Medal, American Welding Society, 1984, 1992, 2004

Champion H. Mathewson Gold Medal, TMS-AIME, 1987

Henry Krumb Lecturer, TMS/SME-AIME, 1987

National Science Foundation Creativity Extension Award, 1988 - 1990

Leaders for Manufacturing Professorship, 1988 - 1993

ASM International, Fellow, 1989

Houdremont Lecturer, International Institute of Welding, 1990

Richard P. Simmons Professorship, 1990 - 1993

Warren F. Savage Award, American Welding Society, 1991, 1996

William Spraragen Award, American Welding Society, 1991, 1994manufac

Comfort A. Adams Lecturer, American Welding Society, 1992

Henry Marion Howe Medal, ASM International, 1992

William Irrgang Award, American Welding Society, 1993

POSCO Professorship, 1993 - 1999

American Welding Society, Fellow, 1994, Honorary Member, 1999

Nelson W. Taylor Lecturer, Pennsylvania State University, 1995

National Academy of Engineering, 1997

General Electric Distinguished Lecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2001

Thomas Lord Professorship, 2001 -

Silver Quill Award, American Welding Society, 2002

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow, 2003

College of Engineering and Technology, Lecturer, Brigham Young University, 2004

 

 

ACTIVITIES:

 

National Academy of Engineering, Member

American Welding Society, Fellow and Honorary Member; Welding Journal, Principal Reviewer; Awards Committee, Professional Certification Committee

American Council of International Institute of Welding, Member

ASM International, Fellow

American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, Member

Tau Beta Pi, Member, New England District Director 1977 - 1980, MIT Chapter Advisor, 1977 - 2001, Chief Advisor, 2002 -

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow; Member, Electorate Nominating Committee, 2006-2009

Society of Automotive Engineers, Member

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Member

American Society for Testing and Materials, Member

Registered Professional Engineer, Massachusetts Certificate Number 29726

Navy Joining Center, Technical Advisory Board

Editorial Board, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining

Fusion Optix, Board of Directors, Chairman

 

 

SERVICE ON NATIONAL LEVEL:

 

National Research Council:

         SR-1256 - Project Advisory Committee for Investigation of Steels for Improved Weldability in Ship Construction, 1978 - 1983

         Unit Manufacturing Process Research Committee, 1991 - 1995

         Department of Energy Panel on Integrated Manufacturing, 1994, 1996

         Panel for Materials Science and Engineering, 1991 - 1996

         Panel on Structural and Multifunctional Materials, 2000 - 2001

         National Materials Advisory Board, 1998 - 2002

         Committee on Future Needs in Deep Submergence Science, 2003 - 2004

         Committee on New Directions in Manufacturing, 2002 - 2004

         Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design, 2003 - 2005

         Advanced Technical Institute, Project Technical Representative, 2004 -

         Committee on Air Force/Department of Defense Aerospace Propulsion, 2005 -

         MIT Lincoln Laboratory Ð Red Team Ð Haystack W-Band Radar Upgrade, 2005 -

 

U.S. Congress:

         Manufacturing R&D: How Can the Federal Government Help? - Testimony before the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards, Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives, 108th Congress June 5, 2003

 

U.S. Department of Energy:

         Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Review of Materials Research Program, 1999

         Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Division of Metals, Ceramics and Engineering, Review Panel, 2002

         Sandia National Laboratories, Materials Science and Technology External Advisory Panel, 2005 -

 

State of Ohio:

         Ohio State Board of Regents, Capital Equipment Funding, Review Panel, 1999

Province of Ontario, Canada:

         External Examiner, Doctoral Thesis of Wen Tan, 2004

State of Massachusetts:

         Technical Advisor, State Plumbing Board

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

 

Undergraduate:

Graduate:

Professional:

 

 

 

Thermodynamics

Kinetics

Materials Selection

Chemical Metallurgy

Thermodynamics

Welding and Joining Processes

Physical Metallurgy

Deformation Processing

Failure Analysis

Materials Processing

Welding and Joining Processes

Non-destructive Testing

Solid State Chemistry

Materials Selection

 

Physical Chemistry

Product Design

 

Essentials of Engineering

Case Studies in Naval Ship Construction Maintenance & Repair 

 

Colossal Failures in Engineering

 

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

1.              "Metallurgical Considerations for Optimizing the Superconducting Properties of Nb3Al," J.G. Kohr, T.W. Eagar, and R.M. Rose, Metall. Trans., 3(5), 1177, 1972.

 

2.              "Preliminary Measurements of the Critical Current Density of Nb3Al0.8Ge0.2 Ribbon", R. Loberg, T. W. Eagar, I. M. Puffer, R. M. Rose, in Proc of Fourth Int. Conf. on Magnet Technology, Brookhaven National Lab, 1972.

 

3.              "Fabrication and Jc(H,T) Measurements on Nb3Al.75Ge.25 Ribbon," R. Loberg, T.W. Eagar, I.M. Puffer and R.M. Rose, Appl. Phys. L., 22(2), 69, l973.

 

4.              "Resistive Measurements on an Improved NbAlGe Superconducting Ribbon," T.W. Eagar and R.M. Rose, IEEE Nucl. S., NS-20 (3), 742, 1973. Also Bulletin of the American Physical Society 18(2): 215-215, 1973.

 

5.              "Improved Jc in Mechanically Fabricated Nb3Al Wires and Ribbons," T.W. Eagar and R.M. Rose, IEEE Magnet., Mag. 11(2), 214, 1975.

 

6.              "LNG Hull Steels with Improved High Heat Input Weldability," T.W. Eagar and J.C. Baker, ASM-ASTM-MPC Symposium on Low Temperature Properties of Ship Plate, 1976.

 

7.              "Sources of Weld Metal Oxygen Contamination During Submerged Arc Welding," T.W. Eagar, Welding J., 57(3), 76s, 1978.

 

8.              "Electromagnetically and Thermally Driven Flow Phenomena in Electroslag Welding," A.H. Dilawari, J. Szekely and T.W. Eagar, Metall. Trans., 9B(9), 371, 1978.

 

9.              "An Analysis of Heat and Fluid Flow Phenomena in Electroslag Welding," A.H. Dilawari, T.W. Eagar and J. Szekely, Welding J., 57(1), 24s, 1978.

 

10.           "A Mathematical Model of Heat and Fluid Flow Phenomena in Electroslag Welding," J. Szekely and T.W. Eagar, in Proc. of IIW Coll. on Applications of Numerical Techniques in Welding, Dublin, Ire., 1, 1978.

 

11.           "Oxygen and Nitrogen Contamination During Arc Welding" T.W. Eagar, in Proc. of Weldments: Physical Metallurgy and Failure Phenomena; Bolton Landing, Lake George; N.Y ; 27 - 30 Aug. 1978, R.J. Cristoffel, ed., General Electric, Schenectady, NY, 31 - 42, 1979.

 

12.           "The Analysis of Magnetohydrodynamics and Plasma Dynamics in Metals Processing Operations," C.W. Chang, J. Szekely, and T.W. Eagar, in Advances in Metal Processing, Proceedings, 25th Sagamore Army Materials Research Conference, Bolton Landing, New York; 17 - 21 July 1978. J.J. Burke, R. Mehrabian and V. Weiss, eds. Plenum Press, New York, 319 - 343, 1981.

 

13.           "On the Micromechanics of Multifilamentary Superconducting Composites," S.F. Cogan, D.S. Holmes, I.M. Puffer, T.W. Eagar, and R.M. Rose, IEEE Magnet., Mag. 15(1), 684, 1979.

                  (see also "Influence of Plastic-Deformation on the Residual-Stress State of Multifilamentary Composites," S. F. Cogan, D. S. Holmes, T. W. Eagar, I. M. Puffer, and R. M. Rose, Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Boston, MA, May 6 - 11, 1979.)

 

14.           "Superconducting Cu-Nb3Sn Composites Produced by Cold Extrusion of Fine Powders," R. Flukiger, S. Foner, E.J. McNiff Jr., B.B. Schwartz, J. Adams, S. Forman, T.W. Eagar, and R.M. Rose, IEEE Magnet., Mag. 15(1), 689, 1979.

 

15.           "The Modelling of Gas Velocity Fields in Welding Arcs," C.W. Chang, T.W. Eagar and J. Szekely, Arc Physics and Weld Pool Behavior, The Welding Institute, Cambridge, Eng., 381, 1980.

 

16.           "Ductility of Stabilized Ferritic Stainless Steel Welds," G.B. Hunter and T.W. Eagar, Metall. Trans., 11A(2), 213, 1980.

                  (presented as "Ductility Of Stabilized Ferritic Stainless Steel Welds," G. B. Hunter and T. W. Eagar, Fall Meeting of the Metallurgical Society (TMS) Of AIME, Milwaukee, WI, 1979.)

 

17.           "The Effect of SAW Parameters on Weld Metal Chemistry," C.S. Chai and T.W. Eagar, Welding J., 59(3), 93s, 1980.

 

18.           "Heat Generation Patterns and Temperature Profiles in Electroslag Welding," T. DebRoy, J. Szekely and T.W. Eagar, Metall. Trans., 11B(12), 593, 1980.

 

19.           "Temperature Profiles, the Size of the Heat Affected Zone and Dilution in Electroslag Welding," T. DebRoy, J. Szekely and T.W. Eagar, Mat. Sci. Eng., 56(2), 181, 1982.

 

20.           "Oxygen and Nitrogen Contamination During Submerged Arc Welding of Titanium," T.W. Eagar, in Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Welding Research in the 1980's, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, 113, 1980.

 

21.           "Slag-metal Equilibrium During Submerged Arc Welding," C.S. Chai and T.W. Eagar, Metall. Trans., 12B(3), 539 - 547, 1981.

 

22.           "Automated Welding-Research Needs," T.W. Eagar, in Modeling of Casting and Welding Processes, AIME, Warrendale, PA, 487, 1981.

 

23.           "Mathematical Modeling of the Temperature Profiles and Weld Dilution in Electroslag Welding of Steel Plates," T. DebRoy, J. Szekely and T.W. Eagar, in Modeling of Casting and Welding Processes, AIME, Warrendale, PA, 197, 1981.

 

24.           "Physics of Arc Welding," T.W. Eagar, in AIP/AISI 1981 Conf. Physics in the Steel Industry; Bethlehem; Pa ; 5 - 7 Oct. 1981, New York, 84:272 - 285, 1982.

 

25.           "Slag-Metal Reactions in Binary CaF2-Metal Oxide Welding Fluxes," C.S. Chai and T.W. Eagar, Welding J., 61(7), 229s, 1982.

 

26.           "The Effect of Electrical Resistance on Nugget Formation During Spot Welding," J.G. Kaiser, G.J. Dunn and T.W. Eagar, Welding J., 61(6), 167s, 1982.

 

27.           "High Cycle Fatigue of Weld Repaired Cast Ti-6Al-4V," G.B. Hunter, F.S. Hodi and T.W. Eagar, Metall. Trans., 13A(9), 1589, 1982.

 

28.           "A Parametric Study of the Electroslag Welding Process," W.S. Ricci and T.W. Eagar, Welding J., 61(12), 397s, 1982.

 

29.           "Selective Evaporation of Metals From Weld Pools," A. Block-Bolten and T.W. Eagar, Trends in Welding Research in the United States, New Orleans, LA; 16 - 18 Nov. 1981. S.A. David, ed., ASM International, Metals Park, OH, 53 - 73, 1982.

 

30.           "Laser Welding of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys," C.A. Huntington and T.W. Eagar, Welding J., 62(4), 105, 1983.

 

31.           "Measurements of the Force Exerted by a Welding Arc," T.D. Burleigh and T.W. Eagar, Metall. Trans., 14A(6), 1223, 1983.

 

32.           "Changes of Weld Pool Shape by Variations in the Distribution of Heat Source in Arc Welding," N.S. Tsai and T.W. Eagar, in Modelling of Casting and Welding Processes II, J.A. Dantzig and J.T. Berry, eds., AIME, New York, 317, 1984.

 

33.           "Comparison of Theoretically Predicted and Experimentally Determined Submerged Arc Weld Deposit Compositions," U. Mitra, R.D. Sutton, and T.W. Eagar, Metall. Trans., 14B(9), 510, 1983.

 

34.           "Slag Metal Reactions During Submerged Arc Welding of Alloy Steels," U. Mitra and T.W. Eagar, Metall. Trans., 15A(1), 217 - 227, 1983.

 

35.           "Convection in Arc Weld Pools," G.M. Oreper, T.W. Eagar, and J. Szekely, Welding J., 62(11), 307, 1983.

 

36.           "Temperature Fields Produced by Travelling Distributed Heat Sources," N.S. Tsai and T.W. Eagar, Welding J., 62(12), 346s, 1983.

 

37.           "Influence of Surface Depression and Convection on Arc Weld Pool Geometry," M.L. Lin and T.W. Eagar, in Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing. Presented at the Winter Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (PED), Vol. l0/HTD, 29, M.M. Chen, J. Mazumder, and C.L. Tucker III, eds., ASME, New York, 63, 1983.

 

38.           "Metal Vaporization From Weld Pools," A. Block-Bolten and T.W. Eagar, Metall. Trans., 15B(3), 461, 1984.

 

39.           "Prediction of Weld Metal Composition During Flux Shielded Welding," C.S. Chai and T.W. Eagar, J. Mat. Energy Sys., 5(3), 160, 1983.

 

40.           "Selection of Processes for Welding Steel Rails," N.S. Tsai and T.W. Eagar, Railroad Rail Welding, Railway Systems and Management Assoc., Northfield, NJ, 421, 1985.

 

41.           "Metallurgical and Process Variables Affecting The Resistance Spot Weldability of Galvanized Sheet Steels," S.A. Gedeon, D. Schrock, J. LaPointe, T.W. Eagar, SAE Technical Paper 840113, Warrendale, PA, 1984.

 

42.           "Distribution of the Heat and Current Fluxes in Gas Tungsten Arcs," N.S. Tsai and T.W. Eagar, Metall. Trans., 16B(4), 841, 1985.

 

43.           "The Size of the Sensitization Zone in 304 Stainless Steel Welds," N.S. Tsai and T.W. Eagar, J. Mat. Energy Sys., 6(1), 33 - 37, 1984.

 

44.           "A Method of Filming Metal Transfer in Welding Arcs," C.D. Allemand, R. Schoeder, D.E. Ries and T.W. Eagar, Welding J., 64(1), 45, 1985.

 

45.           "Influence of Arc Pressure on Weld Pool Geometry," M.L. Lin and T.W. Eagar, Welding J., 64(6), 163s-165s, 1985.

                  (presented as "Puddle Surface Depression and Weld Pool Geometry," T. W. Eagar and M. L. Lin, 65th American Welding Society Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, April 9 - 13, 1984, AWS, Miami, Fla, 1984.)

 

46.           "Slag Metal Reactions During Submerged Arc Welding of Steel," U. Mitra and T.W. Eagar, in Proc. of Int. Conf. on Quality and Reliability in Welding, 2, Chinese Mech. Eng. Soc., Harbin, PRC, B.24.1, l984.

 

47.           "An Improved Method of Multiwavelength Pyrometry," G.B. Hunter, C.D. Allemand, and T.W. Eagar, in Thermosense VII, Proceedings Of The Society Of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers 520: 40 - 46, 1985.

 

48.           "Multiwavelength Pyrometry: An Improved Method," G.B. Hunter, C.D. Allemand, and T.W. Eagar, Opt. Eng., 24(6), 1081, 1985.

 

49.           "Electron Beam and Laser Materials Processing in Japan," T.W. Eagar, Welding J., 65(7), 19 - 31, 1986.

                  ("Reply to Letter to Editor with Regard to 'Electron Beam and Laser Materials Processing in Japan,'" T. W. Eagar, Welding Journal 66(1): 7 - 8, 1987.)

 

50.           "Pressures Produced by Gas Tungsten Arcs," M.L. Lin and T.W. Eagar, Metall. Trans., 17B(9), 601, 1986.

                  (see also "Grain-Refinement of Welds in Light-Metals Using Pulsed Current," W. Simms and T. W. Eagar, Fall Meeting Of TMS-AIME, St. Louis, Mo, Oct. 24 - 28, 1982.)

 

51.           "Resistance Spot Welding of Galvanized Steel: Part I, Materials Variations and Process Modifications," S.A. Gedeon and T.W. Eagar, Metall. Trans., 17B(12), 879, 1986.

 

52.           "Resistance Spot Welding of Galvanized Steel: Part II, Mechanisms of Spot Weld Nugget Formation," S.A. Gedeon and T.W. Eagar, Metall. Trans., 17B(12), 887, 1986.

                  (presented as "Mechanisms of Spot Weld Nugget Formation," S. A. Gedeon and T. W. Eagar, 66th AWS Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, April 29 - May 3, 1985, American Welding Society, Miami, FL, 1985.)

 

53.           "Measurement of Dynamic Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Resistance Spot Welds," S.A. Gedeon, C.D. Sorensen, K.T. Ulrich, and T.W. Eagar, Welding J., 66(12), 387s, 1987.

 

54.           "Metal Vapors in Gas Tungsten Arcs Part I: Spectroscopy and Monochromatic Photography," G.J. Dunn, C.D. Allemand, and T.W. Eagar, Metall. Trans., 17A(10), 1863, 1986.

 

55.           "Metal Vapors in Gas Tungsten Arcs Part II: Theoretical Calculations of Transport Properties," G.J. Dunn and T.W. Eagar, Metall. Trans., 17A(10), 1871, 1986.

 

56.           "Cinematography of Resistance Spot Welding of Galvanized Steel Sheet," C.T. Lane, C.D. Sorensen, G.B. Hunter, S.A. Gedeon, and T.W. Eagar, Welding J., 66(9), 260s, 1987.

 

57.           "Prototype Device for Multiwavelength Pyrometry," G.B. Hunter, C.D. Allemand, and T.W. Eagar, Opt. Eng., 25(11), 1222, 1986.

 

58.           "The Role of Transient Convection in the Melting and Solidification in Arc Weldpools," G.M. Oreper, J. Szekely and T.W. Eagar, Metall. Trans., 17B(4), 735 - 744, 1986.

(presented as "The Modeling of Transient Melting and Solidification in Weldpools," J. Szekely, G. Oreper, and T. W. Eagar, 115th TMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2 - 6, 1986.  See also: "Characterization of Molten Weld Pool," J. Szekely, T, W. Eagar, J. Mckelliget, and G. Dunn. 114th Annual Meeting Of TMS-AIME, New York, Feb. 24 - 28, 1985.)

 

59.           "Effects of Surface Depression and Convection in GTA Welding," M.L. Lin and T.W. Eagar, Advances in Welding Science & Technology, S.A. David, ed., ASM International, Metals Park, OH, 47 - 51, 1986.

 

60.           "Digital Signal Processing as a Diagnostic Tool for Gas Tungsten Arc Welding," C.D. Sorensen and T.W. Eagar, Advances in Welding Science & Technology, S.A. David, ed., ASM International, Metals Park, OH, 467 - 472, 1986.

 

61.           "The Physics and Chemistry of Welding Processes," T.W. Eagar, Advances in Welding Science & Technology, S.A. David, ed., ASM International, Metals Park, OH, 291 - 298, 1986.

 

62.           "Non-Uniform Current Distribution in Spot Welding," R. Bowers and T.W. Eagar, in AWS Sheet Metal Welding Conference, Detroit, MI, October, 1986.

 

63.           "Visible Light Emissions During Gas Tungsten Arc Welding and its Applications to Weld Image Improvement," E. Kim, C. Allemand and T.W. Eagar, Welding J., 66(12), 369s, 1987.

 

64.           "The Real Challenge in Materials Engineering," T.W. Eagar, Technology Review, 90 (2), 24, 1987 (also published in Japanese in Berufu, 43, 1987).

                  ("Reply to Letter to Editor with Regard to 'The Real Challenge in Materials Engineering,'" T. W. Eagar, Technology Review, 91 (2), 4Ð5, 1988.)