Thermodynamics and Kinetics Group

James Warren, Group Leader

The Thermodynamics and Kinetics Group was founded in 2005 to attack some of the outstanding challenges in materials microstructure/property prediction and control. The goal is to develop measurement science and data that prove of significant value to industry. The group's research ranges over a wide scope of materials phenomenon employing a variety of experimental, theoretical and computational techniques. Particular focus in the group is given to the application of thermodynamic principles and derived kinetic models to quantify the behavior of industrially useful materials during their fabrication (processing) as well as their properties while in service. The group employs finely controlled, carefully designed measurement techniques coupled with state-of-the-art modeling to determine the essential controlling variables governing materials properties.

Group Competence

Phase Field Modeling
CALPHAD Thermodynamic Methods
Atomistic Scale First Principles Modeling
Diffusion, Solidification, Surface energy driven Processes
DTA/X‐ray Diffraction/Microscopy/Wetting Balance/Metals Processing

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