Inamori School of Engineering
Alan Meier
Assist. Prof. Metal. & Mat Sci
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McMahon Building 354C |
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Matls Science & Engineering |
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607.871.2462
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| Education |
B.S.: Aerospace Engineering
University of Colorado, 1987
M.S.: Material Science
Colorado School of Mines, 1990
Ph.D.: Metal and Material Engineering
Colorado School of Mines, 1994
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| Background |
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Areas of Concentration
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My general research interests are brazing and joining, dissimilar materials interfaces, physical and mechanical metallurgy, composite processing, failure analysis, and design of lightweight structures. Specific research areas include reactive air brazing (RAB) of oxide ceramics, vacuum brazing of ceramics and metals, brazing of porous materials, AlN surface reactivity, and ceramic to metal brazing. My students’ projects tend to focus on processing, interface microstructural characterization, reaction kinetics, and mechanical property evaluation.
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Current Research
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Brazing of Porous 304 Stainless Steel to Monolithic Stainless Steel for Hydrogen Separation
Reaction Brazing of Aluminum Nitride (AlN)to Copper
Nitriding and Boriding of Metals for PEM Fuel Cell Interconnect Applications
Reactive Air Brazing (RAB) of ZTA Alumina to Nickel Alloys; LSCo; and Porous Alumina
Clad Metals Layers for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Interconnects
Brazing of Porous Aluminum Sponge to Monolithic Alumna
AlN Surface Reactivity, Cleaning, and Laser Slag Removal
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