Dr. Easo P. George
Professor (UTK)
Distinguished Research Staff Member and Group Leader (ORNL)
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania (1985): Physical metallurgy and mechanical behavior
Brief Bio
Easo P. George received his B.Tech. with Distinction in Metallurgical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur) in 1981 and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1985. After brief stints as Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and Research Engineer at Southwest Research Institute he joined the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1987 where he currently heads the Alloying Behavior and Design Group. In 2002 he became a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Tennessee as part of the ORNL-UT joint faculty agreement. Among the other positions that he has held are Visiting Scholar at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany (2001, 2002) and Visiting Scientist at the National Research Institute for Metals in Tsukuba, Japan (1995, 1997, 1999).
Research Areas
• Small-scale mechanical behavior of crystalline and amorphous materials
• Refractory and precious metals for space power applications
• Mechanical behavior at extremes of temperature and strain rate
• Environmental effects on microstructure and mechanical properties
Selected Awards and Honors
1995 NRIM Fellowship, Science and Technology Agency, Japan
1995 Beuhler Best Paper Award, Materials Characterization journal
1998 Sustained Outstanding Research Award, U. S. Department of Energy
1999 NASA Group Achievement Award for the Cassini RTG Team
1999 ASM Fellow
2000 Humboldt Prize, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
2005 Ribbon Award for Outstanding Paper, Materials Research Society
2008 Outstanding Symposium Paper Award, Materials Research Society
2010 TMS Fellow
Professional Activities
Editorial Board Member, Intermetallics, 1998-present
Editorial Board Member, Materials Characterization, 2008-present
Adjunct Professor of Materials Science, Auburn University, 1997-present
Selected Publications
C. Begau, A. Hartmaier, E. P. George, and G. M. Pharr, “Atomistic Processes of Dislocation Generation and Plastic Deformation During Nanoindentation,” Acta Mater. 59 (3) 934-942 (2011).
T.-H. Ahn, C.-S. Oh, D. H. Kim, K. H. Oh, H. Bei, E. P. George, and H. N. Ham, “Investigation of Strain-induced Martensitic Transformation in Metastable Austenite Using Nanoindentation,” Scripta Mater. 63 540-543 (2010).
H. Bei, Y. Yang, G. B. Viswanathan, C. J. Rawn, S. –L. Chen, E. P. George, J. Tiley, and Y. A. Chang, “Formation, Stability, and Crystal Structure of s Phase in Mo-Re-Si alloys,” Acta Mater. 58 6027-6034 (2010).
R. I. Barabash, H. Bei, Y. F. Gao, G. E. Ice, and E. P. George, “3D X-ray Microprobe Investigation of Local Dislocation Densities and Elastic Strain Gradients in a NiAl-Mo Composite and Exposed Mo Micropillars as a Function of Pre-strain,” J. Mater. Res. 25 (2) 199-206 (2010).
A. Gali, H. Bei, and E. P. George, Effects of Boron on the Microstructure and Thermal Stability of Directionally Solidified NiAl-Mo Eutectic, Acta Mater. 58 (2) 421-428 (2010).
J. Frenzel, E. P. George, A. Dlouhy, Ch. Somsen, M. F. -X. Wagner, and G. Eggeler, “Influence of Ni on Martensitic Phase Transformations in NiTi Shape Memory Alloys,” Acta Mater. 58 (9) 3444-3458 (2010).
Contact Dr. George
426 Dougherty Engineering Building
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-2200
Tel: (865) 974-9331
Materials Science and Technology Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1 Bethel Valley Road
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6115
Tel: (865) 574-5085
Email: egeorge@utk.edu