Dr. T.G. Nieh
Professor
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Brief Bio
Dr. T.G. Nieh is currently a professor in Department of Materials Science and Engineering at The University of Tennessee. From 1980 to 1992, he worked at Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. (now Lockheed-Martin Corporation) as a Senior Fellow of Research Laboratory. He subsequently worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as a Senior Research Fellow until he joined UT in 2004.
Nieh is a world leader in superplasticity and superplastic forming. He is also widely recognized for his work in several material science disciplines, including bulk metallic glasses, nanocrystalline materials, lightweight alloys, metal-matrix composites, intermetallics, refractory metals, bioceramics, and nanolaminates. He published over 300 papers and a textbook on “Superplasticity of metals and ceramics’ and is one of the ISI highly-cited material scientists. He is now serving as Editor, Materials Letters, and Associated Editor of Journal Intermetallics.
Nieh received the Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering in 1980 from Stanford University, the M.S. degree in Physics in 1976 from University of Washington, Seattle, and the B.S. degree in Physics in 1973 from National Cheng-Kung University in Taiwan.
Research Areas
• Metallic glasses (amorphous alloys)
• Nanostructured materials
• High temperature materials
Selected Awards and Honors
2004 Fellow of TMS (The Materials, Minerals, and Metallurgical Society)
1992 Fellow of
ASM International (American Society of Materials)
Professional Activities
• Board member of International Advisory Board on Superplasticity, and has served in a number of national review/advisory panels on materials science
• Consulting Professor of Harbin Institute of Technology, China
• Consulting Professor of University of Science and Technology-Beijing, China
• Adjunct Professor of Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan
• Advisory Board, Department of Physics and Materials, Hong Kong City University
Selected Publications
C.L. Wang, Y. H. Lai, J. C. Huang, and T. G. Nieh, ‘Creep of nanocrystalline nickel: a direct comparison between uniaxial and nanoindentation creep,’ Scripta Mater 62, 175–178 (2010).
J.G. Wang, D.Q. Zhao, M.X. Pan, W.H. Wang, S.X. Song, and T.G. Nieh, ‘Yielding and free volume of metallic glasses’ Scripta Mater 62, 477-480, 2010.
Jason S.C. Jang, J.Y. Ciou, T.H. Li, J.C. Huang, and T. G. Nieh, ‘Dispersion toughening of a Mg-based bulk metallic glass reinforced with porous Mo particles,’ Intermetallics 18, 451–458, 2010.
J.S.C. Jang, S.R. Jian, D.J. Pan, Y.H. Wu, J.C. Huang, and T.G. Nieh, ‘Thermal and mechanical characterizations of a Zr-based bulk metallic glass composite toughened by in-situ precipitated Ta-rich particles’ Intermetallics 18, 560–564, 2010.
S.X. Song, J.S.C. Jang, J.C. Huang, and T.G. Nieh, ‘Inhomogeneous to homogeneous transition in an Au-based metallic glass and its deformation maps,’ Intermetallics 18, 702–709, 2010.
S.X. Song, X.-L. Wang, and T.G. Nieh, ‘Capturing shear band propagation in a Zr-based metallic glass using a high speed camera’ Scripta Mater 62(11) 847-850, 2010.
C. J. Lee, Y. H. Lai, J. C. Huang, X. H. Du, L. Wang, and T.G. Nieh, ‘Strength variation and cast defect distribution in metallic glasses,’ Scripta Mater 63, 105-108, 2010.
Ying Liu, Binghong Li, Jun Li, Lin He, Shengji Gao, and T.G. Nieh, ‘Effect of titanium on the ductilization of Fe-B alloys with high boron content,’ Materials Letters 64(11) 1299-1301, 2010.
J.S.C. Jang, W.J. Li, T.H. Li, S.R. Jian, Y.H. Wu, J.C. Huang, and T.G. Nieh, ‘Thermoplastic forming ability of a Mg-base bulk metallic glass composites reinforced with porous Mo particles,’ Intermetallics. 18, 1964–1968, 2010.
J. S. C. Jang, T. H. Li, S. R. Jian, J. C. Huang, and T. G. Nieh, ‘Effects of characteristics of Mo dispersions on the plasticity of Mg-based bulk metallic glass composites,’ Intermetallics. 19, 738-743, 2011.
L. Wang, H. Bei, Y.F. Gao, Z.P. Lu, and T.G. Nieh, ‘Effect of Residual Stresses on the Hardness of Bulk Metallic Glasses’, Acta Mater 59, 2858–2864, 2011.
Y.F. Gao, L. Wang, H. Bei, and T.G. Nieh, ‘On the Shear Band Direction in Metallic Glasses’, Acta Mater, 59, 4159-4167, 2011.
L. Wang, H. Bei, Y.F. Gao, E.P. George, and T.G. Nieh, ‘Determining the activation energies and slip systems for dislocation nucleation in BCC-Mo and FCC-Ni single crystals’, Scripta Mater, 65, 179-182, 2011.
L. Wang, Z.P. Lu, and T.G. Nieh, ‘Onset of yielding and shear band nucleation in an Au-based bulk metallic glass,’ Scripta Mater 65(9) 759-762, 2011.
S.X. Song and T.G. Nieh, ‘Direct measurements of shear band propagation in metallic glasses - an overview,’ Intermetallics, 19, 1968-1977, 2011.
L. Wang, H. Bei, Y.F. Gao, Z.P. Lu, and T.G. Nieh ‘Effect of residual stresses on the onset of yielding in a Zr-based metallic glass,’ Acta Mater 2011. – in press
Contact Dr. Nieh
422 Dougherty Engineering Building
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-2200
Tel: 865-974-5328
Fax: 865-974-4115
Email: tnieh@utk.edu