Editorial Board for section 'Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment'
- Extractive Metallurgy Section
- Powder Metallurgy Section
- Corrosion and Protection Section
- Biobased and Biodegradable Metals Section
- Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment Section
- Additive Manufacturing Section
- Metal Failure Analysis Section
- Computation and Simulation on Metals Section
- Entropic Alloys and Meta-Metals Section
- Welding and Joining Section
- Structural Integrity of Metals Section
- Metal Matrix Composites Section
- Crystallography and Applications of Metallic Materials Section
- Metallic Functional Materials Section
Please see the section webpage for more information on this section.
Members (64)

Interests: plastic deformation behavior of metals; mainly at high temperature; ultrafine structures and nano-grained metallic materials; severe plastic deformation processes; equal-channel angular pressing and mechanical alloying
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Interests: ICME—numerical material and process modeling for metallic materials; production processes (forming and heat treatment) for modern steels; development of alloy concepts and process technologies for the nanostructuring of structures as well as for the adjustment of metastable micro-structural phases; combination of experimental laboratory techniques with numerical simulation to model, evaluate and optimize industrial forming and heat treatment processes; forming technology
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Interests: magnesium alloy processing–structure–property relationships; low symmetry metal deformation; plasticity; in-situ neutron diffraction
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Interests: green composites; cork; numerical simulation; biomechanics; metal forming
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Interests: selective laser melting; titanium alloy (TiAl6V4); inconel (trademark); high-entropy alloys; laves phases; laser cladding; cast alloys; die castings; eutectics
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Interests: non-destructive evaluation; Infra-red techniques for materials assessment; fatigue and damage assessment; residual stress assessment

Interests: sheet metal forming; bulk metal forming; forming machines; material characterization and simulation; tailored forming
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Interests: Structural steels and alloys; Microstructure; Grain boundaries; Dislocation substructure; Deformation and annealing behavior; Strength and plasticity
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Interests: computational mechanics; finite element method; mechanics of materials; thermo-mechanical processes; thermal stresses; multi-physics modeling; computational manufacturing; welding
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Interests: materials characterization by X-rays; neutrons, synchrotron, and EBSD; instrumentation; texture, phase, and stress analysis; Mg, Al, and Ti alloys; industrial application
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Interests: powder metallurgy; coatings; hydrogen
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Interests: experimental characterization and numerical modelling of the mechanical behavior of materials; experimental analysis and thermomechanical–microstructural modelling of the industrial processes; numerical simulation oriented to the improvement of processes design; computational biomechanics
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Interests: continuum mechanics; computational mechanics; thermo-mechanical processes; advanced manufacturing technologies; additive manufacturing (3D printing); friction stir welding
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Interests: Physical phenomena in non-ferrous casting: hot tearing; Continuous Casting, EB Melting and Refining, Vaccuum Casting; Finite element-based heat flow and stress codes; Optimization of industrial casting processes; Mathematical modeling
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Interests: machining; composite materials; tribology; sustainable manufacturing; industrial engineering
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Interests: steels; microstructure; properties; additive materials
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Interests: steelmaking; energy; process engineering; mathematical modelling; applied heat
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Interests: materials engineering; nanotechnology; biomaterials; medical; dental; manufacturing and surface engineering; machine building and automation; management and organization
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Interests: electromagnetic/magnetic processing of materials; solidification under magnetic fields
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Interests: welding; casting; heat treatment; modeling; additive manufacturing; microstructure; mechanical properties
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Interests: severe plastic deformation; mechanical properties and superplasticity; magnesium
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Interests: equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics, phase transformations, grain growth, steels

Interests: alloy design; thermomechanical processing and transformation behavior of HSLA, AHSS, Stainless Steels (austenitic, ferritic and martensitic); Non-destructive techniques (NDT), UT and EMAT to locate; describe and quantify microstructural changes; grain size, defects in engineering components

Interests: steels; microstructural characterization; phase transformation; mechanical properties; mechanical behavior of materials
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Interests: liquid metal flows; solidification of metals and alloys; heat and mass transfer in liquid metals; measurement techniques for liquid metals; material data of liquid metals and alloys; flow control by magnetic fields; electromagnetic processing of materials; metal-matrix composites; applications in metal casting or semiconductor crystal growth; high-temperature applications of liquid metals

Interests: my expertise is on materials engineering with specific research interest on: Advanced Manufacturing (Additive Manufacturing - Selective Laser Melting, Semi-Solid Metal processing, Die and squeeze Casting and Powder Metallurgy); Advanced Materials (Energy Materials, Light Alloys, Steels, Metal and Intermetallic matrix composites); Energy pipeline welding integrity
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Interests: alloy design; brazing; porous metals; precious metals; mechanical properties
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Interests: computational material mechanics; recrystallization; grain growth; phase transformations; texture evolution
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Interests: severe plastic deformation processing; ECAE; thermal mechanical processing; refractory metals; electrical conductors; cryogenic materials; applied superconductivity

Interests: explosive welding and other high-rate material processing technologies such as powder compaction and the synthesis of new materials using explosion and shock-wave phenomena
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