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Professor Dunand research focuses on metallic alloys, composites, and foams, with particular emphasis on measuring and modeling their mechanical properties. Three main families of materials are being investigated: (1) Dispersion-strengthened metals: aluminum with Al3X (X=Sc, Ti, Zr, Li, rare-earth elements) nano-size precipitates, for energy-efficient transportation, nickel and cobalt-base superalloys with L12 precipitates, and iron-base ferritic superalloys with B2 precipitates. (2) Metallic foams: Foams based on titanium (Ti, Ti-6Al-4V) and nickel for aerospace or implant implications; Foams from shape-memory alloys (Ni-Ti and Ni-Mn-Ga) for biomedical implants or actuators; Freeze cast Cu-, Co-, Fe-, W- and Ni- foams for electrodes in energy applications; 3D printed metallic scaffolds using ink precursors or selective laser melting. An additional area of study is the use of synchrotron X-ray radiation to study strains, phase composition and tomography in battery materials, structural composites, archeological alloys, r selective laser melting and biomineralized materials (bone and tooth).
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Education/Academic qualification
Metallurgy, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
… → 1991
Materials Engineering, BS/MS, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
… → 1986
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Creep Testing of EV Alloys
Dunand, D. C. (PD/PI)
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Department of Energy
6/27/24 → 6/27/25
Project: Research project
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Subproject - Dunand
Dunand, D. C. (Co-Investigator)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
4/17/24 → 4/16/27
Project: Research project
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Ferroalloys and Stainless Steels with Low Carbon Footprint via Hydrogen Reduction of Oxide Blends
Dunand, D. C. (PD/PI)
11/1/23 → 10/31/26
Project: Research project
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Replacing Cerium with Energy-Efficient Mischmetal in Cast Aluminum Alloys for Aerospace Applications
Dunand, D. C. (PD/PI), Dunand, D. C. (PD/PI) & Dunand, D. C. (PD/PI)
10/1/22 → 9/30/26
Project: Research project
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MRI: Development of Multi-Material Printing and Multi-Modal Sensing Capabilities for Directed Energy Deposition
Guo, P. (PD/PI), Cao, J. (Co-PD/PI), McCue, I. D. (Co-PD/PI), Willomitzer, F. (Co-PD/PI), Balogun, O. (Other), Chen, W. (Other), Chung, Y.-W. (Other), Cossairt, O. S. (Other), Dunand, D. C. (Other), Ehmann, K. (Other), Liu, W. K. (Other), Stupp, S. (Other), Voorhees, P. W. (Other), Wagner, G. J. (Other) & Wang, Q. J. (Other)
9/1/22 → 8/31/26
Project: Research project
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Effect of Zr and Sc additions on coarsening- and creep resistance of AlSi10Mg fabricated by laser powder bed fusion
Coello, I. E., Glerum, J. A., Ekaputra, C. N., Mogonye, J. E. & Dunand, D. C., Mar 5 2025, In: Additive Manufacturing. 101, 104707.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of mischmetal composition and cooling rates on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Al-(Ce, La, Nd) eutectic alloys
Qi, J., Bryan, E. C. & Dunand, D. C., Mar 2025, In: Materials Science and Engineering: A. 925, 147912.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hierarchically Porous SnO2/Cu Composites via Freeze Casting and Selective Cu Reduction
Fandré, J. P., Pennell, S., Ramesh, S. L., Lopez, J., Spolenak, R. & Dunand, D. C., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Advanced Engineering Materials.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ink Casting and 3D-Extrusion Printing of Yb14MnSb11 for High-Temperature Thermoelectric Material
Chen, M., Pröschel, A., Star, K. E., Bux, S. K., Snyder, G. J. & Dunand, D. C., Feb 19 2025, In: Advanced Functional Materials. 35, 8, 2415210.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Microstructure and creep properties of Al-7Ce-3Ni-8Mg alloys fabricated by laser powder bed fusion of powder blends
Park, H., Ekaputra, C. N. & Dunand, D. C., Mar 2025, In: Materials Science and Engineering: A. 926, 147968.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Atom Probe Tomography Reconstruction and Analysis for the Temporal Evolution of Co-Al-W Superalloys at 750˚C
Chung, D.-W. (Creator), Seidman, D. N. (Creator), Bocchini, P. (Creator) & Dunand, D. (Creator), Materials Data Facility, Mar 9 2018
DOI: 10.18126/m2ws7w, https://www.materialsdatafacility.org/detail/pub_2_bocchini_atom_v1.2
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