In biology, defects are generally bad. But in materials science, defects can be intentionally tuned to give materials useful ...

The continuous casting process is a pivotal industrial technique in the manufacturing of steel, enabling cost‐effective production by solidifying molten metal into semi-finished billets, blooms, or ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Dr. Bob Tuttle’s career focus is all about finding the future of steel through the development of alloys and understanding the metal casting process. He sees improving the strength of ...

Magnesium alloys are considered to be in the vanguard of advanced materials. They are lightweight, with a density of 1.8 g/cm 3, (approximately two thirds that of aluminium alloys) and have the ...