2017 Van Horn Distinguished Lectures: Nanostructured coatings as a "platform technology"
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Date: 14/11/2017

2017 Van Horn Distinguished Lectures: 2

The Kent R. van Horn Lectureship is an endowed Lectureship at the Case Western Reserve University and dates from 1974. It honours Kent R. van Horn, an alum, who had a distinguished career as a metallurgist, director of research, and ultimately corporate vice-president of Alcoa. Three lectures on varied topics are to be delivered over three successive days. The 2017 lectures were delivered by Professor Christopher Schuh of MIT. 

These videos are reproduced courtesy of the Materials Science and Engineering Department of Case Western Reserve University and with the permission of Professor Schuh.

http://engineering.case.edu/emse/node/121
http://www.phase-trans.msm.cam.ac.uk

Abstract:

Every engineering industry relies on materials, and conversely, most materials are used in multiple application spaces. This can be a great strength for Materials Science and Engineering when it meets
the marketplace. In this second lecture Prof. Schuh will discuss the “platform technology” attributes of nanocrystalline coatings. Beginning from the basic scientific notion of thermodynamically stabilized nanostructure, a number of parallel development trajectories will be charted. This includes the use of
nanostructure control to address different application spaces, the development of new alloy coatings for new applications, and the optimization of hierarchical coating structures from the nano- to the macroscales.