Autor: T. S. Srivatsan

T. S. Srivatsan is the Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Akron. He received his graduate degrees [Masterof Science in Aerospace Engineering (M.S. 1981) and Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (Ph.D. 1984)] from Georgia Institute of Technology. M. Ashraf Imam is a Research Metallurgist at Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) pursuing basic research on materialstructure-property relationship. He also holds the position of Adjunct Professor of Materials Science at George Washington University in Washington, DC. Dr. Imam obtained a D.Sc.degree in Materials Science from George Washington University andan M.S. from Carnegie-Mellon University in the field of Metallurgyand Materials Science. R. Srinivasan is the Professor in the Mechanicaland Materials Engineering Department, is the Director of the Materials Science and Engineering Program at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. He received his Ph D from the State University of New York, Stony Brook, and his MS from the Universityof Florida, Gainesville, both in Materials Science and Engineering, after completing his bachelors degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.