Harold Brody

Professor Emeritus

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

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Education

Sc.D., MIT, 1964

Research Focus

• Casting and solidification
• Computer aided design of materials processing
• Engineering education: teaching design, university-industry partnerships
• Thermally stable structural steels

Awards

• Bruce Chalmers Award, Solidification Science, TMS, 2009
• Citation, Engineering Education & Economic Development, Pennsylvania Lt. Governor, 2004
• Citation, Engineering Education & Economic Development, Connecticut Legislature, 1997
• Metallurgist of the Year, Connecticut Professional Materials Societies, 1997
• Engineering Faculty Award for Sustained Merit, U of Pittsburgh, 1981-1984
• Foundry Educational Foundation Professor, U of Pittsburgh 1970: Sauveur Memorial Award, Boston Chapter, American Society for Metals, 1978-1992

Publications

X. Pan, J.E. Morral, H.D. Brody, Q-phase in Al-Cu-Mg-Si alloys Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Springer, Boston, April, 2010) 144-148.D. Zhang, J.E. Morral, and H.D. Brody, Measurements for Cu and Si Diffusivities in Al-Si-Cu Alloys by Diffusion Couples, Mat. Sci. and Eng. A (2007) 217-221.

Yong Ma, Jian Fang, Harold D. Brody, Structure, Property, Processing Relations in Cast, Solutionized, and Aged Al-Si-Cu-Mg and Al-Si-Mg Alloys, Shape Casting: 2nd International Symposium, Edited by Paul N. Crepeau, Murat Tiryakioğlu and John Campbell, TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), 2007.

B. Li, H. D. Brody and A. Kazimirov, Real Time Observation of Dendrite Coarsening in Sn-13%Bi Alloy by Synchrotron Microradiography, Met. Mat Trans A, 38 (3) (2007) 599-605.J.

Fang & H.D. Brody, An Empirical Model for Tensile Strength of Cast and Aged Al-Si-Cu-Mg Alloys, Proceedings, ASM Heat Treating Conference (Metals Park, 2006).

H. D. Brody et al, An Innovative Industry/University Partnership for Engineering, Proceedings ABET (November 1996).

M. J. Cima, M. C. Flemings, A. M. Figuerdo, M. Nakade, H. Ishii , H. D. Brody, and J. S. Haggerty, Semi-solid Solidification of HTSC Oxides, J. Appl. Phys. 72, No 1 (July, 1992) 179-190.

H. D. Brody and S. A. David, Controlled Solidification of Peritectic Alloys, Solidification and Casting of Metals, The Metals Society (London, 1979) 144-151.