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Thomas
Waddy Eagar
Professor
of Materials
Engineering and Engineering Systems
Dr.
Eagar holds an Sc.D. from MIT. He
believes that improvements in the
reliability of fabricated materials
require a better understanding of
the physics and the chemistry of the
processes that are used.
Although
most of Dr. Eagar's research involves
welding and joining, an increasing
amount of work involves other aspects
of materials manufacturing and engineering
systems such as product design and
development; alternate manufacturing
processes; manufacturing management;
materials systems analysis; selection
of materials and failure analysis.
Examples
of Dr. Eagar’s recent research
include:
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Fundamentals
of transient liquid phase diffusion
bonding as applied to composites,
superalloys and electronic packaging
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Control
of melting during gas metal arc
welding
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Effects
of welding fume on health of workers
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Stresses
generated during joining of dissimilar
materials
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Improved
methods of dimensional analysis
of materials
processing
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Design,
forming and assembly of automotive
body components
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Methods
for successful product desin and
development.
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