William Curtin

William A. Curtin
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (2005-06)[1]
Scientific career
Fields
  • Materials Science
  • Theoretical Physics
Institutions

William A. Curtin is an American materials scientist who is Elisha Benjamin Andrews Professor at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.[2]

From 2011 to 2022, he was director of the Institute of Mechanical Engineering at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005.[1]

His research interests span a wide range of topics in materials science and theoretical physics, including the mechanics of materials, multiscale modeling, and the properties of metal alloys and composites.[2] He is the author of several high-impact publications in the field of materials science.[3]

He was editor-in-chief of Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering for more than ten years until 2016.[4]

Curtin proposed a new model for the Portevin–Le Chatelier effect (PLC effect), which is based on the "single-atomic-hop motion of solutes from the compression to the tension side of a dislocation core." This model provides a predictive framework for understanding dynamic strain ageing (DSA) in these alloys, offering new insights into the microscopic interactions that lead to macroscopic material behaviors.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "William A. Curtin Jr. – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation…".
  2. ^ a b William A. Curtin at Brown University
  3. ^ Google Scholar profile
  4. ^ Curtin, William A. (2016). "New Editors-in-Chief for MSMSE". Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering. 24 (8). Bibcode:2016MSMSE..24h0201C. doi:10.1088/0965-0393/24/8/080201.
  5. ^ Curtin, William A., David L. Olmsted, and Louis G. Hector Jr. "A predictive mechanism for dynamic strain ageing in aluminium–magnesium alloys." Nature materials 5, no. 11 (2006): 875-880. Nature Materials.


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