"Looking at the microstructure of crystalline materials through experimentation, their properties impact performance in every modern industry."
Sean R. Agnew, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Our research is focused primarily on metals analysis, including magnesium alloy formability, intermetallic behaviors, and aluminum alloy fatigue. Our methods of analysis typically include uses of SEM, TEM, XRD, and Neutron diffraction. Also included in our army of techniques is mechanical testing.
Research Interests
Surface and Interface Science and Engineering
Metallurgy
Materials Characterization
Nanomaterials and nanomanufacturing
Advanced materials for transportation applications
The nuclear power industry is facing a shortage of trained engineers. The new fellowship program will help fill that need and support graduate student research at UVA Engineering.
Corrosion Science Keeps Nuclear Power in the Nation’s Energy Mix
Corrosion science meets challenges of storing and containing nuclear waste, and preserving materials in generation-IV reactors’ anticipated extreme environments.
"Plastic Anistotropy and the Role of Non-Basal Slip in Magnesium Alloy AZ31B," Int. J. Plasticity, accepted S.R. Agnew and O. Duygulu
“Enhanced Ductility in Strongly Textured Magnesium Produced by Equal Channel Angular (ECA) Processing”, Scripta Mater, 50 (2004) 377-381. S.R. Agnew, J.A. Horton, T.M. Lillo and D.W. Brown,
“Ultrasonic Velocity and Texture of High RRR Niobium” Materiaux et Techniques, No. 7-8-9 (2003) 38-44. S.R. Agnew, F. Zeng, and G.R. Myneni
“Study of Slip Mechanisms in a Magnesium Alloy by Neutron Diffraction and Modeling”, Scripta Mater, 48 (2003) 1003-1008. S.R. Agnew, C.N. Tomé, D.W. Brown, T.M. Holden, and S.C. Vogel
“TEM Invesitgation of <c+a> Dislocation Structures in Mg and Mg-Li α -Solid Solution Alloys”, Metall. Mater. Trans. A, 23A, 813-822 (2002). S. R. Agnew, J. A. Horton, and M. H. Yoo
“Overview of fatigue performance of Cu processed by severe plastic deformation,” J. Electron. Mater., 28, 1038-1044 (1999). S. R. Agnew, A. Y. Vinogradov, S. Hashimoto, and J. R. Weertman
“Low-Cycle Fatigue Behavior of Ultrafine Grain Copper”, Mat. Sci. Eng.,A244, 145 (1998). S. R. Agnew and J. R. Weertman
“The Influence of Texture on the Elastic Properties of Ultrafine-Grain Copper,” Mat. Sci. Eng., A242, 174 (1998) S. R. Agnew and J. R. Weertman
