====== Multifunctional and Adaptive Materials Laboratory(MAML) ====== ---- [[http://www.esm.psu.edu/~rfh13/Site/HamiltonResearch.html|Home]] | [[research:rfh13:Research Group|People]] | [[research:rfh13:Research|Research]] | [[research:rfh13:Publications|Publications]] | [[research:rfh13:News|News/Openings]] | [[research:rfh13:Contact|Contact]] ====== Dr. Reginald F. Hamilton ====== ==== ==== \\ {{:research:rfh13:rfh13200.jpg |:research:rfh13:rfh13200.jpg}}\\ //Associate Professor//\\ Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics\\ Pennsylvania State University\\ 212 Earth-Engineering Sciences Building\\ University Park, PA 16802-6812\\ Office: 309D\\ Tel: 814-865-7684\\ Fax: 814-865-9974\\ Email: [[rfhamilton@psu.edu|rfhamilton@psu.edu]] \\ \\ ==== Research Interests ==== * Physical Behavior of Shape Memory Alloys * Microstructure Characterization * Underlying mechanisms-properties-processing relationships * Thermal and Mechanical Activation of Martensitic Phase Transformation * Experimental Solid Mechanics * Micro-mechanical Constitutive Modeling of Martensitic Phase Transformation ==== Education ==== 2000-2008 University of Illinois, Urbana, IL\\ * Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering 2008\\ * M.S. Mechanical Engineering 2003\\ //Graduate Advisor//: Dr. Huseyin Sehitoglu, Dept. Engineering Mechanics & Science, UIUC 1993-1998 Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA\\ * B.S. Mechanical Engineering ==== Teaching, Research, and Professional Experience ==== * Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, PSU, Jul 2016-date * Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, PSU, Jan 2010-2016 * Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC, Aug. 2008- Dec. 2009 * Teaching Assistant, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC, 2001-2004 * Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC, 2000-2008 * Instructor, Engineering Science, Parkland College, 2003 ==== Synergistic Activities ==== * Serving in ESM Undergraduate Curriculum Mechanics Review Committee * Serving in ESM Graduate Mechanics Candidacy Exam Committee * Serving in ESM Graduate Student Recruitment & Admissions Committee * Developed teaching module in digital image correlation for junior and senior level experimental stress analysis courses **(EMCH 402, 506A)**. * Developed a graduate level elective course on “Thermo-mechanics of Shape Memory Alloys” for the Engineering Mechanics curriculum **(EMCH 597A)**. * Continuously serving in M.S. and Ph.D Thesis committees. ==== Honors & Distinctions ==== * College of Engineering SURGE Doctoral Fellow, University of Illinois, 2000-2006 * The National GEM Consortium Fellow, University of Illinois, Sponsored by Lucent Technologies, 2000-2002 * Southern University NASA Research Scholar, Southern University, 1998 ==== Memberships in Professional Societies ==== American Society of Metals (ASM) – International ==== Journal Reviewer ==== Materials Characterization