Dr. Ibrahim Karaman, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Students:
Mohammed Haouaoui, Ph.D. Student
M.S. Degree, 2001, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
Former Advisor: Prof. K. Ted Hartwig
M.S. Thesis: "Characterizations of severely deformed and annealed copper"
M.S. Degree, 2003, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
Former Advisor: Prof. Ibrahim Karaman
M.S. Thesis: "Effects of Thermo-Mechanical Treatment on the Shape Memory Behavior of NiTi and CoNiAl Alloys"
M.S. Degree, 2004, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
Former Advisor: Prof. Ibrahim Karaman
M.S. Thesis: "Refining Grain Size in Difficult to Work Materials"
M.S. Degree, 2003, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Middle East Technical University
Former Advisor: Prof.
M.S. Thesis: " "
Burak Basaran, Ph.D. Student
M.S. Degree, 2003, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
Former Advisor: Prof. Mustafa Yavuz
M.S. Thesis: " "
M.S. Students:
Anish Abraham Simon, M.S. Student
Thesis Title: “Thermo-Mechanical Processing of NiTiHf Shape Memory Alloys”
Ajay V. Kulkarni, M.S. Student
Thesis Title: “Effect of Ultrafine Grain Size and Severe Plastic Deformation on Shape Memory Behavior of NiTi”
Steve S. Sutter, M.S. Student
Thesis Title: " Equal Channel Angular Extrusion of IF Steels"
B.S. Students
Kathryn E. Sy, B.S. Student
Thesis Title: “Characterization of a New CoNiGa Shape Memory Alloy”
Former Students
Jonathan N. Robertson, M.S. 2002, Current Position: Schlumberger
M.S. Thesis: “Consolidation of Zirconium Based Metallic Glass Powder By Equal Channel Angular Extrusion”
Yang Cao, M.E. 2004, Current Position: City University of New York, Ph.D. Student
Thesis Title: “Grain Boundary Engineering in Ultrafine Grain Materials”
Justin Morse, B.S. 2002, Current Position: Dril-Quip, Inc.
Research Title: “Severe Plastic Deformation of NiTi and Austenitic Stainless Steels”
Anders Pedersen, IAESTE Trainee from Technical University of Denmark, 2003
Research Title: “Prediction of Temperature Increase During Equal Channel Angular Extrusion”
Bryan W. Bagley, B.S. 2003, Current Position: Shah Smith Consult.
Research Title: “Design and Fabrication of a Magneto-Thermo-Mechanical Test Frame”
Joseph S. Mather, B.S. 2004, Current Position: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ph.D. Student
Research Title: “Characterization of Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys”