Smid, Ivica
Associate Professor
Office phone: (814) 863-8208
Office address: 147B Research Building West
E-mail: smid@psu.edu
Educational Background
- Ph.D. (with distinction), Physical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria, 1987
- M.S. (with distinction), Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria, 1984
Years of Service with Penn State (10 years)
- Jan 2002 – Present Associate Professor
Other Related Experience — Teaching, Industrial, Etc.
- July 1996 – Dec 2001 Principal Researcher, Materials Technology, Austrian Research Center Seibersdorf, Austria
- July 1994 – June 1996 Technical Officer, The Next European Torus (NET) Team, Thermonuclear Fusion, Euopean Commission, Garching, Germany
- Apr 1993 – June 1994 Senior Researcher, Materials Technology, Austrian Research Center Seibersdorf, Austria
- Sept 1991 – Mar 1993 Visiting Scientist, High Heat Flux Components, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Naka, Japan
Recent Principal Publications
- Rick E Toth, John M Keane, and Ivi Smid (Feb 2008) “New TCHP Drawing Dies with Unprecedented Performance,” Wire Journal International, 41(1), pp. 68–72.
- John A. Shields and Ivi Smid (Sept 2007) “Electronic Applications for Copper Powder,” International Journal of Powder Metallurgy, 43(5), pp. 31–42.
- Gerald Pintsuk, Ivi Smid, J E Doering, Wolfgang Hohenauer, and Jochen Linke (May 2007) “Fabrication and characterization of vacuum plasma sprayed W/Cu-composites for extreme thermal conditions,” Journal of Materials Science, 42(1), pp. 30–39.
- Gaurav Aggarwal, Seong-Jin Park, and Ivi Smid (Mar 2007) “Master Decomposition Curve for Binders Used in Powder Injection Molding,” Metallurgical & Materials Transactions A, 38A(3), pp. 606–614.
- Gaurav Aggarwal, Seong-Jin Park, and Ivi Smid (Mar 2006) “Development of niobium powder injection molding: Part I. Feedstock and injection molding,” International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials, 24, pp. 253–262.
- Ivi Smid, Masato Akiba, Gottfried Vieider, and Laurenz Ploechl (Mar 1998) “Development of tungsten armor and bonding to copper for plasma-interactive components,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, 258–263, pp. 160–172.
Consulting, Patents, and Scientific and Professional Society Memberships
- The American Powder Metallurgy Institute (APMI), member (2003 – Present)
- The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME International), member (2003 – Present)
- The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), member (2002 – Present)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde, Germany, member (1985 – Present)
Recent Institutional and Professional Service
- Faculty Senate, Penn State (July 2008 – Present)
- Strategic Planning Committee, Engineering Science and Mechanics (July 2007 – Present)
- Faculty Council, College of Engineering (July 2002 – June 2006)
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