Hamilton, Reginald F.
Assistant Professor
Office phone: (814) 865-7684
Office address: 309D Earth and Engineering Sciences Building
E-mail: rfh13@psu.edu
Homepage: http://www.esm.psu.edu/~rfh13/
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008
- M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003
- B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Southern University Baton Rouge, 1998
Years of Service with Penn State (3 years)
- Jan 2010 – Present Assistant Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics
Other Related Experience — Teaching, Industrial, Etc.
- Aug 2008 – Nov 2009 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
- Dec 1998 – Aug 2000 Physical Design Engineer, Lucent Technologies, Naperville, IL
Recent Principal Publications
- Reginald F. Hamilton, H. Sehitoglu, S. Dilibal, and H. J. Maier (2010) “Underlying Mechanism of the Dual Hysteresis in NiMnGa Single Crystals,” Material Science & Engineering A.
- Reginald F. Hamilton, H. Sehitoglu, K. Aslantas, C. Efstathiou, and H. J. Maier (2008) “Inter-martensite Strain Evolution in NiMnGa Single Crystals,” Acta Materialia, 56, pp. 2231.
- Reginald F. Hamilton, H. Sehitoglu, C. Efstathiou, and H. J. Maier (2007) “Inter-martensitic transitions in Ni-Fe-Ga Single Crystals,” Acta Materialia, 55, pp. 4867.
- Reginald F. Hamilton, H. Sehitoglu, C. Efstathiou, and H. J. Maier (2007) “Mechanical Response of NiFeGa Alloys Containing Second-Phase Particles,” Scripta Materialia, 57, pp. 497.
- J. D. Callaway, R. F. Hamilton, H. Sehitoglu, N. Miller, H. J. Maier, and Y. Chumlyakov (2007) “Shape Memory and Martensite Deformation Response of Ni2MnGa,” Smart Materials and Structures, 16, pp. S108.
- J. D. Callaway, H. Sehitoglu, R. F. Hamilton, K. Aslantas, N. Miller, H. J. Maier, and Y. Chumlyakov (2006) “Magnetic shape memory in Ni2MnGa as influenced by applied stress,” APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 89, pp. 221905.
- Reginald F. Hamilton, H. Sehitoglu, C. Efstathiou, H. J. Maier, and Y. Chumlyakov (2006) “Pseudoelasticity in Co-Ni-Al Single and Polycrystals,” Acta Materialia, 54, pp. 587.
- Reginald F. Hamilton, C. Efstathiou, H. Sehitoglu, and Y. Chumlyakov (2006) “Thermal and Stress-induced Martensitic Transformations in NiFeGa Single Crystals under Tension and Compression,” Scripta Materialia, 54, pp. 587.
- A. J. Wagoner-Johnson, R. F. Hamilton, and H. Sehitoglu (2005) “Analysis of Multistep Transformations in Single-Crystal NiTi,” Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 36, pp. 919.
Consulting, Patents, and Scientific and Professional Society Memberships
- ASM International, Member (2009 – Present)
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