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Microstructure Research
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Grain Boundary Plane Orientation Fundamental Zones and Structure-Property Relationships

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Competition between shear band nucleation and propagation across rate-dependent flow transitions in a model metallic glass

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Variability of non-Schmid effects in grain boundary dislocation nucleation criteria

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Microstructural Factors of Strain Delocalization in Model Metallic Glass Matrix Composites

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Trends in Grain Boundary Mobility: Frequency of new and existing mechanisms

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New Methods for Developing and Manufacturing Compliant Mechanisms Utilizing Bulk Metallic Glass

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The Microstructure Research Lab, directed by Professors David Fullwood and Eric Homer, performs research in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University. Our research lab uses characterization, experiments, analytical theory, modeling and computer simulations to explore the processing-structure-property relationships in structural metals and materials.

Areas of particular focus include grain boundary structure-property relationships, High Resolution Electron BackScatter Diffraction (HR-EBSD), geometrically necessary dislocation (GND) measurement, microstructure evolution and mechanical behavior of amorphous metals.