Christopher A. Schuh

Danae and Vasilios Salapatas Associate Professor of Metallurgy

BS Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997
PhD Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2001

Room 8-211, 77 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139
617-452-2659 (phone)
schuh@mit.edu
The Schuh Research Group

Prof. Schuh’s group uses experiments, analytical theory, and computer simulations to explore the processing-structure-property relationships in structural metals. They are particularly interested in the role of structural disorder and its effect on mechanical properties. Their research covers many length scales, from long-range disorder in grain boundary networks, to the nanoscale disorder in amorphous and nanocrystalline alloys.

Selected Publications

Detor, A.J. and C.A. Schuh, “Tailoring and Patterning the Grain Size of Nanocrystalline Alloys”, Acta Materialia, 55, 371–379, 2007.

Schuh, C.A., T.C. Hufnagel, and U. Ramamurty, “Mechanical Behavior of Amorphous Alloys”, Acta Materialia, 55, 4067–4109, 2007.

Chen, Y. and C.A. Schuh, “Percolation of Diffusional Creep: A New Universality Class”, Physical Review Letters, 98, 035701, 2007.

Schuh, C.A., C.E. Packard, and A.C. Lund, “Nanoindentation and Contact Mode Imaging at High Temperatures”, Journal of Materials Research, 21, 725–736, 2006.

Trelewicz, J.R. and C.A. Schuh, “The Hall-Petch Breakdown in Nanocrystalline Metals: a Crossover to Glass-like Deformation”, Acta Materialia, 55, 5948–5958, 2007.

See Tech Talk (Feb. 15, 2006) for an article on Prof. Schuh's new method that makes safer metal alloys. Prof. Schuh's work on next-generation alloys was reported in the Nov. 2004 edition of Technology Insider. Prof Schuh was the subject of a Research Spotlight on the Materials@MIT site in Aug. 2007.