Merton C. Flemings
- Professor of Materials Processing
- Toyota Professor Emeritus
- SB Metallurgy, MIT, 1951
- SM Metallurgy, MIT, 1952
- ScD Metallurgy, MIT, 1954
- 8-211
- flemings@mit.edu

Research
Prof. Flemings’ long career of research has had as its main focus the solidification of metals, and to a lesser extent solidification of ceramics, semiconductors and superconductors. His work continues to have broad industrial application, particularly in the foundry and metal producing industries. His current and recent studies are on semi-solid processing.
Papers
2018
M. C. FLEMINGS,DENDRITE FRAGMENTATION IN SEMISOLID CASTING,Solid State Phenomena, Vol. 285, pp. 003-11, 2018.
2009
M. C. FLEMINGS AND D. V. RAGONE, PUDDLING: A NEW LOOK AT AN OLD PROCESS, Journal Iron and Steel Institute (Japan), Vol. 49, pp.1960-1966, 2009
1999
M.C. FLEMINGS, WHAT NEXT FOR DEPARTMENTS OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, Annual Review of Material Science, Annual Reviews, Inc., Vol. 29, pp.1-23, 1999
1991
H.M. CHOW, X.P. JIANG, M.J. CIMA, J.S. HAGGERTY, H.D. BRODY, AND M.C. FLEMINGS, EFFECTS OF ANNEALING ON THE MICROSTRUCTURE AND PHASE CHEMISTRY OF DIRECTIONALLY SOLIDIFIED BI2SR2CACU2O8, J. of the American Ceramic Society, Vol. 74, pp.1391-1396, 1991.
1981
M.C. FLEMINGS, G.B. KENNEY, D.R. SADOWAY, J.P. CLARK, AND J. SZEKELY, AN ASSESSMENT OF MAGNESIUM PRIMARY PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY, DOE/CS/40284-T1, 1981.
1974
M.C. FLEMINGS, SOLIDIFICATION PROCESSING, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY: 1974)
1966
H.P. UTECH AND M.C. FLEMINGS, ELIMINATION OF SOLUTE BANDING IN INDIUM ANTIMONIDE CRYSTALS BY GROWTH IN A MAGNETIC FIELD, J. of Applied Physics,pp.2021-2024. 1966..
1959
H.F. TAYLOR, M.C. FLEMINGS, AND J. WULFF, FOUNDRY ENGINEERING, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1959.