William L. Johnson
Ruben F. and Donna Mettler Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, Emeritus
B.A., Hamilton College, 1970; Ph.D., Caltech, 1975. Assistant Professor of Materials Science, 1977-80; Associate Professor, 1980-84; Professor, 1984-89; Mettler Professor, 1989-2019; Mettler Professor Emeritus, 2019-.
Research interests: liquid alloys, bulk metallic glasses, nanostructured metals, and metal-matrix composites, applications of metallic glasses as structural materials
Overview
William Johnson's research includes studies of metallic materials including liquid alloys, bulk metallic glasses, nanostructured metals, and metal-matrix composites. Also, applications of metallic glasses as structural materials in sporting goods, aircraft, and military hardware, etc.
Related News
Read more newsPublications
- Shen, Yidi;Johnson, William L. et al. (2022) Shear Banding in Binary Cu-Zr Metallic Glass: Comparison of the G-Phase With L-PhaseFrontiers in Materials
- An, Qi;Johnson, William L. et al. (2021) The first order L-G phase transition in liquid Ag and Ag-Cu alloys is driven by deviatoric strainScripta Materialia
- An, Qi;Johnson, William L. et al. (2020) Formation of Two Glass Phases in Binary Cu-Ag LiquidActa Materialia
- Na, Jong H.;Corona, Sydney L. et al. (2020) Observation of an apparent first-order glass transition in ultrafragile Pt–Cu–P bulk metallic glassesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- An, Qi;Johnson, William L. et al. (2020) First Order Phase Transition in Liquid Ag to the Heterogeneous G-PhaseJournal of Physical Chemistry Letters
- Na, Jong Hyun;Han, Kyung Hee et al. (2019) Designing color in metallic glassScientific Reports
- Mohr, Markus;Wunderlich, Rainer K. et al. (2019) Surface tension and viscosity of liquid Pd_(43)Cu_(27)Ni_(10)P_(20) measured in a levitation device under microgravitynpj Microgravity
- Floyd, Michael;Demetriou, Marios D. et al. (2018) Optimizing glass formation in ferromagnetic alloys through chemical fluxingScripta Materialia
- Hofmann, Douglas C.;Andersen, Laura M. et al. (2017) Optimizing Bulk Metallic Glasses for Robust, Highly Wear-Resistant GearsAdvanced Engineering Materials
- Hofmann, Douglas C.;Polit-Casillas, Raul et al. (2016) Castable Bulk Metallic Glass Strain Wave Gears: Towards Decreasing the Cost of High-Performance RoboticsScientific Reports