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Jim McGuffin-Cawley

Director
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Develops new methodologies for material processing, characterizes processing-property relationships, studies high-temperature diffusion and solid-state reactions, fosters industry-university relationships
Office: 400 White
Phone Number: (216) 368-6482
Fax Number: (216) 368-3209

Education

Ph.D., Ceramic Science, Case Western Reserve University, 1984
B.S., Ceramic Engineering, Alfred University, 1978

Research Interests

Advanced and established methods for processing of materials, industrial-university partnerships, high temperature diffusion and solid state reaction, numerical modeling, transport phenomena.

Teaching Interests

Introduction to materials, strategic metals and mineral-based materials, manufacturing & processing, thermodynamics.

Publications

Schiltz, J., Alamos, F., Kozlovsky, K., Attardo, R., Gatrell, B., Budzinski, J., ... Schmid, S. (2020). Fatigue Performance of Direct Metal Laser Sintered Parts using Reused Metallic Feedstocks. Procedia Manufacturing, 48 (), 814-820.
Nie, Z., Wang, G., McGuffin-Cawley, J. D., Narayanan, B., Zhang, S., Schwam, D., ... Rong, Y. (2016). Experimental Study and Modeling of H13 Steel Deposition Using Laser Hot-Wire Additive Manufacturing. Journal of Materials Processing Technology [09240136], 235 (), 171-186.
Kottman, M., Zhang, S., McGuffin-Cawley, J. D., Denney, P., & Narayanan, B. (2015). Laser Hot Wire Process: A Novel Process for Near-Net Shape Fabrication for High-Throughput ApplicationsJOM, DOI: 10.1007/s11837-014-1288-1, published online Jan 21, 2015.. Laser Hot Wire Process: A Novel Process for Near-Net Shape Fabrication for High-Throughput Applications, 67 (3), 622-928.
McGuffin-Cawley, J. D., Fergus, J., & Twigge-Molecey, C. (2013). Sustainability in Materials Education. JOM/TMS, 65 (8), 935-938.
Lin, P., Cheng, K., McGuffin-Cawley, J. D., Shieu, F., Samia, A., Gupta, S., ... Thompson, C. (2012). Detection of alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase (AMACR), a biomarker of prostate cancer, in patient blood samples using a nanoparticle electrochemical biosensor. Biosensors, 2 (4), 377-387.