WILLIAM W. GERBERICH

 

Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

 

Contact Info:

Phone: (612) 625-8548

Office: 151 Amundson Hall

Email: wgerb@umn.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Professional Preparation

  • University of California, Berkeley, Materials Science & Engineering, PhD, 1971
  • Engineering Specialist, Aerojet General, Sacramento, California, 1965-67

 

Professional Appointments

á      Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, UMN, 1974-present

á      Res Metallica Chair, University of Louvain, Belgium, 2002

á      Director of Materials Science, UMN, 1975-2000

á      Associate Professor, Materials Science, UMN, 1975-2000

 

Selected Publications

á      A.A. Volinsky, N.R. Moody and W.W. Gerberich, ÒInterfacial Toughness Measurements of Thin Metal Films,Ó Acta Mater. 50, 441 (2002)

á      W.W. Gerberich, N.I. Tymiak, D.E. Kramer, A. Daugela, J. Jungk and M. Li, ÒAn Approach to Dry Friction and Wear,Ó Philos. Mag. A 82, 3349 (2002)

á      W.W. Gerberich, N.I. Tymiak, J.C. Grunlan, M.F. Horstemeyer and M.I. Baskes, ÒInterpretations of Indentation Size Effects,Ó J. Appl. Mech. 69, 443 (2002)

á      I. Karapanagiotis, D.F. Evans and W.W. Gerberich, ÒNucleation Processes for Dewetting Initiation of Thin Polymer Films,Ó Langmuir 17, 3266 (2001)

á      N.I. Tymiak, D.E. Kramer, D.F. Bahr, T.J. Wyrobek and W.W. Gerberich, ÒPlastic Strain and Strain Gradients at Very Small Indentation Depths,Ó Acta Mater. 49, 1021 (2001)

á      A. Neuman, J. Blum, N. Tymiak, A. Neuman, Z. Wong, N.P. Rao, S.L. Girshick, W.W. Gerberich, P.H. McMurry and J.V.R. Heberlein, ÒThe Effect of Substrate Temperature on the Properties of Nanostructured Silicon Carbide Films Deposited by Hypersonic Plasma Particle Deposition,Ó J. of Nanoparticle Res. 1, 31 (1999)

á      M.D. Kriese, N.R. Moody and W.W. Gerberich, ÒQuantitative Adhesion Measures of Multilayer FilmsÑI. Indentation Mechanics,Ó J. Mater. Res. 14, 3007 (1999)

á      M.D. Kriese, N.R. Moody and W.W. Gerberich, ibid. ÒII. Indentation of W/Cu, W/W, Cr/W,Ó J. Mater. Res.  14, 3019 (1999)

á      D. Kramer, H. Huang, M. Kriese, J. Robach, J. Nelson, A. Wright, D. Bahr and W.W. Gerberich, ÒYield Strength Predictions from the Plastic Zone Around Nanocontacts,Ó Acta Mater. 47, 333 (1998)

á       S.G. Corcoran, R.J. Colton, E.T. Lilleodden and W.W. Gerberich, ÒAnomalous Plastic Deformation of Surfaces: Nanoindentation of Gold Single Crystals,Ó Phys. Rev. B. Rap. Comm. 55, R16057 (1997)

 

Selected Awards

 

á      Cover, Langmuir with I. Karapanagiotis, D.F. Evans, April 17 2001

á      Best Paper Award, International Thermal Spray Conference, High Temperature Society of Japan, 1995

á      Outstanding Paper Award, Acta Metallurgica et Materialia, 1994

  • William Sparagen Award of the American Welding Society

 

 

Synergistic Activities

 

  • Organizer, International Fracture Conference, Symposium on the Nanomechanical Fracture of Small Volumes, ICF9 and 10.
  • Organizer, Symposium on the Fundamentals of Nanoindentation and Nanotribology, 1998.
  • Chair, Acta Metallurgica Publications, 1983-1989.
  • Chair, Institute for Mechanics and Materials, 1992-1997.
  • Advisor to Director of Public Safety, Minnesota GovernorÕs Commission on Pipeline Safety
  • Committee Member, Minnesota GovernorÕs initiative on Nanotechnology and Nanoscience