Alan M. Russell

Professor, Iowa State University, 2005-present

Associate Professor, Iowa State University, 1999-2005

Associate Scientist, Ames Laboratory, 1990-present

Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, 1990-1999

Assistant Dean and Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, 1984-1990

Assistant to the Dean and Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, 1980-1984

Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, 1979-1980

Instructor, Iowa State University, 1977-1979

Temporary Instructor, Iowa State University, 1976-1977

Mechanical properties of transition metal alloys and intermetallic compounds

Deformation processed metal metal composites

Ultra-hard boride composites

Metastable phases in alloys induced by rapid quenching

Buxbaum, R. and Russell, A., "Ti2AlNb-Coated Refractory Alloys for Generation IV Nuclear Reactor Construction", U.S. Dept. of Energy Small Business Innovation Research, June, 2009 through May, 2010, ($100,000).

LeSar, R., Biner, S., Constant, K.P., Ho, K.M., Russell, A., and Wang, C.Z., "Mechanical Properties of Nanoribbons", USDOE/BES, October, 2008 through September, 2009 ($690,000).

Russell, A., Anderson, I., and Chumbley, S., "Investigation of Al-Fe Deformation-processed Metal-metal Composites for Long-distance, High-voltage Power Transmission", Ames Laboratory, January, 2009 through August, 2009, ($40,000).

Russell, A. and Chumbley, S., “Testing and Recommended Practices to Improve Nurse Tank Safety”, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, for October, 2008 through September, 2010, ($270,000).

Russell, A., "Transition element metal-metal composite studies", Omuret, December, 2008 through August 2009, ($62,320).

Russell, A. and Chumbley, S., “Microstructural Changes Resulting from Cryotreatment of Steel”, IPRT Company Assistance Contract Research Project Proposal for MMS Thermal Processing, LLC, Davenport, IA, for August, 2008 through November, 2008, ($17,202).

Buxbaum, R. and Russell, A., “High-temperature, oxidation-resistant, low- activation alloys for 4th generation nuclear reactor construction”, SBIR/DOE Phase I solicitation DE-PS02-6ER06-30, May, 2007-December, 2007 ($100,000).

LeSar R, Biner S, Gschneidner K, Ho K, Russell A, and Wang C, “Mechanical Behavior of Materials and Radiation Effects”, Department of Energy, Basic Energy Science, October, 2007-September, 2008 ($690,000).

Cook B. and Russell A., “Advanced wear resistant nanocomposites for increased energy efficiency”, U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Materials for Energy Efficient Industrial Processing, October, 2006-September, 2010 ($2,200,000).

Becker A. and Russell A., " Black Gold: A Research Plan to Investigate Ductile, Gold-Rare Earth Intermetallics Forming Self-regenerating Black Surface Layers for Jewelry Applications”, International Precious Metals Institute, April, 2006 to May, 2007 ($5,000).

Gschneidner K. and Russell A.. “Mechanical Behavior & Defects in Solids”, U.S. Department of Energy, Basic Energy Science, October, 2006 to September, 2007 ($495,000).

Buxbaum R., lead-PI (REB Research, Michigan), Howard B. (National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pennsylvania), Russell A. (Iowa State University), Paglieri S. (Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico), and Crombey E. (Johnson-Mathey Corp., New Jersey), "Development of lower cost hydrogen permeability membranes", U.S. Department of Energy, NTEL, October, 2005 to September, 2008, ($140,302 subcontract (total contract $2,950,000)).

Gschneidner, Jr. K. A., Russell A. M., Biner S. B., Lo C. H. C., Lograsso T. A., Ye Y., Barnard D., and Tsokol A. O., "A new paradigm - ductile intermetallic compounds", U.S. Department of Energy, Basic Energy Science, October, 2005 to September, 2006, ($230,000).

Russell A.M., Gschneidner, Jr. K.A., and Chumbley L.S., "Investigation of the roles of strain rate and twinning in the high ductility of B2 intermetallic compounds", National Science Foundation, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Material Research, Metals, September, 2004 to August, 2007, ($280,000).

Gschneidner, Jr. K. A., Russell A. M., Biner S. B., Harmon B. N. , Hsu D. K., Lo C. H. C., Lograsso T. A., and Pecharsky A. O., "A new paradigm - ductile intermetallic compounds", U.S. Department of Energy, Basic Energy Science, February to September, 2004, ($250,000).

Cook B., Russell A., and Bhat D., "Crosscutting industrial applications of a new class of ultra-hard borides", U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Industrial Technology, October, 2003 to September, 2004, ($370,000).

Bahadur S. and Russell A., "Development and investigation of the abrasion resistance of new ultra-hard AlCrB14 modified by TiB2 and binder phase for even higher abrasion resistance", National Science Foundation, Surface Engineering and Tribology Program, February, 2003 to January, 2004, ($69,639).

Chumbley L.S., Russell A.M., and Genalo L., "Development of a mobile interactive classroom for application in large classes campus wide", ISU Computer Advisory Committee, May, 2003, ($13,853).

Cook B., Russell A., and Batzer S., "Crosscutting industrial applications of a new class of ultra-hard borides", U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Industrial Technology, October, 2001 to September, 2003, ($540,000).

Engr 160 - Engineering Problems with Computational Laboratory (1999S,F; 1998F; 1996S; 1995S,F; 1994S,F)

Engr 170 - Engineering Graphics and Introductory Design (1993S,F; 1992S,F; 1991F)

Engr Mech 336 - Engineering Materials for Construction (2002S)

Fr E 121 - Technical Drawing (1978S,W)

Fr E 151 - Engineering Problems (1981S,W; 1980F,W; 1979F; 1977F)

Fr E 155 - Engineering Problems (1984S; 1983F,S; 1982F)

Fr E 161 - Engineering Graphics (1979SS; 1978F; 1977F,W)

Fr E 165 - Engineering Graphics and Conceptual Design (1984F; 1982S)

Fr E 170 - Engineering Graphics and Introductory Design (1991S; 1990S,F; 1989S,F; 1988F; 1987S,F; 1986F; 1985F)

Hon 290H - Thermal and Mechanical Characterization of AlMgB14 (2002S)

Mat E 211 - Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering (2001F, 2002F, 2004F, 2005F, 2006F, 2007F, 2008F)

Mat E 271 - Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering (2000SS; 2001SS)

Mat E 272 - Principles of Materials Science and Engineering (1999F; 2000S, SS, F; 2001S)

Mat E 342 - Structure/Property Relations in Metals (2000S; 2001S; 2002S; 2003S; 2004S; 2005S, 2006S, 2007S, 2008S, 2009S)

Mat E 490 - Independent Research for Mat. Engr. (2002F; 2004F; 2005S)

MSE 201M - Principles of Materials Science for MSE Majors (1995F)

MSE 201 - Principles of Materials Science (1998S; 1997S,F; 1996F)

MSE 202 - Processing and Fabrication of Materials (1996S)

MSE 207 - Introductory Physical Metallurgy Laboratory (1997F)

MSE 271 - Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering (1985S)

MSE 590A - Special Graduate Projects, Metallic Materials (2000SS, F; 2002F)

MSE 699 - Research (1997F; 1998S,SS,F; 1999S,SS,F; 2000S,SS,F; 2001S,SS,F; 2002S,SS,F; 2003S, SS, F; 2004S, SS, F; 2005S, SS, F; 2006S, SS, F; 2007S, SS, F)

USt 290H - Independent Research for Honors College students (1992S; 1994S; 2002S)

Russell A.M., Zhang Z., Lograsso T.A., Gschneidner, Jr. K.A., Pecharsky A.O., Slager A.J., and Kesse D.C., "Mechanical properties of single crystal YCu and (Tb0.88Dy0.12)Zn B2 intermetallic compounds", Intermetallics, Vol. 13 (6), pp. 565-571 June (2005).

Zhang Z., Russell A.M., Biner S.B., Gschneidner, Jr. K.A., and Lo C.H.C., "Fracture toughness of polycrystalline YCu, DyCu, and YAg ", Intermetallics, 13(5), pp. 559-564 (2005).

Wongpreedee K. and Russell A. M., "Kinetic transformation of nanofilamentary gold metal-metal composites", Gold Bulletin, Vol. 37(3-4), pp. 174-180 (2004).

Kellogg R.A., Russell A.M., Lograsso T.A., Flatau A.B., Clark A.E., and Wun-Fogle M., "Tensile properties of magnetostrictive iron-gallium alloys", Acta Materialia, Vol. 52, No. 17, pp. 5043-5050, 2004.

Morris J.R., Ye Y.Y., Lee Y.B., Harmon B.N., Gschneidner K.A., and Russell A.M., "Ab initio calculation of bulk and defect properties of ductile rare-earth intermetallic compounds", Acta Materialia, Vol. 52, pp. 4849-4857, 2004.

Tian Y., Li G., Shinar J., Wang N. L., Cook B. A., Anderegg J.W., Constant A. P., Russell A. M., and Snyder J. E., "Electrical transport in amorphous semiconducting AlMgB14 films", Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 85, No. 7, pp. 1181-1183, 2004.

Russell A.M., Zhang Z., Lograsso T.A., Lo C.H.C., Pecharsky A.O., Morris J.R., Ye Y.Y., Gschneidner, Jr. K.A., and Slager A.J., "Mechanical properties of single crystal YAg", Acta Materialia, Vol 52/13, pp. 4033-4040, 2004.

Cook B.A., Harringa J.L., Lewis T.L., and Russell A.M., "Processing studies and selected properties of ultra-hard AlMgB14", Journal of Advanced Materials, Vol. 36(3), pp. 56-63, July, 2004.

Xu K. and Russell A. M., "Texture-strength relationships in a deformation processed Al-Sn metal-metal composite", Journal of Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. 373, No. 1-2, pp. 99-106, 2004.

Lee K.L., Whitehouse A.F., Hong S.I., and Russell A.M., "Creep behavior of copper-chromium in-situ composite", Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. 35A, No. 2, pp. 695-705, 2004.

Wheelock P.B., Cook B.A., Harringa J. L., and Russell A.M., "Phase changes induced in hexagonal boron nitride by mechanical milling", Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 39, pp. 343-347, 2004.

Cook B.A., Russell A.M., Harringa J.L., Slager A.J., and Rohe M., "A new fracture-resistant binder phase for use with AlMgB14 and other ultra-hard ceramics", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Vol. 366, No. 1-2, pp. 145-151, 2004.

Russell A.M., "A review: ductility in intermetallic compounds", Advanced Engineering Materials, Vol. 5, No. 9, pp. 629-639, 2003.

Tian Y., Bastawros A., Lo C.H.C., Constant A., Russell A.M., and Cook B.A., "Superhard self-lubricating AlMgB14 films for microelectromechanical devices", Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 83, No. 14, pp. 2781-2783, 2003.

Gschneidner, Jr. K.A., Russell A.M., Pecharsky A.O., Morris J.R., Zhang Z., Lograsso T.A., Hsu D.K., Lo C.H.C., Ye Y., Slager A.J., and Kesse D.C., "A family of ductile intermetallics", Nature Materials, Vol. 2, pp. 587591, 2003.

Hill J.M., Johnston D.C., Cook B.A., Harringa J.L., and Russell A.M., "Magnetization study of the ultra-hard material MgAlB14", Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Vol. 265, No. 1, pp. 23-32, 2003.

Lee K.L., Whitehouse A.F., Russell A.M., Wongpreedee K., Hong S.I., and Withers P.J., "Elevated temperature tensile properties and failure of a copper-chromium in-situ composite", Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 38, No. 16, pp. 3437-3447, 2003.

Tian Y., Constant A., Lo C.H.C., Anderegg J.W., Russell A.M., Snyder J.E., and Molian P., "Microstructure evolution of Al-Mg-B thin films by thermal annealing", Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 1055-1063, 2003.

Wongpreedee K., Russell A.M., and Chumbley L.S., "Thermal stability of deformation processed gold-silver composite", Scripta Materialia, Vol 49, No. 5, pp. 399-403, 2003.

Lewis T.L., Russell A.M., Cook B.A., and Harringa J.L., "Al2MgO4, Fe3O4, and FeB impurities in AlMgB14", Materials Science & Engineering A, Vol. 351, Issues 1-2, pp. 117-122, 2003.

Cook B.A., Harringa J.L., Russell A.M., and Batzer S.A., "A proof-of-concept study of the use of complex borides for disassembly of decommissioned nuclear reactor containment vessels", Machining Science and Technology, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 139-147, 2003.

Non-refereed Articles (2003-2009)

Ashley, S. and Russell, A., “Boride Coatings Cut Wear and Friction, Save Energy”, Scientific American/Earth 3.0, March, 2009.

Kleiner, K., “Material slicker than Teflon discovered by accident”, New Scientist On-line, www.newscientist.com/article/dn16102-material-slicker-than-teflon-discovered-by-accident.html, 21 November, 2008.

Russell, A., “Ductile rare earth intermetallic compounds”, Proceedings of the 7th Scientific Research Symposium on Metallic and Nonmetallic Materials: Production, Properties, Application, University of Zenica and Fachhochschule Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen, Germany, 22-23 May 2008, p. 67.

Russell, A., “Ductile rare earth intermetallic compounds”, Proceedings of the 7th Scientific Research Symposium on Metallic and Nonmetallic Materials, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzogovina, 15-16 May 2008 (in press).
Russell A., Frerichs A., Gschneidner K., Biner S., Chumbley L., Xie S., Williams S., Chen Q., and Becker A., “Progress in Understanding the High Ductility of Rare Earth B2 (CsCl-type) Intermetallics”, Collected Proceedings: Recent Developments in Rare Earth Science and Technology, 2008 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, March, 2008.
Russell A.M., “It’s Time for a Carbon Tax”, Innovate, Spring, 2007, p. 32.
Peters J.S., Cook B.A., Harringa J.L., Russell A.M., Kracher A., Microstructure-Property Relationships in Ultra-Hard AlMgB14”, Advances in Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials: 2005 , 2005, 12-20.
Peters J.S., Cook B.A, Harringa J.L., Russell, A.M., Ahmed A., “Improved Hardness and Toughness of AlMgB14 Composites Through Addition of Reinforcement Phases”, Advances in Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials: 2005, 2005, 21-30.
Cook B.A., Harringa J.L., and Russell A.M., "Ultra-hard borides for industrial applications", U.S. Department of Energy's Industrial Technologies Program E-Bulletin, www.eere.energy.gov/industry/resources/ebulletin/ January, 2005, p. 1.
Kellogg R.A., Russell A.M., Lograsso T.A., Flatau A.B., Clark A.E., and Wun-Fogle M., "Mechanical properties of magnetostrictive iron-gallium alloys", SPIE Proceedings of The International Society for Optical Engineering's 10th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, March 2-6, 2003, San Diego, CA (Paper 5053-70).
Cook B.A., Harringa J.L., Peters J., and Russell A.M., "Powder metallurgical processing of ultra-hard materials: properties of AlMgB14 prepared by high-energy Zoz milling"in Part II of the Proceedings of the 2003 International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials (PM2TEC) sponsored by the Metal Powder Industries Federation, Las Vegas, NV, June, 2003, pp. 106-116.
Russell A. and Cook B., "New ultra-hard borides", IMF Newsletter: Industrial Materials for the Future, Winter, 2003, pp. 5-7.
Books & Chapters in Books (2003-2009)

Frerichs A.E. and Russell A.M., “A Family of Ductile, Rare Earth Intermetallic Compounds”, Chapter 7 in Rare Earths Research and Applications, Ed. Delfrey, K. N., Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, New York, ISBN: 978-1-60456-218-7, pp. 255-279 (2008)
Russell A.M, “Ductile, Stoichiometric B2 Intermetallics”, Chapter 5 in Intermetallic Research Progress, Ed. Berdovsky, Y.N., Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, New York, ISBN-13: 978-1-60021-982-5, pp. 213-235 (2008)
A.M. Russell and K.L. Lee, Structure - Property Relations in Nonferrous Metals, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2005.
A.M. Russell, Solutions Manual: Structure - Property Relations in Nonferrous Metals, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2005.

“Stress Corrosion Cracking and its Implications for Nurse Tank Safety”, A.M. Russell, Agribusiness Association of Iowa Regulatory Day Workshop, Nevada, IA, June, 2009.

“Testing and Recommended Practices to Improve Nurse Tank Safety”, A.M. Russell, Agribusiness Association of Iowa Nurse Tank Testing Workshop, Nevada, IA, Feb., 2009.

“A New Paradigm: Ductile RM, CsCl-type Intermetallic Compounds”, K.A. Gschneidner, K., Russell A., Williams S., Becker A., Xie S., Frerichs A., and Mudryk, Y., 25th Rare Earth Research Conference, Tuscaloosa, AL, June, 2008.

"Intermetallics are No Longer Brittle - Ductile Rare Earth B2 Intermetallic Compounds", A.M. Russell, College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, April, 2008.

“Progress in Understanding the High Ductility of Rare Earth B2 (CsCl-type) Intermetallics”, Russell A., Gschneidner K., Biner B., Chumbley L., Xie S., Becker A., Chen Q., Frerichs A., and Williams S., Symposium on Recent Developments in Rare Earth Science and Technology, 2008 TMS Conference, New Orleans, LA, March, 2008.

“Materials for Fourth Generation Reactors: Effects of Elevated Temperature Exposure to H and O in Ti-Al-Nb and Nb-Zr Alloys”, Buxbaum, R.E. and Russell, A.M., Nuclear Fuels and Materials Development Seminar, Idaho National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy, Idaho Falls, ID, December, 2007.

"SMARTS Neutron Diffraction Extinction Measurements in YCu", Williams S., Gschneidner, Jr. K. A., and Russell A., Materials Science and Technology Division Colloqium, Los Alamos National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy, Los Alamos, NM, December, 2006.

“A new paradigm: ductile intermetallics! The rare earth RM B2 CsCl-type intermetallics”, Gschneidner K., Russell, A., Morris, J., Lograsso, T., Ye, Y., Cao, G.H., Becker, A., Stumphy, B., and Tomlinson, P., 2006 DOE/BES Mechanical Behavior Contractors Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March, 2006.

"Ductile rare-earth B2-type intermetallic compounds", Gschneidner, Jr. K. A. and Russell A., Program Review, Materials Engineering and Physics, U.S. Dept. of Energy, Ames, IA, November, 2005.

“Observation of orthorhombic second phase in ductile B2 DyCu intermetallic compound”, Cao G., Chumbley L., Russell A., Lograsso T., Wu D., and Gschneidner K., poster at Program Review, Materials and Engineering Physics, Ames Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy, Ames, IA, November, 2005.

“Phase stability, elastic constants, and defect energetics in ductile, ordered B2 compounds”, Morris J., Ye Y., Gschneidner K., and Russell A., poster at Program Review, Materials and Engineering Physics, Ames Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy, Ames, IA, November, 2005.

“Slip in single crystal YZn and DyCu B2 intermetallic compounds”, Becker A., Shechtman D., Cao G., Russell A., Lograsso T., Wu D., and Gschneidner K., poster at Program Review, Materials and Engineering Physics, Ames Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy, Ames, IA, November, 2005.

"Ductile rare-earth CsCl B2-type intermetallic compounds: a progress report", Gschneidner, Jr. K. A. and Russell A., Basic Energy Science, U.S. Dept. of Energy, Germantown, MD, June, 2005.)

"Ductile Intermetallic Compounds! The Rare Earth RM B2 CsCl-type Intermetallics", K, A. Gschneidner, Jr., A, M. Russell, A. O. Pecharsky, Z. Zhang, J. R. Morris, T. A. Lograsso, C.H. C. Lo and Y. Ye, The Rare Earth Symposium of the TMS Winter Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Feb., 2005.

"A New Paradigm: Ductile Intermetallic Compounds", K, A. Gschneidner, Jr., A, M. Russell, A. O. Pecharsky, Z. Zhang, J. R. Morris, T. A. Lograsso, C.H. C. Lo and Y. Ye, Materials Research Society 2004 Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov., 2004.

"A materials engineering sampler", Russell A.M., 18th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (BCCE-18), Ames, IA, July, 2004.

"Progress in industrial applications of a new class of ultra-hard borides", Cook B.A., Russell A.M., and Bhat D., USDOE Office of Industrial Technology Conference on Industrial Materials of the Future, Arlington, VA, June, 2004.

“Peak Intensity Changes during In-situ Neutron Diffraction Experiments on Ductile Rare Earth Intermetallics YCu”, Scott Williams, D. Brown, B. Clausen, A. Russell, K. Gschneidner, Denver X-ray Conference, Colorado Springs, CO, USA, July 29-Aug 2, 2007.

"Dynamical Diffraction Effects During In-Situ Neutron Experiments on Ductile Rare Earth Intermetallic YCu". Williams, S., Brown D., Gschneidner, K., and Russell, A. MECASENS IV Conference on Stress Evaluation, Vienna, Austria, September 24-26, 2007 (Abstract ID: 328).

“In-situ Neutron Diffraction Studies of Ductile Rare Earth B2 Intermetallics", Williams S., Brown D., Clausen B., Russell A., and Gschneidner K., Session on Plasticity from the Atomic Scale to Constitutive Laws, TMS Annual Meeting and Exposition, Orlando, FL, February, 2007.

"Improved hardness and toughness of AlMgB14 through addition of reinforcement phases", Peters J., Cook B., Harringa J., and Russell A., International Conference on Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials (PM2TEC) Metal Powder Industries Federation, Montreal, Canada, June, 2005.

"Microstructure-property relationships in ultra-hard AlMgB14-TiB2 composites", Peters J., Cook B., Harringa J., and Russell A., International Conference on Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials (PM2TEC) Metal Powder Industries Federation, Montreal, Canada, June, 2005.

"Ab initio calculations of phase stability, defect energetics, and theoretical strength in ductile RM B2 compounds", Morris J. R., Krcmar M., Fu C.-L., Ye Y. Y., Gschneidner Jr. K. A., and Russell A. M., Materials Research Society 2004 Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov., 2004.

Poster session presentation "Ultra-hard borides", Cook B.A., Russell A.M., and Bhat D., USDOE Office of Industrial Technology Conference on Industrial Materials of the Future, Arlington, VA, June, 2004.

"Mechanical properties of RE-Ag intermetallic compounds", Wongpreedee K., Russell A.M., Gschneidner K.A., International Precious Metals Institute Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, June, 2004.

"Abrasion study of new ultrahard AlMgB14 material modified by TiB2", Ahmed A., Bahadur S., Russell A., Cook B., Harringa J., and Peters J., Iowa Academy of Sciences 116th Annual Meeting, Cedar Falls, IA, April, 2004.

"Kinetic transformation of gold metal-metal composites", Wongpreedee K. and Russell A.M., Materials Session, Gold 2003 Conference: New Industrial Applications for Gold, sponsored by the World Gold Council and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Oct, 2003.

Poster session presentation "Ultra-hard borides", Cook B.A., Russell A.M., and Bhat D., USDOE Office of Industrial Technology Conference on Industrial Materials of the Future, June, 2003, Golden, CO.

"Powder metallurgical processing of ultra-hard materials: properties of Si-Ge, Al2O3, and AlMgB14 prepared by high-energy Zoz milling", Peters J.S., Cook B.A., Russell A.M., and Harringa J.L., Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials Technology Conference (PM2TEC) sponsored by the Metal Powder Industries Federation, Las Vegas, NV, June, 2003.

"Tensile strength and in-plane auxetic properties of Fe-Ga alloys", Kellogg R.A., Russell A.M., Lograsso T.A., Flatau A.B., Clark A.E., and Wun-Fogle M., Navy Transducer Workshop, University Park, PA, May, 2003.

"Mechanical properties of magnetostrictive iron-gallium alloys", Kellogg R.A., Russell A.M., Lograsso T.A., Flatau A.B., Clark A.E., and Wun-Fogle M. (Paper 5053-70), SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 10th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, San Diego, CA, March, 2003.

James Huntington Ellis Award for Excellence in Teaching, ISU, 2006

Outstanding Faculty Award, ISU Interfraternity Council, 2006

Engineer's Week Professor of the Semester Award, ISU College of Engineering, 2002

MSE Teaching Effectiveness Award, ISU Matls. Sci. & Engr. Dept., 2002

Superior Engineering Teacher Award, ISU College of Engineering, 2000

Voted Outstanding Professor in MSE, ISU Engineering Student Council, 2000

Voted Outstanding Professor in MSE, ISU Engineering Student Council, 1999

Voted Outstanding Professor in EFMD, ISU Engineering Student Council, 1996

Voted Outstanding Professor in EFMD, ISU Engineering Student Council, 1993

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