Christoph Beckermann

Research Links:
http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/~becker/

Research Highlights

Joined the College of Engineering: 1987

Education:
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 1987
M.S.M.E., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 1984
Vordiplom, Mechanical Engineering, University of Hannover, 1981

Special Fields of Knowledge:
Thermal and fluid sciences; metallurgy

Present Research Interests:
Solidification of metal alloys and composites; transport phenomena in multi-phase, multi-component systems; heat and mass transfer in buoyancy driven systems and in porous media

Selected Publications:
Ramirez, J.C., Beckermann, C., Karma, A., and Diepers, H.-J., "Phase-Field Modeling of Binary Alloy Solidification with Coupled Heat and Solute Diffusion," Physical Review E, Vol. 69, 2004, pp. 051607-1 to 051607-16.

Sigl, K.M., Hardin, R.A., Stephens, R.I., and Beckermann, C., "Fatigue of 8630 Cast Steel in the Presence of Porosity," Int. J. Cast Metals Research, Vol. 17, 2004, pp. 130-146.

Sun, Y., and Beckermann, C., "Diffuse Interface Modeling of Two-Phase Flow Based on Averaging: Mass and Momentum Equations," Physica D, Vol. 198, 2004, pp. 281-308.

Rizzo, E.M., Santos, R.G., and Beckermann, C., "Modeling of Solidification and Mushy Zone Deformation of Alloys," J. Bras. Soc. Mech. Sci., Vol. 25, 2003, pp. 180-184.

Martorano, M.A., Beckermann, C., and Gandin, Ch.-A., "A Solutal Interaction Mechanism for the Columnar-to-Equiaxed Transition in Alloy Solidification," Metall. Mater. Trans. A, Vol. 34A, 2003, pp. 1657-1674.

Active Scientific and Professional Society Memberships:
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; American Society of Engineering Education; The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society; ASM International; American Society of Mechanical Engineering