Faculty Profile

Peter N. Kalu, Associate Professor, earned his Ph.D. in Materials Science at Imperial College, University of London, United Kingdom in 1986. He had earlier obtained his B.Sc. (First Class, Honors) in Engineering Physics from the University of Ife, Nigeria in 1980. Dr. Kalu has since worked for the U.S. Department of the Navy, Naval Post Graduate School at Monterey, CA and A.S.&M./NASA Langley Research Center, VA. He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1994, and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Materials Science, Mechanical Metallurgy and Engineering Mechanics. Dr. Kalu is also the Director of NSF-PREM program, which is focused on mentoring female and minority students in Materials Science and Engineering. He has been engaged in various aspects of research on the physical metallurgy of aluminum and copper alloys, with particular interests in the mechanisms responsible for the development of microstructure and texture during processing of materials. He is also involved in the novel technique of magnetic processing of materials, and the development of high temperature, high-strength Al alloys for diesel engines. Dr. Kalu is affiliated with National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, and has been collaborating with research groups at Naval Air Warfare Center, Patuxent, MD. His research is supported by NSF, DOE/ORNL, NASA and Cummings Engine, Columbus, IN.

• P. N. Kalu and J. A. Wagner, "A Microtexture Investigation of the Fracture Behavior of Al-Li Alloy, 2090-T81", The 3rd Light Weight Alloys for Aerospace Applications, Eui W. Lee et al. (eds.), TMS, Warrendale, 1995
• R. Crooks, P. N. Kalu and T. R. McNelley, "Microstructural Development in Superplastic P/M 7064 Variants", The 4th International Conference on Aluminum Alloys, Their Physical and Mechanical Properties, T. H. Sanders, Jr. and E. A. Starke, Jr. (eds.), Atlanta, Georgia, 11-16 September, 1994.
• T. R. McNelley, R. Crooks, P. N. Kalu and S. A. Rogers, "Precipitation and Recrystallization during Processing of a Superplastic Al-10Mg-0.1Zr Alloy", Material Science and Engineering, A166, 135-143, (1993).
• P. N. Kalu and Stephen J. Hales, "Microstructural Development During Superplastic Deformation of a WeldaliteTM049 Alloy", Advances in Hot Deformation Textures and Microstructures, J. J. Jonas, T. R. Bieler and K. J. Bowman (eds.), TMS, Warrendale, 1993.
• P. N. Kalu and T. R. McNelley, "Elevated Temperature Deformation and Fracture Characteristics of a Thermomechanically Processed 6061 Al-Al2O3 Composite", Scripta Metallurgica, 26, 1309 (1992).