Assistant Scientist
Background
B.S. 1994, Ceramic Engineering, Iowa State
University
Research Interests
Development of thermally sprayed metal, ceramic, and intermetallic
coatings. Characterization of thermal sprayed coatings including
friction and wear behavior.
Selected Publications
D. J. Sordelet, M. F. Besser, and M. J. Kramer
"Thermal Spray Quasicrystalline Coatings, Part I: Relationships
Between Processing, Phase Structure and Splat Morphology"
Proceedings of ITSC98, Nice, France, Ed. C. Coddet, ASM
International, Materials Park, OH, (in press).
S. De Palo, S. Usmani, K. Kishi, S. Sampath, D. J. Sordelet, and
M. F. Besser
"Thermal Spray Quasicrystalline Coatings, Part II: Relationships
Among Proecessing, Phase Assemblage, and Tribological Response,"
Proceedings of ITSC98, Nice, France, Ed. C. Coddet, ASM
International, Materials Park, OH, (in press).
I. E. Anderson, D. J. Sordelet, R. Terpstra, and M. F. Besser
"Effects of Powder Processing and Morphology on Flow Behavior,"
Proceedings of ITSC98, Nice, France, Ed. C. Coddet, ASM
International, Materials Park, OH, (in press).
S. De Palo, S. Usmani, S. Sampath, D. J. Sordelet, and M. F.
Besser,
"Friction and Wear Behavior of Thermally Sprayed Al-Cu-Fe
Quasicrystal Coatings," Proceedings of United Thermal Spray
Conference, Indianapolis, IN, Ed. C. Berndt, ASM International,
Materials Park, OH, (in press).
M. F. Besser and T. Eisenhammer
"Deposition and Applications of Quasicrystalline Coatings," MRS
Bulletin, 22, (11), p. 59 (1997).
D. J. Sordelet, L. A. Gunderman, M. F. Besser and A. Akinc
"Oxidation and Phase Evolution of Al63Cu25Fe12 Quasicyrstalline
Powders," Proceedings of the Conference on New Horizons in
Quasicrystals: Research and Application, Ames, IA, USA, Eds. A.
I. Goldman, D. J. Sordelet, P. A. Thiel and J. M. Dubois, World
Scientific, Singapore (1996).
M. F. Besser and D. J. Sordelet
"Structure and Chemistry of Al-Cu-Fe Quasicrystalline Plasma Sprayed
Coatings," Proceedings of the Conference on New Horizons in
Quasicrystals: Research and Application, Ames, IA, USA, Eds. A.
I. Goldman, D. J. Sordelet, P. A. Thiel and J. M. Dubois, World
Scientific, Singapore (1996).
C. J. Jenks, P. J. Pinhero, S. L. Chang, J. W. Anderegg, M. F. Besser, D. J. Sordelet, and P. A. Thiel "Surface Oxidation of Al-Pd-Mn and Al-Cu-Fe Alloys," Proceedings of the Conference on New Horizons in Quasicrystals: Research and Application, Ames, IA, USA, Eds. A. I. Goldman, D. J. Sordelet, P. A. Thiel and J. M. Dubois, World Scientific, Singapore (1996).
D.J. Sordelet, M.F. Besser and I.E. Anderson
"Particle Size Effects on Chemistry and Structure of Al-Cu-Fe
Quasicrystalline Coatings," J. Thermal Spray Tech., 5,
p 161 (1996).
D.J. Sordelet, M.J. Kramer, I.E. Anderson and M.F. Besser
"Microstructural Evolution, Oxidation and Wear of Al-Cu-Fe
Quasicrystalline Coatings," Proceedings of the 5th International
Conference on Quasicrystals, Eds. C. Janot and R. Mosseri, World
Scientific, Singapore, p 778 (1995).
M. F. Besser and D.J. Sordelet
"Spheroidization of WC-W2C Powders by Plasma Spray Processing," J.
Mater. Synthesis and Processing, 3, p 223 (1995).