Joel Alfano
Joel Alfano, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Gellersen Hall, Room 208
219.464.6541
joel.alfano@valpo.edu
Education
Ph.D. Material Science, December 2013
The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama
M.S. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering , August 2011
The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, May 2009
Valparaiso University Valparaiso, Indiana
Research Interests
- Damage Assessment
- Severe Weather
- Structural Analysis, Performance, and Reliability
- Residential Storm Shelters
Professional Affiliations
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society
- ASM INternational
- AIST
Publications
- Microstructural Evolution and Oxidation Behavior of NiAlCrCoSi Multi-Component Alloys by Alfano, Joel, P.h.D, University of Alabama, 2013
- Microstructures and Oxidation Behavior of Sputter-Deposited Overlay Coatings Based on β-NiAl by Alfano, Joel, M.S., University of Alabama, 2011
- M. A. Bestor, J. P. Alfano and M. L. Weaver, “Influences of chromium and hafnium additions on the microstructures of β-NiAl coatings on superalloy substrates,” Intermetallics 19 (2011) 1693-1704