Richard D. Sisson, Jr.

Publications

Papers In Journals and Other Publications

R. D. Sisson, Jr. and M. A. Dayananda, "Diffusion Structures in Multiphase Cu-Ni-Zn Couples", Metallurgical Transactions, 3, p. 647, 1972.
D. R. Petrak, D. T. Rankin, R. Ruh and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Effect of Porosity on the Elastic Moduli of CoO, CoO-MgO Solid Solutions and CoAl2O4", Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 58, p. 78, 1975.
P. A. Makohon, R. D. Sisson, Jr., and J. E. Sheehan, "A Contained Scanning Scientific Electron Microscope for the Examination of Radioactive Materials", Review of Scientific Instruments, 46, p. 889, 1975.
Sisson, R.D., McDonell, W.R., "Effect of helium bubbles at grain boundaries on the fracture characteristics of high-density plutonium-238 dioxide", Report: SavannahRiverLab., (DP-MS-75-93), 19 pp, 1976.
R. D. Sisson, Jr. and M. A. Dayananda, "Diffusional and Thermo-dynamic Interactions in the Cu-Ni-Zn System at 775 C", Metallurgical Transactions, 8A, p. 1849, 1977.
D. T. Rankin, G. A. Burney, P. K. Smith, and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Characterization of Oxalate-Based 237NpO2 Powder", Ceramic Bulletin, 56, p. 478, 1977.
W. R. McDonnel, J. E. Sheehan and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Helium Bubbles at Grain Boundaries of High Density 238PuO2 Shards," American Nuclear Society Transactions, 22, p. 214, 1975.
P. K. Smith, G. A. Burney, D. T. Rankin, D. F. Bickford, and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Effect of Precipitation Conditions on the Development of PuO2 Microstructures", Proceedings of the Sixth International Materials Symposium, 76, p. 223, 1978.
G. J. Thomas and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Tritium and Helium-3 Release Data from 304L and 21-6-9 Stainless Steels", Tritium Technology in Fission, Fusion and Isotopic Applications, p. 85, 1980.
R. D. Sisson, Jr., T. A. Alder, J. H. Wilson, R. P. McNitt and M. R. Louthan, Jr., "Hydrogen Suppression of Ductile Processes", Scripta Metallurgica, p. 1207, 1980.
M. R. Louthan, Jr., R. D. Sisson, Jr., R. P. McNitt, and P. E. Smith, "Stress State Thickness Effects on Delayed Failure", Hydrogen Effects in Metals, p. 829, 1980.
R. P. McNitt, R. D. Sisson, Jr., M. R. Louthan, Jr., B. A. Lewis, J. Murali, and J. A. Wagner, "Hydrogen Effects on Biaxially Stressed AISI 1015 Steel", Hydrogen Effects in Metals, p. 785, 1980.
H. Ocken, R. R. Biederman and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Growth of Oxide and Oxygen Stabilized Alpha Layers in Steam Oxidized Zircaloy", Journal of Nuclear Materials, 97, p. 265, 1981.
R. D. Sisson, Jr., R. P. McNitt and M. R. Louthan, Jr., "Hydrogen Effects on Materials in Energy Systems", International Conference on Energy and the Environment, January 5-9, 1981, Manila, Philippines, published in the Proceedings.
R. R. Biederman, H. Ocken and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Materials Performance in Light Water Reactors", International Conference on Energy and the Environment, January 5-9, 1981, Manila, Philippines, published in the Proceedings.
B. A. Lewis, M. R. Louthan, Jr., R. D. Sisson, Jr., J. Wagner and R. P. McNitt, "The Effect of Surface Finish and Strain Rate on the Deformation Characteristics of 1015 Steel at 25°C", International Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen Systems, April 13-15, 1981, Miami, FL., published in the Proceedings.
G. R. Caskey and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Hydrogen Solubility in Austenitic Steels," Scripta Metallurgica, 15, p. 1187, 1981.
M. R. Louthan, Jr., R. P. McNitt and R. D. Sisson, Jr.,"Importance of Stress State on Hydrogen Embrittlement", Advanced Techniques for Characterization of Hydrogen in Metals, p. 25, 1982.
R. P. McNitt, D. E. Rawl, Jr., N. C. Mack, M. R. Louthan, Jr. and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "The Effects of Post-Welds in HP-9-4-20 Steel", Environmental Degradation of Engineering Materials in Hydrogen, p. 231, 1982.
J. Murali, M. R. Louthan, Jr., R. P. McNitt, R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Influence of Externally Imposed Constraint on the Hydrogen Embrittlement of Steels", Current Solutions to Hydrogen Problems in Steels, November 1-5, 1982 in Washington, DC, published in the Proceedings.
R. D. Sisson, Jr. and R. R. Biederman, "Application of High Resolution Electron Microscopy to PVD and VP NiCrAlY Coatings", presented at the NATO Advance Study Institute on Surface Engineering July 3-15, 1983 in Les Arcs, France and published in the Proceedings, Surface Engineering, p 482, 1984.
S. M. Myers, G. R. Caskey, Jr., R. E. Rawl, Jr. and R. D. Sisson, Jr.," Ion Beam Profiling of 3He in Tritium Exposed 304L and 21-6-9 Stainless Steel ", Metallurgical Transactions, 14A, p. 2261, 1983.
B. J. Edwards, M. R. Louthan, Jr. and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Hydrogen Embrittlement of ZIMALOY-A Cobalt-Chromium-Molybdenum Orthopedic Implant Alloy, ASTM-STP-859", Corrosion and Degradation of Implant Materials, p. 11, 1983.
M. M. Morra, R. D. Sisson, Jr., and R. R. Biederman, "Microstructural Characterization of Metallic Overlay Coatings by High Resolution Analytical Electron Microscopy", presented at the Eleventh International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings held April 9-13, 1984 in San Diego, CA and published in Thin Solid Films, 119, p. 383, 1984.
Morra, M. M., Sisson, R. D. Jr., Biederman, R. R, MICROSTRUCTURAL STUDY OF MCrAlY COATINGS", Proceedings of Surface Engineering: Surface Modification of Materials, Les Arc, France, No. 85, pp. 482-495, 1984.
J. K. Jones, R. D. Sisson, Jr., and R. R. Biederman, "The Effect of Steam Oxidation on the Mechanical Behavior of Zircaloy-4", presented at the Ninth International Congress on Metallic Corrosion, held June, 1984 in Toronto, Canada, published in the Proceedings, Volume 3, p. 298, 1984.
R. R. Biederman and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "The Steam Oxidation of Zircaloy-4 During Temperature Transients", presented at the Symposium on High Temperature Corrosion in Energy Systems held September 17-19, 1984 at the AIME Fall Meeting in Detroit, MI and published in the Proceedings, p. 659, 1985.
Ichiro Sone, R. D. Sisson, Jr., and R. R. Biederman, Quantitative Phase Analysis of Partially Stabilized Zirconia - 8.5% Yttrium by a Random Fitting Least Chi-squared Method", Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, A, Vol. 3, pp. 2501-2502, 1985.
M. R. Fishkis, R. D. Sisson, Jr., and R. R. Biederman, "A Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of R.F. and D.C. Magnetron-Sputtered Thin Film Chromium and Chromium-Platinum Coatings," Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, A, Vol. 3, pp. 2012-2626, 1985.
J. A. Wagner, M. R. Louthan, Jr., and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Hydrogen Effects on the Age Hardening Behavior of 2014 Aluminum," Scripta Metallurgica, 20, pp. 957-60, 1986.
R. R. Hagglund, R. F. Bourgault, R. R. Biederman and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Failure Analysis, Metallography and the Expert Witness", presented at the International Metallographic Society's Symposium on Metallography, Fractography and Failure Analysis and published in the Proceedings, p. X-1, 1986.
J. M. Oparowski, R. D. Sisson, Jr. and R. R. Biederman, "The Effects of Processing Parameters on the Microstructure and Properties of Sputter Deposited TiW Thin Film Diffusion Barriers", Thin Solid Films, Volume 153, pp. 313-328, 1987.
E. Y. Lee, D. M. Chartier, R. R. Biederman and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Modeling the Microstructural Evolution and Degradation of MCrAlY Coatings during High Temperature Oxidation", Surface and Coatings Technology, Volume 32, pp. 19-39, 1987.
Megan Y. M. Hughes and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Crevice Corrosion of Implant Alloys", Environmental Degradation of Engineering Materials III, edited by M. R. Louthan, Jr., R. P. McNitt and R. D. Sisson, Jr., pp. 683-691, 1987.
M. M. Makhlouf and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Hydrogen Permeation through 4340 Steel", Environmental Degradation of Engineering Materials III, edited by M. R. Louthan, Jr., R. P. McNitt and R. D. Sisson, Jr., pp. 683-691, 1987.
Sisson, R.D., "Role of Microstructure in the High Temperature Oxidation Resistance of Coatings", Proceedings of the First Int. Symposium on High Temperature Corrosion of Materials and Coatings for Energy Systems and Turboengines - Part II, Materials Science and Engineering, Marseilles, FR, Vol. 88, pp. 349-350, 1987.
M. M. Morra, R. R. Biederman, and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Characterization of High Temperature Oxidation Resistant Coatings", Microstructural Science, Volume 16, pp. 363-378, 1988.
J. M. Oparowski, D. F. Quaranta, R. R. Biederman and R. D. Sisson, Jr.,"The Characterization of TiW Thin Film Diffusion Barriers," Microstructural Science, Volume 16, pp. 379-394, 1988.
M. M. Makhlouf and R. D. Sisson, Jr.,"A Limited Mass Transfer Model for the Effects of Water Vapor on Hydrogen Permeation in Stainless Steel", Scripta Metallurgica, Volume 22, pp. 1645-1649, 1989.
J. L. Burger, B. F. Hantz IV, R. R. Biederman and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Computer Predicted Microstructures of Carburized and Quenched Steels", Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering, Edited by G. Krauss, an ASM International Publication, pp. 119-124, 1988.
G. A. Rossetti, J. L. Burger, W. R. Moser and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Characterization of Mixed Cobalt-Molybdenum Oxides Prepared by Evaporative Decomposition of Solutions", Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 72, pp. 1811-15, 1989.
M. M. Makhlouf and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "The Effects of Microstructure and SurfaceCondition on Hydrogen Permeation in AISI 4340 Steel", Microstructural Science, 17, pp. 515-526, 1989.
E. Y. Lee, R. R. Biederman and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "The Effects of Thermal Cycling on the Microstructure of Ceria Stabilized Zirconia Thermal Barrier Coatings", Microstructural Science, 17, pp. 505-513, 1989.
R. R. Biederman, Y. H. Ma and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Microstructural Observations of Defects in Inorganic Membranes", Microstructural Science, 17, pp. 425-432, 1989.
E. Y. Lee, R. R. Biederman and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "The Microstructural Characterization of Plasma Sprayed and Physical Vapor Deposited Partially Stabilized Zirconia Thermal Barrier Coatings", presented at the First International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering, held September 19-23, 1988 in Garmisch-Partenkurchen, West Germany, Plasma Surface Engineering, Volume 1, pp. 365-372, 1989.
R. Darolia, D. F. Lahrman, R. D. Field and R. D. Sisson, Jr.,"Formation of Topologically Closed Packed Phases in Nickel Based Single Crystal Superalloys", Superalloys-1988, Edited by D. N. Duhl, G. Maurer, S. Antolovich, C. Lund and S. Reichman, The Metallurgical Society, pp. 255-264, 1988.
E. Y. Lee, R. R. Biederman and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "The Effects of Temperature and Oxygen Partial Pressure on the Interfacial Reactions between Partially Stabilized Zirconia Thermal Barrier Coatings and NiCrAlY Bond Coatings", Materials Science and Engineering, A121, pp. 467-473, 1989.
K. A. Macchiarola, R. R. Biederman and R.D. Sisson, Jr., "Corrosion of Metallized Aluminum Nitride", presented at the 22nd Annual Convention of the International Metallographic Society, held July 23-26, 1989 in Charlotte, NC and published in Microstructural Science.
P. A. Kestin, Y. A. Ma, R. R. Biederman and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Microstructural Analysis of Anodized Aluminum", presented at the 22nd Annual Convention of the International Metallographic Society held July 23-26, 1989 in Charlotte, NC and published in Microstructural Science
P. A. Kestin, R. R. Biederman, Y. H. Ma and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "The Effects of Anodizing Parameters on Alumina Membrane Synthesis", Proceedings of the First International Conference on Inorganic Membranes, Louis Cot and Jean Charpin, Editors, held July 3-6, 1989, Montpellier, France, pp. 387-390, 1989.
E. Y. Lee, R. R. Biederman and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Characterization of the Interface Between Partially Stabilized Zirconia Thermal Barrier Coatings and the MCrAlY Bond Coat," published in Proceedings of Seventh CIMTEC - World Ceramics Congress, Montecatini Terne, Italy, June 25-30, 1990.
E. Y. Lee and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Diffusional Interactions Between Partially Stabilized Zirconia and the MCrAlY Bond Coat", Fourth International Conference on Surface Modification Technologies Meeting, presented November 6-9, 1990 in Paris, France and published in the Proceedings.
M. M. Makhlouf and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Modeling Surface Effects in Hydrogen Permeation in Metals", Metallurgical Transactions, A, p.p. 1001-1005, April 1991.
M. M. Makhlouf and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Hydrogen Uptake During Cadmium Electroplating", published in the Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Hydrogen Effects on Material Behavior, Neville R. Moody and Anthony W. Thompson, eds., pp. 211-221, held in Moran, Wyoming, September 12-15, 1989.
D. N. Zwiep and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "WPI's Innovative Approach to Manufacturing Education Involving Industry, Government, and Academia", published in the Proceedings of Factory Automation and Information Management '91, held March 13-15, 1991 in Limerick, Ireland.
K. A. Macchiarola, R. R. Biederman and R. D. Sisson, Jr. "Corrosion of Metallized Alumina Nitride for Electronic Applications", Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corrosion of Electronic Materials and Devices, J.D. Sinclair, editor, pp. 397-406, 1991.
E. Y. Lee, R. R. Biederman and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Modeling the Lifetimes of Thermal Barrier Coatings Based on the ß-NiAl Phase Life in the Bond Coat", published in the Proceedings of DOE - 1990 Coatings For Advanced Heat Engines Workshop, Castine, Maine, August 6-9, 1990.
M. M. Makhlouf, E. Y. Lee, R. R. Biederman and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Experimental Verification of Finite Difference Models of Diffusion in Solids", Unification of Finite Element Methods Through Parallelism in Analysis and Experimentation, published in the Proceedings of the 10th International Invitational UFEM Symposium, Worcester, MA, pp. 293-315. July 18-19, 1991.
M. M. Makhlouf and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Reducing Hydrogen Uptake by High Strength Steel Fasteners During Cadmium Electroplating, The American Fastener Journal, Volume 8, No. 2, pp. 23-26, April-May 1991.
E. Y. Lee, R. R. Biederman and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Le development de produits de reaction a l'interface zircone partiellement stabilisee/sous-couche MCrAlY dans les barrieres thermiques, Memoires et etudes Scientifiques Revue de Metallurgie, pp. 307-311, Mai, 1991.
R. D. Sisson, Jr., R. K. Heinzmann, M. M. Makhlouf, J. J. Bausch, "Intelligent Carburization Heat Treatment", Advanced Sensing, Modelling, and Control of Materials Processing, E. F. Matthys and B. Kushner, eds., pp. 223-229, 1991.
J. J. Bausch, D. C. Zenger, D. C. Brown, R. Ludwig and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Integrated Design and Manufacturing Strategies for Powder Processing Applications", published in Proceedings, University Programs in Computer-Aided Engineering Design and Manufacturing (UPCAEDM'92), Tennessee Technological University, August, 1992.
Bausch, J., Zenger, D.C., Brown, D.C., Ludwig, R. Sisson, Jr., R.D., "Intelligent Carburization Heat Treatment, Advanced Sensing, Modeling, and Control of Materials Processing", Proceedings, University Programs in Computer-Aided Engineering Design and Manufacturing (UPCAEDM’92), Tennessee Technological University, 1992.
R. D. Sisson, Jr., Y. H. Sohn, E. Y. Lee, "Life Prediction and Life Extension of Thermal Barrier Coatings for Gas Turbine Engines", published in The 1992 Coatings for Advanced Heat Engine Workshop , Monterey, CA, 1992.
Victor, S. K., D. C. Brown, J. J. Bausch, D. C. Zenger, R. Ludwig and R. D. Sisson, Jr. "Using Multiple Expert Systems with Distinct Roles in a Concurrent Engineering System for Powder Ceramic Components," in Applications of AI in Engineering VIII, Vol. 1, Design, Methods and Techniques, and in Proceedings, AIENG'93, Toulouse, France, June 1993.
E. Y. Lee and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "The Effects of Bond Coat Oxidation on the Failure of Thermal Barrier Coatings", presented at the 1994 National Thermal Spray Conference, Boston, MA, June 20-24, 1994, and published in the Proceedings.
Y. H. Sohn, R. R. Biederman and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Microstructural Development in Physical Vapor Deposited Partially Stabilized Zirconia Thermal Barrier Coatings", Thin Solid Films, Vol. 250, pp 1-7, 1994.
Y. H. Sohn, R. R. Biederman and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Isothermal Oxidation of Physical Vapor Deposited Partially Stabilized Zirconia Thermal Barrier Coatings," Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 3, pp 55-60, 1994.
J. J. Bausch III, D. C. Zenger, D. C. Brown and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Interactive Integrated, Intelligent Design and Process Planning for Powder Ceramic Components (I3D)," accepted for presentation and publication in the 1994 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, January 5-7, 1995.
J. C. O'Shaughnessy and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Introducing Pollution Prevention/Waste Minimization in the University and Professional Curriculum: Success and Failures," 48th Annual Purdue University Industrial Waste Conference, May 10-12, 1993.
Sharon A. Johnson, J. C. O'Shaughnessy and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Using Integrated Case Studies to Teach Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing," published in the 1994 Annual Meeting of the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute, April 7-8, published in the Proceedings, Portsmouth, MA, 1994.
Y. H. Sohn, E. Y. Lee, R. R. Biederman and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Life Production for Thermal Barrier Coatings during Thermal Fatigue," Proceedings of the International Invitational UACEM Symposium, Ryszard J. Pryputniewicz, Editor, pp 300-308, 1993.
Y. H. Sohn, S. Katsonis, J. Buggiaglia, M. Hoekstra, R. D. Sisson, Jr. and M. N. Noori, "Effect of Vibratory Casting on the Physical and Mechanical Properties of Castable Refractories", Twenty-third Midwestern Mechanics Conference, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, October 10-13, 1993, published in the Proceedings.
D. C. Zenger, D. B. Brown, J. J. Bausch III, R. D. Sisson, Jr. and R. Ludwig, "Interactive Design for Manufacture and Inspection for Powder Processing Application," presented at and published in the proceedings of 1993 International Forum on Design for Manufacture and Assembly, Newport, RI, June 14-15, 1993.
D. C. Zenger, D. C. Brown, J. J. Bausch III, R. Ludwig, "An Interactive Design and Manufacturing Methodology for the Conceptual Design Phase," presented and published in the Proceedings at CMSE's Seventh Conference with Industry, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, May 25-26, 1993.
P. J. Gaeta, R. D. Sisson, Jr., M. Singh and J. I. Eldridge, "Interfacial Properties of Si (SCS-6) Fiber Reinforced Reaction-Formed SiC Matrix Composites", presented at the American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting", Indianapolis, IN, and published in the Proceedings, April, 1994.
Sohn, Y.H., Cho, K., Lee, E.Y., Biederman, R., Sisson, R.D. Jr., "Phase analysis of physical vapor deposited ZrO₂-8WT.% Y₂O₃ thermal barrier coatings", Proceedings of the 1994 Conference on Materials for Advanced Power Engineering. Part 2 (of 2), pp. 1345, Liege, Belgium, Oct. 3-6, 1994.
P. J. Gaeta, R. D. Sisson, Jr., M. Singh and J. I. Eldridge, "Interfacial Properties of As Received and Coated SiC (SCS-6) Fiber Reinforced Reaction Formed SiC Matrix Composites", presented at the Materials Research Society - Ceramic Matrix Composites Advanced High Temperature Structural Materials, November 28 - December 2, 1994, Boston, MA and published in the Proceedings, 1994.
J. J. Bausch, III, D. C. Brown, D. C. Zenger and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "An Interactive Integrated and Intelligent System for Powder Materials Design and Process Planning", Knowledge-Based Applications in Materials Science and Engineering, TMS, pp. 85-98, 1994.
J. J. Bausch, L.G. Chedid, and R.D. Sisson, Jr., "The design of a fully automated control system for gas carburization", Carburizing and Nitriding with Atmospheres, the Proceedings of the 2^nd International Conference on Carburizing and Nitriding with Atmospheres, December 6-8, 1995, pp. 23-28
J.C. Sardinas, K.H. Kraus, R.D. Sisson, Jr., "Comparison of the holding power of 3.5mm cortical versus 4.0mm cancellous orthopedic screws in the pelvis of immature dogs (cadavers)" American Journal of Veterinary Research 1995, vol. 56, issue 2, pp. 248-251
J. J. Bausch, V. Moreno, F. Gold and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Education within the Learning Factory at Pratt and Whitney and WPI", International Conference on Education in Manufacturing, published in the Proceedings, 1996.
Richard D. Sisson, Jr. And Natalie Mello Acuña, "The Results of the "Gaps Analysis in Undergraduate Engineering Education" by the Industrial Advisory Board to the REALIZATION Consortium: An Analysis", 1996 ASEE Annual Conference, Educating Manufacturing Professionals for the 21st Century, published in the Proceedings, 1996.
Richard D. Sisson, Jr., Pradosh K. Ray, Natalie Mello Acuña, Keith Bankwitz, Albert R. George, Eui Park, "Integrating the Product Realization Process into Engineering Curriculum: Challenges and Opportunities", presented at the International Conference on Education in Manufacturing, "Preparing World Class Professionals", San Diego, CA, March 13 -15, 1996, and published in the Proceedings.
Bridget M. Smyser, Jane F. Connelly, Richard D. Sisson, Jr. and Virgil Provenzano, "Heat Treatment of Nanocrystalline Al₂O₃ - ZrO₂", Nanophase and Nanocomposite Materials II, S. Komarneni, J.C.Parker and H. J. Woolenberger, Eds., Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston , MA, December, 1996.
Bridget M. Smyser, Jane F. Connelly, Richard D. Sisson, Jr. And Virgil Provenzano, " Grain Size Control and Phase Transformations in Nanophase Al₂O₃ - ZrO₂", presented at the American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting, Cocoa Beach, FL and published in the Proceedings, January, 1997.
B. M. Smyser and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Novel Synthesis Methods for Nanocomposite ZrO₂-Al₂O₃", published in the Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Composites Engineering, Big Island, HI, ICCE, 1997.
Richard D. Sisson, Jr., Natalie Mello Acuña, The Results of the "Gaps Analysis in Undergraduate Engineering Education" by the Industrial Advisory Board to the REALIZATION Consortium: An Analysis, 1996 ASEE Annual Conference, Educating Manufacturing Professionals for the 21st Century, Sponsor: ASEE Manufacturing Division, Washington DC, June 23, 1996.
Bridget M. Smyser and Richard D. Sisson, Jr., "Optimizing Microstructure in Nanocrystalline ZrO2 - Al2O3", presented at The 1998 TMS Annual Meeting and Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, February 15-19, 1998, published in the Proceedings.
Y.H. Sohn, E.Y. Lee, B.A. Nagaraj, R.R. Biederman and R.D. Sisson, Jr. "Microstructural Characterization of Thermal Barrier Coatings on High Pressure Turbine Blades", Surface and Coatings Technology, vol. 146-147, pp. 132-139, 2001.
P. Holmes, R.D. Sisson, Jr. and M. Singh, "Dissolution, Reactions and Diffusion in the SiC/C/TiB2 and SiC/C/TiN + Liquid Silicon Systems at 1450 C", presented at the 23^rd Annual Cocoa Beach Conference & Exposition, January 24-29, 1999 in Cocoa Beach, FL and published in the Proceedings.
Bridget M. Smyser and Richard D. Sisson, Jr., "Effects of Ultrasonic Agitation on Microstructure and Phase Transformations in Nanocrystalline ZrO₂ - Al₂O₃", Nanostructured Materials, Vol. 10, Issue 5, pp. 829-835, July 1998.
Svetlana G. Ivanova, Frederic S. Cohen, Ronald R. Biederman, Richard D. Sisson, Jr., "Role of microstructure in the mean stress dependence of fatigue strength in TI-6Al-4V alloy", Proceedings of an International Symposium, TMS Fall Meeting 1998, Oct. 11, 1998, pp 39-46, Chicago, IL.
B.M. Smyser, R.D. Sisson, Jr., "Effect of Al2O3 phase transformations on grain growth in ZrO2-Al2O3 nanocomposites", Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings 1998 vol.19, issue 4, pp.445-452
Bradley Klotz, Kyu Cho, Robert J. Dowding, Richard D. Sisson, Jr., "Characterization of boron carbide consolidated by the plasma pressure compaction (P2C) method in air," presented at 25^th Annual Conference on Composites, Advanced Ceramics, Materials, and Structures: B, 2001, pp. 27-34, 2001.
R.D. Sisson, Jr., "Hydrogen Embrittlement and Electroplating", Fastener Technology International, August 2001.
M. Maniruzzaman and R.D. Sisson, Jr., "Bubble Dynamics in Quenching Heat Treatment of Steel", Proceedings of the 21^st Heat Treating Society Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, Nov. 5-8, 2001.
J.C. Chaves, M. Maniruzzaman and R.D. Sisson, Jr., "A New Quench Characterization System for Steels", ASM International, Proceedings of the 21^st Heat Treating Society Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, Nov. 5-8, 2001.
R.D. Sisson, Jr., J.C. Chaves and M. Maniruzzaman, "The Effect of Surface Finish on the Quenching Behavior of 4140 Steel Mineral Oils", Proceedings of the 21^st Heat Treating Society Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, Nov. 5-8, 2001.
J.R. Barnett, R. R. Biederman and R.D. Sisson, Jr., "An Initial Microstructural Analysis of A36 Steel from WTC Building 7, Journal of Metals, pp. 18, December 2001.
J.R. Barnett, R. R. Biederman and R.D. Sisson, Jr., FEMA Report: World Trade Center Building Performance Study: Data Collection, Preliminary Observations and Recommendations - Appendix C: Limited Metallurgical Examination, April 2002.
J.S. Bernier, M. Fontecchio, M. Maniruzzaman, R.D. Sisson, Jr., "Microstructural Evolution of EB-PVD TBC’s on Cylindrical Surfaces", presented at the 26^th Annual International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (Symposium II), Cocoa Beach, FL. Jan 13-18, 2002, published in the Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 23, Issue 4, 2002, pp. 333-340.
J.S. Bernier, W.C.S. Weir, R.D. Sisson, Jr., S. Bose, "Deposition Rates of EB-PVD TBC’s on Cylindrical Surfaces", presented at the 26^th Annual International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (Symposium II) , Cocoa Beach, FL. Jan. 13-18, 2002, published in the Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Volume 23, Issue 4, 2002, pp. 361-369.
M. Maniruzzaman and R.D. Sisson, Jr., 2002, "Investigation of Bubble Nucleation Site Density During Quenching Heat Treatment Process Using Video Imaging", presented at the TMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. Feb. 17-21, 2002, and published in the Proceedings.
Svetlana Ivanova, R.R. Biederman and R.D. Sisson, Jr. "Investigation of Fatigue Crack Initiation in Ti-6AL-4V During Tensile-Tensile Fatigue", published in the Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 226-231, April 2002.
J.S. Bernier, Md. Maniruzzaman, R.D. Sisson, Jr., G. Levan and S. Bose, "Crystallographic Texture of EB-PVD TBC’s Deposited on Stationary Flat Surfaces in a Multiple Ingot Coating Chamber as a Function of Chamber Position", presented at the 2002 International Conference On Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, April 22-26, 2002, San Diego, CA, published in Surface and Coating Technology 163-164, pp 95-99, 2002.
E. Y. Lee, Y.H. Sohn, S. Jha, H.W. Holmes and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Phase Transformations in Ceria Stabilized Zirconia Thermal Barrier Coatings", Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2002. pp. 2065-2071.
M. Maniruzzaman, J.C. Chaves, C. McGee, S. Ma and R.D. Sisson, Jr., 2002, "CHTE Quench Probe System - A New Quench Characterization System", presented and published in the proceedings at the 5^th International Conference on Frontiers of Design and Manufacturing, ICFDM 2002, pp 187-192, Dalian, China, July 10-12, 2002.
R.D. Sisson, Jr., "Heat Treatment", Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology, pp. 3736-3741, 2001.
M. Fontecchio, Md. Maniruzzaman, R.D. Sisson, Jr., "Effect of Bath Temperature and Agitation Rate on the Quench Severity of 6061 Aluminum Quenched in Distilled Water", 13^th Annual International Federation for Heat Treatment & Surface Engineering (IFHTSE) Congress, Columbus, Ohio, 2002, and published in the proceedings.
M. Fontecchio, Md. Maniruzzaman, R.D. Sisson, Jr., "Quench Factor Analysis and Heat Transfer Coefficient Calculations for 6061 Aluminum Alloy Probed Quenched in Distilled Water", to be submitted to Journal of Materials Processing Technology.
A.S. Varde, M. Takahashi, M. Maniruzzaman and R.D. Sisson, Jr., "Web-Based Data Mining For Quenching Analysis", presented at the 13th Congress of the International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE) and ASM International Surface Engineering Congress, Columbus, Ohio, October 7-10, 2002, and published in the Proceedings.
S. Ma, M. Maniruzzaman and R.D. Sisson, "Characterization Of Mineral Oil Based Quenchants Using Chte Quench Probe System", presented at the 13th Congress of the International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE) and ASM International Surface Engineering Congress, Columbus, Ohio, October 7-10, 2002, and published in the Proceedings.
C. McGee, J. McHugh, M. Maniruzzaman and R.D. Sisson Jr., "Gas Quenching Of Steels: An Analysis Of The Effects Of Gas Composition And Of Steel Types - 4140 And 304", presented at the 13th Congress of the International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE) and ASM International Surface Engineering Congress, Columbus, Ohio, October 7-10, 2002, and published in the Proceedings.
M. Maniruzzaman and R.D. Sisson, Jr., "Heat Transfer Coefficients for Quenching Process Simulation", submitted to the 2nd International Conference on Thermal Process Modeling and Computer Simulation, Société Française de Métallurgie et de Matériaux, Nancy, France, March 31 - April 2, 2003.
Maniruzzaman, Marco Fontecchio and Richard D. Sisson, Jr ., "Optimization of an Aluminum Alloy Quenching Process in Poly-Oxethylene Glycol Polymer Solutions using Taguchi Methods, presented at the 22nd ASM Heat Treating Conference & Exposition, and published in the Proceedings, pp 52-55, 15-18 September 2003, Indianapolis, Indiana.
D. K. Rondeau, Md. Maniruzzaman and R. D. Sisson, Jr., B. Proshchitskiy and B. Liscic, The Effects of Part Orientation on Heat Transfer during Quenching, presented at the 22nd ASM Heat Treating Conference & Exposition, and published in the Proceedings, 15-18 September 2003, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Aparna S. Varde, Mohammed Maniruzzaman and Richard D. Sisson Jr., The QuenchMiner Expert System for Quenching and Distortion Control, to be presented at the 22nd ASM Heat Treating Conference & Exposition, and published in the Proceedings , pp 174-183, 15-18 September 2003, Indianapolis, Indiana.
R. D. Sisson, Jr., J. E, Morral, T. K. Rong and H. Brody, "An Integrated Model for Aluminum Castings", presented at the MPMD Fourth Global Innovations Symposium: Energy Efficient Manufacturing Processes: Advances in Thermal Processing and published in the Proceedings, at the 132nd TMS Annual Meeting, March 2-6, 2003, San Diego, CA.
Matthew M. Diem, Stephen J. Mashl and Richard D. Sisson Jr., "A COMBINATION HIP + HEAT TREAT PROCESS" published in Heat Treat Progress, pp. 52, 55, JUN/JUL 2003.
J. Yuan, J. Kang. Y. Rong and R. D. Sisson, Jr. ,"Computer Modeling and Simulation of Metal Induction Hardening Processes", Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 53 18 pp 18, 2001.
R, R. Biederman, Erin Sullivan, G VanderVoort and R. D. Sisson, Jr. , "Microstructural Analysis of the Steels from Buildings 7, 1 and 2 from the World Trade Center", International Metallographic Society Meeting, August 3 - 7, 2003, San Antonio, TX and to be published in Materials Characterization.
Md. Maniruzzaman, Shuhui Ma, K. Bradshaw, L. Costesso, G. Holmes and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "The Effects of Process Parameters on the Quenching Performance of 2024 Aluminum Alloy in Aqueous Solutions of PAG Polymers", presented at the 2003 ASM Materials Solutions Conference, 13-16 October 2003, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and published in the Proceedings.
R. D. Sisson, Jr. "Computer Simulations and Database Needs for Energy Savings, Zero Environmental Impact and Quality Improvements for the Heat Treating Industry", in NISTIR 6927 Data Bases for Computational Thermodynamics and Diffusion Modeling - Workshop Report, November, 2002.
W. S. Weir, S. Bose and R. D. Sisson, Jr., " A Rules Based Software System for the Design and Fabrication of Contoured Thermal Barrier Coatings" presented at The 27^th Annual CoCoa Beach Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 26 - 31, 2003 and published in the Proceedings, Volume 24, Issue 4, pp. 517-522.
W. C. S. Weir, S. Bose and R. D. Sisson, Jr.," Specifying EB-PVD Process Parameters for Coating of a PW4000 Second Stage Turbine Blade using an Experimentally Verified CAD Model of the Process", presented at the 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 16 - 21, 2003, published in the Proceedings, Vol. 24, Issue 4, pp 517-522
R. D. Sisson, Jr., W. C. S. Weir and J. C. O’Shaughnessy, " Teaching and Learning Green Engineering in a Multidisciplinary Seminar", presented at the 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 16 - 21, 2003 and published in the Proceedings.
A. Varde, M. Takasashi, E. Rundensteiner, M. Ward, Md. Maniruzzaman and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "QuenchMiner: Decision Support for Optimization of Heat Treating Processes" presented at the IICAI-03: IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics Society's 1st Indian International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, December 18-20, 2003, Hyderabad, India and published in the Proceedings.
J. Yuan, J. Kang, Y. Rong, and R. Sisson, Jr., "Finite Element Analysis of Induction Hardening Process of Steel", presented and published in the Proceedings of the 22^nd Heat Treating Society Conference and the 2^nd International Surface Engineering Congress, 15-17 September 2003, Indianapolis, IN.
R. D. Sisson, Jr., J. E, Morral, T. K. Rong and H. Brody, "An Integrated Model for Aluminum Castings", presented at the MPMD Fourth Global Innovations Symposium: Energy Efficient Manufacturing Processes: Advances in Thermal Processing and published in the Proceedings, at the 132nd TMS Annual Meeting, March 2-6, 2003, San Diego, CA.
M. Maniruzzaman and R.D. Sisson, Jr., "Heat Transfer Coefficients for Quenching Process Simulation", published in the Proceeding of the 2^nd International Conference on Thermal Process Modelling and Computer Simulation, Société Française de Métallurgie et de Matériaux, Nancy, France, March 31^st-April 2^nd, 2003.
Shuhui Ma, Aparna S. Varde, Makiko Takahashi, Darrell K. Rondeau, Md. Maniruzzaman and Richard D. Sisson Jr. , "Quenching - Understanding, Controlling and Optimizing the Process" published in The Proceedings of ASM's International Conference on Quenching and Control of Distortion -03, Beijing, China, 20-23 May, 2003.
J. Yuan, J. Kang, Y. Rong and R. Sisson, "Computer Modeling of Metal Induction Hardening Processes", Proceeding of the Fourth International Conference on Quenching and Distortion Control, May 20 - 23, 2003, Beijing, China.
Aparna S. Varde, Elke A. Rundensteiner, Mohammed Maniruzzaman and Richard D. Sisson Jr. --- The QuenchMiner Expert System for Quenching and Distortion Control --- In Proceedings of ASM's HTS-03, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, 15-18 September, 2003, pp 174 - 183.
J. Yuan, J. Kang, Y. Rong and R. D. Sisson, Jr. "FEM Modeling of Induction Hardening Processes in Steel", Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Volume 12(5) October 2003, pages 589 - 596.
Md. Maniruzzaman, Michael B. Stratton, Thomas A. Rogers, Lee P. Barber and Richard D. Sisson, Jr., "Effect of Agitation on the Quenching Performance of a Quench Oil using CHTE Quench Probe System", Proceedings of the MS&T 2003 Conference, Chicago Nov. 9-12, 2003.
Makiko Takahashi, Md Maniruzzaman, Richard D. Sisson, Jr., "Visualizing the Evolutions of Microstructure through Quenching Process", Proceedings of the MS&T 2003 Conference, Chicago Nov. 9-12, 2003.
Jiankun Yuan, Jinwu Kang, Yiming Rong and Richard D. Sisson, Jr., "Development of a Computer Model for Induction Hardening of Steel", Proceedings of IMEECE’03, the 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Washington DC, November 16 21, 2003.
Aparna S. Varde, Makiko Takahashi, Elke A. Rundensteiner, Matthew O. Ward, Mohammed Maniruzzaman and Richard D. Sisson Jr. --- QuenchMiner: Decision Support for Optimization of Heat Treating Processes --- In Proceedings of IEEE's IICAI-03, Hyderabad, India, 18-20 December 2003, pp 993-1003.
Richard Sisson Jr. and Aparna Varde --- Data Mining: Promoting E-Business in Heat Treating --- Published in Heat Treating Progress, March / April 2004.
Virendra S. Warke, Jack Yuan, Md. Maniruzzaman, Makhlouf Makhlouf and Richard D. Sisson, Jr., "Modeling the Heat Treatment of Powder Metallurgy Steels", Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials, Chicago, IL, June 13-17, 2004, Part 1, pages 39-53.
Richard D. Sisson, Jr., Md. Maniruzzaman, Shuhui Ma, Virendra Warke, and Makhlouf M. Makhlouf, "Quenching Powder Metallurgy Products", Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials, Chicago, IL, June 13-17, 2004, Part 6, pages 1-11.
Aparna Varde, Elke Rundensteiner, Murali Mani, Mohammed Maniruzzaman and Richard D. Sisson Jr., "Semantic Extensions to Domain Specific Markup Languages", IEEE Computer Society's CCCT-04, Austin, Texas, USA, 14-17 August 2004, pgs. 55- 60.
A.S.Varde, Makiko Takahashi, Elke Rundensteiner, Mathew Ward, Md. Maniruzzaman and Richard D. Sisson, Jr., "Apriori Algorithm and game-of-life for Predictive Analysis in Materials Science". International Journal of Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Engineering Systems. IOS Press, KES International, Netherlands, 2004, Volume 8, No. 4, pp 213-228, Special Issue on "Soft Computing and Its Applications to E-Business".
Aparna Varde, Elke Rundensteiner, Carolina Ruiz, Mohammed Maniruzzaman and Richard Sisson Jr., "Data Mining over Graphical Results of Experiments with Domain Semantics", Proceedings of ACM SIGART’S ICICIS-05, pp 603-611, Cairo, Egypt, March 2005.
Sisson, Richard D., Jr., "Failure Analysis and the Need for Enhancing Communications", Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, Vol. 5(1), pp. 18-23, February 2005.
Ma., Shuhui, Maniruzzaman, Md., Sisson, R.D., Jr., "Application of Jominy End Quench Approach for the Development of Quench Factor Analysis and Microstructure Prediction of Cast Al-Si-Mg Alloys", presented at Solid-Solid Phase Transformations in Inorganic Materials 2005 and published in the Proceedings (TMS), Phoenix, AZ, May 29-June 3, 2005.
V.S. Warke, R.D. Sisson, Jr., and M.M. Makhlouf, "Effect of Porosity on the Transformation Kinetics of P/M Steels", 2005 International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials, Montreal Canada, published in the Proceedings, June 19-23, 2005.
Aparna Varde, Elke Rundensteiner, Mohammed Maniruzzaman and Richard D. Sisson Jr., "Estimating Heat Transfer Coefficients as a Function of Temperature by Data Mining", ASM's HTS-05, Pittsburg, PA, USA, Proceedings of ASM’s HTS-05, Pittsburgh, PA, September 26-28, 2005.
Shuhui Ma, M. Maniruzzaman, JuanChaves and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "The effects of surface oxides on the quenching rates of 4140 steel in commercial mineral oils", presented at the 23^rd Heat Treating Society Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, Proceedings of ASM’s HTS-05, pp.296-303, Sept. 25-28, 2005.
Aparna S. Varde, Elke A. Rundensteiner, Carolina Ruiz, Mohammed Maniruzzaman and Richard D. Sisson, Jr., "Learning Semantics-Preserving Distance Metrics for Clustering Graphical Data", The Eleventh ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, Proceedings of MDM/KDD2005, pp. 107-112, The Sixth International Workshop on Multimedia Data Mining, "Mining Integrated Media and Complex Data", Chicago, IL, August 21-24, 2005.
Aparna S. Varde, Elke A. Rundensteiner, Carolina Ruiz, Mohammed Maniruzzaman and Richard D. Sisson Jr. , "LearnMet: Learning Domain-Specific Distance Metrics for Plots of Scientific Functions ", published International Journal of Multimedia Technology and Applications, Springer Publishers, Special Issue on "Multimedia Data Mining", Vol. 35, no 1, pp. 29-53..
Shuhui Ma, M. Maniruzzaman and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "Model Development of Quench Factor Analysis and Microstructure Prediction of Cast Al-Si-Mg Alloys", presented at the 23^rd Heat Treating Society Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, published in the Proceedings, Sept. 25-28, 2005.
Randy J. Boudrieau, DVM, DACVS; Robert J. McCarthy, DVM, MS, DACVS; Richard D. Sisson, Jr., PhD, "Sarcoma of the proximal portion of the tibia in a dog 5.5 years after tibial plateau leveling osteotomy", presented at the 32^nd Annual Conference of the Veterinary Orthopedic Society, Snowmass, Colorado, March 2005. Published in JAVMA, Vol. 227, No. 10, Scientific Reports: Clinical Report, pp 1613-1617, Nov. 15, 2005
O. Karabelchtchikova, O. and R.D. Sisson, "Carbon Diffusion in Steels - a Numerical Analysis based on Direct Integration of the Flux", presented at the symposium: Multicomponent-Multiphase Diffusion Symposium in Honor of Mysore A. Dayananda (TMS), San Antonio, TX, March 12-16, 2006, published in the Journal of Phase Equilibria and Difusión, Vol. 27. No. 6 pp. 598-604, December, 2006.
R. D. Sisson, Jr., Shuhui Ma and M. Maniruzzaman, "Modeling the heat treatment of age-hardenable cast Al-Si-Mg alloys", presented at the symposium: Simulation of Aluminum Shape Casting Processing: From Alloy Design to Mechanical Properties(TMS), San Antonio, TX, March 12-16, 2006.
Richard D. Sisson, Jr, Aparna Varde, "Data Mining in Heat Treatment", Heat Treating Progress, March/April 2006, pp. 18-20.
Richard D. Sisson, Jr., Shuhui Ma, and Mohammed Maniruzzaman, "Experimental Measurements of Quenching Heat Transfer Coefficients", the International Conference on Processing & Manufacturing of Advanced Materials, published in the Proceedings, THERMEC’2006, Vancouver, Canada, July 4-8, 2006.
Md. Maniruzzaman, Aparna Varde and Richard D. Sisson, Jr., "Estimation of surface heat transfer coefficients for quenching process simulation", presented at materials Science and Technology Conference and Exhibition, October 15-19, 2006, Cincinnati, OH., published in Proceedings MS&T’ 2006, pp. 387-394, 2006.
Karabelchtchikova, Olga, Md. Maniruzzaman, Sisson R.D., Jr. "Carburization Process Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis using Numerical Simulation", to be presented at Materials Science and Technology conference, published in Proceedings MS&T’ 2006, October 15-19, 2006, Cincinnati, OH.
Md. Maniruzzaman and R.D. Sisson, Jr., "Gas Quenching - An Environment Friendly Heat Treatment Process", to be presented at Materials Science and Technology conference, and published in Proceedings MS & T’ 2006, October 15-19, 2006, Cincinnati, OH.
Shuhui Ma, Md. Maniruzzaman, D.S. MacKenzie, and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "A Methodology to Predict the Effects of Quench Rates on Mechanical Properties of Cast Aluminum Alloys", Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Vol. 38B, No. 4, August 2007, pp. 583-589.
Shuhui Ma, Md. Maniruzzaman, and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "The Effects of Polymer Concentration and Agitation on the Quench Performance of Polymer Quenchant Aqua Quench 260", submitted Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2007.
Shuhui Ma, M. Maniruzzaman, Juan Chaves, and R. D. Sisson, Jr., "The effects of surface oxides on the quenching performance of AISI 4140 steel in commercial mineral oils", accepted Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2007.
R.D. Sisson, Jr., R.R. Biederman, " Metal Removal via Slag Attack of the Steel from Building 7 of the World Trade Center some Observations", Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, ASM International, Vol. 6, issue 5, pp. 17-19, October 2006.
A. Varde, E. Rundensteiner, C. Ruiz, D. Brown, M. Maniruzzaman and R. Sisson, Jr., "Designing Semantics-Preserving Cluster Representatives for Scientific Input Conditions", to appear in Association of Computing Machinery’s 15^th Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (ACM CIKM-06), Arlington, VA, Nov. 2006.
A. Varde, J. Kiang, E. Rundensteiner and R. Sisson, Jr., "Mining Images of Material Nanostructure Data", invited paper to appear in the 3^rd International Conference on Distributed Computing and Internet Technology (ICDCIT-06), Bhubaneswar, India, December 2006.
A. Varde, S. Ma, M. Maniruzzaman, D. Brown, E. Rundensteiner and R. Sisson, Jr., "Comparing Mathematical and Heuristic Approaches for Scientific Data Analysis", published in the Journal of Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing (AIEDAM-07), Cambridge University Press, 2007, pp. 53-69.
Olga Karabelchtchikova, Christopher A. Brown, Richard D. Sisson, Jr., "The Effect of Surface Roughness on the Kinetics of Mass Transfer during Gas Carburizing", presented and to be published in Heat Treating and Surface Engineering in January 2008.
Daniel H Herring, Richard D. Sisson, Jr., "What is Heat Treating and Why Do We do It?" published in Fastener Technology International , August/September 2007, pp 22-23.
M. Maniruzzaman, E. Wallhagen, R.D. Sisson, Jr., "Evaluation of Aging Response of Al-Cu-Mg-SI Based Cast Aluminum alloy and its Effect on Tensile Property", presented and published in Proceedings MS & T/HTS’ 2007, Detroit, Michigan, Sept. 16-20, 2007.
X. Wang, M. Maniruzzaman, Y. Rong, R.D. Sisson, Jr., "The Role of Cleaning in Heat Treatment Process", presented and published in Proceedings MS & T/HTS’ 2007, Detroit, Michigan, Sept. 16-20, 2007.
M. Maniruzzaman, C. Nowill, R.D. Sisson, Jr, "The Aging Behavior of AA7136 Wrought Aluminum Alloy", presented and published in Proceedings MS & T/HTS’ 2007, Detroit, Michigan, Sept. 16-20, 2007.
O. Karabelchtchikova, R.D. Sisson, Jr., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, S.A. Johnston, H. DaCosta, Caterpillar, Inc. Mossville, IL, "Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects of Endothermic Carburizing Atmosphere with Natural Gas Enrichment", presented and published in Proceedings MS & T/HTS’ 2007, Detroit, Michigan, Sept. 16-20, 2007.
Olga Karabelchtchikova, R.D. Sisson, Jr., "Calculation of Gas Carburizing Kinetics from Carbon Concentration Profiles based on Direct Flux Integration", Defect and Diffusion Forum Vol. 266, pp. 171-180.
Richard D. Sisson, Jr., Daniel H. Herring, "Fundamental Principles of Heat Treating Steels", published in Fastener Technology International , October/November 2007, pp 42-45.
Richard D. Sisson, Jr., "Hydrogen Embrittlement of Spring Steel", published in Wire Forming Technology International/Fall 2007, pp 20-22.
Rick Sisson, Diran Apelian, WPI; Shawn Allan, Morgana Fall, Holly Shulman, Ceralink Inc; "Microwave Heating Technologies", published in Heat Treating Progress, November/December 2007, pp. 18-19.
Daniel H. Herring and Richard D. Sisson, Jr., "The Heat Treatment of Fasteners Practice", published in Fastener Technology International/December 2007, pp. 24-25.
Olga Karabelchtchikova, Md. Maniruzzaman, Richard Sisson, "Optimization of Gas Carburizing Process in Batch Furnaces with Endothermic Carburizing Atmosphere" Proceedings of 2008 TMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 9-13, 2008.
Daniel H. Herring and Richard D. Sisson, Jr., “The Heat Treatment of Fasteners Practice”, Fastener Technology International/December 2007/January 2008, pp. 24-25.
Aparna Varde, Elke Rundensteiner and Richard Sisson, Jr., “AutoDomainMine: A Graphical Data Mining System for Process Optimization”, Proceedings of ACM SIGMOD, 2007.
Olga Karabelchtchikova, Md. Maniruzzaman, Richard Sisson, “Optimization of Gas Carburizing Process in Batch Furnaces with Endothermic Carburizing Atmosphere”, Proceedings of 2008 TMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 9-13, 2008.
Daniel H. Herring, Richard D. Sisson, Jr., “The Heat Treatment of Fasteners – Materials & Metallurgy, Fastener Technology International, April/May 2008, pp. 36-39.
Daniel H. Herring and Richard D. Sisson, Jr., “Heat Treating Fasteners – Part 1: Tips of the Trade”, Fastener Technology International, June /July 2008.
O. Karabelchtchikova, S.M. Hsiang and R.D. Sisson, Jr., “Multi-objective optimization of gas carburizing process in batch furnaces with endothermic carburizing atmosphere”, Surface Engineering, 2009, vol.25, No.1, pp. 43-49.
Olga Karabelchtchikova, Christopher A. Brown, Richard D. Sisson, Jr., “The Effect of Surface Roughness on the Kinetics of Mass Transfer during Gas Carburizing”, presented and published in Heat Treating and Surface Engineering, January 2008.
Daniel H. Herring and Richard D. Sisson, Jr., “Heat Treatment of Fasteners – Part 6: Tips For Operation”, Fastener Technology International/August 2008/September, p 28-29.
Aparna Varde, Stephen Bique, Elke Rundensteiner, David Brown, Jianyu Liang, Richard Sisson, Ehsan Sheybani, and Brian Sayre, “Component Selection to Optimize Distance Function Learning in Complex Scientific Data Sets”, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008, pp 269-282.
Olga Karabelchtchikova, Gang Wang, and Richard D. Sisson, Jr., “New Carburizing Calculation Tool for Gas and Low-Pressure Carburizing”, Heat Treating Progress, March/April 2008, pp 18..
V. Warke, R.D. Sisson, Jr. and M.M. Makhlouf, “The Effect of Porosity on the Austenite to Bainite Transformation in Powder Metallurgy Steels”, accepted by Journal of Materials Research, 2009.
Mohammed Maniruzzaman, Eric Wallhagen, and Richard D. Sisson, Jr., “Effect of Aging on Tensile Properties of Cast Al Alloy”, Heat Treating Progress, October 2008, pp. 46-49.
Makhlouf Makhlouf, Virendra Warke, and Richard Sisson, Jr., “A Model for Converting Dilatometric Strain Measurements to the Fraction of Phase Formed during the Transformation of Austenite to Martensite in Powder Metallurgy Steels”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, vol.40 A, no. 2, pp. 569-572, March 2009.
Md. Maniruzzaman, Richard D. Sisson, Jr., Stephen R. Crosby, and Charlie Gure , “Failure in Steel Forging”, Failure Analysis of Heat Treated Steel Components, 2008, pp133-149.
Virendra S. Warke, Richard D. Sisson, Jr., and Makhlouf M. Makhlouf, “Predicting the Effects of Heat Treatment on Pressed and Sintered Steel Parts,” Proceedings of the 2008 International Congress on Power Metallurgy and Particulate Materials, pp. 42-51, Washington DC, June 2008.
O. Karabelchtchikova, Chr. A. Brown, R.D. Sisson, Jr., “Effect of surface roughness on the kinetics of mass transfer during gas carburizing”, HTM Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials, 63 (2008) 5, (formerly HTM Z. Werkst, Warmebeh, Fertigung), pp. 257-264.
Daniel H. Herring and Richard D. Sisson, Jr., “The Heat Treatment of Fasteners – Embrittlement Issues-“ (Part 7), published in Fastener Technology International/ December 2008/January 2009, pp. 32-34.
M. Maniruzzaman, M. Fontecchio and R.D. Sisson, Jr., 2008, The Effect of Agitation and Quenchant Temperature on the Heat Transfer Coefficients for 6061 Aluminum Alloy Quenched in Distilled Water, under review in Journal of ASTM International.
Aparna Varde, Mohammed Maniruzzaman and Richard Sisson Jr., “QuenchML: The Quenching Markup Language”, accepted JAI (Journal of ASTM International): Special Issue on Quenching, 2008.
O.Karabelchtchikova, R.D. Sisson, Jr., “Effect of Alloy Composition on Carburizing Performance of Steel”, accepted by Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion, 2009.
Daniel H. Herring and Richard D. Sisson, Jr., “Furnace Atmosphere Considerations for Fasteners”, Fastener Technology International,April/May 2009, pp. 46-49.
Daniel H. Herring and Richard D. Sisson, Jr., “What is Heat Treating & Why Do We Do it?”, Wire Forming Technology International, 2009.
Daniel H. Herring and Richard D. Sisson, Jr., “What is Heat Treating & Why Do We Do it?”, Fastener World, May/June 2009, pp. 294-297.