Ronald O. Scattergood

Position

• Associate Director, Precision Engineering Consortium
• Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Education

• BS, Metallurgical Engineering, Lehigh University, 1961
• MS, Metallurgy Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963
• PhD, Metallurgy Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968

Areas of Interest

• Material Removal Processes
• Stress Formation

Background

R.O. Scattergood is a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He received BS degrees in Mining Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering from Lehigh University. His MS and PhD degrees were obtained in Metallurgy from M.I.T. In 1968 he became a member of the basic research staff in the Materials Science Division at the Argonne National Laboratory. In 1981, he joined the faculty as a Professor of Materials Engineering at North Carolina State University.

Professor Scattergood’s major research interests have been focused on the mechanical behavior of solids. He has worked in the areas of strengthening mechanisms in solids, continuum theory of defects, radiation effects, wear and fracture processes in ceramics, and precision engineering with emphasis on machining processes. He has expertise in both analytical and computer modeling as well as in mechanical testing methods and microscopy. He has published over 140 technical papers, books and reports.

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