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2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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87
Citations
23534
World Ranking
134
National Ranking
68

Materials Science

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87
Citations
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National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2013 - ASM Fellow "For distinguished contributions in the area of plasticity and thermal fatigue of structural materials."
  • 2007 - Nadai Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Huseyin Sehitoglu is a researcher affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their primary fields of study encompass Materials Science and Engineering, with a focus on subfields including Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Ceramics and Composites, and Biomaterials.

The scientist's research concentrates on several key topics:

  • Shape Memory Alloy Transformations
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties
  • High Entropy Alloys Studies
  • Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
  • High Temperature Alloys and Creep
  • Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Acta Materialia
  • Shape Memory and Superelasticity
  • International Journal of Plasticity
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Scripta Materialia

Some of their recent papers illustrate the breadth of their research interests:

  • "Deep learning for plasticity and thermo-viscoplasticity," 2020, published in International Journal of Plasticity
  • "Superelasticity of (TiZrHf)50Ni25Co10Cu15 high entropy shape memory alloy," 2020, published in Scripta Materialia
  • "{101¯2} Twin interface structure and energetics in HCP materials," 2021, published in Acta Materialia
  • "Origins of functional fatigue and reversible transformation of precipitates in NiTi shape memory alloy," 2024, published in Acta Materialia
  • "Evolving dislocation cores at Twin Boundaries: Theory of CRSS Elevation," 2021, published in International Journal of Plasticity

The researcher has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, with frequent collaborators including Ahmed Sameer Khan Mohammed, Orcun Koray Celebi, Daegun You, R. Sidharth, and Gorkem Gengor.

Huseyin Sehitoglu has been recognized with awards such as the ASM Fellow in 2013 for contributions related to plasticity and thermal fatigue of structural materials, the Nadai Medal from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in 2007, and was named Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Modeling of cyclic ratchetting plasticity, part i: Development of constitutive relations

    Y. Jiang;H. Sehitoglu

  • Predicting twinning stress in fcc metals: Linking twin-energy pathways to twin nucleation

    S. Kibey;J.B. Liu;D.D. Johnson;H. Sehitoglu

  • Tension–compression asymmetry of the stress–strain response in aged single crystal and polycrystalline NiTi

    Ken Gall;Huseyin Sehitoglu;Y.I. Chumlyakov;Irina Kireeva

  • Deformation of single crystal hadfield steel by twinning and slip

    I Karaman;H Sehitoglu;K Gall;Y.I Chumlyakov

  • Energy of slip transmission and nucleation at grain boundaries

    Michael D. Sangid;Tawhid Ezaz;Huseyin Sehitoglu;Ian M. Robertson

  • Stress dependence of the hysteresis in single crystal NiTi alloys

    R.F Hamilton;H Sehitoglu;Y Chumlyakov;H.J Maier

  • On the finite element analysis of fatigue crack closure—1. Basic modeling issues

    R. C. McClung;Huseyin Sehitoglu

  • The role of texture in tension–compression asymmetry in polycrystalline NiTi

    Ken Gall;Huseyin Sehitoglu

  • Compressive response of NiTi single crystals

    H. Sehitoglu;I. Karaman;R. Anderson;X. Zhang

  • MODELING THE DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR OF HADFIELD STEEL SINGLE AND POLYCRYSTALS DUE TO TWINNING AND SLIP

    I Karaman;H Sehitoglu;A.J Beaudoin;Y.I Chumlyakov

  • Thermomechanical fatigue, oxidation, and Creep: Part II. Life prediction

    R. W. Neu;Huseyin Sehitoglu

  • Thermomechanical fatigue, oxidation, and creep: Part i. Damage mechanisms

    R. W. Neu;Huseyin Sehitoglu

  • Slip transfer and plastic strain accumulation across grain boundaries in Hastelloy X

    Wael Z. Abuzaid;Michael D. Sangid;Jay D. Carroll;Huseyin Sehitoglu

  • Modeling of cyclic ratchetting plasticity, Part II: Comparison of model simulations with experiments

    Y. Jiang;H. Sehitoglu

  • The role of grain boundaries on fatigue crack initiation - An energy approach

    Michael D. Sangid;Hans J. Maier;Huseyin Sehitoglu

  • Competing mechanisms and modeling of deformation in austenitic stainless steel single crystals with and without nitrogen

    I. Karaman;Huseyin Sehitoglu;H. J. Maier;Y. I. Chumlyakov

  • A model for rolling contact failure

    Yanyao Jiang;Huseyin Sehitoglu

  • Elastocaloric cooling capacity of shape memory alloys – Role of deformation temperatures, mechanical cycling, stress hysteresis and inhomogeneity of transformation

    Y. Wu;E. Ertekin;H. Sehitoglu

  • High resolution digital image correlation measurements of strain accumulation in fatigue crack growth

    Jay D. Carroll;Wael Abuzaid;John Lambros;Huseyin Sehitoglu

  • Elastocaloric cooling potential of NiTi, Ni2FeGa, and CoNiAl

    Garrett J. Pataky;Elif Ertekin;Huseyin Sehitoglu

  • Cyclic ratchetting of 1070 steel under multiaxial stress states

    Yanyao Jiang;Huseyin Sehitoglu

  • On the finite element analysis of fatigue crack closure—2. Numerical results

    R.C. McClung;H. Sehitoglu

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Jürgen Maier
Hans Jürgen Maier University of Hannover
Y.I. Chumlyakov
Y.I. Chumlyakov National Research Tomsk State University
Ibrahim Karaman
Ibrahim Karaman Texas A&M University
Ken Gall
Ken Gall Duke University
John Lambros
John Lambros University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yanyao Jiang
Yanyao Jiang University of Nevada Reno
Duane D. Johnson
Duane D. Johnson Iowa State University
Petros Athanasios Sofronis
Petros Athanasios Sofronis University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thomas Niendorf
Thomas Niendorf University of Kassel
Ian M. Robertson
Ian M. Robertson University of Wisconsin–Madison

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