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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1999 - Nadai Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • 1994 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1989 - Acta Materialia Gold Medal
  • 1974 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering Leadership in the application of dislocation theory to the understanding of materials.

Overview

John P. Hirth is affiliated with Washington State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research spans a range of subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Mechanics of Materials, and Geophysics.

Their work covers several main topics, notably Microstructure and mechanical properties, Shape Memory Alloy Transformations, High-pressure geophysics and materials, High Temperature Alloys and Creep, Rock Mechanics and Modeling, High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior, and Tunneling and Rock Mechanics.

Hirth's recent publications include:

  • Extension of the classical theory for types I and II twinning, 2021, Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources
  • The role of embedded coordinates for disclinations and disconnection components, 2024, Acta Materialia
  • Recovery and facets for deformation twins in minerals and metals, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Straight and curved disclinations and dislocation equivalents, 2020, The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics
  • Type III and IV deformation twins in minerals and metals, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent coauthors in their research include Jian Wang, Greg Hirth, Dongyue Xie, Ronald W. Armstrong, and Peter M. Anderson.

Hirth has published in notable venues such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics, Acta Materialia, Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources, and Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology.

Throughout their career, John P. Hirth has received several awards and honors:

  • Fellow of the Materials Research Society, 2008
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2005
  • Nadai Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1999
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1994
  • Acta Materialia Gold Medal, 1989
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 1974, recognized for leadership in the application of dislocation theory to the understanding of materials

Best Publications

  • Effects of hydrogen on the properties of iron and steel

    John P. Hirth

  • Theory of Dislocations (2nd ed.)

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  • Length-scale-dependent deformation mechanisms in incoherent metallic multilayered composites

    A. Misra;J.P. Hirth;R.G. Hoagland

  • The influence of grain boundaries on mechanical properties

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  • Detwinning mechanisms for growth twins in face-centered cubic metals

    J. Wang;N. Li;O. Anderoglu;X. Zhang

  • Steps, dislocations and disconnections as interface defects relating to structure and phase transformations

    J.P. Hirth;R.C. Pond

  • On plastic deformation and the dynamics of 3D dislocations

    Hussein M. Zbib;Moono Rhee;John P. Hirth

  • On dislocation storage and the mechanical response of fine scale microstructures

    J.D. Embury;J.P. Hirth

  • (1¯012) Twinning nucleation mechanisms in hexagonal-close-packed crystals

    J. Wang;J.P. Hirth;C.N. Tomé

  • Single-dislocation-based strengthening mechanisms in nanoscale metallic multilayers

    A. Misra;J. P. Hirth;H. Kung

  • Enhanced hardening in Cu/330 stainless steel multilayers by nanoscale twinning

    X. Zhang;A. Misra;H. Wang;T.D. Shen

  • Mechanical properties of particulate-reinforced aluminum-matrix composites

    S.V. Kamat;J.P. Hirth;R. Mehrabian

  • Atomistic modeling of the interaction of glide dislocations with “weak” interfaces

    J. Wang;R.G. Hoagland;J.P. Hirth;A. Misra

  • On the strengthening effects of interfaces in multilayer fcc metallic composites

    R. G. Hoagland;T. E. Mitchell;J. P. Hirth;H. Kung

  • Models for long-/short-range interactions and cross slip in 3D dislocation simulation of BCC single crystals

    M Rhee;H M Zbib;J P Hirth;H Huang

  • The deformation behavior of isoaxial bicrystals of Fe-3%Si☆

    R.E Hook;J.P Hirth

  • Nanoscale-twinning-induced strengthening in austenitic stainless steel thin films

    X. Zhang;A. Misra;H. Wang;M. Nastasi

  • Twinning dislocation multiplication at a coherent twin boundary

    N. Li;J. Wang;A. Misra;X. Zhang

  • Atomistic simulations of the shear strength and sliding mechanisms of copper–niobium interfaces

    J. Wang;R.G. Hoagland;J.P. Hirth;A. Misra

  • On the thermodynamics of adsorption at interfaces as it influences decohesion

    J. P. Hirth;J. R. Rice

  • Dislocation structures of Σ3 {112} twin boundaries in face centered cubic metals

    J. Wang;O. Anderoglu;J. P. Hirth;A. Misra

  • Nucleation of a (1¯012) twin in hexagonal close-packed crystals

    J. Wang;R.G. Hoagland;J.P. Hirth;L. Capolungo

Frequent Co-Authors

Hussein M. Zbib
Hussein M. Zbib Washington State University
Robert A. Rapp
Robert A. Rapp The Ohio State University
Hub I Aaronson
Hub I Aaronson Carnegie Mellon University
Richard G. Hoagland
Richard G. Hoagland Los Alamos National Laboratory
Robert H. Wagoner
Robert H. Wagoner The Ohio State University
T. Diaz de la Rubia
T. Diaz de la Rubia University of Oklahoma
David M. Barnett
David M. Barnett Stanford University
Amit Misra
Amit Misra University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David J. Srolovitz
David J. Srolovitz University of Hong Kong

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