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61
Citations
13702
World Ranking
6773
National Ranking
1708

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1931 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)

Overview

Louis G. Hector is affiliated with General Motors in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in engineering and materials science. Their academic portfolio encompasses 64 publications in engineering and 15 in materials science, highlighting a strong focus on applied technical disciplines.

Their research spans several subfields, including:

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Key topics addressed in their work include:

  • Metallurgy and Material Forming
  • Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Metal Forming Simulation Techniques
  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research

Frequent publication venues demonstrate a focus on materials and manufacturing sciences:

  • Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
  • Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • Acta Materialia
  • Materials Science and Engineering A
  • Journal of Manufacturing Processes

Their collaborative network includes repeated coauthorships with Katherine E. Rader, Jon T. Carter, Eric M. Taleff, Andrew Bobel, and Zhucong Xi, all contributing to a multidisciplinary approach within their field.

Recent and notable publications illustrate research interests in battery technologies and microstructural behaviors of metals:

  • Industry needs for practical lithium-metal battery designs in electric vehicles, 2024, Nature Energy
  • Microstructural origin of the anisotropic flow stress of laser powder bed fused AlSi10Mg, 2021, Acta Materialia
  • A coupled thermomechanical crystal plasticity model applied to Quenched and Partitioned steel, 2020, International Journal of Plasticity
  • Microstructural Evolution During Deformation of a QP980 Steel, 2020, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
  • Microstrain partitioning, Transformation Induced Plasticity, and the evolution of damage during deformation of an austenitic-martensitic 1.5 GPa Quench and Partition steel, 2024, Materials Science and Engineering A

Louis G. Hector has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1931, indicating acknowledgment within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Direct calculation of Li-ion transport in the solid electrolyte interphase.

    Siqi Shi;Peng Lu;Zhongyi Liu;Yue Qi

  • Threefold Increase in the Young’s Modulus of Graphite Negative Electrode during Lithium Intercalation

    Yue Qi;Haibo Guo;Louis G. Hector;Adam Timmons

  • First-principles data for solid-solution strengthening of magnesium: From geometry and chemistry to properties

    Joseph A. Yasi;Louis G. Hector;Dallas R. Trinkle

  • A predictive mechanism for dynamic strain ageing in aluminium-magnesium alloys.

    William A. Curtin;David L. Olmsted;David L. Olmsted;Louis G. Hector

  • Quantitative prediction of solute strengthening in aluminium alloys

    Gerard Paul M. Leyson;William A. Curtin;Louis G. Hector;Christopher F. Woodward

  • Lithium Concentration Dependent Elastic Properties of Battery Electrode Materials from First Principles Calculations

    Yue Qi;Louis G. Hector;Christine James;Kwang Jin Kim

  • Adhesion and nonwetting-wetting transition in the Al/α-Al 2 O 3 interface

    Qing Zhang;Tahir Çaǧın;Adri van Duin;William A. Goddard

  • The effect of twin–twin interactions on the nucleation and propagation of {101¯2} twinning in magnesium

    Haitham El Kadiri;J. Kapil;A.L. Oppedal;L.G. Hector

  • Defect Thermodynamics and Diffusion Mechanisms in Li2CO3 and Implications for the Solid Electrolyte Interphase in Li-Ion Batteries

    Siqi Shi;Siqi Shi;Yue Qi;Hong Li;Louis G. Hector

  • Adhesion, stability, and bonding at metal/metal-carbide interfaces: Al/WC

    Donald J Siegel;Louis G Hector;James B Adams

  • Adhesion, atomic structure, and bonding at the Al(111)/α-Al 2 O 3 (0001) interface: A first principles study

    Donald J. Siegel;Louis G. Hector;James B. Adams

  • Solute strengthening from first principles and application to aluminum alloys

    G. P. M. Leyson;L. G. Hector;W. A. Curtin

  • Atomistic simulations of dislocation mobility in Al, Ni and Al/Mg alloys

    David L Olmsted;Louis G Hector;W A Curtin;R J Clifton

  • Spatio-temporal characteristics of the Portevin-Le Châtelier effect in austenitic steel with twinning induced plasticity

    P.D. Zavattieri;V. Savic;L.G. Hector;J.R. Fekete

  • Prediction of dislocation cores in aluminum from density functional theory.

    C. Woodward;Dallas Trinkle;Dallas Trinkle;L. G. Hector;D. L. Olmsted

  • Basal and prism dislocation cores in magnesium: comparison of first-principles and embedded-atom-potential methods predictions

    J. A. Yasi;T. Nogaret;D. R. Trinkle;Y. Qi

  • Microstructural effects of AZ31 magnesium alloy on its tensile deformation and failure behaviors

    Manuel Marya;Louis G. Hector;Ravi Verma;Wei Tong

  • Anisotropy of the elastic properties of crystalline cellulose Iß from first principles density functional theory with Van der Waals interactions

    Fernando L. Dri;Louis G. Hector;Robert J. Moon;Pablo D. Zavattieri

  • Ab initio study of Al-ceramic interfacial adhesion

    Donald J. Siegel;Louis G. Hector;James B. Adams

  • Atomistic study of edge and screw (c + a) dislocations in magnesium

    T. Nogaret;W. A. Curtin;J. A. Yasi;L. G. Hector

  • Energetics of the Li amide/Li imide hydrogen storage reaction

    J. F. Herbst;L. G. Hector

Frequent Co-Authors

Yue Qi
Yue Qi Brown University
Pablo D. Zavattieri
Pablo D. Zavattieri Purdue University West Lafayette
William A. Curtin
William A. Curtin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Allan F. Bower
Allan F. Bower Brown University
Donald J. Siegel
Donald J. Siegel The University of Texas at Austin
Anil K. Sachdev
Anil K. Sachdev General Motors (United States)
Zi-Kui Liu
Zi-Kui Liu Pennsylvania State University
Shun-Li Shang
Shun-Li Shang Pennsylvania State University
Siqi Shi
Siqi Shi Shanghai University
Tahir Cagin
Tahir Cagin Texas A&M University

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