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William A. Curtin is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research spans fields primarily in Engineering and Materials Science, with a concentrated focus on Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their work addresses several main topics, including:

  • High Entropy Alloys Studies
  • High-Temperature Coating Behaviors
  • Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties
  • High Temperature Alloys and Creep
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Advanced materials and composites

William A. Curtin has published extensively in notable venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Acta Materialia
  • Physical Review Materials
  • Scripta Materialia
  • MRS Communications
  • Intermetallics

Recent publications highlight Curtin's engagement with metallurgy and materials design, including:

  • "Vanadium is an optimal element for strengthening in both fcc and bcc high-entropy alloys," 2020, Acta Materialia
  • "Machine learning for metallurgy III: A neural network potential for Al-Mg-Si," 2021, Physical Review Materials
  • "Design using randomness: a new dimension for metallurgy," 2020, Scripta Materialia
  • "Machine learning for metallurgy IV: A neural network potential for Al-Cu-Mg and Al-Cu-Mg-Zn," 2022, Physical Review Materials
  • "Theory of spontaneous grain boundary roughening in high entropy alloys," 2022, Acta Materialia

The scientist collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including Binglun Yin, Francesco Maresca, Daniel Marchand, C. Baruffi, and Abhinav Jain. These collaborations reflect a blend of expertise across computational modeling, machine learning applications in metallurgy, and alloy behavior studies.

Best Publications

  • High entropy alloys: A focused review of mechanical properties and deformation mechanisms

    E.P. George;E.P. George;W.A. Curtin;C.C. Tasan

  • THEORY OF MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES OF CERAMIC-MATRIX COMPOSITES

    William A. Curtin

  • Theory of strengthening in fcc high entropy alloys

    Céline Varvenne;Aitor Luque;William A. Curtin

  • Atomistic/continuum coupling in computational materials science

    W A Curtin;Ronald E Miller

  • The origins of high hardening and low ductility in magnesium

    Zhaoxuan Wu;Zhaoxuan Wu;W. A. Curtin

  • Atomic mechanism and prediction of hydrogen embrittlement in iron

    Jun Song;W. A. Curtin

  • Mechanistic origin and prediction of enhanced ductility in magnesium alloys.

    Zhaoxuan Wu;Zhaoxuan Wu;Rasool Ahmad;Binglun Yin;Stefanie Sandlöbes

  • Weighted-density-functional theory of inhomogeneous liquids and the freezing transition.

    W. A. Curtin;N. W. Ashcroft

  • Direct observation of toughening mechanisms in carbon nanotube ceramic matrix composites

    Z Xia;L Riester;W.A Curtin;H Li

  • CNT-reinforced ceramics and metals

    William A. Curtin;Brian W. Sheldon

  • Mechanistic origin of high strength in refractory BCC high entropy alloys up to 1900K

    Francesco Maresca;William A. Curtin

  • Solute strengthening in random alloys

    C. Varvenne;G.P.M. Leyson;M. Ghazisaeidi;W.A. Curtin

  • Multiscale plasticity modeling: coupled atomistics and discrete dislocation mechanics

    L.E. Shilkrot;Ronald E. Miller;William A. Curtin

  • 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

  • Exact theory of fibre fragmentation in a single-filament composite

    W. A. Curtin

  • A nanoscale mechanism of hydrogen embrittlement in metals

    Jun Song;W.A. Curtin

  • Coupled atomistic and discrete dislocation plasticity.

    L. E. Shilkrot;R. E. Miller;W. A. Curtin

  • Vanadium is an optimal element for strengthening in both fcc and bcc high-entropy alloys

    Binglun Yin;Francesco Maresca;William Curtin

  • Mechanisms of hydrogen-enhanced localized plasticity: An atomistic study using α-Fe as a model system

    J. Song;W.A. Curtin

  • Density-functional theory and freezing of simple liquids.

    W. A. Curtin;N. W. Ashcroft

  • Rate dependence of crack-tip processes predicts twinning trends in f.c.c. metals.

    D. H. Warner;W. A. Curtin;S. Qu;S. Qu

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhenhai Xia
Zhenhai Xia University of North Texas
Louis G. Hector
Louis G. Hector General Motors (United States)
Alan Needleman
Alan Needleman Texas A&M University
Tomonaga Okabe
Tomonaga Okabe Tohoku University
Brian W. Sheldon
Brian W. Sheldon Brown University
Jean-François Molinari
Jean-François Molinari École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Michael A. McCarthy
Michael A. McCarthy University of Limerick
Yue Qi
Yue Qi Brown University
Nobuo Takeda
Nobuo Takeda University of Tokyo
Jean-Marie Tarascon
Jean-Marie Tarascon Collège de France

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