Douglas G Ivey

Area of Study / Keywords

Materials Characterization and Processing Nanomaterials and Nanofabrication Energy Surface Science and Engineering Metallurgy

About

Douglas Ivey is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta (Canada). He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Materials from the University of Windsor (Canada) in 1985. 

Research

Douglas Ivey's research focuses on applying high resolution microstructural characterization techniques to understanding the relationships between materials structure, properties and processing. Materials studied include microalloyed steels, semiconductor metallizations, hydrogen storage materials, materials for electrochemical energy storage (e.g., solid oxide fuel cells, supercapacitors and rechargeable batteries) and minerals in oil sands.

Keywords: Physical Metallurgy, Materials Characterization, Electron Microscopy, Electrochemical Energy Storage, Steels

MAT E 335 - Phase Transformations I

Solid phases and phase diagrams. Atomic mechanisms of solid state diffusion and diffusion in multicomponent and multiphase systems. Thermodynamics and kinetics of diffusional and diffusionless solid state transformations. Applications in alloy heat treating and surface treatment. Prerequisites: MAT E 211, and 204 or 301.

MAT E 666 - Materials Applications of Scanning Electron Microscopy

Principles and design of the scanning electron microscope, electron beam-specimen interactions, image formation, x-ray microanalysis in the scanning electron microscope, specimen preparation, application to materials analysis. Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor.

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