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Reginald Hamilton

Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics

Affiliation(s):

  • Engineering Science and Mechanics
  • Center for Acoustics and Vibration
  • Materials Research Institute
  • Center For Innovative Materials Processing Through Direct Digital Deposition

309D Earth and Engineering Sciences Building

rfh13@psu.edu

814-865-7684

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Education

  • BS, Mechanical Engineering, Southern University A & M College, 1998
  • MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, 2003
  • Ph D, Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois, 2008

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Asheesh R Lanba, Reginald Felix Hamilton, Adrien N Melanson, Emma S Perry and Richard F Gordon, 2024, "Multifunctional metallic nano composite for overcoming the strength-ductility trade-off", Scientific Reports, 14, pp. 8
  • Shashank Nagrale, Avery D Brown, Charles E Bakis and Reginald Felix Hamilton, 2021, "Augmentation of low frequency damping in a hybrid shape memory alloy composite via hydrogen doping", Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures
  • Beth A Bimber, Reginald Felix Hamilton and Todd Palmer, 2019, "Ni-Concentration Dependence of Directed Energy Deposited NiTi Alloy Microstructures", Shape Memory and Superelasticity, 5, (2), pp. 182--187
  • Jovana Jovanova, Mary I Frecker, Reginald Felix Hamilton and Todd Palmer, 2019, "Target shape optimization of functionally graded shape memory alloy compliant mechanisms", Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 30, (9), pp. 1385--1396
  • Reginald Felix Hamilton, Beth A Bimber and Todd Palmer, 2018, "Correlating microstructure and superelasticity of directed energy deposition additive manufactured Ni-rich NiTi alloys", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 739, pp. 11
  • Reginald Felix Hamilton, Beth A Bimber, Mohsen Taheri and Mohammad Elahinia, 2017, "Multi-scale Shape Memory Effect Recovery in NiTi Alloys Additive Manufactured by Selective Laser Melting and Laser Directed Energy Deposition", Journal of Materials Processing Technology, pp. 26
  • S. Dilibal, Reginald Felix Hamilton and A. Lanba, 2017, "The effect of employed loading mode on the mechanical cyclic stabilization of NiTi shape memory alloys", Intermetallics, 89, pp. 10
  • Huilong Hou, Yuan Tang, Reginald Felix Hamilton and Mark W Horn, 2017, "Functional fatigue of submicrometer NiTi shape memory alloy thin films", Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, pp. 5
  • Huilong Hou, Mark W Horn and Reginald Felix Hamilton, 2016, "Biased Target Ion Beam Deposition and Nanoskiving for Fabricating NiTi Alloy Nanowires", Shape Memory and Superelasticity, 2, (4), pp. 330-336
  • Huilong Hou, Reginald Felix Hamilton and Mark W Horn, 2016, "Crystallization of nanoscale NiTi alloy thin films using rapid thermal annealing", Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 34, pp. 6
  • Mohammad Elahinia, Narges Shayesteh Moghaddam, Mohsen Taheri Andani, Amirhesam Amerinatanzi, Beth A. Bimber and Reginald Felix Hamilton, 2016, "Fabrication of NiTi through additive manufacturing: A review", Progress in Materials Science, 83, pp. 630-663
  • Huilong Hou, Reginald Felix Hamilton and Mark W Horn, 2016, "Narrow thermal hysteresis of NiTi shape memory alloy thin films with submicrometer thickness", Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films, 34, (5), pp. 5
  • Beth A Bimber, Reginald Felix Hamilton, Todd Palmer and Jayme S Keist, 2016, "Anisotropic microstructure and superelasticity of additive manufactured NiTi alloy bulk builds using laser directed energy deposition", Materials Science and Engineering A, 674, pp. 10
  • H. Jung, A. Pena-Francesch, Alham Saadat, A. Sebastian, D. H. Kim, Reginald Felix Hamilton, Istvan Albert, Benjamin D Allen and Melik C Demirel, 2016, "Molecular tandem repeat strategy for elucidating mechanical properties of high-strength proteins", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113, (23), pp. 6478-83
  • Huilong Hou, Reginald Felix Hamilton and Mark W Horn, 2016, "Crystallization and microstructure evolution of nanoscale NiTi thin films prepared by biased target ion beam deposition", Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 34, (1), pp. 8
  • Osman E Ozbulut, Reginald Felix Hamilton, Muhammad Sherif and Asheesh Lanba, 2015, "Feasibility of self-prestressing concrete members using shape memory alloys", Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 26, (18), pp. 15
  • Huilong Hou and Reginald Felix Hamilton, 2015, "Free-standing NiTi alloy nanowires fabricated by nanoskiving", Nanoscale, 7, (32), pp. 6
  • Reginald Felix Hamilton, Asheesh Lanba, Osman E Ozbulut and Bernhard R Tittmann, 2015, "Shape Memory Effect in Cast versus Deformation-Processed NiTiNb Alloys", Shape Memory and Superelasticity, 1, (2), pp. 8
  • Reginald Felix Hamilton and Asheesh Lanba, 2015, "The Impact of Martensite Deformation on Shape Memory Effect Recovery Strain Evolution", Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 46, (8), pp. 8
  • Huilong Hou, Reginald Felix Hamilton and Mark W Horn, 2015, "Structure and interfacial analysis of nanoscale TiNi thin film prepared by biased target ion beam depositio", Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, pp. 13
  • Reginald Felix Hamilton, Todd A Palmer and Beth A Bimber, 2015, "Spatial characterization of the thermal-induced phase transformation throughout as-deposited additive manufactured NiTi bulk builds", Scripta Materialia, 101, pp. 4
  • Huilong Hou, Reginald Felix Hamilton, M. W. Horn and Y. Jin, 2014, "NiTi thin films prepared by biased target ion beam depositionco-sputtering from elemental Ni and Ti targets", Thin Solid Films 570 Part A, pp. 1-6
  • A. Lanba and Reginald Felix Hamilton, 2014, "Elastic and Irreversible Energies of a Two-Stage Martensitic Transformation in NiTi utilizing Calorimetric Measurements", Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 45, (14-Jun), pp. 2732-2740
  • Garrett J Pataky, Michael D Sangid, Huseyin Sehitoglu, Reginald Felix Hamilton, Hans J Maier and Petros Sofronis, 2012, "Full field measurements of anisotropic stress intensity factor ranges in fatigue", Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 94, pp. 16
  • Michael D Sangid, Garrett J Pataky, Huseyin Sehitoglu, Reginald Felix Hamilton and Hans J Maier, 2011, "High resolution analysis of opening and sliding in fatigue crack growth", International Journal of Fatigue, 37, pp. 12
  • Reginald Felix Hamilton, Savas Dilibal, Huseyin Sehitoglu and Hans J Maier, 2011, "Underlying mechanism of dual hysteresis in NiMnGa single crystals", Materials Science and Engineering A, 528, (3), pp. 5
  • Savas Dilibal, Huseyin Sehitoglu, Reginald Felix Hamilton, Hans J Maier and Yuri Chumlyakov, 2010, "On the volume change in Co-Ni-Al during pseudoelasticity", Materials Science and Engineering A, 528, (6), pp. 7

Conference Proceedings

  • Reginald Felix Hamilton, Mary I Frecker, Todd Palmer and Jovana Jovanova, 2016, "Target Shape Optimization of Functionally Graded Shape Memory Alloy Compliant Mechanism", American Society of Mechanical Engineers, pp. 10
  • Muhammad Sherif, Osman Ozbulut and Reginald Felix Hamilton, 2015, "Self-post-tensioning for concrete elements using shape memory alloys", Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting, TRB committee AFF30 Concrete Bridges, Washington, DC, pp. 15
  • Muhammad Sherif, Osman Ozbulut, Asheesh Lanba and Reginald Felix Hamilton, 2014, "Self-post-tensioning for concrete beams using shape memory alloys", ASME, pp. 8
  • Asheesh Lanba and Reginald Felix Hamilton, 2012, "LOCALIZED STRAIN MORPHOLOGY DURING THE MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATION IN TRAINED SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS", METLAB-SDSU, Brookings, South Dakota, pp. 4
  • Asheesh Lanba and Reginald Felix Hamilton, , "NiTi-based SMAs for Self-Post-Tensioned Bridge Girders", DEStech Publications, Inc, pp. 10

Manuscripts

  • Reginald Felix Hamilton, Mary I Frecker, Todd Palmer and Jovana Jovanova, 2017, "Target Shape Optimization of Functionally Graded Shape Memory Alloy Compliant Mechanism", Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, pp. 12

Research Projects

  • August 2015 - July 2019, "GOALI: Understanding Deformation Processing in Advanced Alloys," (Sponsor: National Science Foundation).

Honors and Awards

Service

Service to Penn State:

  • Contributions to Programs to Enhance Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Contributor, Multicultural Faculty Lunch with Dean Schwartz, September 2017 - September 2017

Service to External Organizations: