{"id":123,"date":"2020-08-11T16:17:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T20:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/materialslab\/?page_id=123"},"modified":"2020-08-16T12:30:34","modified_gmt":"2020-08-16T16:30:34","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/materialslab\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">The <b>M<\/b>echanics of <b>M<\/b>aterials <b>R<\/b>esearch <strong>L<\/strong>aboratory (MMRL) is part of the Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Rhode Island. The laboratory was established in 1981 by <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/materialslab\/hamouda-ghonem\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Prof. Hamouda Ghonem <\/span><\/a>to study the role of microstructure in time-dependent deformation and damage mechanisms of advanced engineering materials subjected to extreme temperature and environmental conditions. Research work in the MMRL has investigated a wide range of materials including titanium alloys, nickel base superalloys, low carbon steel and titanium metal matrix composites. These materials are studied in relation to the effect of precipitates and solid solution strengthening, grain boundary morphology and precipitate diffusion, migration and coarsening on phenomena related to creep-fatigue-environment interactions. This work includes computational and analytical studies coupled with experimental programs using <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/materialslab\/facilities\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">research facilities <\/span><\/a>encompassing creep. creep crack growth, and low cycle fatigue tests performed at temperatures up to 950\u00b0C in air and vacuum environment. The <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/materialslab\/research-topics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">current research<\/span><\/a> in the MMRL deals with&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/materialslab\/publications\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u03b3\u2019 and&nbsp; carbides \/dislocation interactions in precipitate hardened and solid solution strengthened nickel based superalloys, and twin generation and&nbsp; dynamic flow stress in ultrafine grained low carbon steel<\/span>. <\/a>The MMRL has been supported by <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/materialslab\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=412&amp;action=edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">research grants<\/span><\/a> sponsored by government and industrial agencies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Professor Hamouda Ghonem<br \/>\nDepartment of Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #444444\">212 Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #444444\">2 East Alumni Avenue <\/span>Kingston, RI 02881 USA<br \/>\nTel: 401.874.2909<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #444444\">ghonem@uri.edu<br \/>\n<a class=\"components-external-link edit-post-post-link__link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/materialslab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/materialslab\/<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a><!-- \/grids --><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a><!-- end mainpage --><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 15px\"><a><br \/>\n<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mechanics of Materials Research Laboratory (MMRL) is part of the Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Rhode Island. 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