PERSONAL
HISTORY
B.S. 1985, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Western Ontario,
Canada; M.S 1987, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Western
Ontario, Canada; Ph.D 1989, Materials Science and Engineering, University
of California, Los Angeles; Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Materials
Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia, 1990-91;
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of New South Wales, Australia, 1991-97; Professor, Materials Science
and Engineering Department, Iowa State University, 1998-present; Program
Director, 2001-2006, and Scientific Advisor, 2006-present, Materials and Engineering Physics Program, Ames Laboratory.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
High-temperature degradation behavior of metallic alloys and coatings. Phase
equilibria and transformations. Deposition and characterization of metallic
coatings. Diffusion and thermodynamic treatments of both gas/solid and
solid/solid interactions. Structure/property relationships of materials.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
B. Gleeson
"High-temperature corrosion of metallic
alloys and coatings," chapter in Corrosion
and Environmental Degradation of Materials, edited by M. Schütze, Vol.
19 of the Series: Materials Science, and Technology, R.W. Cahn, P. Haasen,
E.J. Kramer (Series Editors) (Wiley-VCH, Germany, 2000), 173.
B. Gleeson and B. Li
“Cyclic oxidation of chromia-scale forming alloys: Lifetime prediction and accounting for the effects of major and minor alloying additions,” Mater. Sci. Forum, Vols. 461-464, 427-438 (2004).
C. Jiang, M.F. Besser, D.J. Sordelet and B. Gleeson
“A combined first-principles and experimental study of the lattice site preference of Pt in B2NiAl,” Acta Mater., Vol. 53, 2101-2109 (2005).
D.J. Young and B. Gleeson
"Alloy phase transformations driven
by high temperature corrosion processes," Corros.
Sci., Vol. 44, 345 (2002).
A. Donchev, B. Gleeson, and M. Schütze
"Thermodynamic considerations of
the beneficial effect of halogens on the oxidation resistance of TiAl-based
alloys," Intermetallics, Vol.
11, 387 (2003).
HONORS, AWARDS
AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
