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Mines and Metallurgy 338E

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David Poirier

Emeritus Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

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Courses

Fund Materials for Engr

MSE 331R (Spring 2016)

Thermodynamics

MSE 345 (Spring 2022)
MSE 345 (Spring 2021)
MSE 345 (Spring 2020)

Solidification-Castings

MSE 414 (Fall 2023)
MSE 414 (Fall 2021)
MSE 414 (Fall 2019)
MSE 414 (Fall 2017)

Transport Phen+Kinetic

MSE 415 (Spring 2018)

Phys Metal+Process Alloy

MSE 455 (Fall 2022)
MSE 455 (Fall 2020)
MSE 455 (Fall 2018)
MSE 455 (Fall 2016)
MSE 555 (Fall 2022)
MSE 555 (Fall 2020)
MSE 555 (Fall 2018)
MSE 555 (Fall 2016)

Internship

MSE 493 (Summer I 2023)

Senior Capstone

MSE 498 (Spring 2018)
MSE 498 (Fall 2017)
MSE 498 (Spring 2017)
MSE 498 (Fall 2016)

Independent Study

MSE 499 (Spring 2022)
MSE 499 (Spring 2021)
MSE 499 (Spring 2019)
MSE 499 (Spring 2016)
MSE 599 (Fall 2021)

Honors Independent Study

MSE 499H (Spring 2022)

Kinetic Process Mat Sci

MSE 572 (Spring 2024)
MSE 572 (Spring 2023)
MSE 572 (Spring 2020)
MSE 572 (Spring 2019)
MSE 572 (Spring 2018)
MSE 572 (Spring 2017)
MSE 572 (Spring 2016)

Spec Tops Mat Sci+Eng

MSE 596A (Fall 2023)
MSE 596A (Fall 2021)

Research

MSE 900 (Spring 2021)
MSE 900 (Fall 2020)
MSE 900 (Spring 2020)

Thesis

MSE 910 (Fall 2020)
MSE 910 (Spring 2020)
MSE 910 (Fall 2019)
MSE 910 (Spring 2019)

Selected Publications

Journals/Publications

Poirier, D. R. (2014). Density, Viscosity, and Diffusion Coefficients in Hypoeutectic Al-Si Liquid Alloys: An Assessment of Available Data. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, 1-10.
Hoose, J. V., Grugel, R. N., Tewari, S. N., Brush, L. N., Erdmann, R. G., & Poirier, D. R. (2012). Observation of misoriented tertiary dendrite arms during controlled directional solidification in aluminum-7 wt pct silicon alloys. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A: Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, 43(12), 4724-4731.
Erdmann, R. G., Poirier, D. R., & Hendrick, A. G. (2010). Permeability in the mushy zone. Materials Science Forum, 649, 399-408.
Huang, H., & Poirier, D. R. (2009). Computer simulation of directional solidification of binary alloy calculated under personal computer platform. Tamkang Journal of Science and Engineering, 12(3), 239-248.
Neri, M. A., Poirier, D. R., & Erdmann, R. G. (2007). Effect of casting over-pressure on the fatigue resistance of aluminum alloy A356-T6. TMS Annual Meeting, 275-282.
Zhao, P., Heinrich, J. C., & Poirier, D. R. (2007). Numerical simulation of crystal growth in three dimensions using a sharp-interface finite element method. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 71(1), 25-46.
Zhao, P., Heinrich, J. C., & Poirier, D. R. (2006). Numerical modeling of fluid-particle interactions. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 195(41-43), 5780-5796.
Felicelli, S. D., & Poirier, D. R. (2005). Modeling of solidification and filling of thin-section castings. Proceedings of the ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, 3, 207-212.
Heinrich, J. C., Poirier, D. R., & Zhao, P. (2005). Simulating dendritic growth with convection. 3rd M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, 668-671.
Zhao, P., Heinrich, J. C., & Poirier, D. R. (2005). Dendritic solidification of binary alloys with free and forced convection. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 49(3), 233-266.
Heinrich, J. C., & Poirier, D. R. (2004). Convection modeling in directional solidification. Comptes Rendus - Mecanique, 332(5-6), 429-445.
Heinrich, J. C., & Poirier, D. R. (2004). The effect of volume change during directional solidification of binary alloys. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 12(5), 881-899.
Westra, D. G., Heinrich, J. C., & Poirier, D. R. (2004). Simulating the effect of space vehicle environments on directional solidification of a binary alloy. AIAA Paper, 6113-6125.
Zhao, P., Heinrich, J. C., & Poirier, D. R. (2004). Effect of variable density in dendritic solidification. AIAA Paper, 6097-6105.
Zhao, P., Heinrich, J. C., & Poirier, D. R. (2004). Fixed mesh front-tracking methodology for finite element simulations. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 61(6), 928-948.