Biography | Publications | Educational Activities | Laboratory | Personnel | Workshops
Associate Professor
| Room: | 328C, Nicol Hall |
| Tel: | (613) 533-3180 |
| Fax: | (613) 533-6610 |
| Email: | diak@me.queensu.ca |
Research Interests
- Microstructural Phenomena in Metals and Alloys
- Materials for Transportation Applications
- X-ray/Electron Scattering Techniques
- Metal Physics
Current Projects
- AUTO21 - Tailor-Welded-Blank Based Mg Alloy Manufacturing for Structural Automotive Parts
- NSERC/Novelis - The Role of Interface Region on Texture Development in Clad Aluminum Sheet Products
- CFI - Facility to Prototype Designer Crystalline Materials with Preferred Shape and Orientation
Past Projects
- NSERC - Fundamental Studies in Ideally Oriented Crystalline Aggregates
- NSERC - Micro-indentation studies of the local ductility of Zr-2.5Nb CANDU pressure tubes
- AUTO21 - Wrought Magnesium for Automobiles
- CAMM - Temperature Dependence of the Rate Sensitivity of Wrought Mg Alloys
- NSERC - Formability Enhancement In Light Weight Structural Materials
Positions Available
- Ph.D. Student, X-ray microscope and application to deformation fragmentation mechanisms (Fall 2013 start)
- Ph.D. Student, Origin of surface patterning and instabilities in crystalline solids (Fall 2013 start)
- M.Sc. Student, FIB fabrication of NEMS/MEMS Devices with Profs. Lai and Knobel (subject to funding availability)
- Summer Research Students, (i) modeling of plastic deformation, (ii) hi-temp PSC channel device assembly and calibration.