The current focus of automotive materials research group is improving the mechanical properties, especially formability, of Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS). This objective is pursued from the perspectives of:

• Variation of microstructure through thermo-mechanical processing and its effect on mechanical properties, in particular work hardening.
• Micro-structural morphology effects on damage formation

Current Projects

• Microstructure/mechanical properties relationship in dual-phase (DP) steels
• Investigation of the role of the martensitic phase in damage development in dual-phase steels using micro-focus X-ray tomography

• Effect of microstructure on the mechanical properties and the retained austenite transformation behaviour of Transformation Induced Plasticity (TRIP) steels

Current People

Professors

• Dr. A. Keith Pilkey
• Dr. J. Doug Boyd

Graduate Students

• Hossein Seyedrezai
• Andrew D.C. Sloan
• Jasmine S. Chiang