Professor David E. Laughlin ALCOA Professor of Physical Metallurgy Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department Editor, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Materials Science and Engineering Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Avenue Roberts Engineering Hall 236 Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Email: Phone: (412) 268-2706 FAX: (412) 268-3113 Professor Laughlin's Web Site

Biography

David Laughlin is the ALCOA Professor of Physical Metallurgy, a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and also has an courtesy appointment on the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of CMU. He is also the Editor, Metallurgical and Materials Transaction. David is a graduate of Drexel University (1969) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1973). He is the recipient of the G. T. Ladd Teaching Award (1975) and the B. R. Teare Award for Excellence in Engineering Education (1999). He is a co-recipient of the outstanding research award in 2003 in the college of Engineering. He has authored more than 350 technical publications in the field of phase transformations, physical metallurgy and magnetic materials, and has coedited five books.

Research Interests

The research interests of David E. Laughlin have centered on the investigation of phase transformations and the structure of materials by means of transmission electron microscopy. He has studied spinodal decomposition and ordering processes in several aluminum, copper and nickel based alloys as well as in III-V compounds by detailed analysis of their microstructure as well as electron diffraction patterns. Since 1986 he has been investigating the magnetic properties and microstructure of soft magnets (HITPERM), hard magnets (FePt and CoPt) and magnetic thin films for recording media and heads.

Recent Publications

“Crystallization and thermomagnetic treatment of a Co-rich Co-Fe-Ni-Zr-B-Cu based nanocomposite alloy,” P.R. Ohodnicki, Jr., S.Y. Park, D. E. Laughlin, M.E. McHenry, V. Keylin, and M.A. Willard, Journal of Applied Physics, (2008)

“Phase evolution and field-induced magnetic anisotropy of the nanocomposite three-phase fcc, hcp, and amorphous soft magnetic alloy Co₈₉ Zr₇ B₄,” P.R. Ohodnicki, Jr., V. Keylin, H.K. McWilliams, D. E. Laughlin, and M.E. McHenry, Journal of Applied Physics, (2008)

“Control of resputtering in biased CoCrPt- SiO₂ media to enhance grain decoupling and grain size distribution,” H.S. Lee, V.W. Guo, J. –G. Zhu, and D. E. Laughlin, Journal of Applied Physics, (2008)

“CoCrPt- SiO₂ granular- type longitudinal media on Ru underlayer for sputtered tape applications,”H.S. Lee, J. –G. Zhu, and D. E. Laughlin, Journal of Applied Physics, (2008)

“Ru + oxide interlayer for perpendicular magnetic recording media,”H. Yuan and D. E. Laughlin, Journal of Applied Physics, (2008)