Biographical Data
A. D. (Tony) Rollett
October 12, 1995
Metallurgy & Materials Science, M.A. (1976)
Cambridge University (UK)
Materials Engineering, Ph.D. (1987)
Drexel University
Department Head and Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, 1995-
Tony Rollett comes to the Materials Science & Engineering department at
CMU with over 15 years of experience in basic and applied research in the
materials area, as well as significant management experience. His current
enthusiasms are in the areas of microstructural evolution and the prediction
of anisotropy from texture (crystallographic preferred orientation). He has
authored over 50 publications and participates in many professional society
activities and national initiatives.
He joined the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1979 and was a staff
member in the Materials Science & Technology division. His work in the
metallurgy group included a wide range of materials, including the following;
design and manufacture of graphite fuel elements for nuclear reactors;
programming of a robotic welding process; operation of the foundry;
computer simulation of metal casting processes; development of new
materials for kinetic energy penetrators; theoretical prediction and
experimental analysis of crystallographic texture and anisotropy in metals;
texture-property correlations in the high temperature superconductors;
computer simulation of recrystallization and grain growth; research on the
work hardening of metals, especially at large strains; selection of materials for
a hypervelocity program; project leader of program to develop advanced
intermetallic composites; development and leadership of a multi-laboratory
program to research and develop near-net-shape casting technologies for
plutonium and uranium. In 1991 he became the group leader of the
metallurgy group and was responsible for the development of numerous
industrial interactions and also programs in support of national security. In
1994 he became the deputy division director for the new, expanded Materials
Science & Technology division which includes condensed matter physics,
superconductors, ceramics, metallurgy, polymers, thin films and certain
aspects of nuclear materials.
Rollett also has a strong avocation in music as an active singer and organist.
He was a choral scholar at Clare College, Cambridge, and holds a diploma in
organ teaching from the Royal College of Music (London).
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