Background - John Pilling

Education


Department of Metallurgy, University of Manchester, U.K.
  • B.Sc. (1st class Hons.) Metallurgy (1979)
  • M.Sc. Metallurgy (1980)
  • Ph.D. (1982)

Appointments


  • Consulting Materials Engineer, 2005-Present
  • Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI USA
    Assistant Professor, 1987-1990
    Associate Professor, 1990-2005
    Adjunct Professor, 2005- Present
  • Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
    Senior Lecturer, 1993-1994
  • Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
    Research Associate,1982-1986
  • Central Electricity Generating Board, Northwest Region Scientific Services, Macclesfield, UK
    Graduate Assistant, 1978-1979

Skills


  • Engineering design, statics, material usage in engineering structures, stress analysis, mechanics of laminates, materials & failure analysis, corrosion.
  • Steel, aluminum, titanium and composite materials in structures.
  • Mathematical modelling, computer programming, computer aided design.
  • Yacht Racing

Composite Materials

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Materials Characterization

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    Awards


    • Cort Medal for Physical Metallurgy, University of Manchester, U.K. (1979)
    • L. B. Pfeil Medal for Physical Metallurgy, Institute of Materials, London, U.K. (1986)
    • Acta Metallurgica Award for Recognition of contribution to Quality of Reviewing for Acta/Scripta Materialia (1997 & 1999)

    Publications - John Pilling

    Books


    1. Superplasticity in Crystalline Solids, J. Pilling and N. Ridley, Institute of Metals, London, 1989, 207 p. (ISBN 0 901462 56 X)
    2. The Relationship Between Phase Diagrams and Microstructure, J. Pilling, Institute of Materials, London, 1992 , 95p (ISBN 0 901716 11 1)

    Journal Articles


    1. Effect of Phosphorus on Creep in 2.25Cr-1Mo Steel, J. Pilling, N. Ridley and D. J. Gooch, Acta Metallurgica 30 (1982) 1587-1595.
    2. Tempering of Low Carbon 2.25Cr-1Mo Steels, J. Pilling and N. Ridley, Metallurgical Transactions 13A (1982) 557-563.
    3. Effect of Titanium on Creep Strength in 2.25 Cr-1Mo Steels, J. Pilling, N. Ridley and D. J. Gooch, Metallurgical Transactions 14A (1983) 1443-1449.
    4. Solid State Bonding in Superplastic Ti-6Al-4V, J. Pilling, D. W. Livesey, J. B. Hawkyard and N. Ridley, Metal Science 18 (1984) 117-122.
    5. Effect of Coalescence on Cavity Growth during Superplastic Flow, J. Pilling, Materials Science and Technology 1 (1985) 461-465.
    6. Effect of Hydrostatic Pressure on Cavitation in Superplastic Aluminium Alloys, J. Pilling and N. Ridley, Acta Metallurgica, 34 (1986) 669-679.
    7. Solid State Bonding in Superplastic Al-7475, J. Pilling and N. Ridley, Materials Science and Technology 3 (1987) 353-359.
    8. Effect of Hydrostatic Pressure on Cavitation in Superplastic Alloys, J. Pilling and N. Ridley, Res Mechanica 23 (1988) 31-63.
    9. The Kinetics of Isostatic Diffusion Bonding in Superplastic Materials, J. Pilling, Materials Science and Engineering 100 (1988) 137-144.
    10. Optimisation of Strain Rate Sensitivity during Superplastic Deformation of Al-Li Alloy Lital-A, D. W. Livesey, J. Pilling and N. Ridley, Journal de Physique (1987) C3:251-256.
    11. Superplasticity in Aluminium Base Metal Matrix Composites, J. Pilling. Scripta Metallurgica 23 (1989) 1375-1380.
    12. Diffusion Bonding of Ni to W using Gradient Interlayers, X. Liu, J. Pilling, J. K. Lee and R. W. Heckel, Materials Science and Technology 7 (1990) 228-237.
    13. Isostatic Diffusion Bonding of Superplastic Ti-6Al-4V, M. T. Salehi, J. Pilling, N. Ridley and D. L. Hamilton, Materials Science and Engineering A150 (1992) 1-6.
    14. Isostatic Diffusion Bonding of Microduplex Stainless Steels, N. Ridley, M. T. Salehi and J. Pilling, Materials Science and Technology, 8 (1992) 791 - 795.
    15. Thermal Expansion and Microstructure of Al2O3-ZrO2-TiO2 Ceramics, P.Virro-Nic and J.Pilling, J.Materials Science Letters 13 (1994) 950-954.
    16. Defect formation in b-Aluminium Titanate and its influence on Structural Stability, R.W.Grimes and J.Pilling, J.Materials Science 29 (1993) 2245-2249.
    17. Superplasticity in Alumina-Zirconia-Aluminium Titanate Ceramics. J.Pilling and J.Payne Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia 32 (1995) 1091-1097.
    18. On the Modelling of Diffusion Bonding in Superplastic Materials: Superplastic Super alpha-2. J. Pilling, N.Ridley and M.F.Islam - Materials Science and Engineering 205 (1996) 72-78.
    19. Mechanical Deformation of Dendrites by Fluid Flow, J.Pilling and A.Hellawell, Metallurgical Transactions A 27 (1996) 229-232.
    20. A Senior Year Materials Processing and Design Course, R.W.Heckel, J.Pilling and M.R.Plichta, Journal of Materials Education 18 (1996) 25-34.
    21. Effect of surface roughness and sheet thickness on diffusion bonding of Ti-6Al-4V, N.Ridley, J.Pilling & M.F.Islam, Materials Science and Technology, 13 (1997) 1045-1050.
    22. Liquidus Phase Equilibria and Microstructural Development in the quaternary system Silica-Alumina-Calcia-Magnesia, J.DeLa’O, A.Hellawell & J.Pilling, Transactions Royal Society, 456 (2000) 2315-2350

    Conference Proceedings


    1. Role of Phosphorus on Creep Deformation in 2.25Cr-1Mo Steels, J. Pilling, N. Ridley and D. J. Gooch, Creep and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, ed. B. Wilshire and D. R. Owen, Pineridge Press, Swansea (1984) 625-636.
    2. Cavitation in Superplastic Aluminium Alloys, J. Pilling, B. Geary and N. Ridley, Proc. ICSMA 7, ed. H. J. McQueen and J. P. Baillon, Pergamon Press, NY, vol. 2 (1985) 823-829.
    3. Cavitation in Supral 220, B. Geary, J. Pilling and N. Ridley, Superplasticity in Aerospace--Aluminium, ed. R. Pearce and L. Kelly, Cranfield Institute of Technology (1985) 127-135.
    4. Effect of Hydrostatic Pressure on Cavitation in Supral 220, J. Pilling, Superplasticity in Aerospace--Aluminium, ed. R. Pearce and L. Kelly, Cranfield Institute of Technology (1985) 136-144.
    5. Cavitation in Superplasticity--Experimental, J. Pilling and N. Ridley, Superplasticité, ed. B. Baudelet and M. Suery, CNRS, Paris (1985) Ch.8.
    6. Superplasticity in Aluminium-Lithium Alloys, J. Pilling and N. Ridley, Aluminium Lithium Alloys III, ed. C. Baker, P. J. Gregson, S. Harris and C. J. Peel, Institute of Metals (1985) 184-190.
    7. Solid State Bonding in Some Superplastic Titanium Alloys, J. Pilling and N. Ridley, Titanium V, ed. G. Lutjering, U. Zwicker and W. Bunk, DGM, Munich, 2 (1985) 731-737.
    8. Superplastic Deformation Characteristics of some Commercial Aluminium Alloys, Aluminium Technology, Institute of Metals, London (1986) 44.1-44.7.
    9. Diffusion Bonding of Superplastic Aluminium Alloys, J. Pilling, N. Ridley and A. Tekin, in Diffusion Bonding, ed. R. Pearce, School of Industrial Science, Cranfield, U.K. (1987) 129-142.
    10. Cavitation in Aluminium Alloys during Superplastic Flow, J. Pilling and N. Ridley, Superplasticity in Aerospace, ed. H. C. Heikkenen and T. R. McNelley, TMS-AIME, Warrendale, PA (1988) 183-198.
    11. Diffusion Bonding in Superplastic Materials, J. Pilling, Superplasticity and Superplastic Forming, ed. C. H. Hamilton and N. E. Paton, TMS-AIME (1988), 475-489.
    12. Bulge Forming of Domes, Z. X. Guo, J. Pilling and N. Ridley, Superplasticity and Superplastic Forming, ed. C. H. Hamilton and N. E. Paton, TMS-AIME (1988), pp. 303-308.
    13. Superplasticity in Al-7475 Reinforced with SiC, P. Virro and J. Pilling, in Superplasticity in Aerospace II, ed. H. C. Heikkenen and T. R. McNelley, TMS, Warrendale, PA, (1990) pp. 47-63.
    14. PHAUST: Application of CAD Techniques to the Relationships Between Phase Diagrams and Microstructure, J. Pilling, EPD ‘91, ed. D. R. Gaskell, TMS, Warrendale, PA, (1991) pp. 471-483.
    15. New Interdisciplinary Engineering Design Course in Planetary Materials and Resource Utilization, W. I. Rose, J. B. Paces, C. A. Chesner, B. J. Pletka, A. Hellawell, S. K. Kawatra, and J. Pilling, Space ‘90, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York (1990), pp. 1413-1422.
    16. Cavitation during Multiaxial Deformation of Superplastic Materials, J. Pilling, International Conference on Superplasticity in Advanced Materials, (1991) Osaka, Japan. Ed. S.Hori, M.Tokizane and N.Furushiro publ. Japan Society for Research in Superplasticity. pp181-190
    17. Superplastic Behaviour and Isostatic Diffusion Bonding of Titanium Auminide Alloy Super Alpha-2. N.Ridley, M.T.Salehi and J. Pilling, Proc. Conf Properties and Applications of Metallic and Ceramic Materials, Ed. M.H.Loretto and C.J.Beevers, Vol II, MCE Publications, Birmingham (1992) 1007- 1012.
    18. Superplasticity and Diffusion Bonding of microsduplex super alpha-2, N.Ridley, M.F.Islam and J.Pilling, in Structural Intermetallics, ed. R.Darolia, J,Lewandowski and C.T.Liu, publ. TMS, Warrendale, PA, (1993) 63-68.
    19. Hign Rate Superplasticity in Al2O3-ZrO2-Al2TiO5 Ceramics, J.Payne and J.Pilling, in Advances in Superplasticity and Superplastic Forming, Ed. N.Chandra, H.Garestani and R.E.Goforth, pub TMS, Warrendale, PA, 1993 p 73-85.
    20. Isostatic Diffusion Bonding of Ti-6Al-4V and Super Alpha-2 Intermetallic alloy. N.Ridley, M.F.Islam and J.Pilling, in Proc. 7th Int. Titanium Conf., San Diego July 1992. Ed. F.H.Froes and I Caplan, publ TMS, Warrendale Pa. (1993) 1625-1632.
    21. Superplasticity in Alumina-Zirconia-Aluminium Titanate Ceramics, J.Pilling and J.Payne, in proc. Superplasticity:60 years after Pearson, Ed. N.Ridley, publ. Institute of Materials, London (1995) 133-138,
    22. A Senior Level Materials Processing and Design Course, R.W Heckel, M.R.Plichta and J.Pilling, Proc. 1995 American Society of Engineering Education Conference, Anaheim Ca. Session 1664. p 982-987. Also presented at the Workshop on Materials Education “Changing the paradigm in Materials Education” MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, November 30, 1995 by R.W.Heckel
    23. Benefits of Capstone Design Courses in Materials Education, R.W.Heckel, W.W.Milligan, C.L.Nassaralla, J.Pilling & M.R.Plichta, Proc. 4th Intl.Conf. on Frontiers of Polymers and Advanced Materials, Cairo,Egypt, Jan4-7, 1997, Plenum press.
    24. Hydrochloric Acid Pickling of Coiled Steel Rods, K.H. Lee, R. J. Adams, R. Fasset, G. Jacque, M. Lewanski, T. Poquette, C. L. Nassaralla and J.Pilling, Proceedings of the 80th Steelmaking conference, Chicago, IL, April13-16, 1997, pp.615-619.
    25. Superplasticity and Diffusion Bonding of Avesta 2304 microduplex stainless steel, J.Pilling, Z.C.Wang & N.Ridley, ‘Superplasticity and Superplastic Forming 1998’. Ed. A.K.Ghosh & T.R.Bieler, publ. The Metallurgical Society, Warrendale PA. 1998, pp 297-304.

    Research Projects


    1. Creep deformation of 2.25Cr-1Mo steel weldments,
      Characterization of corrosion in sea water condensor tubing,
      Erosion-Corrosion of superheater piping
      Central Electricity Generating Board
    2. Superplastic forming of aluminium alloys, British Aerospace Plc
    3. Evaluation of superplasticity in near alpha titanium alloys,
      Solid state bonding of titanium alloys,
      Rolls Royce plc
    4. Sustained load cracking of titanium, MOD
    5. Development of superplasticity in aluminium base metal matrix composites, Alcan
    6. Rapid forming of ceramics,
      Low thermal expansion thermal barrier coatings, Caterpillar, Inc.
    7. Superplasticity and diffusion bonding of duplex super stainless steels, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK)
    8. Ultrasonic pickling of steel, Charter Steel
    9. Friction between ice and steel at high velocity, US Luge Assocn.
    10. Numerical classification of cast microstructure, National Science Foundation, Ford Motor Co and General Motors.
    11. Microstructure modification of 6xxx aluminium alloys for hydroforming
      Characterization of SWAAT corrosion in 3xxx aluminium alloys, Norsk Hydro Automotive N.A.
    12. Cost minimization of composite cured in place waste water piping, Insituform technologies Inc.
    13. Design of titanium composite prosthetic devices, PolyOrtho International.