First Annual Carl and Carolyn Koch Lecture Series: Carl Koch, NC State MSE

“From Metallurgical Engineering to Materials Science and Engineering: Lifelong Learning in a Changing Profession”

Abstract

This talk is the first in the Carl and Carolyn Koch Lecture Series. This lecture series will emphasize outstanding contributions to understanding the processing, structure, and/or properties of metallic materials. This talk will describe how the discipline of materials science and engineering evolved. This will include a description of the evolution of engineering education and MSE education. It will also briefly discuss the influence of materials on civilizations. An example of the speaker’s career will be presented as the need for lifelong learning in our profession.

Speaker Biography

Dr. Koch received his Ph.D. in metallurgy from the Case Inst. of Technology (now Case Western Reserve University) in 1964. Post-doctoral NSF Fellow, Birmingham University, UK, 1964-1965. He joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a staff scientist in 1965. He was the group leader of the superconducting materials and then the alloying behavior and design group before he joined North Carolina State University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, as a professor in 1983. He is Kobe Steel Distinguished Professor of materials science and engineering. He has made significant contributions to the understanding of mechanical alloying for the preparation of amorphous and nanostructured alloys. His recent research interests include studies of high entropy alloys. He has published over 360 papers and edited or co-edited 7 books. He has achieved the rank of Fellow in 5 professional societies, including the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS), (the membership is limited to 100 living Fellows), the Materials Research Society (MRS), the American Physical Society (APS), ASM International, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He was elected into the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 2013.