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Benjamin Carter Hamilton

 

 

Assistant Professor

Degrees with fields, institutions and dates

  • Ph.D., Metallurgical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997.
  • MS, Metallurgical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995.
  • BS, Materials Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992.

 

Years service on this faculty, including date of original appointment and dates of advancement in rank.

  • Assistant Professor, 2004-present

 

Other related experience-teaching, industrial

  • 2000 – 2003 Manager of Quality and Metallurgy, Universal Alloy Corporation, Canton, GA
  • 1997 – 2000 Senior Materials and Processes Engineer, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Marietta, GA
  • 1992 – 1997 Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

 

Consulting

  • 2005 – Present Project Manager, Kevin Kennedy and Associates, Indianapolis, IN

 

Principal publications

  • C. Hamilton, S. Dymek, A. Sommers, “A Thermal Model of Friction Stir Welding in Aluminum Alloys”, International Journal of Machine Tool and Manufacture, vol. 48, pp. 1120 – 1130, 2008.

  • C. Hamilton, S. Dymek, M. Blicharski, “A Model of Material Flow During Friction Stir Welding”, Materials Characterization, vol. 59, pp. 1206 – 1214, 2008.

  • C. Hamilton, S. Dymek, M. Blicharski, W. Brzegowy, “Microstructural and Flow Characteristics of Friction Stir Welded Aluminum 6061-T6 Extrusions”, Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, vol. 12, no. 8, pp. 732 – 737, 2007.

  • C. Hamilton, S. Dymek, M. Blicharski, “Mechanical Properties of Al 6101-T6 Welds by Friction Stir Welding and Metal Inert Gas Welding”, Archives of Metallurgy and Materials, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 67 – 72, 2007.

  • B.C. Hamilton, S. Dymek, M. Blicharski, "Friction Stir Welding of Aluminum Alloys 6061-T6 and 6101-T6" 2007 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition.
  • M. Bailey-Van Kuren, B.C. Hamilton, E. Rivera, "A Design Based Materials Study for a Wearable Muscle Stretching Device Aimed at Patients with Spacticity," Proceedings of ASME BioMed 2007.
  • B.C. Hamilton, "Using MATLAB to Advance the Robotics Laboratory" Computer Applications in Engineering Education.
  • B. C. Hamilton and I. Gheorghe, “Alloy Development for Aging Aircraft”, 30th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Science Symposium, Dayton, OH, March 8, 2005.
  • Gheorghe and B. C. Hamilton, “Improved High Strength Extrusion Alloys for Upper Wing and Fuselage Applications”, 14th Annual AeroMat Conference and Exposition, Orlando, FL, June 8-14, 2002.
  • Gheorghe, B. C. Hamilton and D. A. Tenney, “Development and Implementation of Drop-In-Replacement Alloys for 7075-T6”, 6th Joint FAA/DoD/NASA Conference on Aging Aircraft, San Francisco, CA, September 16-19, 2002.
  • Saxena and B. C. Hamilton, “Creep Crack Growth Incubation in Al Alloys C415 and 2519”, Advances in the Metallurgy of Aluminum Alloys, Proceedings of the Materials Solution Conference, Indianapolis, IN, November 5-8, 2001, pp. 167 – 172.
  • Gheorghe, B. C. Hamilton and D. Malejan, “Corrosion and Aging: Development and Implementation of Drop-In-Replacement Alloys for 7075-T6”, 13th Annual AeroMat Conference and Exposition, Long Beach, CA, June 11-14, 2001

 

Scientific and Professional societies of which a member

  • ASM International
  • Society of Automotive Engineers
  • Tau Beta Pi
  • Alpha Sigma Mu
  • Phi Kappa Phi

 

Honors and awards

  • 2000 U. S. Navy for Outstanding Technical Contribution to the P-3 SLEP Program

 

Institutional and Professional Service

Miami University (These are some selected examples)

  • Member, Department Petition Committee 2006-present
  • Member, Committee to evaluate Design Thread in MME curricula 2006-present
  • Member, Committee of the department meeting once a week, 2006-present
  • Member, SEAS Develop Curriculum for EAS 102 through regular meetings with other class instructors, 2006-present.
  • Develop MATLAB lab curriculum for EAS 102, 2006-present.
  • Reunion College Weekend Faculty Participant, Summer 2005
  • FE Review Lecturer, Spring 2005
  • SAE Faculty Advisor, Fall 2004 - Present
  • Theta Tau Faculty Advisor, Fall 2004 - Present

 

National

  • Member of Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Proposals Review Committee, SME Education Foundation, 1998-2001.

 

Professional Development Activities

  • 2006 - Utilized Hampton Fund to spend 6 weeks on Reserach Visit to the AGH University of Science & Technology in Krakow, Poland.
  • 2005 – AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Science Symposium