Biographical Sketch

Dr. Mark L. Weaver joined the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering as an Assistant Professor in December 1997.  He was promoted to Full Professor in August 2006.  He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at The University of Alabama. 

Dr. Weaver holds Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Science degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Ph.D. 1995, M.S. 1992). There he specialized in physical metallurgy as it relates to phase equilibria and in mechanical metallurgy.  He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Washington, Seattle, WA (B.S. 1988).

From 1995 until 1997, Dr. Weaver served as a Postdoctoral Research Associate for the Center for Nonlinear and Nonequilibrium Aeroscience at Florida A&M University (FAMU) and the Center for Materials Research and Technology at Florida State University (FSU), Tallahassee, FL.  While there, he studied: texture evolution in magnetoresistive thin film materials and rapidly solidified titanium aluminide intermetallics; elevated temperature deformation of nickel-base superalloys and intermetallics; and superplasticity in Al-SiC composites.  In 1996 he was additionally appointed as a researcher in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Tallahassee, FL.

Dr. Weaver’s primary research interests include microstructural characterization, oxidation and high-temperature corrosion of materials, mechanical behavior, tribology, Atom Probe Microscopy, and electron microscopy. His research spans bulk materials, coatings, thin film materials, and composites. Dr. Weaver has authored or co-authored more than 80 refereed technical publications.

Dr. Weaver’s active research topics are:

• Microstructures, properties, and oxidation behavior of transition metal-based and refractory metal-based high entropy alloys.
• Oxidation behavior of metallic high entropy alloys.
• Microstructures and properties of high-temperature shape memory alloys for use an aeronautic turbomachinery.
• Solid-state additive friction stir deposition of materials.

Dr. Weaver is active in several professional societies including:

• ASM International
• The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society
• Materials Research Society
• Microscopy Society of America
• American Vacuum Society
• American Ceramics Society
• Association for Iron & Steel Technology
• The Electrochemical Society
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Association for Materials Protection and Performance (formerly NACE International)
• International Field Emission Society