FACULTY RESEARCH PROFILES

Research Interests:
Creep and Thermomechanical Fatigue Deformation and Crack Growth, Coupled Environment-Stress Interactions, Constitutive Modeling of Cast and Wrought Alloys, Life Prediction Methodologies.

Degrees:

• Ph.D.  Mechanical Eng., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006
• M.S.   Mechanical Eng., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000
• B.S.    Mechanical Eng., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997
• B.S.    Mathematics, Morehouse College, 1997

Recent Publications:

• Shenoy, M. M., Gordon, A. P., Neu, R. W., and McDowell, D. L. (2005). “Development of a Constitutive Law to Model the Thermomechanical Fatigue Behavior of a Directionally Solidified Ni-Base Superalloy.” Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 127, No. 3, pp. 325-336.
• Gordon, A. P., and McDowell, D. L. (2004). “Mixed Mode Loading of an Interface Crack Subjected to Creep Conditions,” Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 126, No. 4, pp. 478-484.
• Gordon, A. P., and McDowell, D. L. (2004). “Numerical Simulation of Time-Dependent Fracture of Graded Bimaterial Metallic Interfaces” International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 126, No. 4, pp. 321-344.
• Gordon, A. P., Neu, R. W., and McDowell, D. L. (2006). “Fatigue-creep-environment Interactions in a Directionally-solidified Ni-base Superalloy,” 16th European Conference of Fracture (ECF16), Alexandroupolis, Greece.
• Gordon, A. P., Shenoy, M. M., and Neu, R. W. (2005). “A Thermomechanical Fatigue Crack Initiation Model for Directionally-Solidified Ni-base Superalloy,” 11th International Congress of Fracture (ICF11), Turin, Italy.

Scientific and Professional Societies:

• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
• American Society for Engineering Education(ASEE)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME)
• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)

Honors and Awards:

• Facilitating Academic Careers in Engineering and Science (FACES) Career Initiation Award