phase field modeling

A multiphase field model is developed to study the effects of metastable ζ and γ hydrides on the nucleation and growth of the stable δ hydrides in α zirconium matrix.  Acta Materialia 123 (2017) 235-244 

The Computational Alloy Design group of IMDEA
Materials Institute (Madrid, Spain) seeks a PhD student in materials/mechanical/metallurgy
engineering or physics) to work in the area of mesoscale modeling. The selected
candidate is expected to carry out the research on phase field modeling of the
microstructure development for TiAl intermetallics during the solidification
and casting processing under the supervision of a project leader. Upon
the completion of the doctoral study (4 years),

There is an immediate opening for a Ph.D. student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T - formerly University of Missouri-Rolla). The Metallurgical Engineering program at Missouri S&T is one of the largest and most respected in the U.S. (http://mse.mst.edu).

The Ph.D. research project is about developing a coupled phase-field crystal plasticity model for predicting stress-strain-microstructures relations during deformation.