Education

• Ph.D., University of California - Davis, 1975
• M.S., The Ohio State University, 1971
• B.s., (honors) San Jose State University, 1968

Experience Record

• 1968-1969, Materials Scientist, Powder Metallurgy Division, Battelle Columbus Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio
• 1969-1977, Member Technical Staff, Metallurgy Division, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California
• 1977-1978, Director of Research and Development, Mott Metallurgical Corp., Farmington, Connecticut
• 1978-1980, Director of Research, J. M. Ney Co., Bloomfield, Connecticut
• 1980-1991, Associate Professor, Professor, and Robert Hunt Professor, Materials Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
• 1991-2005, Brush Chair Professor in Materials, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Director, Center for Innovative Sintered Products, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
• 2005-on, CAVS Chair Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Director of Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University, Mississippi

Specialty Areas

        Powder Metallurgy, Sintering, Materials Processing, Ceramics

Research Summary

Engineering materials and their net-shape fabrication based on techniques such as powder metallurgy, injection molding, and advanced cereamic forming technologies.

Honors

Rand holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University Carlos III de Madrid, is a Fellow of APMI and ASM, holds the Tesla Medal, and is listed in various issues of Who's Who, and has received numerous awards. He chairs the annual Powder Injection Molding Conference and co-chaired the Powder Metallurgy World Congress.

Publications

Rand has published 780 articles, is inventor on 22 issued patents, has authored 14 books, and edited 19 proceedings.

Selected Recent Publications and Presentations

R. M. German, Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials Processing, Metal Powder Industries Federation, Princeton, NJ, 2005.

R. M. German and E. Olevsky, "Mapping the Compaction and Sintering Response of Tungsten-Based Materials into the Nanoscale Size Range," International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 2005, vol. 23, pp. 294-300.

R. M. German, "Manipulation of Strength During Sintering as a Basis for Obtaining Rapid Densification without Distortion," Materials Transactions, 2001, vol. 42, pp. 1400-1410.

P. Lu, R. M. German, B. M. Marx, "Liquid Phase Sintering of Tungsten Heavy Alloys," International Journal of Powder Metallurgy, 2001, vol. 37. no. 6, pp. 45-56.

R. M. German, S. V. Atre, and J. A. Thomas, "Large, Low-Production Quantity Components via Polymer-Assisted Shaping and Sintering Technologies," P/M Science and Technology Briefs, 2002, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 9-13.

R. M. German and E. Olevsky, "Mapping the Compaction and Sintering Response of Tungsten-Based Materials into the Nanoscale Size Range," International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 2005, vol. 23, pp. 294-300.

Y. S. Kwon, Y. Wu, P. Suri, and R. M. German, "Simulation of the Sintering Densification and Shrinkage Behavior of Powder Injection Molded 17-4 PH Stainless Steel," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 2004, vol. 35A, pp. 257-263.

D. F. Heaney, P. Suri, and R. M. German, "Defect Free Sintering of Two Material Powder Injection Molded Components, Part II - Model," Journal of Materials Science, 2003, vol. 38, pp. 4875-4883.

R. M. German, "Green Body Homogeneity Effects on Sintered Tolerances," Powder Metallurgy, 2004, vol. 47, pp. 157-160.

Y. S. Kwon, Y. Wu, P. Suri, and R. M. German, "Simulation of the Sintering Densification and Shrinkage Behavior of Powder Injection Molded 17-4 PH Stainless Steel," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 2004, vol. 35A, pp. 257-263.