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Name: Douglas M. Matson
Departmental Affiliation: Mechanical Engineering Department
Degrees: Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
M.S., University of California at Davis;
B.S., California State University at Sacramento, Cornell University
Expertise: Thermal manufacturing, machine design, materials processing, solidification research, and microgravity experimentation
Major Awards: Former President, American Society for Materials (ASM) North Alabama Chapter, MSL-1 Lead Scientist for TEMPUS facility, Columbia STS-83/STS-94 missions
E-mail: douglas.matson@tufts.edu

Scholarship & Research: D.C. Mencel, and D.M. Matson, "Analytically Modeling Dynamic Bead Front Growth during the Fabrication of Expandable Polystyrene Patterns", Transactions of the American Foundry Society, 115 (2007), pp. 911-922.

D.M. Matson, R. Venkatesh, S. W. Biederman, "Expanded Polystyrene Lost Foam Casting – Modeling Bead Steaming Operations", ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 129 (2007), pp. 425-434.

S. Biederman, Q. Zhao, and D. Matson, "Filling the void in Lost Foam Patterns", Modern Casting 96[12] (2006), pp. 42-44.

A. B. Hanlon, D. M. Matson, and R. W. Hyers, "Microgravity Experiments on the Effect of Internal Flow on Solidification of FeCrNi Stainless Steel", Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1077, (2006), pp. 33-48.

C. W. Swan, M. E.. McCormick, D. M. Matson, "Enhancing Engineering Education: Learning to Solve Problems through Service-learning Projects", Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, [CDROM paper 1946], (2008).

D. M. Matson, S. E. Freeman, G. M. Sharpe, and C. W. Swan, "International citizenship and global service leadership – the role of interdisciplinary teams in engineering education", Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, [CDROM], (2006).

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