Rajendra K. Bordia

Rajendra K. Bordia

  • Professor of Materials Science & Engineering
Office:302F Roberts Hall
Phone:(206) 685-8158
Fax:(206) 543-3100
Email: bordia@uw.edu
Web:Bordia-Flinn Research Group

Education, Honors, and Awards

  • Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering, 1979
  • Cornell University, Ithaca, NY , M. S., Materials Science & Engr. (Solid Mechanics) 1981
  • Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Ph. D., Materials Science & Engr. (Solid Mechanics) 1986
  • Fellow, American Ceramic Society, April 2002.
  • Outstanding Teacher Award, voted by the MSE senior class, 1996.
  • International Expert Award, Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, 1996.
  • DuPont Young Professor Award (duPont Co.), 1993-96.
  • National Young Investigator Award, NSF, 1992-97.

Research Interests

My research focus is at the interface between materials and solid mechanics. Research is conducted in three distinct but related areas: Processing of ceramics, ceramic matrix composites and multilayered systems; mechanical properties of ceramics and ceramic matrix composites and processing and mechanical properties of polymer matrix composites.

In the area of processing of ceramics, some of the current and recently completed projects include: Phase stability and crystal structure of oxides for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells; Processing of ceramic composites under external stresses; Flaw generation and sintering of constrained films; Role of coarsening mechanisms in the sintering of particulate reinforced composites; Sintering of composites with inclusion loading greater than percolation threshold; and Reactive processing with controlled dimensional changes. 

On Mechanical properties of ceramics, some of the current and recently completed projects include: Investigation of damage modes in fiber reinforced ceramic composites; Toughening mechanisms in ceramic composites; Coatings on ceramics and ceramic matrix composites; and Joining of ceramics. 

On polymer matrix composites, some of the current and recently completed projects include: Thermoforming of thermoplastic matrix fiber reinforced composites; design of lamination sequence for fiber reinforced composites; and processing and mechanical properties of nanoscale HAP whiskers/PLLA composites for biomedical applications.  

Densification and Microstructure Development in Ceramic Composites

  • Processing of ceramic composites under external stresses
  • Flaw generation and sintering of constrained films
  • Role of coarsening mechanisms in the sintering of particulate reinforced composites
  • Sintering of composites with inclusion loading greater than percolation threshold
  • Reactive processing with controlled dimensional changes.
  • Processing and properties of polymer/ceramic composites

Mechanical Properties of Ceramics and Ceramic Composites

  • Investigation of damage modes in fiber reinforced ceramic composites
  • Effect of environment on the mechanical properties of ceramic composites
  • Toughening mechanisms in ceramic composites
  • Fatigue and high temperature mechanical properties of ceramic composites
  • Mechanical properties of bi-material interfaces.

Processing and Mechanical Properties of Polymers and Polymer Composites

  • Mechanical properties of polymer matrix composites
  • Processing and properties of recycled polymers.
  • Mechanical properties of porous polymers
  • Development of new thermoset resins for polymer matrix composites

Professional Responsibility

Program Chair, Basic Science Division of American Ceramic Society, 1997-98.

Associate Editor and Reviewer for the Journal of American Ceramic Society.

Chairman of the Nomination Committee of the Basic Science Division of the American Ceramic Society (93-94).

Chairman of the Publications Committee of the Basic Science Division of the American Ceramic Society (93-95).

Member, NYI advisory committee, Institute of Mechanics and Materials at University of California, San Diego.

NORCUS Professorship at Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Richland, WA.

Discussion Leader, Gordon Conference on Solid State Studies in Ceramics, August 1993.

Discussion Leader, Workshop on Powder-Free Processing of Advanced Ceramics, Germany, November 1990. Discussion Leader, Gordon Conference on Solid State Studies in Ceramics, August 1989.

Career History

2005-present, Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle.

2003-2005, Chair & Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle.

1998-2003, Chair & Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle.

1996 - 1998, Acting Chair & Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle.

1991 - 1996, Norton Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle.

1986 - 1991, Research Scientist, Central Research & Development Dept., E. I. duPont de Nemours & Co. Inc. Experimental Station, Wilmington, Delaware.

Selected Publications

  • “Phase Constitution in Sr and Mg doped LaGaO3 System”, F. Zheng, R.K. Bordia, L.R. Pederson, Mtls Research Bulletin 39, 141-155 (2004).
  • "Effect of Rigid Inclusions on the Densification and Constitutive Parameters of Liquid-Phase-Sintered YBa2Cu3O6+X Powder Compacts", S.M. Salamone, L.C. Stearns, R.K. Bordia, & M.P. Harmer, J. Amer. Ceram. Soc. 86, 883-02 (2003).
  • "Critical Evaluation of Hot Forging Experiments:  Case Study in Alumina", R. Zuo, E. Aulback, R.K. Bordia, J. Rödel, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 86 (7) 1099-105 (2003).
  • "Accelerated Cure of Thermoset Fiber Composites Utilizing Latent Cure Agents", J.D. Holbery & R.K. Bordia, J. of Mtls Sci 36, 5301-08 (2001).
  • "Processing of Composites in the Ti-Si-C System", C.S. Park, F. Zheng, S. Salamone & R. Bordia, J. of Mtls Sci 36, 3313-22 (2001).
  • "Impact Strength of High Density Solid-State Microcellular Polycarbonate Foams", C. Barlow, V. Kumar, B. Flinn, R. Bordia & J. Weller, J. of Engr Mtls & Tech (ASME), April 2001.
  • "Evolution of Defect Size and Strength of Porous Alumina During Sintering", B.D. Flinn, R.K. Bordia, A. Zimmermann and J. Roedel, J. of European Ceramic Soc., 20, pp 2561-2568 (2000).
  • "Processing and Properties of Nanophase SiC/Si3N4 Composites", A.W. Weimer and R.K. Bordia, Composites: Part B 30, pp 647-655 (1999).
  • "Fracture of Alumina with Controlled Pores", A. Zimmermann, M. Hoffman, B. Flinn, R. Bordia, T.Chuang, E. Fuller, Jr., J. Roedel, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 81, [9] (1998).
  • "Evolution of Young's Modulus, Strength and Microstructure During Liquid Phase Sintering", T. Ostrowski, A. Ziegler, R.K. Bordia and J. Roedel, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 81 [7], pp 1852-60 (1998).
  • "Time-Dependent, Environmentally Assisted Crack Growth In Nicalon-Fiber-Reinforced SiC Composites at Elevated Temperatures", C.H. Henager, Jr., R.H. Jones, C.F. Windisch, Jr., M.M. Stackpoole, and R.K. Bordia Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 27A, [4] pp. 839-49. April 1996.
  • "Crack Growth and Damage in Constrained Sintering Films", R. K. Bordia and A. Jagota, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 76, [10], 2475-2485 (1993)
  • "Constrained Sintering: I. Constitutive Models for a Sintering Body", R.K. Bordia and G. W. Scherer, Acta Metallurgica, 36, 2393-2397 (1988), "Constrained Sintering: II. Comparison of Constitutive Models", R.K. Bordia and G. W. Scherer, Acta Metallurgica, 36, 2399-2409 (1988);
  • "Constrained Sintering: III. Rigid Inclusions", R. K. Bordia and G. W. Scherer, Acta Metallurgica, 36, 2411-2416 (1988).
     

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