Rajiv Mishra

• Ph.D., Metallurgy (1988), University of Sheffield, UK, with Brunton Medal.
  “The Influence of Microstructure on the Diffusional Creep of Alloys”
  Faculty Advisors: Professor G. W. Greenwood and Professor H. Jones
• M.Tech., Metallurgical Eng. (1985), Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.
  “Superplasticity in Al-Zn eutectoid and Pb-Sn eutectic alloys”
  Faculty Advisor: Professor G. S. Murty
• Bachelor of Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering (1982)
  University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India.

• Friction stir welding and processing
• Processing and properties of ultrafine grained materials (including nanocrystalline)
• Superplastic forming
• High temperature mechanical behavior of materials (particularly creep and superplasticity)
• Discontinuously reinforced aluminum composites
• Nanophase aluminum alloys
• Bulk metallic glasses
• Materials selection for alternative energy systems
• Hydrokinetic energy

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• 2011 - present Professor, UNT
• Jan. 2009 - present Curators' Professor, Missouri S&T
• Sept. 2006 - Dec. 2008 Professor, Missouri S&T
• Sept. 2003 - Aug. 2006 Associate Professor, Missouri S&T
• Aug. 1999 - Aug. 2003 Assistant Professor, Missouri S&T
• July 1997 - July 1999 Adjunct Assistant Professor, UC-Davis
• March 1994 - June 1997 Post Graduate Research Associate, UC-Davis
• 1989 - 1994 Group Leader, Creep Group, DMRL, Hyderabad, India
• 1993 - 1994 Project Leader, DMRL, Hyderabad, India
• Fall 2008 Visiting Faculty, UI-UC

Professional Affiliations

The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS)

• Vice-chair (2010-2013) of TMS Structural Materials Division Council
• Member, Energy Materials Innovation Impact Team (Materials Integration in Clean Energy Systems)
• Past Chair (2002-04) of the joint ASM/TMS Committee on Mechanical Behavior of Materials
• Member, TMS Shaping & Forming Committee, TMS Powder Materials Committee

American Society of Metals (ASM)

• Past Vice-Chair of the Nanomaterials Task Force
• Past Member of New Products and Services Committee

American Welding Society

• Life Member of Materials Research Society of India

• 2010 - Co-recipient of Alexander Schwarzkopf Prize for Technological Innovation 
             awarded to the Center for Friction Stir Processing by NSF-IUCRC Directors 
             Association
• 2009 - Fellow, ASM International
• 2008 - Curators’ Professor
• 2007 - Faculty Excellence Award, University of Missouri - Rolla
• 2007 - ASM-IIM Visiting Lecturer, ASM International
• 2006 - Faculty Excellence Award, University of Missouri - Rolla
• 2005 - Faculty Excellence Award, University of Missouri - Rolla
• 2005 - Outstanding Graduate Faculty of SoMEER, Council of Graduate Students, 
              University of Missouri - Rolla
• 2005 - Sustained Teaching Excellence, SoMEER, University of Missouri - Rolla
• 2004 - Faculty Excellence Award, University of Missouri - Rolla
• 2003 - Faculty Excellence Award, University of Missouri - Rolla
• 2003 - Dean’s Award for Innovation in Teaching, Honorable mention, SOMM-UMR
• 2002 - Faculty Excellence Award, University of Missouri - Rolla
• 2002 - Ranked 148 among researchers in Materials Science worldwide (ISI
             Essential Science Indicator database in Oct. 2002 based on citation of 
             journal papers)
• 2002 - Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in America
• 2001- Faculty Excellence Award, University of Missouri - Rolla
• 2001 - Faculty Performance Shares, University of Missouri
• 1993 - Young Metallurgist Award from the Indian Institute of Metals, India.
• 1993 - Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences, India.
• 1988 - Brunton Medal for the best Ph.D. dissertation in the School of Materials from the
             University of Sheffield, UK
• 1985-1988 - Firth Pre-doctoral Scholarship from the University of Sheffield, UK
• 1985-1988 - ORS Award from the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of UK

• Center for Advanced Non-Ferrous Structural Alloys (CANFSA)
• Center for Friction Stir Processing (CFSP)
• ResearcherID
• Innovative Materials and Processes (IMAP)