Alexander L.roytburd
Material Science
A James Clark School of Engineering
Albania
Biography
Education Ph.D., Institute of Crystallography, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, 1962 Ph.D., Institute of Metal Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Sverdlovsk, 1972 Research Interests Theory of phase transformations and plastic deformation in crystals; theory and modeling of domain structures and their evolution under external fields in functional materials: ferroelectrics, ferromagnetics, ferroelastics and shape memory alloys; theory and modeling of structure and properties of polydomain and heterophase epitaxial films. Background In addition to his doctorates, Professor Royburd eaened a Masters degree in physical metallurgy from the Moscow Institute for Steel and Alloys, Department of Metal Physics and Physical Metallurgy in 1956; and completed postgraduate studies at the Bardin Central Research Institute for Ferrous Metallurgy and Institute of Crystallography of Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, USSR, from 1958-1962.
Research Interest
Theory of phase transformations and plastic deformation in crystals; theory and modeling of domain structures and their evolution under external fields in functional materials: ferroelectrics, ferromagnetics, ferroelastics and shape memory alloys; theory and modeling of structure and properties of polydomain and heterophase epitaxial films.