Dr. Simon Lekakh
RESEARCH PROFESSOR
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology
United States of America
Biography
1989 - Doctor of Science in Metallurgy Institute of Steel & Alloys, Moscow, Russia Dissertation: Theory and Resource Saving Technologies of Alloying and Modifying High-quality Cast Iron 1975 - Ph.D. in Metal Casting Belarusian Polytechnic Institute (BPI), Minsk, Belarus Dissertation: Modification of Intermetallic Phases in Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys (adviser: Dr. D. Chydokormov) 1969 - M.S. in Mechanical Engineering Belarusian Polytechnic Institute, Minsk, Belarus Thesis: Thermal Analysis of Iron Solidification (adviser: Dr. V. Bachmat)
Research Interest
Computational and experimental physical metallurgy Solidification of metallic alloys Melting processes Industrial metal casting technologies Wastes recycling
Publications
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Li, H., Chen, J., Chandrashekhara, K., Xu, M., Lekakh, S. N., and Richards, V. L., Characterization and Modeling of Anisotropic SL Pattern during Investment Casting Process, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 80, 1933 (2015).
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Xu, M., Lekakh, S., Richards, V., Thermal Properties Database for Investment Casting Shells, International Journal of Metalcasting, (in press) (2016).
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Lekakh, S., Solidification Kinetics of Graphite Nodules in Cast Iron and Shrinkage Porosity, International journal of metalcasting 04/2016; DOI:10.1007/s40962-016-0053-3 (2016).
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Lekakh, S., Structural Reconstruction of solidification Kinetics in Cast Iron with Spherical Graphite, ISIJ International, Vol. 56 (2016), No. 5, pp. 812-818.
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Lekakh, S., Hrebec, B., Scott, R., and Schlobohm, J., High strength ductile iron produced by engineered cooling: application for different casting processes, AFS Proceedings (2016) Paper 16-048
