Gareth Thomas Ph.D., Sc.D., Professor  Member N.A.S., N.A.E.  Technical Director, Acta Met Inc. Board of Governors V-P R&D MMFX Corp (www.mmfxsteel.com) Dept. of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering  210 Hearst Memorial Mining Building #1760    University of California   Berkeley CA 94720  phone (510) 642-3813  fax (510) 643-0965  garth@uclink4.berkeley.edu

   NOTE: Until further notice, Professor Thomas is not accepting new researchers (November 2000)

CV Summary:

    1952--B.Sc.,First Class Hons, Cardiff University (UK)
    Ph.D. (1955), Sc.D. (1969), Cambridge University (U.K.)
    Honorary Doctorates: D.Sc., Lehigh University (USA) - 1996
    Dr. Hon.Causa.(Krakow, Poland) - 1999
    At Berkeley since 1960; Professor since 1966
    Formerly Assoc. Dean UC Graduate School
    Acting Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs UCB 1971/1972
    Founder National Center for Electron Microscopy at LBNL 1983
    Professor in the Graduate School, UCB 1995 ->
    Has graduated over 100 post graduates at UCB

Research Fields:  (Return)

• Microstructural Design of Advanced Materials
• Metallurgy (steels)
• Ceramics (for high temperatures)
• Magnetic Materials (hard, soft, recording)
• Advanced Electron Microscopy and Applications in MSE

• Transmission Electron Microscopy of Materials, G.Thomas, M.J. Goringe, TechBooks, Fairfax, VA 22032, (1981)
• Stereographic Projection and Application, Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1969

1998- Technical Director, Acta Materialia, Inc. Board of Governors

1995-98 Editor in Chief, Acta Materialia and Scripta Materialia

1992  Founder Member, Editorial Board, NanoStructured Materials (Elsevier)

1991-95 Vice President, International Federation of Societies for Electron Microscopy

1986-90 President, International Federation of Societies for Electron Microscopy

1983-elected member Nat. Acad.Sciences-USA

1984-elected member Nat. Acad. Engineering-USA

1974-86 Secretary General, International Federation of Societies for Electron Microscopy

1991-94 Reappointed, Member, Board of Governors Acta Metallurgica, Inc.

1987-88 Member, US Department of Energy E. O. Lawrence Award Selection Committee

1982-85 Chairman, Acta Metallurgica, Inc. Board of Governors

1985-90 Member, Acta Metallurgica, Inc. Board of Governors

1978-81 TMS-AIME Board of Directors

1975  President, Electron Microscopy Society of America

1972-73 UC Covenio Program, Visiting Professor, University of Chile, Santiago,Chile

1961-present Served on many national and international committees including National Research Council (USA), International Federation of Electron Microscopy Societies, EMSA, ASM, TMS, University of California, editorial boards, etc.

 Served on science and technology boards (Taiwan, Singapore, Korea, South Africa and Mexico) as materials advisor.

2003 Acta Materialia Gold medal

2002 Charles Barrett Silver Medal

2001 First Albany Int. Distinguished lecture in Mat. Sci & Engin. "Microstructural design of Engineering Materials" Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

2001 ASM International Gold Medallist

1999 Doctorate, Honoris Causa, University of Mining and Metallurgy, Kraków, Poland

1998 Honorary Member, Japan Institute of  Metals

1998 Managing Director, Acta Met. Inc., Board of Governors

1996 Honorary Member, India Institute of Metals and Mat. Res. Soc.

1996 Honorary Member, Korean Institute of Metals and Materials

1996 Honorary D.Sc., Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

1996 Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award, IFW, Dresden, Germany

1995 "Best of What's New Award," Popular Science magazine, December 1995

1995 The Berkeley Citation for Distinguished Achievement, U. C. Berkeley

1994 Honorary Member, Mat. Res. Soc. of India

1994 Medal of Academy of Mining and Metallurgy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow

1991 Albert Sauveur Achievement Award (ASM International)

1987 I-R 100 Award, Research and Development Magazine

1987 Elected, Fellow, Univ. Wales, Cardiff, UK

1987 Henry Clifton Sorby Award, International Metallographic Society

1985 Honorary Professorship-Beijing University of Science & Technology

1983 Confucius Memorial Teaching Award, Republic of China (Taiwan)

1983 Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.

1982 Elected to the National Academy of Engineering, U.S.A.

1981 Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award, Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart,

1980 EMSA "Distinguished Scientist Award" for Physical Sciences

1979 Fellow, Metallurgical Society of AIME

1978 Ernest O. Lawrence Award (U.S. Department of Energy)

1977 The Rosenhain Medal (The Metals Society, U.K.)

1976 Fellow, Royal Microscopical Society, U.K.

1976 Fellow, American Society for Metals

1973 Visiting Professor at Nagoya University, Japan Society for Promotion of Science

1971-72 Guggenheim Fellow; Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge University

1970 Work chosen by Japanese Government, Japanese Pavilion Exhibition in Expo '70

1969 Sc.D., Cambridge University, Cambridge, England

1966 Curtis-McGraw Research Award (American Society for Engineering Education)

1966 Grossman Publication Award (American Society for Metals) for paper "Structure and Strength of Ausformed Steels", Trans. ASM, 58, 563 (1965).

1965 Bradley Stoughton Teaching Award, American Society for Metals

1964 Miller Research Professor, UC Berkeley

1953 National Undergraduate Student Prize, Institute of Metals (London)

Over 500 publications
Recent Publications:  2002,2001,2000, 1999,1998,1997,1996,1995

• 1. “Temperature and Ion Irradiation Dependence of Magnetic Domains and Microstructure in Co/Pt Multilayers,” G. J. Kusinski, G. Thomas, G. Denbeaux, K. M. Krishnan and B. D. Terris, J. Appl. Phys. 91, 7541-7543 (2002).
• 2. “Structure of Magnetic Co/Pt Multilayers,” G. J. Kusinski, K. M. Krishnan and G. Thomas, Proc. 15th Int’l Congress on Electron Microscopy, Vol. 1, p. 137 (2002).
• 3. “Transmission (Electron and X-Ray) Microscopy of Patterned Co/Pt Multilayers,” G. J. Kusinski, G. Denbeaux, K. M. Krishnan and G. Thomas, Proc. 15th Int’l Congress on Electron Microscopy, Vol. 1, p. 315 (2002).
• 4. “Physical and Magnetic Modification of Co/Pt Multilayers by Ion Irradiation,” G. J. Kusinski and G. Thomas, Microsc. Microanal. 8, 319-322 (2002).
• 5. “Magnetic Reversal of Ion Beam Patterned Co/Pt Multilayers,” Greg J. Kusinski, Kannan M. Krishnan, Gregory Denbeaux and Gareth Thomas, paper presented at Nano Adv. Mag. Mat., Irsee, Germany, 9-13 June 2002, and to be published in Scripta Materialia.
• 6. “Structure and Magnetic Properties of Nanostructured Heterogeneous Au-Co Alloys,” V. Y. Zenou, G. J. Kusinski, L. Yue and G. Thomas, submitted to J. Mat Sci.

• 1. "Origin of Giant Magnetoresistance in Conventional AlNiCo5 Magnets," A. Hütten, G. Reiss, W. Saikaly and G. Thomas, Acta Materialia 49, 827-835 (2001).
• 2. "Optimization of Magnetic Properties of Nanostructured Nd-Fe-B: Approaching Ideal Stoner-Wolfarth Behaviour," Er. Girt, Kannan M. Krishnan and G. Thomas, Scripta Materialia 44, 1431-1435 (2001).
• 3. "Structural and Magnetic Properties of High Coercivity Co/Pt Multilayers," D. Weller, L. Folks, M. Best, E. F. Fullerton, B. D. Terris, G. J. Kusinski, K. M. Krishnan and G. Thomas, J. Appl. Phys. 89, 7525-7527 (2001).
• 4. "Magnetic Imaging of Ion-Irradiation Patterned Co/Pt Multilayers Using Complementary Electron and Photon Probes," G. J. Kusinski, K. M. Krishnan, G. Thomas, G. Denbeaux, D. Weller and B. D. Terris, Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 2211-2213 (2001).
• 5. "Mechanical Properties of Polytypoidally Joined Si3N4­Al2O3," Caroline S. Lee, Lutgard C. De Jonghe and Gareth Thomas, Acta Materialia 49, 3767-3773 (2001).
• 6. "Novel Joining of Dissimilar Ceramics in the Si3N4­Al2O3 System Using Polytypoid Functional Gradients," Caroline S. Lee, Xiao Feng Zhang and Gareth Thomas, Acta Materialia 49, 3775-3780 (2001).
• 7. "Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy Investigation of Magnetically Patterned Co/Pt Multilayers," G. J. Kusinski, K. M. Krishnan, D. Weller, B. D. Terris, L. Folks, A. J. Kellock, J. E. E. Baglin and G. Thomas, in Magnetic Storage Systems Beyond 2000, G. C. Hadjipanayis, ed. The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001, pp. 157-161.

• 1. "New Corrosion Improved Low Carbon Steels for Concrete Reinforcement," Gareth Thomas and David Trejo, paper presented at Int'l Conf. on Corrosion and Rehabilitation of Reinforced Concrete Structures, Orlando, FL, December 8-11, 1998; electronic publication only.
• 2. "Structural and Magnetic Properties of Nd2Fe17?xGax (x = 0-2)," Er. Girt, Kannan M. Krishnan, M. Guillot, I. P. Swainson, Z. Altounian and G. Thomas, J. Appl. Phys. 87, 5323?5325 (2000).
• 3. "Domain Structures and Temperature-Dependent Spin Reorientation Transition in c-axis Oriented Co-Cr Thin Films," G. J. Kusinski, K. M. Krishnan, G. Thomas and E. C. Nelson, J. Appl. Phys. 87, 6376 (2000).
• 4. "Nanocomposite Nd-rich Nd-Fe-B Alloys: Approaching Ideal Stoner-Wohlfarth Type Behavior", Er. Girt, Kannan M. Krishnan, G. Thomas, and Z. Altounian, Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 1746-1748 (2000).
• 5. "Lath (Packet) Martensite Revisited," Gareth Thomas and Greg Kusinski, in Steel Heat Treating in the New Millennium:  An International Symposium in Honor of Professor George Krauss.  ASM International, 2000, pp. 515-518.
• 6. "Spherulites of Silicon Carbide:  A New Morphology," M. Gopal and G. Thomas, Scripta Mater. 42 (12), 1119-1124 (2000).
• 7. "Seamless Joining of Silicon Nitride," Mani Gopal, Mark Sixta, Lutgard De Jonghe and Gareth Thomas, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. (in press).
• 8 "Microstructural Design of Concrete Reinforcing Bars for Improved Corrosion Performance," David Trejo, Paulo J. M. Monteiro, Ben C. Gerwick, Jr., and Gareth Thomas, ACI Materials Journal 97, 78-83 (2000).
• 9. "Origin of Giant Magnetoresistance in Conventional AlNiCo5 Magnets," A. Hütten, G. Reiss, W. Saikaly and G. Thomas, Acta Materialia (in press).
• 10. "Optimization of Magnetic Properties of Nanostructured Nd-Fe-B:  Approaching Ideal Stoner-Wolfarth Behaviour," Er. Girt, Kannan M. Krishnan and G. Thomas, paper presented at 5th Int'l Conf. on Nanostructured Materials (NANO 2000), Sendai, Japan, August 20-25, and to be published in Scripta Materialia.

• 1. "Anomalous thermal expansion in Nd2Fe17-xGax (x = 0 - 2)", Er. Girt, Z.Altounian, I. P. Swainson, Kannan M. Krishnan, G. Thomas, J. Appl. Phys., 85, 4669 (1999).
• 2 "Nd rich Nd-Fe-B tailored for maximum coercivity", Er. Girt, Kannan M. Krishnan, G. Thomas, C. J. Echer and Z. Altounian, Proceeding of the MRS meeting, Spring 1999 (in press).
• 3 "Microstructure of Nd-Fe-B alloys tailored to approach theoretical coercivity limits", Kannan M. Krishnan, Er. Girt, G. Thomas, C. Nelson and Hofer, Proceeding of the Microscopy and Microanalyses, 1999 (in press).
• 4 "Structural and magnetic properties of Nd2Fe17-xGax (x = 0 - 2)", The MMM Conference in San Jose (1999), abstract accepted and paper to be published in J. Appl. Phys..
•  5 "Approaching the theoretical coercivity of Nd2Fe14B", The MMM Conference in San Jose (1999), abstract accepted and paper to be published in J. Appl. Phys.
•  6 "Nanocomposite Nd-rich Nd-Fe-B alloys: approaching ideal Stoner-Wohlfarth type behavior", submitted to Appl. Phys. Lett.

•  1. "Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis of Advanced Materials," Gareth Thomas and Mani Gopal, plenary lecture presented at Conference on Powder Characterization for Advanced Materials Manufacture, Gijón, Spain, June 16-20, 1997 and to be published in J. Eur. Ceram. Soc.; LBNL 40409.
•  2. "X-Ray Optical Multilayers: Microstructure Limits on Reflectivity at Ultra-Short Periods," C. C. Walton, G. Thomas and J. B. Kortright, Acta Mater. 46, 3767-3775 (1998).
• 3. "The Effect of Nitrogenation on GMR and Microstructures of Granular (Ni0.8Fe0.2)20Ag80 Thin Films," T. S. Oh, W. K. Choo, K. H. Park and G. Thomas, Acta Mater. 46, 3813-3820 (1998).
• 4. "Microstructural Design and Tailoring of Advanced Materials," in Boundaries and Interfaces in Materials: The David A. Smith Symposium, R. C. Pond, W. A. T.  Clark, A. H. King and D. B. Williams, eds., The Minerals, Metals and Materials  Society, 1998, pp. 3-17.
• 5. "In-Plane Boundary Effects on the Magnetotransport Properties of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3?d," J. Y. Gu, S. B. Ogale, M. Rajeswari, T. Venkatesan, R.  Ramesh, V. Radmilovic, U. Dahmen, G. Thomas and T. W. Noh, Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 1113-1115 (1998).  6. "Silicon Nitride: From Sintering to Joining," Mani Gopal, L. C. De Jonghe and G. Thomas, Acta Mater. 47, 2401-2405 (1998).
•  7. "Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis of Advanced Ceramics," Gareth Thomas  and Mani Gopal, Key Engineering Materials 159-160, 235-244 (1999).
• 8. "Microstructural Design and Tailoring of Advanced Materials: The Impact of Electron Microscopy," G. Thomas, in J. Eng. Materials (Poland), 1, 75-90 (1998).
• 9. "Structure-Property Relations: Impact on Electron Microscopy," in Proceedings of IMM (UCSD) Fifth Summer School on Mechanics-Materials Linkage, Washington, DC, August 4-15, 1997. New York: J. Wiley & Sons (in press); LBNL 40317.
• 10. Three chapters in Impact of Electron and Scanning Probe Microscopy on Materials Research. The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers (in press).
• 11. "Structure and Properties of Some Low Carbon Steels," Greg Kusinski and Gareth Thomas, invited, 1st Int. Automotive Heat Treating Conference, Puerto  Vallarta, Mexico, July 13-15, l998, (eds: R. Colas, K. Funatani, C.A. Stickels), ASM International, p 17-25. (1998)

• Publications 1997,   (Back to Publications)    (Return)
• 1. "Microstructure and Magnetic Effects of Small Cu Additions to (Nd,Dy) FeB Magnets," H. J. Engelmann, A. S. Kim and G. Thomas, Scripta Mater. 36, 55-62 (1997); LBNL-39185.
• 2. "Indentation and Oxidation Studies on Silicon Nitride Joints," Mani Gopal, Lutgard C. De Jonghe and Gareth Thomas, in Ceramic Joining, Ivar E. Reimanis, Charles H. Henager Jr., and Antoni P. Tomsia eds. Westerville, Ohio: American Ceramic Society, 1997; LBNL-38885.
• 3. "Silicon Nitride Joining Using Rare-Earth Reaction Sintering," Mani Gopal, Lutgard C. De Jonghe and Gareth Thomas, Scripta Mater. 36, 455-460 (1997); LBNL-39184.
•  4. "Characterization of Nano-Magnetic Structures," Gareth Thomas and Andreas Hütten, NanoStructured Materials 9, 271-280 (1997); LBNL-39186.
• 5. "Magnetic Properties of Nd-Fe-B Films Analyzed by Lorentz Microscopy," H.  Lemke, G. Thomas and D. L. Medlin, NanoStructured Materials 9, 371-374 (1997); LBNL-39187.
• 6. "Epitaxial Magnetic Garnet Heterostructures," R. Ramesh, B. Simion and G. Thomas, J. Phys. IV France 7, C1-695?698 (1997); LBNL-39188.
• 7. "Influence of Small Cu Additions on the Microscopical Magnetic Properties of Sintered Nd-Fe-B Magnets," H. Lemke and G. Thomas, Scripta Materialia 37, 1651-1657 (1997); LBNL-39965.
•  8. "TEM Study of Nanocrystalline NdFeB," M. V. P. Altoé, C. E. Echer and G. Thomas, NanoStructured Materials 8, 19-28 (1997); LBNL-39964.
• 9. "Thin Nd-Fe-B Films Analyzed by Lorentz and Magnetic Force Microscopy," H. Lemke, T. Göddenhenrich, C. Heiden and G. Thomas, IEEE Trans. Magn. 33, 3865-7 (1997).
• 10. "The Impact of Electron Microscopy on Materials Science Research," (1) Proc. 13th National Electron Microscopy Congress, Ankara, Turkey, September 1-4, 1997 and (2) Acta Microscopica 6, Suppl. B, 109-122 (1997).
• 11. "Interfacial Uncompensated Antiferromagnetic Spins: Role in Unidirectional Anisotropy in Polycrystalline Ni81Fe19/CoO Bilayers," Kentaro Takano, R. H. Kodama, A. E. Berkowitz, W. Cao and G. Thomas, Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 1130 (1997).
• Publications 1996,   (Back to Publications)    (Return)
• 1. "IFSEM 1995: Objectives, Organization, and Functions," Arvid B. Maunsbach and Gareth Thomas, Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics 96, 21-35 (1996).
• 2. "GMR Behavior of Nanostructured Heterogeneous M-Co (M=Cu, Ag, Au) Alloys," J. Bernardi, A. Hütten, and G. Thomas, NanoStructured Materials 7 205-220 (1996); LBL-37600.
• 3. "Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis of Ceramics," G. Thomas, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 16, 323-338 (1996); LBL-37599.
• 4. "Mullite-Aluminosilicate Glassy Matrix Substrates Obtained by Reactive Coating," J. Requena, J. F. Bartolemé, J. S. Moya, S. de Aza, F. Guitian and G. Thomas, J.  Eur. Ceram. Soc. 16, 249-254 (1996).
• 5. "Dual-Phase Steels Revisited: Reinforcement for Concrete," G. Thomas, Trans. Indian Inst. Met. 49, 127-132 (1996); LBL-37601.
• 6. "Electron Microscopy of Giant Magnetoresistive Granular Au-Co Alloys," J.  Bernardi, A. Hütten and G. Thomas, J. Mag. Magn. Mater. 157/158, 153-155 (1996).
• 7. "Electron Microscopy of Thin Films Prepared by Laser Ablation," H. Lemke, C. Echer and G. Thomas, IEEE Trans. Magn. 32 (1996); LBL-38465.
• 8. "Transmission Electron Microscopy of Advanced Materials," G. Thomas, in Proceedings of IX Conference on Electron Microscopy of Solids (plenary lecture), A. Czyrska-Filemenowicz et al., eds., pp. 3-10, 1996; LBL-38466.
• 9. "In-Situ TEM Examination of Crystallization Process in Amorphous Fe-Si-B Melt Spun Alloys," J. Kusinski and G. Thomas, in Proceedings of IX Conference on Electron Microscopy of Solids, A. Czyrska-Filemenowicz et al., eds., pp. 339-342, 1996.
• 10. Foreword to David B. Williams and C. Barry Carter, Transmission Electron Microscopy: A Textbook for Materials Science, Plenum Press, New York, 1996, p.  vii.

• Publications 1995,   (Back to Publications),    (Return)
• 1. "TEM Investigations of Multilayered Structures in Heterogeneous Au-Co Alloys, "J. Bernardi, A. Hütten, S. Friedrichs, C. E. Echer and G. Thomas, phys. stat. sol. (a) 147, 165 (1995); LBL-36238.
• 2. "Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of Microstructure and [112? 0]//[001] Polycrystalline Epitaxy of CoNiCr/Cr Bilayer Films," Li Tang, Dong Lu, and Gareth Thomas, J. Appl. Phys. 77, 47-53 (1995); LBL-36194.
• 3. "Microstructure of Silicon Nitride Ceramics Sintered with Rare-Earth Oxides," Yasuhiro Goto and Gareth Thomas, Acta Metall. Mater. 43, 923-930 (1995); LBL-36192.
• 4. "Phase Transformation and Microstructural Changes of Si3N4 During Sintering," Yasuhiro Goto and Gareth Thomas, J. Mater. Sci. 30, 2194-2200 (1995); LBL-36193.
• 5. "Growth and Characterization of (Y3Fe5O12-Bi3Fe5O12) Heterostructures by Pulsed Laser Deposition," B. M. Simion, G. Thomas, R. Ramesh, V. G.  Keramidas, and R. L. Pfeffer, Appl. Phys. Lett. 66, 830-832 (1995); LBL-36236.
• 6. "Microstructural Influence on Magnetic Properties and Giant Magnetoresistance of Melt-Spun Gold-Cobalt," A. Hütten, J. Bernardi, S. Friedrichs, G. Thomas and L. Balcells, Scripta Metall. Mater. 33, 1647-1666 (1995); LBL-36982.
• 7. "Mullite Whisker-Molybdenum Disilicide Composites," A. A. McFayden, G. Thomas, and J. J. Petrovic, Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Vol. 16, No. 4, Am. Ceram. Soc., 1995, pp. 147-154; LBL 36983.
• 8. "Dual-Phase Ferritic Martensitic Steels for Concrete Reinforcement," David Trejo, Paulo Monteiro and Gareth Thomas, Proc. 5th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, J. F. Dos Santos, Ivar Langen, Charles P. Ellinas and Yukio Ueda, eds., International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers, 1995, pp. 177-182; LBL-36984.
• 9. "Magnetic and Magneto-Optical Properties of Y3Fe5O12/Eu1Bi2Fe5O12 Heterostructures," B. M. Simion, G. Thomas and R. Ramesh, IEEE Trans. Magn. 31, 3242-3244 (1995).
• 10. "Lorentz Microscopy of Giant Magnetoresistive Au-Co," A. Hütten, J. Bernardi,  C. Nelson, and G. Thomas, phys. stat. sol. (a) 150, 171-184 (1995); LBL-37598.
• 11. "Microstructural Characterization of Granular Au-Co GMR Material by Lorentz Microscopy," J. Bernardi, A. Hütten, C. Nelson, and G. Thomas, Proc. Microscopy and Microanalysis 1995, G. W. Bailey, M. H. Ellisman, R. A. Hennigar and N. J. Zaluzec, eds., Jones & Begell, 1995, pp. 178-179.
• 12. "Microstructure and Microanalysis of Neodymium Iron Boron Magnets Sintered with Aluminium," M. Chandramouli and G. Thomas, Proc. Microscopy and Microanalysis 1995, G. W. Bailey, M. H. Ellisman, R. A. Hennigar and N. J. Zaluzec, eds., Jones & Begell, 1995, pp. 486-487.
• 13. "Preparation of Cross Section Samples of Ferrimagnetic Iron Garnet Thin Films  for Electron Microscopy Structural Characterization," B. M. Simion, R. Ramesh, and G. Thomas, Proc. Microscopy and Microanalysis 1995, G. W. Bailey, M. H. Ellisman, R. A. Hennigar and N. J. Zaluzec, eds., Jones & Begell, 1995, pp. 514-515.
• 14. "In-situ TEM Observations of the Microstructural Changes During Early Aging Stages in Al-Li-Cu-Mg-Zr(x) Alloys," J. Kusinski and G. Thomas, J. Mat. Process. Techn. 53, 247-254 (1995).

Patents:   (Return)

• 1999 Giant Magnetoresistive Heterogeneous Alloys and Method of Making Same (J. J. Bernardi, G. Thomas, and A. R. Huetten), U.S. Patent 5,882,436
• 1998 Giant Magnetoresistive Heterogeneous Alloys and Method of Making Same (J. J. Bernardi, G. Thomas, and A. R. Huetten), U.S. Patent 5,824,165
•  1994 Lamellar Microstructures for Giant Magneto-Resistance in Heterogeneous Alloys, DOE Docket No. S-82,477 (RL-12900) (Gareth Thomas, Andreas R. Hütten and Johannes J. Bernardi), patent issued 1997.
• 1990 High Energy Product Permanent Magnet Having Improved Instrinsic Coercivity and Method of Making Same, DOE Ref. No. S-67,519 (R. Ramesh and G. Thomas), U. S. Patent #4,968,347.
• 1989 Method of Producing a Dense Refractory Silicon Nitride (Si3N4) Compact with One or More Crystalline Intergranular Phases (G. Thomas, S. M. Johnson, and T. R. Dinger), U.S. Patent #4,830,800.
•  1987 Method of Forming High-Strength, Corrosion-Resistant Steel (G. Thomas, N. J. Kim, and R. Ramesh), U.S. Patent #4,671,827. This patent is owned by G. Thomas.
• 1986 Controlled Rolling Process for Dual Phase Steels and Applications to Rod, Wire, Sheet and Other Shapes (G. Thomas, J. H. Ahn, and N. J. Kim), U.S. Patent #4,619,714.
• 1986 High Strength, Low Carbon, Dual Phase Steel Rods and Wires and Process for Making Same (G. Thomas and A. Nakagawa), U.S. Patent #4,613,385.
•  1979 Method of Making High Strength, Tough Alloy Steels (G. Thomas and B. V. N. Rao), U.S. Patent 4,170,499.
• 1979 High Strength, Tough Alloy Steels (G. Thomas and B. V. N. Rao), U.S. Patent #4,170,497.
• 1978 High Strength, High Ductility Low Carbon Steel (G. Thomas and J. Koo), U.S. Patent #4,067,756.
• 1964 Process for Improving Strength and Corrosion Resistance of Aluminum Alloys, U.S.Patent #3,133,839.