Gerhard Welsch

Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Case School of Engineering

Develops new processing methods and designs for energy storage and optimized materials.

Teaching Information

Teaching Interests

  • Chemical and physical metallurgy
  • Defect-controlled properties of metals and ceramics - the role of designed structure and microstructure
  • Thermal-mechanical and conversion processing through guided phase-transformation(s)

Research Information

Research Interests

Design, synthesis and new processing methods to advance the state of the art and the performance of

  • energy storage and power-providing materials
  • lighter, stronger and more corrosion-resistant materials for improved infrastructure, transport, civilian, biomedical and defense-related applications
  • Structural and functional materials for low and high temperatures
  • Elastic & plastic deformation, strength, performance under fatigue and creep conditions
  • Functional materials for high energy density and power - must be reliable and safely usable
  • New development in lighweight materials:
  • through cell-composite design<br>-through selectirvely doped multi-layer design