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Jennifer Carter, PhD

Faculty Director
Swagelok Center for Surface Analysis of Materials
Case School of Engineering
Associate Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Case School of Engineering

Teaching Information

Teaching Interests

Interested in the application of active learning pedagogies to train the next generation of engineers.

Research Information

Research Interests

Processing-structure-property relationships of crystalline and amorphous materials; development and implementation of novel multi-scale material characterization methods for correlating unique local microstructural features with particular mechanical and environmental responses in a variety of material systems. Additionally, the advancement and implementation of data analytics and machine learning to solving materials engineering grand challenges.

  • Mechanical behavior of materials
  • Non-ferrous alloys
  • Bulk metallic glasses
  • Composites
  • Elevated temperature properties of materials
  • Interface effects
  • Coupling multi-scale characterization techniques
  • X-ray and neutron diffraction
  • Electron microscopy
  • Digital image correlation for deformation analysis

Awards and Honors

TMS International Scholar Award
2019
TMS
ASM Bradley Stoughton Award for Young Teachers
2016
ASM
Mentor Fellow
2015
CWRU: UCITE

Publications

  • Senanayake, N., & Carter, J. W. (2020). Computer Vision Approaches for Segmentation of Nanoscale Precipitates in Nickel-Based Superalloy IN718. Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation, 9 (4), 446--458.
  • Adachi, M., Hamaya, S., Yamagata, Y., Loach, A., Fada, J., Wilson, L., Carter, J. W., Fukuyama, H. W., & French, R. H. (2020). In-situ observation of AlN formation from Ni-Al solution using an electromagnetic levitation technique. Journal of the American Ceramic Society.
  • Verma, A., Hawk, J., Romanov, V., & Carter, J. W. (2020). Predictions of long-term creep life for the family of 9–12 wt\% Cr martensitic steels. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 815 , 152417.
  • Carter, J. W. (2020). Gaining Global Perspective at EUROMAT 2019 A TMS/FEMS International Scholar Report. Jom, 72 (1), 12--13.
  • Carter, J. W., Verma, A. W., & Senanayake, N. W. (2020). Harnessing Legacy Data to Educate Data-Enabled Structural Materials Engineers. MRS Advances, 5 (7), 319-327.
  • Morrison, R., Fensin, S., & Carter, J. W. (2019). Exploration of the sliding behavior of a S11 grain boundary with precipitates in Ni�Al system using molecular dynamics. Materialia, 7
  • Verma, A., Huang, W., Hawk, J., Bruckman, L., Romanov, V., & Carter, J. W. (2019). Screening of heritage data for improving toughness of creep-resistant martensitic steels. Materials Science and Engineering A, 763
  • Verma, A., Huang, W., Hawk, J., Bruckman, L., Romanov, V., & Carter, J. W. (2019). Screening of heritage data for improving toughness of creep-resistant martensitic steels. Materials Science and Engineering A, 763
  • Vettraino, L., Zhang, M., Carter, J. W., Groza, J. W., & Gibeling, J. W. (2019). A phenomenological understanding of the influence of processing methods on creep of Cu-8Cr-4Nb (GRCop-84). Materials Science and Engineering A, 756 , 538-544.
  • Smith, T., Senanayake, N., Sudbrack, C., Bonacuse, P., Rogers, B., Chao, P., & Carter, J. W. (2019). Characterization of nanoscale precipitates in superalloy 718 using high resolution SEM imaging. Materials Characterization, 148 , 178-187.
  • French, R. H., Heo, Y. H., Carter, J. W., Bruckman, L. W., & Advincula, R. C. (2019). LIFE2018 - Thoughts on Data Science from Case Western Reserve University. Exploration Insights.
  • Romanov, V., Krishnamurthy, N., Verma, A., Bruckman, L., French, R. H., Carter, J. W., & Hawk, J. W. (2019). Materials Data Analytics for 9\% Cr Family Steel. Statistical Analysis and Data Mining.
  • Verma, A., & Carter, J. W. (2017). Physics-Informed Network Models: A Data Science Approach to Metal Design. Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation, 6 (4), 279-287.
  • Verma, A., French, R. H., & Carter, J. W. (2017). Physics Informed Network Models: Data Science Approach to Metals Design. Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation/Springer, 6 (4), 279–287.
  • Carter, J. W., Sosa, J. W., Shade, P. W., Hamish, F. W., Michael, U. W., & Michael, M. W. (2015). The Potential Link Between High Angle Grain Boundary Morphology and Grain Boundary Deformation in a Nickel-based Superalloy. Materials Science and Engineering A, 640 , 280-286.
  • Ellis, D., Carter, J. W., & Ferry, M. W. (2015). A Statistical Study of the Effects of Processing Upon the Creep Properties of GRCop-84. MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A, 640 , 1-15.
  • Neilson, H., Carter, J. W., & Lewandowski, J. J. (2015). An improved method for calculation of elastic constants of metallic glasses. Materials Science and Engineering A, 634 , 183-187.
  • Booth, J., Lewandowski, J. J., & Carter, J. W. (2014). EBSD Analysis for Microstructure Characterization of Zr-based Bulk Metallic Glass Composites. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 20 (S3), 852-853.
  • Carter, J. W., M.W., K. W., M.D., Uchic,, K. W., & M.J., Mills,, K. W. (2014). Characterization of Localized Deformation Near Grain Boundaries of Superalloy René-104 at Elevated Temperature. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 605 , 127-136.