Michelle Gaudett Koul

Associate Professor

Mechanical Engineering Department

United States Naval Academy

590 Holloway Road

Annapolis, MD 21402-5042

(410) 293-6532

Fax (410) 293-3041

koul@usna.edu

Education: 

University of Virginia, (March 93 - May 97)

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Doctor of Philosophy, Materials Science and Engineering

Dissertation "Investigation of the Metallurgical Factors Affecting Hydrogen Embrittlement of Solution Heat Treated and Aged Ti-3Al-8V-6Cr-4Mo-4Zr (wt. %) Employing Fracture, Microscopy and Desorption Methods"

University of Virginia, (Aug. 90 - March 93)

Masters of Science, Materials Science and Engineering

State University of New York, (Sept. 86 - June 90)

Bachelors of Science, Physics

Research Areas:

Environmental Fracture

Corrosion

Metallurgy

Professional Experience:

Associate Professor, U.S. Naval Academy (April 00 - Present)

Materials Engineer, Fatigue and Fracture Branch, Naval Surface Warfare Center, West Bethesda, MD, (June 97 - March 00)

Recent Journal Publications:

Sephen D. Funni*, Michelle G. Koul, Angela L. Moran, "Evaluation of Properties and Microstructure as a Function of Tempering Time at Intercritical Temperatures in HY-80 Steel Castings", Engineering Failure Analysis, Volume 14 (2007), pp. 753-64. *Independent research student

John E. Holthaus*, Michelle G. Koul and Angela L. Moran, "Property and Microstructure Evaluation as a Function of Processing Parameters: Large HY-80 Steel Casting for a U.S. Navy Submarine", Engineering Failure Analysis, Volume 13 (2006), pp. 1397-1409. *Bowman Scholar

Brian J. Connolly, M. Gaudett Koul, Angela L. Moran, “A Comparison Study of Stress Corrosion Crack Growth Rates for AA7XXX Alloys as a Function of Bulk Aqueous Chloride Concentrations”, Corrosion, Vol. 61 (2005), pp. 976-86.

M. Gaudett Koul, “Topographical Analysis of Pitting Corrosion in AA7075-T6 Using Laser Profilometry”, Corrosion, Vol. 59 (2003), pp. 563-74.

C. Ferrer*, M. Gaudett Koul, B. Connolly, A. Moran, “Improvements in Strength and Stress Corrosion Cracking Properties in Aluminum Alloy 7075 Via Low Temperature Retrogression and Re-Aging Heat Treatments”, Corrosion Vol. 59 (2003), pp. 520-8. *Trident Scholar

Awards:   

2004 Campbell Award, National Association of Corrosion Engineers