Michelle Gaudett Koul, PhD  

Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering Department
United States Naval Academy
590 Holloway Road
Annapolis, MD 21402-5042
410 293 6532
koul@usna.edu

EDUCATION
    University of Virginia, 1997
    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, 1993
    Masters of Science, Materials Science and Engineering
    
    State University of New York, 1984
    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 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