Emily Retzlaff, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering Department
United States Naval Academy
590 Holloway Road
Annapolis, MD 21402-5042
410 293 6522
retzlaff@usna.edu

EDUCATION
    Johns Hopkins University, 2012
    Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering
    Dissertation: "The thermo-mechanical response of UFG aluminum at high strain rates"
    
    Johns Hopkins University, 2008
    Masters of Science in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
    
    University of Delaware, 2006
    Bachelors of Science, Physics
    
RESEARCH AREAS
Mechanical properties characterization
High strain rate testing
Deformation mechanisms of metals    

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Casem, D. T., & Retzlaff, E. L. (2023). A Kolsky Bar for High-Rate Indentation. Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials, 9(3), 300-314.
• Getto, E., Santucci, R. J., Gibbs, J., Link, R., Retzlaff, E., Baker, B., ... & Farnan, E. (2023). Powder plasma spheroidization treatment and the characterization of microstructure and mechanical properties of SS 316L powder and L-PBF builds. Heliyon, 9(6).
• Hustedt, C. J., Lambert, P. K., Kannan, V., Huskins-Retzlaff, E. L., Casem, D. T., Tate, M. W., ... & Hufnagel, T. C. (2018). In situ time-resolved measurements of extension twinning during dynamic compression of polycrystalline magnesium. Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials, 4, 222-230.
• Druckrey, A. M., Alshibli, K., Casem, D. T., & Huskins, E. (2018). Experimental fracture analysis of individual sand particles at high loading rates. Geotechnical Testing Journal, 41(3), 574-589.
• Ghosh, S., Shahba, A., Tu, X., Huskins, E. L., & Schuster, B. E. (2016). Crystal plasticity FE modeling of Ti alloys for a range of strain-rates. Part II: Image-based model with experimental validation. International Journal of Plasticity, 87, 69-85.
• Huskins, E. L., Cordero, Z. C., Schuh, C. A., & Schuster, B. E. (2015). Micropillar compression testing of powders. Journal of materials science, 50, 7058-7063.
• Darling, K. A., Huskins, E. L., Schuster, B. E., Wei, Q., & Kecskes, L. J. (2015). Mechanical properties of a high strength Cu–Ta composite at elevated temperature. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 638, 322-328.
• Huskins, E. L., & Casem, D. T. (2015). Compensation of bending waves in an optically instrumented miniature Kolsky bar. Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials, 1, 65-69.
• P.K. Lambert, C.J. Hustedt, K.S. Vecchio, Emily Huskins, D.T. Casem, S.M. Gruner, M.W. Tate, H.T. Phillipp, A.R. Woll, P. Purohit, J.T. Weiss, V. Kannan, K.T. Ramesh, P. Kenesei, J.S. Okasinski, J. Almer, M. Zhao, A.G. Ananiadis, T.C. Hufnagel (2014). “Time-resolved x-ray diffraction techniques for bulk polycrystalline materials under dynamic loading”. Review of Scientific Instruments; 85:093901.
• Z.C. Cordero, Emily Huskins, M. Park, S. Livers, M. Frary, B.E. Schuster, C.A. Schuh (2014). “Powder-route synthesis and mechanical testing of ultrafine grain tungsten alloys”. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A.; 45:3609-2618.
• Emily Huskins, B. Cao, B. Li, K.T. Ramesh (2012). “Temperature-dependent mechanical response of an UFG aluminum alloy at high rates”. Experimental Mechanics; 52:185-194.
• R. Vogt, Z. Zhang, Emily Huskins, B. Ahn, S. Nutt, K.T. Ramesh, E.J. Lavernia, J.M., Schoenung (2010). “High strain rate deformation and resultant damage mechanisms in ultrafine-grained aluminum matrix composites”. Journal of Materials Science and Engineering A.; 527:5990-5996.
• Emily Huskins, B. Cao, K.T. Ramesh (2010). “Strengthening mechanisms in an Al-Mg alloy”. Journal of Materials Science and Engineering A.; 527:1292-1298.