Sammy Tin, PhD
Charles and Lee Finkl Professor of Materials Engineering
Office: RE-207B
Phone: 312.567.3780
Fax: 312.567.7230
Email: [email protected]
Expertise: Solidification, physical metallurgy, thermo-mechanical processing, mechanical behavior, corrosion and microstructural characterization of metals, alloys and other high performance structural materials systems.
Education
California Polytechnic State University, B.S., Materials Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University, M.S., Materials Science and Engineering
University of Michigan, Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering
Research
Dr. Sammy Tin is a the Charles and Lee Finkl Professor of Materials Engineering in the Department of Aerospace, Materials and Mechanical Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Professor Tin is the Director of the Thermal Processing Technology Center and manages an active research group of post-docs, graduate students, undergraduates and a laboratory technician. All of the research activities in the TPTC are focused on the development, characterization, and processing of advanced materials. Both industry and the federal government funding agencies provide financial support for these research activities.
Over the past 20+ years, Professor Tin’s research has focused on the composition-processing-microstructure-mechanical properties-performance relationships in polycrystalline, single crystal Ni-base superalloys and other high performance structural alloy systems. He has been the PI on numerous grants focused on alloy development of novel single crystal Ni-base superalloys. Prof. Tin is an internationally recognized expert in the field of superalloy creep, fatigue, oxidation and solidification. His research interests also include computational process modeling. For many of these research activities, has collaborated extensively with industrial researchers at GE Aircraft Engines, GE Global Research Center, Rolls-Royce, Special Metals, Wyman Gordon, Firth-Rixson, PCC Airfoils, Caterpillar, Howmet and the Air Force Research Laboratory. Professor Tin also teaches an industrial short-course on Ni-base superalloy metallurgy.
Awards/Honors
2004 Rolls-Royce Mark Shipton Patent Award for the development of innovative materials technology
2006 Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining Cook/Ablett Award
2006 National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering Invited Participant
2007 American Society of Materials Marcus A Grossmann Award
2008 IIT MMAE Ralph L. Barnett Teaching Award
2010 National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Indo-US Science and Technology Forum Invited Participant
2012 International Symposium on Superalloys Award for Best Interactive Presentation
2017 Guest Professor University of Science and Technology Beijing
2018 Elected Fellow of ASM International
In the News
Contribution to PBS NOVA for characterization of Medieval Armor
https://engineering.iit.edu/news/2017/10/professor-sammy-tin-and-phd-alumnus-stoichko-antonov-perform-metallurgical-analysis
Corrosion
https://engineering.iit.edu/news/2017/10/professor-materials-engineering-sammy-tin-discusses-rusted-light-poles-cbs-2-chicago
https://engineering.iit.edu/news/2015/11/mmae-professor-sammy-tin-discusses-rusted-light-poles-across-city-cbs-chicago
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/12/07/2-investigators-more-unstable-bus-shelters/
Aircraft Engine Failure
https://engineering.iit.edu/news/2018/04/sammy-tin-discusses-southwest-airlines-engine-blast-abc-7-chicago
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/04/19/i-felt-a-calling-to-do-something-firefighter-on-southwest-plane-praised-for-helping-passenger/
https://www.designnews.com/materials-assembly/two-unlikely-failures-contributed-southwest-airlines-incident/21852995958618
Charles and Lee Finkl Professor of Materials Engineering
Office: RE-207B
Phone: 312.567.3780
Fax: 312.567.7230
Email: [email protected]
Expertise: Solidification, physical metallurgy, thermo-mechanical processing, mechanical behavior, corrosion and microstructural characterization of metals, alloys and other high performance structural materials systems.
Education
California Polytechnic State University, B.S., Materials Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University, M.S., Materials Science and Engineering
University of Michigan, Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering
Research
Dr. Sammy Tin is a the Charles and Lee Finkl Professor of Materials Engineering in the Department of Aerospace, Materials and Mechanical Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Professor Tin is the Director of the Thermal Processing Technology Center and manages an active research group of post-docs, graduate students, undergraduates and a laboratory technician. All of the research activities in the TPTC are focused on the development, characterization, and processing of advanced materials. Both industry and the federal government funding agencies provide financial support for these research activities.
Over the past 20+ years, Professor Tin’s research has focused on the composition-processing-microstructure-mechanical properties-performance relationships in polycrystalline, single crystal Ni-base superalloys and other high performance structural alloy systems. He has been the PI on numerous grants focused on alloy development of novel single crystal Ni-base superalloys. Prof. Tin is an internationally recognized expert in the field of superalloy creep, fatigue, oxidation and solidification. His research interests also include computational process modeling. For many of these research activities, has collaborated extensively with industrial researchers at GE Aircraft Engines, GE Global Research Center, Rolls-Royce, Special Metals, Wyman Gordon, Firth-Rixson, PCC Airfoils, Caterpillar, Howmet and the Air Force Research Laboratory. Professor Tin also teaches an industrial short-course on Ni-base superalloy metallurgy.
Awards/Honors
2004 Rolls-Royce Mark Shipton Patent Award for the development of innovative materials technology
2006 Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining Cook/Ablett Award
2006 National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering Invited Participant
2007 American Society of Materials Marcus A Grossmann Award
2008 IIT MMAE Ralph L. Barnett Teaching Award
2010 National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Indo-US Science and Technology Forum Invited Participant
2012 International Symposium on Superalloys Award for Best Interactive Presentation
2017 Guest Professor University of Science and Technology Beijing
2018 Elected Fellow of ASM International
In the News
Contribution to PBS NOVA for characterization of Medieval Armor
https://engineering.iit.edu/news/2017/10/professor-sammy-tin-and-phd-alumnus-stoichko-antonov-perform-metallurgical-analysis
Corrosion
https://engineering.iit.edu/news/2017/10/professor-materials-engineering-sammy-tin-discusses-rusted-light-poles-cbs-2-chicago
https://engineering.iit.edu/news/2015/11/mmae-professor-sammy-tin-discusses-rusted-light-poles-across-city-cbs-chicago
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/12/07/2-investigators-more-unstable-bus-shelters/
Aircraft Engine Failure
https://engineering.iit.edu/news/2018/04/sammy-tin-discusses-southwest-airlines-engine-blast-abc-7-chicago
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/04/19/i-felt-a-calling-to-do-something-firefighter-on-southwest-plane-praised-for-helping-passenger/
https://www.designnews.com/materials-assembly/two-unlikely-failures-contributed-southwest-airlines-incident/21852995958618