Reginald Hamilton

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics

Research Summary

Mechanics of multifunctional stimulus-responsive materials for multiscale advanced manufacturing targeting materials design for actuation, sensing, and damping applications. Multifunctional Materials, Constitutive Relationships for Advanced Material Design and Manufacturing, Physical Behavior of Shape Memory Alloys.

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Recent Publications

Augmentation of low frequency damping via hydrogen-doping in a hybrid shape memory alloy composite

Nagrale, S., Brown, A. D., Bakis, C. E. & Hamilton, R. F., May 2022, In: Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures. 33, 8, p. 1018-1027 10 p.

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Bioinspired stretchable molecular composites of 2D-layered materials and tandem repeat proteins

Vural, M., Mazeed, T., Li, D., Colak, O., Hamilton, R. F., Gao, H. & Demirel, M. C., Aug 2 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 31, e2120021119.

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Ni-Concentration Dependence of Directed Energy Deposited NiTi Alloy Microstructures

Bimber, B. A., Hamilton, R. F. & Palmer, T. A., Jun 15 2019, In: Shape Memory and Superelasticity. 5, 2, p. 182-187 6 p.

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Target shape optimization of functionally graded shape memory alloy compliant mechanisms

Jovanova, J., Frecker, M., Hamilton, R. F. & Palmer, T. A., May 1 2019, In: Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures. 30, 9, p. 1385-1396 12 p.

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Correlating microstructure and superelasticity of directed energy deposition additive manufactured Ni-rich NiTi alloys

Hamilton, R. F., Bimber, B. A. & Palmer, T. A., Mar 30 2018, In: Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 739, p. 712-722 11 p.

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The effect of employed loading mode on the mechanical cyclic stabilization of NiTi shape memory alloys

Dilibal, S., Hamilton, R. F. & Lanba, A., Oct 2017, In: Intermetallics. 89, p. 1-9 9 p.

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Multi-scale shape memory effect recovery in NiTi alloys additive manufactured by selective laser melting and laser directed energy deposition

Hamilton, R. F., Bimber, B. A., Taheri Andani, M. & Elahinia, M., Dec 2017, In: Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 250, p. 55-64 10 p.

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Functional fatigue of submicrometer NiTi shape memory alloy thin films

Hou, H., Tang, Y., Hamilton, R. F. & Horn, M. W., Jul 1 2017, In: Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films. 35, 4, 040601.

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Anisotropic microstructure and superelasticity of additive manufactured NiTi alloy bulk builds using laser directed energy deposition

Bimber, B. A., Hamilton, R. F., Keist, J. & Palmer, T. A., Sep 30 2016, In: Materials Science and Engineering: A. 674, p. 125-134 10 p.

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Fabrication of NiTi through additive manufacturing: A review

Elahinia, M., Shayesteh Moghaddam, N., Taheri Andani, M., Amerinatanzi, A., Bimber, B. A. & Hamilton, R. F., Oct 1 2016, In: Progress in Materials Science. 83, p. 630-663 34 p.

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Biased Target Ion Beam Deposition and Nanoskiving for Fabricating NiTi Alloy Nanowires

Hou, H., Horn, M. W. & Hamilton, R. F., Dec 1 2016, In: Shape Memory and Superelasticity. 2, 4, p. 330-336 7 p.

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Crystallization and microstructure evolution of nanoscale NiTi thin films prepared by biased target ion beam deposition

Hou, H., Hamilton, R. F. & Horn, M. W., Jan 1 2016, In: Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Nanotechnology and Microelectronics. 34, 1, 010601.

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Crystallization of nanoscale NiTi alloy thin films using rapid thermal annealing

Hou, H., Hamilton, R. F. & Horn, M. W., Nov 1 2016, In: Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Nanotechnology and Microelectronics. 34, 6, 06KK01.

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Narrow thermal hysteresis of NiTi shape memory alloy thin films with submicrometer thickness

Hou, H., Hamilton, R. F. & Horn, M. W., Sep 1 2016, In: Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films. 34, 5, 050602.

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Molecular tandem repeat strategy for elucidating mechanical properties of high-strength proteins

Jung, H., Pena-Francesch, A., Saadat, A., Sebastian, A., Kim, D. H., Hamilton, R. F., Albert, I., Allen, B. D. & Demirel, M. C., Jun 7 2016, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 113, 23, p. 6478-6483 6 p.

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