Ron Gibala and how materials science and engineering shaped his career

Steve and Tim talked with Ron Gibala.  Ron was the chair of MS&E at UM and was also the interim dean.  We talked about his career and how he used fundamental materials science to earn quite a bit of money consulting.  He gave us two great examples.  One where knowledge of TTT diagrams and a bit of common sense helped him solve a problem for a metals fabricator of spring clips.  The second was how his knowledge of thermodynamics helped prove that ballasts for fluorescent light fixtures were not to blame for fires in a legal case in Texas. You can find the YouTube version of the podcast here: https://youtu.be/Z0zfeXTi0iU Our YouTube channel can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/@Undercooled.Materials If you want to add a voice comment on this or any other of our podcasts, suggest a guest, or volunteer to be a guest, please visit our website: https://java.engin.umich.edu/undercooled/ This episode is sponsored by the TMS Foundation (https://www.tms.org/TMSFoundation/TMSFoundation/Default.aspx), The Electric Vehicle Center (EVC) at the University of Michigan (https://evc.engin.umich.edu/), and the University of Michigan Materials Science and Engineering department (https://mse.engin.umich.edu).