Sindo Kou Professor Address/E-mail Program Affiliations Courses Education Fields of Interest Publications Awards & Honors Summary

Contact Information

Primary Address: Materials Science and Engineering (mail) 1509 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706-1595 Tel: 608/262-0576 Fax: 608/262-8648 E-mail: kou@engr.wisc.edu

Secondary Address: Engineering Research Building (office) 1500 Engineering Drive Madison, WI 53706-1687 Tel: 608/262-0576 Fax: 608/262-8648

Program Affiliations

• Materials Science and Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

• Materials Science Program

Courses

• MS&E 332: Macroprocessing of Materials
• MS&E 401: Special Topics in Materials Science and Engineering

Education

• BS (chemical engineering) 1971, National Taiwan University
• MS (materials engineering) 1974, University of Wisconsin
• PhD (metallurgy) 1977, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Fields of Interest

Materials Processing and Transport Phenomena, including: Welding, Casting, and Crystal Growth of Semiconductors and Metals.

Publications

Books

• S. Kou, Welding Metallurgy, 2nd edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York, NY (2003).
• S. Kou, Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing, John Wiley and Sons, New York (1996).
• S. Kou, Welding Metallurgy, John Wiley and Sons, New York (1987).
• S. Kou and R. Mehrabian (ed.), Modeling and Control of Casting and Welding Processes, The Metallurgical Society, Warrendale, PA (1986).

Patents

• S. Kou and Y.Tao, Methods for Preparing Homogeneous Bridgman-Type Single Crystals, US Patent 5,650,008 (1997).
• S. Kou and M.S. Lin, Shape and Segregation Control in Czochralski Growth, US Patent 5,370,078 (1994).
• S. Kou and C.W. Lan, Contactless Heater Floating Zone Refining and Crystal Growth, US Patent 5,217,565 (1993).
• S. Kou, Edge-Defined Contact Heater Apparatus and Method for Floating-Zone Crystal Growth, US Patent 5,114,528 (1992).

Papers

• G. Cao and S. Kou, Friction Stir Welding of 2219 Aluminum: behavior of Al2Cu particles, Welding Journal 84 (2005) 1s-8s.
• C. Huang and S. Kou, Liquation Cracking in Full-Penetration Al-Mg-Si Welds, Welding Journal 83 (2004) 111s-122s.
• C. Huang and S. Kou, Liquation Cracking in Full-Penetration Al-Cu Welds, Welding Journal 83 (2004) 50s-58s.
• C. Huang and S. Kou, Liquation Cracking in Partial-Penetration Aluminum Welds: Effect of Penetration Oscillation and Backfilling, Welding Journal 82 (2003) 184s-194s.
• S. Kou, Solidification and Liquation Cracking Issues in Welding, JOM (Journal of Minerals, Metals and Materials), June 2003, pp. 37-42.
• S. C. Tsaur and S. Kou, Growth of Ga1-xInxSb Crystals by Conventional Czochralski Pulling, Journal of Crystal Growth 249 (2003) 470-476.
• C. Huang and S. Kou, Liquation Mechanisms in Multicomponent Aluminum Alloys during Welding , Welding Journal 81 (2002) 211s-222s.
• Y. Yang and S. Kou, Temperature Oscillation in a Tin Liquid Bridge and Critical Marangoni Number Dependency on Prandtl Number, Journal of Crystal Growth 222 (2001) 135.
• C. Huang and S. Kou, Partially Melted Zone in Aluminum Welds – Solute Segregation and Mechanical Behavior, Welding Journal 80 (2001) 9s.
• C. Limmaneevichitr and S. Kou, Marangoni Convection in Weld Pools - Physical Simulation in the Absence of a Surface-Active Agent, Welding Journal 79 (2000) 324.
• M.C. Cheng and S. Kou, Detecting Thermocapillary Convection in a Liquid Bridge of Molten Silicon, Journal of Crystal Growth 218 (2000) 136.
• C. Limmaneevichitr and S. Kou, Experiments to Simulate Effects of Marangoni Convection on Weld Pool Shape, Welding Journal 79 (2000) 231.
• J. He and S. Kou, A New Double Crucible Technique for LEC Growth of In-doped GaAs Crystals, Journal of Crystal Growth 208 (2000) 42.
• J. He and S. Kou, Double Crucible LEC Growth of IN-doped GaAs Using Inner Crucibles with a Bottom Tube, Journal of Crystal Growth 211 (2000) 163.
• C. Limmaneevichitr and S. Kou, Visualization of Marangoni Convection in Simulated Weld Pools, Welding Journal 79 (2000) 126.
• C. Huang and S. Kou, Liquid Zone in Aluminum Welds - Liquation Mechanism and Directional Solidification, Welding Journal 79 (2000) 113.
• J. He and S. Kou, LEC Growth of In-doped GaAs with Bottom Solid Feeding, Journal of Crystal Growth 216 (2000) 21-25.

Selected Awards, Honors and Societies

• Fellow, American Welding Society, 2002.
• Charles H. Jennings Memorial Award (most valuable university paper published in the Welding Journal), American Welding Society, 2002.
• Charles H. Jennings Memorial Award, American Welding Society, 2001.
• Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Teaching, University of Wisconsin, 1999.
• Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin, 1999.
• Fellow, ASM International, 1997.
• Outstanding Instructor Award, Polygon Engineering Council, University of Wisconsin, 1996.
• Adams Memorial Membership Award, American Welding Society, 1986.
• John Chipman Award, The Iron and Steel Society of AIME, 1980.

Summary

Our current interest in welding includes three areas. The first area is welding metallurgy, such as liquation cracking and solidification cracking in aluminum arc welds. The second area is dissimilar-metal welding, such as joining aluminum to steel by arc welding. The third area is friction stir welding, including aluminum, magnesium to aluminum, and effect of preheating.

Our current interest in casting includes creep-resistant magnesium alloys - their solidification cracking and microstructural development.

Our recent interest in crystal growth includes growth of single crystals of semiconductors and metals from the melt by the Czochralski, liquid-encapsulated Czochralski, and Bridgman processes.

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