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Princewill

Anyalebechi, Ph.D., C.Eng., FIMMM

anyalebp@gvsu.edu

Professor of Engineering

347 Kennedy Hall of Engineering

(616) 331-6405

• Metallurgy

He develops and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on Materials Science & Engineering, Manufacturing Processes, Materials Failure Analysis, Materials & Process Selection, Biomaterials, and Polymer Science and Engineering.

Ph.D., C.Eng., FIMMM

Dr. Anyalebechi received his Ph.D. in Metallurgy in 1985 from Brunel University in England. He is a Fellow (FIMMM) of the Institute of Materials, Minerals, & Mining (England) and a Chartered Engineer (C.Eng.) of the British Engineering Council.
 

 

1. P. N. Anyalebechi: “Hydrogen Solubility in Liquid and Solid Pure Aluminum - Critical Review of Measurement Methodologies and Reported Values”, Materials Sciences and Applications, 2022, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 158-212.
2. P. N. Anyalebechi: "A Qualitative Study of the Influence of Grooved Mold Surface Topography on the Formation of Surface Marks on As-Cast Ingots of Aluminum Alloy 3003," Materials Sciences and Applications, 2020, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 263-284.
3. P. N. Anyalebechi: "Hydrogen-Induced Gas Porosity Formation in Al-4.5 wt.% Cu-1.4 wt.% Mg Alloy," J. of Materials Science, 2013, vol. 48, no. 15, pp. 5342-5353.
4. P. N. Anyalebechi: "Effects of Mold Material and Casting Speed on Shell Morphology and Attendant Subsurface Microstructure of Aluminum Alloy 3003," Int. Foundry Research (Giessereiforschung) 2012, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 20-32.
5. P. N. Anyalebechi: "Effect of Process Route on the Structure, Tensile, Fatigue Properties of Aluminum Alloy Steering Knuckles," Int. Foundry Research (Giessereiforschung), 2011, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 24-35.
6. P. N. Anyalebechi: "Attempt to Predict Hydrogen Solubility Limits in Liquid Multicomponent Aluminum Alloys," Scripta Materialia, 1996, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 513-517.
7. P. N. Anyalebechi: "Analysis of the Effects of Alloying Elements on Hydrogen Solubility in Liquid aluminum Alloys," Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia J., 1995, vol. 33, no. 8, pp. 1209-1216.
8. B. Q. Li and P. N. Anyalebechi: "A Micro/Macro Model for Fluid Flow Evolution and Microstructure Formation in Solidification Processes," Int. J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, 1995, vol. 38, no. 13, pp. 2367-2381.
9. P. N. Anyalebechi and J. Hogarth: "Effects of Supereutectic Homogenization on Incidence of Porosity in Aluminum Alloy 2014," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 1994, vol. 25B, pp. 111-122.
10. P. N. Anyalebechi: "An Updated Review of the Techniques for Determination of the Hydrogen Content in Aluminum and its Alloys," Foundry Trade J., Part I: May 7, 1993, pp. 257-270 and Part II: June 04, 1993, pp. 321-330.
11. P. N. Anyalebechi: "Techniques for Determination of the Hydrogen Content in Aluminum and its Alloys - A Review", Cast Metals, 1991, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 182-201.
12. P. N. Anyalebechi: "Hydrogen Diffusion in Al-Li Alloys," Metallurgical Transactions B, 1990, Vol. 21B, pp. 649-655.
13. P. N. Anyalebechi, D. E. J. Talbot, and D. A. Granger: "The Solubility of Hydrogen in Solid Binary Al-Li Alloys," Metallurgical Transactions B, 1989, vol. 20B, pp. 523-533.
14. P. N. Anyalebechi, D. E. J. Talbot, and D. A. Granger: "The Solubility of Hydrogen in Liquid Binary Al-Li Alloys," Metallurgical Transactions B, 1988, vol. 19B, pp. 227-232.
15. D. E. J. Talbot and P. N. Anyalebechi: "Solubility of Hydrogen in Liquid Aluminum," Materials Science and Technology J., 1988, vol. 4, pp. 1-4.

Metallurgy

Dr. Prince N. Anyalebechi is a full Professor of Engineering. He joined Grand Valley State University as an Assistant Professor in August 2001 after almost 12 years in industry. From 1985 to 1996 and 1999 to 2001, he worked at Alcoa Technical Center (now Arconic Technical Center), where he conducted fundamental and applied research on manufacturing processes and alloys used in the production of a variety of aluminum products including foils, beverage cans, automotive, and aircraft parts. From August 1996 to December 1999, he served as an Associate Professor in James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA. He is a member of several professional organizations including, The Institute of Materials, Minerals, & Mining (IOM3), ASM International, The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS), Society of Manufacturing Engineers, American Foundry Society, American Society for Engineering Education, and Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.

He has published fifty nine technical papers in refereed journals, peer-reviewed conference proceedings, and reference handbooks. He is the editor/co-editor of six conference proceedings. He holds two U.S. patents and serves as a consultant to several companies in the metals industry. Dr. Anyalebechi’s areas of research interest include: (i) mold/casting interface behavior in casting processes; (ii) partitioning, solution, diffusion, removal, measurement, and control of hydrogen and its associated defects in aluminum (and other metal) products; and (iii) control, evolution, and characterization of microstructures developed during casting, heat treatment, and thermomechanical processing of metal alloys. In a career that has spanned more than thirty-nine years, Dr, Anyalebechi has won eleven awards for outstanding technical contributions, technical writing, and excellence in teaching.

Dr. Anyalebechi is also a martial artist; a San Dan (third degree black belt) in both Okinawa Karate and Kobudo; a black belt in American Freestyle Karate, and a red belt (brown belt equivalent) in Tang Soo Do. He has also studied Jeet Kune Do, Kali, and Escrima.

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