BNE (highest honors), Nuclear Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (1986)
MS, Nuclear Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara (1990)
(Thesis: Evaluation of Fracture Mode Transition Behavior using
Small Punch Testing)
PhD, Materials Science
University of California, Berkeley (1994)
(Thesis: The Fracture and Fatigue of Metal-Bonded Ceramics)
Honors
John Dorn Scholastic Achievement Award (1992) (most outstanding graduate
student in materials science)
Affiliations
Member American Ceramic Society
Member ASM International
ResearchAreas
Background
Assistant Research Engineer (1997-present)
University of California, Berkeley
Visiting Post-Doctoral Researcher (1994-1997)
University of California, Berkeley
Graduate Student Research Assistant (1990-1994)
University of California, Berkeley
Graduate Student Research Assistant (1986-1989)
University of California, Santa Barbara
Teaching Assistant (3 semesters 1986-1994)
University of California
Consulting
Engineering consulting for various companies 1993-present. Work in areas
of fatigue and fracture and stress-corrosion testing of metals and ceramics,
including bioceramics. Life prediction analyses based on damage-tolerantdesign
principles. Post-failure analysis of machine components. General
mechanical testing on ceramics and metals, including shape-memory alloys.
Publications
1.J. M. McNaney, G. E. Lucas, G. R. Odette, "Application
of Ball Punch Tests to Evaluating Fracture Mode
Transition in Ferritic Steels," Journal of Nuclear
Materials, vol.179-181, pt.A, 1991, pp.429-433.
2.R. O. Ritchie, R. M. Cannon, B. J. Dalgleish, R. H. Dauskardt,
and J. M. McNaney, "Mechanics and
Mechanisms of Crack Growth at or Near Ceramic-Metal
Interfaces: Interface Engineering Strategies for
Promoting Toughness," Materials Science and Engineering
A, vol. A166, 1993, pp. 221-235.
3.R. O. Ritchie, R. M. Cannon, B. J. Dalgleish, R. H. Dauskardt,
and J. M. McNaney, "On the Strength and
Toughness of Structural Ceramics Bonded to Metals,"
Transactions of the Materials Research Society of
Japan, vol. 14A, Dec. 1994, pp. 409-412.
4.C. J. Gilbert, J. M. McNaney, R. H. Dauskardt, and R.
O. Ritchie, "Back-Face Strain Compliance and
Electrical-Potential Crack Length Calibrations for
the Disk-Shaped Compact-Tension DC(T) Specimen,"
ASTM Journal of Testing and Evaluation, vol. 22
(2), March 1994, pp. 117-120.
5.J. M. McNaney, R. M. Cannon and R. O. Ritchie, "Near-Interfacial
Crack Trajectories in Metal-Ceramic
Layered Structures," International Journal of Fracture,
vol. 66, 1994, pp. 227-240.
6.J. M. McNaney, R. M. Cannon and R. O. Ritchie, "Elastic
Compliance of Four-Point Bend Samples
Comprising Two Linear-Elastic Materials Bonded with
a Thin Layer," ASTM Journal of Testing and
Evaluation, vol. 23 (2), March 1995, pp. 95-101.
7.J. M. McNaney, R. Havens, and R. O. Ritchie, "Elastic
Compliance of the Compact-Tension Specimen
Comprising Two Linear-Elastic Materials Bonded with
a Thin Layer," ASTM Journal of Testing and
Evaluation, vol. 25 (1), Jan. 1997, pp. 69-76.
8.J. M. McNaney, R. M. Cannon and R. O. Ritchie, "Fracture
and Fatigue-Crack Growth along
Aluminum/Alumina Interfaces," Acta Materialia, vol.
44 (12), Dec. 1996, pp. 4713-4728.
9.T. L. Becker, Jr., J. M. McNaney, R. M. Cannon and R.
O. Ritchie, "Limitations on the Use of the
Mixed-Mode Delaminating Beam Test Specimen: Effect
of the Size of the Region of K-Dominance,"
Mechanics of Materials, 25 (1997) 291-308.
10.T. L. Becker, Jr., J. M. McNaney, R. M. Cannon and R. O. Ritchie,
"Effects of the Limited Region of
K-Dominance in the Mixed-Mode Delaminating Beam
Test Specimen," Ceramic Transactions, vol. 77,
1997, pp. 149-156.
11.J. M. McNaney, R. M. Cannon and R. O. Ritchie, "Effect of
Plasticity on the Toughness and Fatigue Crack
Propagation of Metal/Ceramic Interfaces," Ceramic
Transactions, vol. 77, 1997, pp. 157-164.
12.Moon-Hee Hong, J. M. McNaney, and R.O. Ritchie, "Fatigue-Crack
Growth of Small Cracks in a
Directionally-Solidified Nickel Aluminide with Molybdenum
Additions," Scripta Mat., vol. 38, no. 2, pp.
245-251 (1998).
13.R.O. Ritchie, R. M. Cannon, J. M. McNaney and J. C. Card,
"On the Structural Integrity of Metal-Joined
Ceramics," Proceedings 9th International Conference
on Modern Materials and Technologies (CIMTEC),
June 1998.
14.J. M. McNaney, R.O. Ritchie and P. Papadopoulos, "Statistical
Aspects of the Strength and Toughness of
Metal-Ceramic Interfaces," Proceedings 9th International
Conference on Modern Materials and
Technologies (CIMTEC), June 1998.
15.A. Ziegler, J. M. McNaney and R.O. Ritchie, "Subcritical
Crack Growth in NT-164 Silicon Nitride at
Elevated Temperatures," Proceedings 9th International
Conference on Modern Materials and
Technologies (CIMTEC), June 1998.
16.J. M. McNaney, Gilbert, C. J., R.O. Ritchie, "Effect of Viscous
Grain Bridging on Cyclic Fatigue-Crack
Growth in Monolithic Ceramics at Elevated Temperatures,"
Acta Materialia, vol. 47, no. 9, pp 2809-2819
(1999).
17.D. R. Bloyer, J. M. Gomez-Vega, E. Saiz, J. M. McNaney, R.
M. Cannon, and A. P. Tomsia, "Fabrication
and Characterization of a Bioactive Glass Coating
on Titanium Implant Alloys," Acta Materialia, in press.
18.D. R. Bloyer, J. M. McNaney, and A. P. Tomsia, "Subcritical
Crack Growth of Bioactive Glasses in
Simulated Body Fluid," Submitted to Symposium: Biomedica
Materials - Drug Delivery, Implants, and
Tissue Engineering MRS Fall Meeting 1998.
19.R.O. Ritchie, C.J. Gilbert, and J.M. McNaney, "Mechanics
and Mechanisms of Fatigue Damage and Crack
Growth in Advanced Materials," International Journal
of Solids and Structures, In Press.
SEMINARS
1."Statistical Aspects of the Strength and Toughness of
Metal-Ceramic Interfaces," 9th International
Conference on Modern Materials and Technologies
(CIMTEC), June 1998.
2."Subcritical Crack Growth in NT-164 Silicon Nitride
at Elevated Temperatures," 9th International
Conference on Modern Materials and Technologies
(CIMTEC), June 1998.
3."On the Strength and Toughness of Metal-Joined Ceramics,"
9th International Conference on Modern
Materials and Technologies (CIMTEC), June 1998.
4."Fatigue-Crack Growth and R-curve Development in Grain-Bridging
Ceramics at Elevated
Temperatures," Annual American Ceramic Society Meeting,
May 1998.
5."Strength of Metal-Ceramic Interfaces: Effect of Metal
Plasticity," Annual American Ceramic Society
Meeting, May 1998.
6."Effect of Plasticity on the Strength and Toughness
of Metal-Ceramic Interfaces," Annual American
Ceramic Society Meeting, May 1997
7."Fatigue-Crack Propagation in NT-164 Silicon Nitride
at Ambient to Elevated Temperature," Annual
American Ceramic Society Meeting, May 1997
8."Fatigue-Crack Growth along Metal-Ceramic Interfaces,"
Annual TMS/ASM meeting, October 1996
9."Fracture and Fatigue Resistance of Metal-Ceramic Interfaces,"
Ceramic Microstructure Meeting, June,
1996
10."Effect of Plasticity on the Toughness and Fatigue Crack
Growth Along Metal-Ceramic Interfaces,"
Annual American Ceramic Society Meeting, April 1996
11."Effect of Plasticity on the Toughness and Fatigue Crack
Growth Along Metal-Ceramic Interfaces."
Annual American Ceramic Society Meeting, April 1996
12."Crack Growth Along Aluminum-Alumina Interfaces," Pacific
Coast Regional Meeting of the American
Ceramic Society, November 1993.
13."Fatigue and Fracture of Metal-Joined Ceramics," Annual Meeting
of the American Ceramic Society,
May 1995.
14."Near-Interfacial Crack Trajectories in Metal-Ceramic Sandwich
Specimens," Annual Meeting of the
American Ceramic Society, April, 1994.