We should like to thank the following sponsors for providing the necessary funding to perform our research:
 

• Department of Energy: Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Sciences

• Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)

• National Science Foundation (NSF)

• Howmet Corporation

• Amorphous Technologies International

• Nitinol Devices and Components

• U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF)

• Exponent - Failure Analysis Associates

• Graduate Student Fellowships from:

- Department of Defense   - Hertz Foundation   - NSF   - University of California Regents

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Ritchie Group
MSD , LBNL
Dept of MSME , UC Berkeley

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