Dr. Constantin Solomon

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Dr. Constantin Solomon

Professor

Rayen School of Engineering

Moser Hall 2505

phone: (330) 941-1730

vcsolomon@ysu.edu

  • Awards and Honors
    • 2024

      Youngstown State University

      2024 Distinguished Professor in Teaching

    • 2022

      YSU

      Research Professorship

      Research project: Additive manufacturing of DC magnetron sputtering targets: Influence of target characteristics on the thin film properties.

  • Intellectual Contributions
    • 2023

      "Binder jet additive manufacturing of functional 4D components from NiMnGa magnetic shape memory alloy powders"

      C. Solomon, M. Caputo, Y. Trivedi, S. Isacco

      Engineering Conferences International (ECI) Digital Archives

    • 2022

      "On the Role of Microscopy in Mechanical Engineering Education"

      C. Solomon

      Microscopy and Microanalysis, volume 28 (Supp.1)

    • 2021

      "Modeling and characterization of binder jet 3D printed NiMnGa components using X-ray microscopy"

      S. Isacco, . Winiarski, C. Bansah, M. Caputo, C. Solomon

      Microscopy and Microanalysis, volume 27 (Suppl.2)

    • 2020

      "Microanalysis of the Cross-sectional Surface of 3D Printed NiMnGa Magnetic Shape Memory Alloy Using Electron Microscopy and Nanoindentation"

      C. Solomon, Y. Trivedi, C. Bansah, M. Caputo

      Microscopy and Microanalysis, Cambridge University Press, volume 26, issue S2, p. 2208--2210

    • 2020

      "Nanocrystallites via Direct Melt Spinning of Fe77Ni5.5Co5.5Zr7B4Cu for Enhanced Magnetic Softness"

      S. Thomas, M. Willard, A. Martone, M. Heben, C. Solomon, A. Welton, P. Boolchand, R. Ewing, C. Wang, S. Bud'ko, J. Song, D. Shi

      PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE, volume 217, issue 8, p. 10

    • 2020

      "Sintering effects on additive manufactured Ni-Mn-Ga shape memory alloys: a microstructure and thermal analysis"

      M. Caputo, D. Waryoba, C. Solomon

      Journal of Materials Science, issue 2020

    • 2020

      "Processing of soft magnetic fine powders directly from as-spun partial crystalline Fe77Ni5.5Co5.5Zr7B4Cu ribbon via ball mill without devitrification"

      S. Thomas, M. Willard, A. Martone, M. Heben, C. Solomon, A. Welton, P. Boolchand, R. Ewing, C. Wang, S. Bud'ko, D. Shi

      IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, volume 56, issue 2020

    • 2019

      "Technological Innovations in Metals Engineering"

      B. Conner, S. Essel, S. Paul, R. Wertheim, T. Pasang, D. Butcher, H. Zeidler, N. Dahotre, S. Pande, R. Banerjee, S. Cuesta-Lopez, N. Babcsan, C. Solomon

      JOM, volume 71, issue 2, p. 4

    • 2018

      "4D printing of net shape parts made from Ni-Mn-Ga magnetic shape memory alloys"

      M. Caputo, A. Berkowitz, A. Armstrong, P. Muller, C. Solomon

      Additive Manufacturing, volume 21, issue 2018, p. 579 – 588

    • 2017

      "Microstructure and Chemical Composition Analysis of Additive Manufactured Ni-Mn-Ga Parts Sintered in Different Conditions"

      M. Caputo, C. Solomon

      Microscopy and Microanalysis, Cambridge University Press, volume 23, issue S1, p. 2078--2079

    • 2017

      "Bottom-up wet chemical synthesis and characterization of BixTex nanoparticles"

      B. Brown, D. Volpe, J. Dyck, P. Challen, C. Solomon

      Bulletin of the American Physical Society, APS, volume 62

    • 2017

      "A facile method for producing porous parts with complex geometries from ferromagnetic Ni-Mn-Ga shape memory alloys"

      M. Caputo, C. Solomon

      Materials Letters, volume 200, issue 2017

    • 2016

      "Electron Microscopy Investigations of Doped ZnS Nanostructures"

      C. Solomon, J. Hong

      Microscopy and Microanalysis, Cambridge University Press, volume 22, issue S3, p. 1646--1647

    • 2016

      "Electron Microscopy Investigation of Binder Saturation and Microstructural Defects in Functional Parts Made by Additive Manufacturing"

      M. Caputo, C. Solomon, P. Nguyen, A. Berkowitz

      Microscopy and Microanalysis, Cambridge University Press, volume 22, issue S3, p. 1770--1771

    • 2016

      "Bottom-Up Wet Chemical Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials from the Infinitely Adaptable Bismuth Telluride Series"

      D. Volpe, J. Dyck, P. Challen, C. Solomon

      Bulletin of the American Physical Society, APS, volume 61

    • 2015

      "Nanopowder Synthesis and Characterization of Bismuth Telluride Nanoparticles for Prospective Thermoelectric Materials"

      Z. Bukszar, P. Challen, C. Solomon, J. Dyck

      Bulletin of the American Physical Society, APS, volume 60

    • 2015

      "Investigation of 3d printing parameters of shape memory alloy powders"

      M. Caputo, M. Krizner, C. Solomon

      Contributed Papers from Materials Science \& Technology, p. 1669--1675

    • 2014

      "Synthesis of Silicon Oxide Nanowires by Chemical Vapor Deposition"

      S. Berrier, D. Li, C. Solomon, M. Bauer, C. Li

      Microscopy and Microanalysis, Cambridge University Press, volume 20, issue S3, p. 1990--1991

    • 2014

      "Ultrasonic Welds between Brass Terminals and Aluminum Cables for Use in Electric/Hybrid Vehicles: An Electron Microscopy Investigation"

      B. Hart, C. Solomon

      Bulletin of the American Physical Society, APS, volume 59

    • 2014

      "The Effect of Crystallographic Imperfections on the Photoluminescence of ZnO Thin Films"

      M. Kelly, T. Oder, C. Solomon

      MRS Online Proceedings Library, Springer International Publishing, volume 1731, p. 37--42

    • 2014

      "Microstructural Investigation of ZnO Thin Films Using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Techniques"

      M. Kelly, T. Oder, C. Solomon

      Bulletin of the American Physical Society, APS, volume 59

    • 2014

      "Electrochemistry of ATP-capped silver nanoparticles in layer-by-layer multilayer films"

      P. Singh, C. Solomon, D. Buttry

      JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH, volume 16, issue 7, p. 13

    • 2013

      "Microstructural Analysis of Novel Ceramic Composites Manufactured by Reactive Metal Penetration (RMP)"

      C. Solomon, M. Moro, A. Yurcho

      Microscopy and Microanalysis, Cambridge University Press, volume 19, issue S2, p. 1890--1891

    • 2013

      "Formation of silicon oxide nanowires in nanomaterial synthesis experiments based on the usage of tube furnace"

      C. Li, C. Solomon, M. Moro, C. Welsh, T. McCauley, M. Bauer, J. Cupo

      Materials Science-Poland, Springer Vienna, volume 31, p. 350--356

    • 2013

      "Effect of mechanical processing on the stability of metastable icosahedral quasicrystalline nanoparticles in zirconium and hafnium based metallic glasses"

      C. Li, D. Li, C. Solomon, M. Bauer, T. McCauley, S. Berrier

      Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, Elsevier, volume 381, p. 68--72

    • 2013

      "Building Professional Skills in Mechanical Engineering: Aluminum Battery Cable Development for Electric/Hybrid Electric Vehicles"

      B. Hart, C. Solomon

    • 2013

      "Building Professional Skills in Mechanical and Materials Engineering: Mechanical and Physical Characterization of Nano Carbon Doped Copper Composite"

      J. Cvetich, C. Solomon

    • 2012

      "Separation of Quasicrystalline Nanoparticles from an Amorphous Matrix"

      T. McCauley, M. Bauer, C. Yoho, C. Li, C. Solomon, M. Moro

      Microscopy and Microanalysis, Cambridge University Press, volume 18, issue S2, p. 1934--1935

    • 2012

      "STRUCTURAL AND COMPOSITIONAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CERAMIC-METAL COMPOSITES PRODUCED BY REACTIVE METAL PENETRATION IN MOLTEN AI AND Al-Fe ALLOY Anthony Yurcho Department of Chemical Engineering, Youngstown State University"

      K. Peters, B. Hetzel, R. Brennan, M. Zeller, T. Wagner, C. Solomon

      Processing and Properties of Advanced Ceramics and Composites IV, John Wiley \& Sons, p. 211

    • 2012

      "Structural and Compositional Investigations of Ceramic-Metal Composites Produced by Reactive Metal Penetration in Molten AI and Al-Fe Alloy"

      A. Yurcho, K. Peters, B. Hetzel, R. Brennan, M. Zeller, T. Wagner, C. Solomon

      Processing and Properties of Advanced Ceramics and Composites IV, John Wiley \& Sons, Inc. Hoboken, NJ, USA, volume 234, p. 211--222

    • 2012

      "Design and manufacturing of interpenetrating phase composites for vibration damping applications"

      M. Moro, C. Solomon

    • 2012

      "Crystallographic investigations of microscopic ceramic and metallic phases in an Al-based interpenetrated phase composites"

      M. Moro, M. Zeller, T. Wagner, C. Solomon, K. Peters, B. Hetzel

      Microscopy and Microanalysis, Cambridge University Press, volume 18, issue S2, p. 1930--1931

    • 2011

      "Nanostructure Fabrication Based on In-Zn Alloy Evaporation"

      C. Li, C. Solomon, L. Wang

      Microscopy and Microanalysis, Cambridge University Press, volume 17, issue S2, p. 1832--1833

    • 2011

      "Electron Microscopy Study of Co-Continuous Al-Fe/Al 2 O 3 Composite Synthesized by Reactive Melt Penetration"

      A. Yurcho, K. Peters, B. Hetzel, M. Zeller, T. Wagner, C. Solomon

      Microscopy and Microanalysis, Cambridge University Press, volume 17, issue S2, p. 1916--1917

    • 2011

      "Synthesis and characterization of ZnO-In2O3 junction structure"

      C. Li, C. Solomon, P. Duris, L. Wang

      MATERIALS LETTERS, volume 65, issue 1, p. 3

    • 2011

      "Microstructural Analysis of Ceramic-Metallic Interpenetrating Phase Composites"

      A. Yurcho, K. Peters, B. Hetzel, M. Zeller, T. Wagner, C. Solomon

      , p. 1--2

    • 2011

      "High-Z′ and twinning behavior in 3,4-dinitrobenzoic acid"

      M. Zeller, J. Stouffer, C. Solomon, L. Curtin

      ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION C-CRYSTAL STRUCTURE COMMUNICATIONS, volume 67, p. 8

    • 2010

      "Characterization of Structure Evolution in Aged Al 2 O 3/SiC Composite Refractories by Electron Microscopy"

      C. Solomon, K. Peters, B. Hetzel, T. Wagner

      Microscopy and Microanalysis, Cambridge University Press, volume 16, issue S2, p. 946--947

    • 2009

      "Electron Microscopy Resources and Education at the Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut"

      C. Solomon, R. Ristau, M. Aindow

      MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS, volume 15, p. 2

    • 2009

      "Electron Microscopy Characterization of Fe-Ga and Fe-Si-B Fine Particles"

      C. Solomon, D. Smith, J. Hong, A. Berkowitz

      MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS, volume 15, p. 2

    • 2009

      "NMR Characterization of Ligand Binding and Exchange Dynamics in Triphenylphosphine-Capped Gold Nanoparticles"

      R. Sharma, G. Holland, C. Solomon, H. Zimmermann, S. Schiffenhaus, S. Amin, D. Buttry, J. Yarger

      JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, volume 113, issue 37, p. 7

    • 2008

      "Electron microscopy study of germanium glass vitrified by high pressure melt-quench"

      C. Solomon, S. Sastry, J. Yarger, C. Angell

      Microsc Microanal, volume 14, p. 2

    • 2008

      "Fabrication of spherical particles with mixed amorphous/crystalline nanostructured cores and insulating oxide shells"

      J. Hong, F. Parker, C. Solomon, P. Madras, D. Smith, A. Berkowitz

      JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH, volume 23, issue 6, p. 6

    • 2007

      "Vitrification of a monatomic metallic liquid"

      M. Bhat, V. Molinero, E. Soignard, C. Solomon, S. Sastry, J. Yager, C. Angell

      Nature, volume 488, issue 2007

    • 2007

      "NMR characterization of phosphonic acid capped SnO2 nanoparticles"

      G. Holland, R. Sharma, J. Agola, S. Amin, C. Solomon, P. Singh, D. Buttry, J. Yarger

      CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, volume 19, issue 10, p. 8

    • 2007

      "Electron microscopy investigation of spark-eroded Ni-Mn-Ga ferromagnetic shape-memory alloy particles"

      C. Solomon, J. Hong, Y. Tang, A. Berkowitz, D. Smith

      SCRIPTA MATERIALIA, volume 56, issue 7, p. 4

    • 2007

      "Dioxygen Reduction with Phosphine and Citrate Capped Au Nanoparticles Immobilized at Carbon Surfaces"

      P. Singh, R. Sharma, C. Solomon, G. Holland, J. Yarger, D. Buttry

      , issue 7, p. 297

    • 2006

      "One-step production of optimized Fe-Ga particles by spark erosion"

      J. Hong, C. Solomon, D. Smith, F. Parker, E. Summers, A. Berkowitz

      APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, volume 89, issue 14, p. 3

    • 2006

      "Morphology and crystallography of Ti2Pd phase precipitated in B2 parent and B19 martensite matrices in Ti-rich Ti-Pd alloys"

      M. Matsuda, D. Hashimoto, C. Solomon, M. Nishida

      MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING, volume 438, p. 4

    • 2005

      "Morphology, microstructure and magnetic properties of spark-eroded ferromagnetic Ni-Mn-Ga fine particles"

      C. Solomon, M. McCartney, Y. Tang, A. Berkowitz, D. Smith

      Microscopy and Microanalysis, Cambridge University Press, volume 11, issue S02, p. 1832--1833

    • 2005

      "Magnetocaloric effect in NiMnGa particles produced by spark erosion"

      Y. Tang, C. Solomon, D. Smith, H. Harper, A. Berkowitz

      JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, volume 97, issue 10, p. 3

    • 2005

      "Magnetic domain configurations in spark-eroded ferromagnetic shape memory Ni-Mn-Ga particles"

      C. Solomon, M. McCartney, D. Smith, Y. Tang, A. Berkowitz, R. O'Handley

      APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, volume 86, issue 19, p. 3

    • 2004

      "Microstructural characterization of Ni-Mn-Ga ferromagnetic shape memory alloy powders"

      C. Solomon, D. Smith, Y. Tang, A. Berkowitz

      JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, volume 95, issue 11, p. 3

    • 2004

      "Hollow metallic microspheres produced by spark erosion"

      A. Berkowitz, H. Harper, D. Smith, H. Hu, Q. Jiang, C. Solomon, H. Radousky

      APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, volume 85, issue 6, p. 3

    • 2003

      "Morphological and crystallographic aspects Of C11b-type precipitates nucleated in martensitic and parent phase matrices in Ti-rich Ti-Pd shape memory alloys"

      C. Solomon, M. Nishida

      JOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE IV, volume 112, p. 4

    • 2002

      "Martensitic transformation in Ti-rich Ti-Pd shape memory alloys"

      C. Solomon, M. Nishida

      MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS, volume 43, issue 5, p. 8

    • 2002

      "Effect of aging on martensitic transformation in Ti-rich Ti-Pd shape memory alloy"

      C. Solomon, M. Nishida

      MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS, volume 43, issue 5, p. 5

    • 2001

      "Phase Decomposition and Successive Two-Step Transformation in Ti-rich Ti-Pd Shape Memory Alloy"

      C. Solomon, M. Nishida

      TRANSACTIONS-MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY OF JAPAN, MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY OF JAPAN, volume 26, issue 1, p. 231--234

  • Professional Service
    • 2019 - 2023

      Chairperson
      Microscopy Society Of Northeastern Ohio

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"Professional Preparation

  • 1985 – 1990:   Gh. Asachi Polytechnic Institute, Iasi, Romania, BS/MS Mechanical Engineering
  • 1998 – 2002:   Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan, PhD Materials Science & Engineering
  • 2002 – 2007:   Arizona State University, Center for Solid State Science, Postdoc

Professional Experience

  • 2021 – Present, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio
    Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Rayen School of Engineering
  • 2014 – 2021: Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio
    Associate Professor, Mechanical, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
  • 2009 – 2014: Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio
    Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
  • 2007 – 2009:   University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
    Electron Microscopy Specialist, Institute of Materials Science
  • 1991 – 1998:   Gh. Asachi Technical University, Iasi, Romania
    Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
  • 1990 – 1991:   AGMUS S.A. Company, Iasi, Romania
    Production Engineer 
  • Research Focus

    Advanced materials, additive manufacturing, analytical methods for materials characterization, numerical modeling of processes and mechanical behavior of material, fracture mechanics, failure analysis.

  • Expertise

    Dr. Solomon expertise includes 4D printing of shape memory alloys, materials characterization using microscopic and spectroscopic techniques, additive manufacturing of composite materials, mechanical testing of materials, prediction of mechanical behavior using numerical methods, thin film synthesis and characterization, fracture mechanics, and failure analysis of components and mechanical systems.