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John Foltz - Graduate Research Associate
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John's current research interests are involved in understanding relationships between thermal processing, microstructure and fatigue life of materials. To explore these relationships, John enjoys light optical, scanning electron and transmission electron microscopy techniques available in CAMM. John is currently beginning work on axial fatigue-microstructure relationships in Ti-5553.


John Foltz graduated from Michigan State University (MSU) in December 2005 with a BS in Materials Science. He completed a MS thesis entitled New Metallurgical Joining Methods for NiTi in Materials Science at MSU in August 2007. In September, 2007 he joined CAMM at The Ohio State University. He is currently working towards his PhD.
  1. Foltz, Low, Grummon. "Shape Memory Nickel Titanium Brazing Using the NiTi-Nb Ternary System." ChE/MSE Research Forum 2007. Poster. Lansing, MI, Apr. 2007.

  2. Foltz, Grummon, Low, Shaw. "Complex Biocompatible Nitinol Structures by Reactive Brazing with Niobium." Presentation. TMS 2007, Orlando, FL, Feb. 2007.

  3. Foltz, Grummon, Cheng, Zhang, Carter. "Thermally Variable Surface Topography by Planarization of Indents Having Two-Way Shape Memory." Presentation. MS&T 2006, Cincinnati, OH, September 2006.

  4. Foltz, Grummon, Zhang. "Plastic Deformation of Sputtered NiTi Thin Films on Polyimide Substrates by Co-Rolling." Presentation with proceedings. SMST 2006, Monterey, CA, May 2006.

  5. Foltz, Grummon, Low, Carter. "Reversible Uniaxially Deformed Shape Memory Active Thin Films." ChE/MSE Research Forum 2006. Poster. Lansing, MI, Mar. 2006.
John is from Lansing, MI, and enjoys swimming, cooking, reading, teaching and working on his car.

During this BS and MS degrees John worked on the MSU Solar Car Team. As the vice-president, John coordinated weekly meetings, work on the car, purchasing and designing of the car. He also worked on the solar car, machining material for the frame and working on the carbon fiber body. Also during his BS and MS degrees, John helped put together events for the MSE Society as a representative for Symposium Day, which is an invitation based symposium that provides undergraduates with engineering knowledge not taught in the classroom . John also greatly enjoys teaching and was a tutor for hire when not teaching lab sections of the Introduction to Materials Science class at MSU.

John met his girlfriend, Stacey, in Materials Science classes during his BS at MSU. They have been dating for two years and have recently moved to the Columbus area. They both enjoy exploring the greater Columbus metro on the weekends and spending time with their pet guinea pigs.