Research Team- Baylor
Dr. Paul Allison
Dr. Paul G. Allison is Baylor's Site Director. He is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Baylor University, and is leading the interdisciplinary Point-of-Need Innovations (PONI) Center as the founding director. Dr. Allison’s research focus is developing the fundamental understanding of the processing-structure-property-performance relations for a variety of material systems to support basic and applied research projects with a special focus on in-situ resource utilization of secondary feedstocks such as machining scrap or battle-damaged components. His research has been supported by a variety of industrial sponsors as well as the Army, Air Force, DHS, DOE, FHWA, Marine Corps, Navy, and NASA during his career.
Professionally, Dr. Allison is an ASME Fellow, and has given multiple invited talks while helping to organize conferences by chairing/co-chairing mini-symposiums at the Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM), The Minerals, Metals, & Materials Society (TMS) annual meetings, Nanotechnology for Defense, and ASME Symposiums. He is active on multiple technical committees for ASME, SEM, TMS, and is the current ASME Constitutive Equations technical committee Vice Chair and SEM Dynamic Behavior of Materials Technical Committee Vice Chair. He is also the past Vice Chair for the ASME Mississippi Section. Dr. Allison also sits on the Graphene Academic Council for the National Graphene Association. He is on the Editorial Board for the journal, Metals, and is on the Metals journal Section Board for Metal Failure Analysis.
Prior to joining Baylor, Dr. Allison led the multi-disciplinary Manufacturing at the Point-of-Need Center at the University of Alabama receiving the President’s Mid-Career Research Award. Before moving to academia, he performed research in the areas of force protection and force projection at the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) where Dr. Allison received the US Army ERDC - Research and Development Achievement Award, the Department of the Army Commander’s Award for Civilian Service, the Department of the Army Achievement Medal for Civilian Service, and the Department of the Army Research & Development Achievement Award for Technical Excellence.
Professionally, Dr. Allison is an ASME Fellow, and has given multiple invited talks while helping to organize conferences by chairing/co-chairing mini-symposiums at the Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM), The Minerals, Metals, & Materials Society (TMS) annual meetings, Nanotechnology for Defense, and ASME Symposiums. He is active on multiple technical committees for ASME, SEM, TMS, and is the current ASME Constitutive Equations technical committee Vice Chair and SEM Dynamic Behavior of Materials Technical Committee Vice Chair. He is also the past Vice Chair for the ASME Mississippi Section. Dr. Allison also sits on the Graphene Academic Council for the National Graphene Association. He is on the Editorial Board for the journal, Metals, and is on the Metals journal Section Board for Metal Failure Analysis.
Prior to joining Baylor, Dr. Allison led the multi-disciplinary Manufacturing at the Point-of-Need Center at the University of Alabama receiving the President’s Mid-Career Research Award. Before moving to academia, he performed research in the areas of force protection and force projection at the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) where Dr. Allison received the US Army ERDC - Research and Development Achievement Award, the Department of the Army Commander’s Award for Civilian Service, the Department of the Army Achievement Medal for Civilian Service, and the Department of the Army Research & Development Achievement Award for Technical Excellence.
Dr. J. Brian Jordon
Dr. J. Brian Jordon is the inaugural Kenneth and Celia Carlile Endowed Chair in Materials Science and a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Additionally, he is an Associate Director for the Point-of-Need Innovations (PONI) Center at Baylor University. Dr. Jordon’s research group focuses on advanced manufacturing processes in order to develop new materials with enhanced mechanical properties and tailored microstructures. In particular, he and his students have sought to understand the fundamental links between microstructure and bulk material response using state-of-the-art characterization tools and process simulations. He has co-authored over 100 journal articles, 35 conference proceedings, and edited three books. Additionally, he has co-authored the book, “Fatigue in Friction Stir Welding,” which is the first comprehensive reference on this topic. To support his research, Dr. Jordon has secured over $22 million in externally funded grants and contracts. His sponsors include the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Energy, National Labs, and various private industries. Professionally, Dr. Jordon has organized numerous symposia and chaired different committees at international conferences such as the annual ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) and The Minerals, Metals, & Materials Society (TMS) meetings. He currently serves on the editorial boards of the Materials and Manufacturing Processes journal, the Materials journal, and is an Associate Editor for ASME’s Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology. Dr. Jordon was the 2014 recipient of the TMS Young Professional Development award, a 2017 finalist for The University of Alabama President’s Faculty Research Award, and 2021 recipient of the College of Engineering Faculty Excellence in Graduate Education Award at University of Alabama. In 2021, he was awarded the grade of Fellow by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Prior to joining Baylor University, Dr. Jordon was a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and a faculty member of the Materials Science Program at the University of Alabama.